Star.
London, England, 1802-11-06 00:00:00

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Conf. 6814—Ditto, for Nov. 68ii-
-4 per Cent. 8341—Long Ana. 19 13-16.
Omnium 9fi dii.

Some of our Contemporaries (till endeavour to
perfuade the Public that all the (hips which have
been di:patched in fuch hafte to different quarters,
were fent only " for the purpofe of accelerating
the return of many of thofe abroad, to reduce the
public expence as fpeedily as poilible, and not with
any holt& view.
" Tl c (hips," fay they, " which failed from Gib-
raltar were bound to Malta, to remove the garri-
fon ; two regiments of which go to the Welt In-
dies, and the reft return to Gibraltar. Thefe re-
giments have been reduced to above half their
arength, by the difcharge of all thole men whn
were entitled for limited firvice, and who returned
in the laft (hips from Malta."

How incoaliftent are fome people !—ln the very
paper from which we have taken the words jull
quoted we find the following paragraph :

The meafures taken by Government for retain.
ing the Iflaud of Malta, until the provifion of an
adequate guarantee Mall he made, have been
marked with equal wifdom and thivity. Advices
have been received from Naples flora an Agent
authorized for that purpofe, that the Neapolitan
troops dellined to garrifon the Ifland are-princi-

pally officered by Frenchmen.' This very exu.a;r-
dinary introduCtion of Republican officers into the
Neapolitan military ellablifhment, fora particular
objet, has excited much diftru ; and we {hall not
be furprifed if the orders fent out for the retention
of Malta be carried into died with an unprece-
dented minutenefs."

We have this day received letters from Gibral-
tar, of the itiah October. In that quarter they
teem ignorant of the changes in the &I-poll-
tion of Milliners refpeaing the inflan: evacuation
of Malta. It feems plain, however, that the or-
ders difpatched by Government, in confequence
of that change, are now ailing upon in the Medi
terranean. Dilpatches for the fquadron in that
Sea, and for the Commanders of the Troops at
Malta, had reached Gibraltar ; and the PHOEBE,
which carried them out, was to proceed to the
eafiward, on the day our letters came, in qucil of
the fhips which hail failed on the 6th ult. as men-
tioncd in our fall letters.—ln the mean time, pro •
ceeding on former orders, every preparation was
making at Gibraltar for the reception of the
troops from Malta and Egypt. Our next letters
from that quarter, we exped to announce very
different new : in the mean time we fubjoin one
of the letters in the form in which we received it :

"GIBRALTAR, Orr.l4.—Yeßerday the PHOEBE
frigate, commanded by the Hon. Capt. CA P EL, ar-
rived here from Portfmouth, with dirpatches fur
thefquadron on this Ration, and the Comrn:inding
°fixer of the forces at Malta.

"The PHOEBE fails again this afternoon in qucit
of the fquadron which left this, and flood to the
eaftward on the 6th init. Lord ALTHORPE, cldclt
fon of Lord SPENCER, is on board the PHOEII!, as
a pairenger, and proceeds up the Mediterranean
along with the (hip. Major HARDYMAN, of the
Royals, and Capt. HARDY MAN, of the Navy, alfo
came pafrengers in her for this place.
" Nothing has as yet tranfpired refpeCting the
deftination of our fqnadron in thefe teas.
" We fhortly expe& the troops from Egypt and
Malta here, and every exertion poilible is making,
in preparing barracks, for the reception of fuck
regiments as are to remain in the garrifon, and
whofe arrival will be a feafonable relief ; as from
the weak (late of the garrifon, the duty has una-
voidably been rather fevere upon both Officers and
min this Come time paft."