The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-27 00:00:00

advfintage from the occasion. Tlie native
PqtriOts will hare dependents enough &their o*n
to provide , and are not likely'to grye a prefer'.
ence to .those Min do not even 'Underttaud their
language, and who, from their 'profession, will
not be capable of much use, when militaty as-
sistance shall no longer be required.

The Horning Chronicle, ,paying high .cOMpli-
tnents to Mr. BEN-m.l:a, states 0141 thilt
man had offufed his services to the 'United States
of America, and ro the 1-47,tnpertor of RUSSIA, to
draw tlp a complete botiv of law. The offer was
not aecepted by either party; anti The Chronicle
states, " that with respect to Russia,. 'Mr. BENT-
HAM soon found it was a fundamental principle of
the modern Holy League, that in the hands of
the ruling and sub-ruling few, the nearer the con-
dition of the subject many can be brought to the
condition of the beasts of the field, the better it
will be for the interests, teniporal as well as eter-
,nal, of all parties.'We submit to the public,
whether there was ever a more indecent and a
more fallacious effusion of Jacobinical malevolence;
particularly, too, as it is well known that the
,Emperor of RUSSIA is incessantly endeavouring to
improve his empire and enlighten his people. Mr-
BENTHAM is implicated in this slander, inasmuch
as it is asserted that he found the rejection of his
offer arose from the grounds above stated. But
indeed the malignity that could conceive such
a falsehood, might have audacity or cunning
•enough to cover it under his name and authority.

The Rule Nisi obtained by WooLga to get aside
e striking of the Jury in his,case at the Crown-

Office, was this morning discharga in the Court
of King's Bench, which decided that the Jury hart
been fairly chosen. Wootxß's Trial, therefore;
stands for the Sittings after Ter►+.

We copied from The Morning Chronicle an•arti-
cle relative to the Prince of ORANGE. The fol-
lowing contradiction appears in a Paper of this
day:—" We are enabled to assure the public, on.
the hest.antlioriiy, that the Prince of Orange, so
tar from spewing the want of feeling ascribed to
him in a letter from. Mussels, in The Morniag
Chronicle of Tuesday, gave the ,most .affecting
proofs of deep and heartfelt sorrow on the late
melancholy event. The Princess.-.of ORANGE no
sooner heard of it, than her Imperial Highness
put herself unto mourning, as well as all the Ladies
of her household,"--(Times.)

Letters received yesterday froM Malta mention
tisent (1,11C11:41 ail na a 1+.,.t ;"
for Corfu., Tratie at that Island was unusually

. .
With respect to the Dutch C(ilonies.in the East,
we believe them to be in great• danger of being
entirely lost to- Holland. Fresh accounts were
received in town yesterday relative to the affairs of

the Dutch Settlements, brought by a -vessel ar-
rived at Liverpool, which kit Java on the 4th '
August. Through her we learn, that after the
massacre of the Canoe Expedition, sent from Ann-
boyna ;against Saproai the. Amboyuese had got
nearly complete possession of the island, and
compelled the Dutch inhabitants to seek shelter
under the forts. These fortified situations had
been frequently attacked by the natives, who had
been rendered bold and desperate, and who, ex-
traordinary as it may appear, actually waged war
under British colours. Wnen the Company's ship
Antelope left Saproa in July, it was expected that
the natives would hare complete possession of the
island in a few days. To this unpleasant infor-
mation, so far as regards .the Dutch, we have to
add, that the whole of the Celebes and the Mo.
lueca Islands have manifested a,similar spirit of
disaffection ; and no trifling apprehensions were
entertained for the safety of Java itself.

We are authorised to state, that the- Gentleman
who superintended the musical department of `IHE
OPERA Housz last season, relinquished his con-
nexion with it when the season closed. We are
induced to state this fact, because, otherwise, it
might be conceived that he had some concern in
the proposed reduction of the salaries of the Mu-
sical Performers, at a time whenthe subscriptions
were augmented. The truth is, that the Gentle-
man alluded to actually.objected tektite proposed
redaction,
.and his opposition- to this measure;
and other infringements em his authority in
.the
department in question, led to his resignation of
an office which no professional character is better
qualified to discharge' ithcredit -to himself and
to the advantage of any establishment in which he
might engage. The Letter, signed ANTI-PARA-
SITE, which appeared in Tne Son of Tuesday last,
gave occasion to this stateme:it and these obser-
vations.

Letters from St. Thomas's, dated October 9,
are said to state, that accounts from La Guira
mention that Mortmt.o,
_after evacuating Marga-
rita, returned .to the Main, aiAtl‘ iremediately de-
ter Mined to send those forces he had left to Va-
lencia and the Valleys of Aragta, towards which
quarter they went, some passing tbrotigh-Caracas,
awl the others through Puerto C..-ell°. It is
suppoSed they are intended to hold Generals PAEZ
and SARAZA
.10 check, who had assumed an irn•
posing attitude: In Caracas,it believed that
the only reason which prevented theindependents
from entering U e capital was the overflow of the
Llanos (Plains) in consequence of the heavy rains.
—This impediment would, however, cease at the
end of November, or the beginning of December.
It was reported that General Oar.riart had moved
on towards Santa Ftl, where, if he should arrive,
he will certainly be %veil received, as'Mortit:Lo and
his army have left very unfavourable impressions
behind Wm, in that country.