Star.
London, England, 1820-12-22 00:00:00

EAST INDIES.
PROM OUR CORRtSPORVINT.
MADRAS, MAY So; ISO.
The Thomas Coons, Indiaman, is daily expected
at Madras, with the new Governor, Sir TROAIAS
Mtmaot, on board, from England.
On the 4th of May, his Majesty's ship LEANDEP.
60 guns, Captain RICRARIMON, *bearing the flsg of
Rear-Admiral Sir HENRY BLACKWOOD, arrived at
Trincomalee, Ceylon, from Portsmouth, which place
she left the 6th January. •
Considerable undertakings and improvements are
going forward in the Island of Ceylon, under the
direction of Lieutenant-Colonel WRIGHT, of, the
Royal Engineers, and an immense number of new
roads have been formed throughout the country.—
Several canals are in progress to faCilitate the inland
navigation, and ocher works of that description,
which had been commenced by the Dutch, as well
as many others entirely new, are expected to be
shortly completed, which will add much to the im-
portance of the Island.
Two Companies of the Royal Artillery are ex-
pected shortly to arrive at Ceylon, to relieve the two
now there, and_ which have been in that Island for
a considerable length of time. The above two Com-
nies ate said to be on board the Colombo, free
trader; and which was to sail the middle of January-
Another heavy gale occnrred at Madras on the
Bth of May, &Wog which considerable damage was
done to the town aad shipping : several vessels were
wrecked, and every ship in the Roads diiven to sea.
The ship Atlas, one of the vessels driven opt of the
Roads, was wrecked off Pulicat on the 10th. -

A Flanders Mail arrived last night, with Papers to
the 20th instant.
The second Chamber of the. States-general, which
is no* assembled, was engaged, in its public sitting
of the 16th, in the important discussion of three Pro
jects of Law relative to the Finances. Great interest
was excited by this debate, and the galleries were
crowded. His Royal Highness the Prince of Oztabipa
was present. After an animated and eloquent debate;
the Minister of Finance rose to reply to all the object
tions made by various speakers to the three Projects
of Law, which being put to the vote, severally were
carried, viz. . .
1. One relative to the Receipt and Expenditure, br 0
votes to ss.

1. Another on the Ways and Means, by 60 to S 9; and

3. Relative to a Loan of Eight Millions, by 73 to 26.
It is to be remarked that, on this memorable occa•
sion, no Member spoke Dutch ; the Minister also
spoke French.
The following article, relative to the Kingdom of
the Two Sicilies, is quoted from the Austria* Observer.
We need scarcely remind our Readers with what re-
serve anything from the Austrian Capital, on the
subject of Neapolitan affairs, mast Ile received:
" According to advices from Naples, dated the
22d ult. the Government has keen compelled, by the
embarrassed state of its finances, to suspend the extra
pay which it had granted to the troops. This mea-
sure was soon followed by consequences which it was
easy to anticipate. The 12th. Regiment of Infantry
manifested its dissatisfaction by acts of insubordina-
tion. Several of the men resolvel to quit their co-
lours, and return to their homes; and it was found
expedient to send 'this Regiment to the Province of
Abruzzo. On their route thither they committed
fresh excesses, and an Officer was shot by his own
men at Zeano. It appears, that the Authorities have
been hitherto successful in preventing mere serious
commotions, which the spirit and example of this
Regiment might have led to. The recruits, how-
ever, refused to march to the appointed rendezvous;
and some of them were seen by travellers, on the
road between Ilri and Fondi, escorted to their several
corps handcuffed.
Confusion and anarchy continue to make fearful
progress, even in the town of Naples. Pillage, mur-
der, insubordination, and want of respect to the Au-
thorities, are more than ever the order of the day.—
No one can pass in the•streets by night, without ex-
posing his life. The Carbonari continue to exercise
boundless influence. They openly defy the Govern-
ment and Parliament: the Members of both have
their poniards to fear, if they attempt to resist their
will. 3'l. Zurlo, Minister of the Interior, is under in-
dictment, because he has been charged by them with
having infringed an article of the Constitution:'

Madrid Papers to the 9th inst. have arrived. There
exists in Spain an active party, anxious for the resto-
ration of the ancient form of Government; but the
spirit of the great body of the People, encouraged
by the unequivocal feeling of the Government, is
'so decidedly hostile to their attempts, that no fears
need be entertained for the stability of the present
system. We find, however, that the discontented
occasionally assemble in different parts of the Pe-
ninsula, in small companies of about twenty or
thirty armed men, but they mix up depredation
se much with politics, that it is not always easy
to distinguish the insurgents from the banditti...—.
A Madrid paper of the Bth, states, that on the pre-
ceding evening a courier had arrived from Burgos,
bringing intelligence of an alarming nature. The
Provincial Deputation of Barcelona addressed a very
violent remonstrance to the King, complaining in
angry terms of the impunity enjoyed by the enemies
of tie Constitution. si Inveterate enemies," say the
Deputation, " whose numbers are increasing daily,