The Sun. — 1827-07-20 (London, England)

LORD 'CHIEF-JUSTICE has taken this gentleman for his model; if so, we would beg leave to hini, for his consideration, that an " oracle" is but too often a Dos et preeterea nihil." If, however; in the plenitude of his ambition, he has an eye to the Senate as well as to the Bar, if not content with being " a Daniel come "to judgment, yea; a Daniel," he must also thrust himself forward as a rival to Mr. Hos KISSON ; we can only pity the Protean talents that are never likely to be .appreCiated, except when they evince their professional ingenuity in confounding truth with falsehood, guilt with innocence, the law of reason with the law of libel. Let Lord Chief Justice BEST content himself with the honor of fostering every noxious reptile that can crawl and wriggle itself into Court, but let him not meddle with Mr. HusKissoN. Shall the dwarf presume to bend the bow of Ulysses?  Commodore Porter arrived at Vera Cruz on the 18th of, May, a passenger in the sloop Greyhound, from Key West, the object of his visit was understood to be to .bring the Mexian vessels of war, viz, the brigs Guerrero, Victoria, and Herntonia, then lying at Vera Cruz, to. act in concert with the Colombian squadron in pursuit of a *panish privateer said to be off Campeaehy.  A Philadelphia paper informs its readers, that there are in that city about 400 billiard-tables, by which the science of gambling is thoroughly learned, and will doubtless yield a constant supply of subjects for the almshouses, gaols, and penitentiariei.  Mr. Watts, our Charge d'Affairs in Colombia, has addressed a envious note, dated the 15th March, to President Bolivar, alluding to the dissensions in • Colombia, and " entreating. his return to Bogota, to save the country."— This request is made as the Representative of the Republic of Washington. It is presumed that Mr. Watts could never have been authorised by our Government to adopt such an extraordinary measure of interference with the in,ternal concerns of a friendly Power.  Fa°. JAmAicA.---A letter frpra Kingston, isms.itir, iratied the 26th May, to a house in St. Jag() de Cuba, states, that the Duke of Manchester has just intied an order to the collector of Customs, to lay the double duties on all articles imported after the Ist June. We learn that the double duties refer to American produce, coming friiin the Neutral Islands, as they continue to be called in common parlance. A measure of this kind was to he expected, and perhaps the introduction of American produce into the British Islands will be totally prohibited except by way of the Canada% and Liverpool. The Baltimore papers of the 15th ultimo, contain a long and horrible case of piracy and murder, on board the brigantine Cranford, Capt. H. Brightman, on a voyage from Matanzas, with a cargo for New York. She sailed on the 28th of May, having on board, beyond her crew, eight passengers, four of whom (a Frenchman and three Spaniards) rose on the crew and passengers, and in the night of the Ist of June, and slaughtered all except three, viz. the mate, the cook, and a French gentleman, one of time passengers. It is a matter of congratulation to find these monsters have been apprehended, awl will shortly expiate their horrid crime. The pirate captain (the Frenchman) had, however, before the guard could reach the vessel, cut his throat.  ' The Paris Papers of the 17th inst. state that a privateer, supposed to be the General Armarico, was cruising on the 6th instant near Bilboa, for Spanish vessels expected from London with valuable cargoes. It is 5156 further added, they seem well-informed of the vessels trading in the English ports, and had good information of the time of sailing. Nothing can more strongly depict the wretched state of the Spanish marine than this proof of a small privateer of one gun and thirty men keeping the whole of the northern Spanish ports in a state of alarm, whilst two others place the coast on the south in the same deplorable state, so much so as to cut up even their coasting trade. Letters from Colombia of a few- days later date than those already received have come to hand, by the New York packet ship John Walls, arrived at Liverpool, their contents are of an unimportant character, and do not furnish any political intelligence of the least importance.