Star.
London, England, 1806-02-22 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

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LONDON.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY as.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK t
Confula. moor! 641—for accounokl—Reduced
PRICE OF STOC
Rank Stock tot so 6
3 per C. Red. An
per Cent. Conf 6t toil
4 per Cent. SO 79}}
5 per Cent. Navy 941 ii
Long Atm. 271
COURSE. OF EXCHANGE-
Arnlterdarn 36 to aUL Cadiz -- pap 14aples e 4
Do. at fight 36 tt Ditto 3c4eff Ganes e 6
Rotterdam it it * Ut. Madrid pap Lllbon 591
Hamburgh 34 a2l Ditto St dr Oporto6,l
Akona 34 3 'X. Mhos 37 ef. Dublin 121
Park t day 't date 24 ta ht. Leghorn 5 t Cork 13
Pads - 25 oaUE I Venice 6a Sores Pieta den tive
Bourdeatm *5 I ditto pef ti. ttortlgig.
Agit, on the Bank at liolisod 54 per Cent.

!KS YESTERDAY:
India ilooda. as. a 3s. prem.
Insp. 3 par Cent 6ri4
Imp. Ann. 9
E'er's(' Bilis i a 311. prem.
Coal. for act. 6a 6:.}}

It is with pleafure *e learn, that the Members of
the Military Council, for the defence of the country,
and the fuperintendance of the military concerns of
the nation, are at length appointed. The Council
includes the firll military charafters of all parties, or,
rather, that are above all party. The Conqueror of
Egypt, Lord HUTCHINSON. IS to be the PreGdent ;
and, among other great military eharaarrs, we rejoice
to heat that General Moot it is to be one.

One of the fira reseafures determined on, will be a
very great reduCtion of the moll tapenlive part of our
force, the Cavalry. It i► in agitation to do this by
one of two modes, viz. the entire redueion dell the
Heavy Cavalry, which are almotl ufelefs, and highly
eapenfive ; or byreducing two troops ofeveryCavalry
Regiment, light and heavy. If the fira is reforted
to, our only Heavy Cavalry will be the feennd Regi.l
ment of Life Guards, and the Horfe Guards (Blues,)
to be formed into a third Regiment of Life Guards.
The Foot Guards are an ezpenfive defcription of
troops, and have been increafed much of late years :
lit is Paid they will be reduced to the regular Ilrengtb
of three regiments, as they were in 1793.

It was for Come time doubtful whether the Earl of
Rosswro, or Sir DASIT) DUNDA*, Mould have the
Command in Chief in Scotland: much to the credit
of the liberality of the new Adminillratinh, it has been
given to Sir DAVID. Lord Hovot mime is mentioned
as his fucceflor in the command of the Southern Dif-
trift. Lord Mota♦ is to have a moil important and
earenfive command : from the Thames to the Hum.
ber he is to be Commander in Chief.

A very confiderable Brevet and Military Promotion
is ezpeaed immediately, which will occalion cord'.
&rabic changes in all commands and dißries.

13y the lall Hamburgh Mail, Govermbetit, we
learn, received difpatches from Peterlburgh and
Stockholm, on the fubjea, as is reported in private
letteis, of certain propolitions which have been made
by Pruffia, leading to a negotiation for a Continental
Peace. Ruffia and Sweden, we continue to be at-
roved, pledge themfelves to regulate their conduit in
flria confOrmity to the different treaties entered into
with this country, The former is affembling a very
numerous army on the Southern frontier.
The French army in Germany now tolleas eontri.
hutioni as orderly as if the raif.ng of money were
the only objell of its efiablifhment, We have already
Rated the robbery exercifed upon the free City of
Frankfort. The neighbouring Sovereigns begin to
fear that they will fonts (hare the fame fate. It is raid
that a million will be impored upon the Arch.
'Chancellor of the Empire, who, it is reported, will
be made Sovereign of the City OU-frankfort. The
Fsmily of Se cw is condemned to pay a million. The
Elelor of Hassa, it is thought, will he taxed at
eight millions, or about 31,3,0001. We doubt if the
Elector of SAXONY will efcape.

