The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-26 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS.

AMSTERDAM, MAY 21.—The Limburg Journal affirms
that the battalion which Limburg should furnish to the
German COnfederation Nv i I not be formed ; that the
contingent of Luxemburg and Litthurg to the army of
the Confederation will undergo a new organisation, and
that the officers who were to serve in their battalion
shall have the option either to serve in the Dutch army
with the rank they formerly held, or to apply for their
discharge. _ _ _

VENLOO, MAY 21.—Five hundred men belonging to
the National Militia, under the command of a Captain
and four Lieutenants, being the contingent of Limburg
for 1841, passed through this town on their way to Ze-
vine, where they aro to be fitted out in the depot of the
7th regiment of light infantry, and then return to Maes-
tricht to be trained.

AMSTERDAM. MAY 23.—The amount of the subscrip-
tions received by the Committee for the Relief of Ham-
burgh, up to this day, is 12,000 florins, besides those re-
ceived by the Handelsbla4.
The Journal du Luxembourg says, " that it is happy to
announce that the report of the retirement of, General
du Thortin, governor of this fortress, is unfounded."

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DUTCH FUNEl3.—Astrritituam, MAY O.
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, 2)6 per Cent .^................ 52 8236
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. ................... 101 Bil%
Alma t Srndic,4% per cent............. ..... «93% 9S),
Ditto, ditto, 4,', per cunt 77 17%
Commercial Company, 4,4 per ceut 152% 153%
Ditto (1835 and 1b:37) 5 per cent. •••••••••••• 100% IlXVik
Loan 1837, 5 per cont. 9BN 99!(
Exchange on Louden, One month l2 10
Two months
Hatuburgh, One month 25 81%
Two months 35 43
. Dutch Papers, May 24.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.-FRENCH

PLAYS.

The vaudeville of Le Vicomte de Letorieres, was produced
at this [treat= last evening, the part,srf Le Vicomte being sus-
tained by Mademoiselle Dejazet. Tire plot of this play is the
same as that of Mrs. Gore's popular tale of " Fascination,"
the fascinator-general being, of course, Mademoiselle Dejazet;
and never was there one more fitted by nature to fascinate.
Her espiegkrie in fascinating the landlady of the miserable
lodging to sink all recollection of the 400 livres due for rent,
and to accept of sundry protestations of love in exchange, her
affectionate candour with poor old Pomponne the preceptor,
a character compounded of the pedantry of Dominic Sampson,
and the fidelity of Caleb Balderstone, which was excellently
acted by Garrard—her numerous and most laughable
vict:mizings of the Baron Tibulle Menelas d'Hugeon
( Monsieur Lienard), were all excellent but by far the
richest scene in the piece was the manner in which
the fascinator-general fascinates Le Conseiller Des-
perrieres (M. Cartigny), into giving a legal decision favour-
able to the claims of the said fascinator. This learned coun-
sellor possesses an extensive law library, to which it is his
constant custom, of an afternoon," to resort to study. Divers
heavy .lookine• tomes are lettered, as the works of Daguessau,
Plutarch, -Demosthenes, and Cicero. These, when
opened, are found to be cases containing bottles of
different liqueurs—the learned gentleman studies the
spirit, not the mere letter of the law—and consequently Mon-
tesquieu is among his favourite authors. The Vicomte dis-
covers the nature of the contents of the advocate) library ;
enters while he is at his studies ; joins him in his spiritual
occupations, and at length convinces the worthy Judge of the
necessity of deciding the suit in his favour by which he becomes
the possessor of a large fortune, and is delivered from
the necessity of any further attempts at fascina-
tion, except en amateur. This was a character
just suited to the peculiar genius of Dejazet, the
Vestris of Paris, and never did we see her to greater advan-
tage. Let all who wish to see the most fascinating actress of
the French stage, in her best charatter, go to the St. James's
Theatre, and see Dejazet as Le Vicomte de Letorieres. The
house was crowded by a most fashionable audience.

TILE RACES.—At this period, when the races at-
tract so much public attention, the following account of races
in Cahoot (given by the late Sir Alexander Burnes) may not
be uninteresting. They are certainl v races well calculated to
perplex the jockeys of Epsom and' Newmarket :—" Horae
racing is a favourite amusement, and the horses for the purpose
are generally trained for a fortnight or three weeks preceding;
and they require this, for a race here is not a matter of one or
two mile heats, but a regular continued run for twenty or
twenty-five k05,(40 or 50 miles !) across the country, sometimes
wading through morasses and swimming rivers, but snore fre-
quently crossing their magnificent extended plains; Lone of
which, as level as our best race.courses, and with a beautiful
green turf covering, not unfrequently extends the entire dis-
tance to be run. The scene on these occasions is highly ani-
mated, as not only the racers, generally about 20 in number,
set off, but the whole of the /porting assembly, perhaps 100, or
even 500 in number, accompany them, at least for the first three
or four miles. A judge has been sent on in advance, and the
competitors seldom return till the next day ! The prizes are
certainly worth some exertion, and, in one case, when the donor
was a man of gond substance, they were as follows :—The first
and most classical, was a young maiden, generally a fluzarali
or Chitrab, both prized for their personal attractions; the se-
cond, 50 sheep ; the third, a boy ; the fourth, a horse ; the
fifth, a camel ; the sixth, a cow ; and the seventh, a Nfater
melon, the winner of which becomes an object of ridicule and
banter for the rest of the meeting.
On Friday last, the Proem-cur du Rol at Versailles
applied to the Tribunal de Premiere Instance of that town, to
order the cessation of the prooeediugs commenced before it in
consequence of the late o sastrous accident at Aleudon, con-
sidering that they had been taken up by the Tribunal at Paris.
But the Judges differing in opinion with the Procureur du Roi,
refused the application, and directed that the examinations
should be continued. The public prosecutor declared his de-
termination to appeal to the Cour Royale.
MURRAIN AMONG CATTLE.—.I short time since,
ten beautiful short-horned Durham heifers were turned into a
close belonging to Mrs. Morris, of Ampthill ; they were then
in a thriving condition. On Saturday last one of them mania
fested symptoms of disease, and shortly died. Since then three
others have been attacked in a similar way, all of which have
died ; othirs are still ill. It is 'believed that the disease with
which they have been attacked is the murrain, which appeared
about 130 years ago. —Hertz Rqfonner.