Star.
London, England, 1825-05-02 00:00:00

CARLSRUIIE, APRIL 24.

The Official Gazette now publishes the law by which,
1. The Deputies to the Chambers are to be elected for six years.
2. The Assembly of the States is to meet once in three years.

B. The budget to be determined for three years.

A rescript from the Grand Duke, read to the First
Chamber, announces that his Highness is extremely sa-
tisfied with the zeal which the Assembly has shewn in
accelerating the labours confided to it, but as the num-
ber and importance of these Officers, and the interrup-
don caused by the Easter Holidays, has hindered their
being concluded in the two months fixed for the dura-
tion of the Session,. his Highness is pleased to prolong
the Session till the 14th of May.

The Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday, together
with the Etoile of Saturday, which we "have received
ate chiefly filled with the debates of the two Chambers.
The discussions on the expenditure of the Spanish war
are conducted with great animation, and with much
party hostility, in the Chamber of Deputies. In that of
the Peers, the law of the resit.: was adopted on Thurs-
day, by a majority of 134 to 92. On one of the amend-
ments proposed to the project, the numbers were so
near as 123 to 103. M. de VtuaLa has thus succeeded
in carrying his two great measures, after a protracted
struggle, and amid some degree of popular odium.
The indemnity project, which had pa;sed both Cham-
bers, appears in the Monitekr of Thursday, with the
Royal sanction.
The Btoile of Saturday contains some particular.:
respecting the arrangements for the Coronation. On
Wednesday, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Minister
of the Interior presented a project of law to authorise
the city of Rheims to borrow 80,000 francs, at an inte-
rest not exceeding 5 per cent. payable in four years
from Jan. 1, 1828. This sum is destined to cover the
expenses which will necessarily be incurred by the
fetes and ceremonies which will take place on the occa-'
sion of the Coronation.

The Journal des Debits announces the termination of
the discussion on the law of the Rentes in the following
ominous manner :

The law relative to the Renter passed In the Chamber of Peers
this evening, after a memorable debate.
" This law was opposed by Messrs. Roy, MoUlen, Chateaubriand,
Kergolay, de Broglie, and Pasquier, whose taknta and capacity for
business nobody disputes : it was defended by Messrs. de Chastening
Chaptal. and de Narbonne.

• This vote is not an ordinary vote; it is an event—a-very g: zrtt
event. We enter on a new road ;we abandon the ground on
which we have proceeded since the beginning of the restoration.
Let us await the future."

The Singapore Chronicle contains several masterly
articletrm the commerce and agriculture of that rapidly
growing settlement, which even already is one of the
Most important of our possessions. It appears that the
exports from this settlement from January to December,
1823, amount to the very large sum of Five Millions
fine hsusdred and sixty•eight thousand five hundred and
sixty Spanish dollars ! The trade consists of five dis-
tinct branches,—that, with GI eat Britain, with Bengal,
and other parts of Western India, with China, native and
European, with Siam and Cochin China, with the dis-
tant commercial tribes of the Indian Archipelago itself,
&c. In 1822, four ships only cleared out for London;
in 1823, the number had increased to nine. In-1822,
the value of British piece goods importedr was, in
Spanish dollars, 265,054; in 1823, they had risen to
1,064,389 ; and the exports were in proportion. Th*
increase of the trade with China, Siam, and Cochin
China, is on a corresponding scale. These papers more
than corroborate the views of Mr. CRAWFORD, and
some other subsequent witnesses, examined by the
Lords Committee on Foreign Trade, as to the increase
of which the commerce with the Indian Isles was sus
ceptible. These are the mines which will repay the ex-
pense of exploring.

Every arrival from Australia trings some new evi-

'deuce of the rapid growth of that colony. By the'
Countess of Harcourt, which has just arrivdci, we ledrn
that another new set4ement has been formed in that
extensive land. It appears that the TAMAR frigate,
Captain Barman, which had been dispatched from
Portsmouth nay in last year, arrived at Pert Jackson
in August, and after being refitted, sailed thence for
the neighbourhood of Port Essington, accompanied by
the Countess of Harcourt and the Lady Nelson colonial
schooner, having on board stores of every description,
as also a detachment of soldiers, under Captain BAR-
Low, ands party of convicts. On reaching their desti-
nation, a landing was effected without any opposition ;
but from a scarcity of water and other necessaries, it
was deemed proper to select another spot, a few miles
distant. The place then chosen is a beautiful level
country, which can be easily cleared, with plenty of
wcod, and a river of excellent fresh water. The stock of
sheep, pigs, ducks, &c. were landed, and culinary seeds
of all descriptions set in a luxuriant soil, many cf which
began to appear at the date of the letters. A strong fort
was erected, on which some of the guns belonging to the
Tamar were mounted ; and on the 21st of October (the
anniversary of the victory off Trafalgar) the English
colours were hoisted, and a salute fired, accompanied
by three hearty cheers. The natives had assembled to
the number of 100, and endeavoured to oppose the ne-
cessary works carrying on. At one time they made an
attack by throwing their spears, notwithstanding every
attempt at conciliation had been adopted, by means of
presents, &c. Confident hopes were, however, enter-
tained, that no further attempts would be made, as they
"had already felt 'the force of fire-arms. The coasts on
that part of the island were unknown until surveyed by
Captain P. P. KING. in the Bathurst surveying vessel,
a few years since, from whose report it has been selected,
and will in time prove highly advantageous, as the
voyage from Sydney can be accomplished without much
difficulty. Captain ItAaLow was left in the command,
and storehouses, with barracks for the soldiers and resi-
dences for the Officers, were being erected.