The 'trembling of fo large a French army on the
Lower Rhine has eaufed great uneaGnefs in Ger-
many. It can have but one of two objects in view :
either to lay the neighbouring powers under contri-
bution ; or to intimidate Pruffia. which cannot but
be averfe to Auliria being aggrandifed at the expellee
of Turkey. Probably both of there objeds are in
Naroxeou's view—on the former we fee him ailing
already.

It is reported that feveral German Prince•,
cularly Medi, Darmiladt, and Maw Ufingen are to
be obliged to raife regiments for the French fervice.
In the mean time it is faid that Pcullia, Rußia,
and Saxony, helitate to acknowledge B 's
Kings.

It is reported upon the Continent that the obje& of
Count BeaIIBTOILF'S million to Berlin is to endeavour
to procure Hamburgh for Denmark, at leaß to pro-
mote tome change tefpeeing its fovereignty.
Private letters from the Continent Rate, that fele-
ral members of the B family remonßrated
with NA►OLEON Oil the adoption of young Beaus/as.
mots as his fun, and rcprefented it as repugnant to the
contlittition. This interference. however, he took
very ill, and threatened to reduce to their original in.
fignificance thole who Mould venture to oppofe his
pleafure. JOSEPN BONAPARTE, in defiance of she
conllitution, will, it is thought, be King of Naples. It
is fuppofed, however, that if Rill% would tecognife
A~asra Emperor of France and King of Italy,
favourable condi ions mi,!,ht be obtained for the Royal
Family of Nei,les.
Other extr.As horn the lail mail areliven in the i
preceding culutnu.

GIBRALTAR AND 'twos
TVe have the (WA:Mon to *annual.; Alt onr
troops in both of there gar►ifons Were in gond health
ind high fpirits, at the dates of the following letters,
received this morning :

" 011111AILTAR, lANVIRY 30.

a On the 26th the Avon gun brig arrived here,
with the mails from Lifbon, to the 3oth ult.: fbe was
warmly attacked by fume of the gun boats in the Gut,
but beat them off.

" Yefterday the MOUCHSRON brig arrived from
Malta. in 35 days, but brings nothing new.
" The garrifon is now extremely gay and pleifant,
as we have afferablies and plays weekly, and maf-
querades are now introduced. General Fox gives a
molt fuperb one at head quarters on Monday. About
four hundred tickets are iffued for the occafion. The
communication with Spain is alto nearly as open as
it was in time of peace. The Officers of the garrifon
and the inhabitants, are allowed to go on parties of
pleafure or a (hooting into Spain, for feveral days at
a time, and the Spann Officers fometimes come into
our affetnblics.

Captured and brought in on the tBtb.—The
Spanith Laud Sto. Xto. del Orao, Vicaar■ Roca-
void., three days from Malaga, with fruit, bread,
bafs, he. for CadiL.—fly P. S. W. Minerva.
ig Captured and brought in on the 24111.—The
Spanith Laud Sto. Xto. del Gear', Jos■ R/114110,
11 two days from Malaga, wish fruit and flour.—By
P. S. W. Fortuna.
Arrivals from the tyth to the 14th initant..-The Engfm
(cheater Bolton, litimard Heslin, yo days from Naples, with
brandy, for Madeirs.—Rtes Majefty's Coop Martin, Captain Sa-
vage, and brig Fervent, Lieutenant Hare, from a eruize"-Hth
/44steIty's lib Orion, Captain Coddington, from Lord Coiling-
wood.--His Mai(lty's bomb )ama, Captain Ql2lSiam, from a
cruise.—His MaJefty's brig Wessle, Captain Clayell, and his Ma-
Ars hip Endymion, Captain King, from a serums to the eaftvard

Balled co the tgth.—His Maker's &To Thunderer; Ajax'
Aflootaar, Dreadnought, and (thornier Pickle. to the sreftward.
Sailed on the sift.—. The American brig Vixen."
IXERACT OF • LRTTIR FROM MI OFFICER OF HIS ML•