Star. — 1803-02-12 (London, England)

EXC /I ANCIY. 3l per C. Gov. Deb. —3 per Cent. Gov. Deb. 99. Cisurfe of Exchange—Dublin on London is.  Accounts have been received from Sir ROGER Coal-is, at the Cape of Good Hope, of the troops having embarked from that place. Lail night in the Houfe of Commons, the SECRETARY at Watt obtained leave to bring in a Bill to Train and Exercife the Militia twenty-eight days in the year, inftead of twenty-one days. The ellimated additional expence of this meafure is only EB,oool. a year. The Bank Reflrielion Bill went through the Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The Refirielion is to continue for fix weeks after the next Srrnon of Parliament.  Yefterday the Committee proceeded to try the Univerfity of Dublin Petition. Mr. FANS, Chairman. The Connfel for the Sitting Member, (the Hon. GEORGE KNox) are Mr.ADASI and Serjeant LENS; for Mr. PLUNKET, (the Petitioner) Mr. PLOMER, Mr. DAMPIERF, and Mr. NoLats.—The ground of the Petition is, that the Reprefentatives of the Univerfity of Dublin, and indeed of any Univerfity, tuch as Oxford, Cambridge, &c. mutt be a real Member of each Univerfity ; whereas the laid Hon. Gamic); Kant never had been fuch Member of any Univerfity, and was only an hone rary Member of the Univerfity of Dublin, nn hay. ing obtained therein the honorary degree of LL. D. Lieutenant WM. ARCHBOLD is appointed to the Eling fchooner, at Plymouth. Lord JAMES TOWNSNEND, YOUtlgeft fun of the Marquis Towsiso awn, left town yefterday for Portfmotith, to affume his command in tho Navy on his new appointment. Lord Nit.scut yeftcrday fat on the bench next to Lord ELLENsoitovoN, for the purpofe of hearisig the dilcullion of the affair between Captain FREANAVTLE and Lieutenant Rica.  Lady SARAH EINE% debut at Court, on Thurr day, attra&ed thither all the young beaux of family and fafhion. Her Ladyfhip is beliefs to 45,0001. per annum, and confequently is a dear child. Early next month, Lord MONTOOMBRII, eldeft fon of the Earl of En Li w To um, leads to the hymeneal altar, a diftant relation, the eldeft daughter of the late Earl of Ea LIN rout. ; and, by this match, two large ellates will be re-united in the fame family.  The Earl of STANFORD and SirGILSIIT MUTHCorr have entered the kgd/f/1: about the right to a common worth 20,0001. in Lincolnfhire, and the whole county is alive to the refult.  There is a Ranier in the city who has two foru ; nne of them is extremely diffipated, and dreffes in thepisti of fetioa • the other is domeftic, and MEI• ly attends to the banking 6010; which peculiarities occafioned a wag to name the &It Cwast, and the other Dy:x*tai. A Seaman has been apprehended at Cork, on furpicinn of being one of the crew of the Fit &stows, concerned in the murder of Captain Ptcor, and taking the (hip into a Spanifh Port in the Welt  On Saturday laft a Gentleman of very refpedable connexions in the neighbourhood of Hull, was committed to York Cattle, for having with a brace of pintas, on the preceding day, in a fit of info. nity, killed his only two children, one of whom died immediately; the other only furvived the melancholy event a few hours. Yefterday, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, the neighbourhood of the Poultry was alarmed by a loud explofion, occalioned by the burning of a frill in the laboratory of Mars.