Star.
London, England, 1824-10-30 00:00:00

NUREMBORG, OCTOBER 21.

It is affirmed, in a letter from Paris, that Count Pozzo
di Borgo has presented a •ery important memoir to the
French Government, the object of which is, 'to induce
it to associate (on the principles recommended in the
memoir) with the other great Powers, in the restoration
of peace in the East.
Nothing has transpired of the plan proposed in this
Paper, and it seems that copies of it have been presented
also to the Courts of Berlin, London, and Vienna.

The following is an extract of a-letter from Cartha-
gena, dated August 15:—" The political state of the
country improves every day; and a supply of one
million of dollars, landed a few days ago from Eng-
' land, has improved things wonderfully. The officers
and men of the army and navy receive their pay
regularly, which puts much cash into circulation. The
fleet of transports, consisting of one frigate, four men
of war schooners, and four merchant vessels, with men,
money, and prtvisionss will sail for Chagres on the
17th instant."

The ICING's invitation to the Duke of DSVONSHIRI to
spend a few days at the Cottage, is reported to have been conveyed
in a most• pleasing and graceful epistolary bilk, written by his
MAJESTY himself. His MAJESTT'S recollection of early friasdship
and attachment to the Noble Duke's honourable father naturally
stimulates to this intimacy.
The Marquis and Marchioness of LANSDOWN have
arrived at Bowuod Park, from a visit at the Earl of CASNARVOins
seat, lighclere, Berks. _ _

The LORD Cll Awczu.oft's house, at the corner of Ha-
milton-place, has been newly painted and decorated, previously to
the return uf the Noble Lord from his seat at Encombe.

The Candidates for the City of Dublin are, Mr.
HENRY GRATT/A Sir lbenaan STEEL, Alderman Suaw, and Al-
derman KING.

HOW TO DISTINGUISH A FRENCHMAN.—Observe
when he enters a room, and takes his hat off, if he makes a comb of
his fingers, and settles his hair (which is generally pretty long) with
them. You may be tolerably certain of your conjecture. Observe
him still farther; and if, when at dinner, he picks and cleans his
teeth with the table-knives, you may be perfectly sure you are
right.—Probatuve eat 1
_

As a black as a chimney-sweep" is a proverb and
simile that will not do in Patio—there the chimney-sweepers are
all as yellow as saffron.
We observe by the Edinburgh Papers, that we may
hourly expect the long-promised and favourably anti-
cipated new Work, " Rothelan, a Romance of Me Eng-
lish Histories," by the well-known Author of Annals of
the Parish, The Spar:vile, &c. We understand that it
also contains three shorter Tales, the scenes of which are
chiefly laid in foreign countries.
A meeting of Messrs. Marsh, Stracey, and Graham's
creditors took, place yesterday evening, at Guildhall,
when further debts were proved to the amount of seve-
ral thousand pounds.
It is a striking phenomenon in the natural world, and
in some places is creative of no small degree of appre-
hension, that so many rivulets and springs disappear,
and chat many large rivers have such a scanty 4}pply
of water. Fur instance, the river Oder is scarcely rm.
•vigable at present. •
Whenever you hear a man declare himself indifferent
as to what the Newspapers may say of him, you may
&pen 1
upon it that he reads them aIL

WEST INDIA SLAVY•

TO THE BDITOR OF THE STAY/.
Stit.Observing your liberality, in admitting into
your columns a letter from the Editor of the fish
and Colonial Weekly Register, whose style did not seem
to entitle him to the silent, but satisfactory notice which
he has received from Nrlt4coax, in the new edition of the
Sixth Letter, I hope you will not refuse an observation
from me on that Letter of VINDEZ.
In the first edition were these words : "Let ANGLUS
" cease to suppose that the cause of the abolition—the
" cause of putting an end to the worst form in which
" human society ever appeared, can by possibility be
" permanently aided by sophistical arguments, or by
‘.f perverted facts." In the second edition of this Letter,
the words which precede the hat sentence, now read,
the cause of the Abolition of Slavery," am I correct
in understanding VINDFx as speaking of Slavery ab-
stractedly, and not of any particular form of Slatery ?
The clear exposition which we now have of the awful
question at issue, the close reasoning in confutation of
the unfair statements of ANtmus, and the able manner
in which the fair pecuniary interests of the Planter have
been defended by VINDEX, have created that interest
about his Letters, which makes it of great importance
that he should be clearly understood on the point on
which I have made a short observation.—l am, Sir,
'dour most obedient humble servant,
I Oct. 28, 1 824. A BRITISH COLONIST.

ABERNETHEYIAN CONTROVERSY.