Star.
London, England, 1820-08-25 00:00:00

MADRID, AUGUST 10.

A very interesting discussion occupied the Cortes
(luting three consecutive Sittings. The Marquis de
Castellar, Captain of the Guards, had arrested M.
Aguilera, an Officer of the Guards, who had pub-
lished a writing against his superior Officers, an act
which is forbidden by the Military Ordinances which
the Cortes have put in force. M. Aguilera addressed
a complaint to the Cortes, and the Committee who
were appointed to examine it, proposed that the Mar-
quis de Castellar should be prosecuted before the
I Tribunals as a violator of the Constitution and of the
Liberty of the Press.
Upon this question the discussion took place, and
it was at length carried in the affirmative, by 104
votes against 47—the Cortes thus declaring that the
soldiers might henceforth publish what they pleased
respecting their Chiefs.

The telegraph at the Horse Guards communicates
to the KING, at his retreat in Windsor Great Park,
the proceedings in the House of Lords, every half
hour. As his MAJESTY receives his information only
from his own servants, it is possible that he is not
made acquainted with the agitation that prevails in
the country.
The proceedings in the House of Lords will have
the salutary effect of making the Noble Peers early
risers. It is a new thing for most of them to break-
fast at nine o'clock in the morning.
A few days ago a melancholy accident happened
in Leeds. As Mr. JOSEPH JACKSON, a promising
young man, the son of Mr. ROBERT JACKSON, a
cloth-dresser, was adjusting one of the straps on a
machine at his father sgig-mill, in the Leylands, his
arm was caught by the strap, and in, a moment he
was drawn into the revolving machine, 'which could
not be stopped till it had mangled, his limbs in a
manner too shocking for description. When extri-
cated from his dreadful situation, some faint signs of
life still remained ; but in two hours after he had
been conveyed to the house of his agonized parents,
he breathed his last.

A Gentleman, who lately travelled through the
greater part of the Southern Counties of England,
has made the remark, that in every town and village
where he stopped, he heard of the Bill cf Pains al d
Penalties, and found the QUEEN the universal topc,
even amongst the lowest of the labouring classes.
A short time ago, a person with a bag of salt on
an ass, under the plea of the animal's being tired,
and its being late in the night, begged permission
to leave the salt at a grocer and baker's at Bingham,
Lincolnshire; this being perceived by a splenetic
neighbour, he gave information to the Excise Of-
ficer, who, as the salt was not accompanied with a
permit, seized it. The case came on a few days ago,
before the Magistrates, at the instance of the Board
of Excise, and the tradesman, who very foolishly
suffered judgment to go by default, was fined'one
hundred guineas ! ! As it was a very general opinion
among the inhabitants of Bingham, that the baker
had not any intention of defrauding any one, many
hundreds of them, of both sexes, assembled on Sa-
turday evening last, and placing an effigy of the in•
former, together with a bag of salt, on an ass, pa-
raded him through the town; and after a severe
flagellation, he was hanged and burnt in the market-
place, amidst the most uproarious eclat!
COPPER MlNK.—About six months ago, a labourer
employed in cutting a drain on the farm of Eurick,
in Galloway, the property of Mr. MURRAY, of Brough-
ton, discovered apparently a rich vein of copper ore.
A short time afterwards the mine v. as let to a Com-
pany in Cornwall, who lately commenced working
with great spirit, and last week shipped a cargo of
ore (upwards of 40 tons) on board the sloop Samson,
for Llanelly, Carmarthenshire.

Rm.= Oran House.—laut night Free and Easy was per.
formed before the new Piece, Patent Shasens. The latter en-
tertainment is a witty attempt to repay the Drury-Lane Ma-
nager some of his offence to the dignity of this minor Theatre, as
the late Froprle.or of the Olympic has termed it. It opens
with an Address delivered
,by Miss KELLY, en costume as the
Comic Muse t its object is to contrast the advantages of small
, Theatres with the difficulties to which the larger ones subject
the finer efforts of acting. Then follows Haimer, as the dis-
tressed Manager of a Summer Theatre, discussing, with happy
ruefulness, the emptiness of the boxes, and the famine of the
Company. He is assailed by different performers for an at-
count, if not of his receipts, of his low spirits ; and he answers
them all by a lamentation that a Summer Theatre is not a
Winter Theatre, where a winter season has now included a
summer. He is visited by the Chorus, dressed as Alatheath's
gang, and leads them with a parody of their song :
" Hark ! I hear no sound of coaches,
The Devil a one approaches," Sm.
He then falls asleep, talking of the good old times when
players could keep themselves out of gaol, and dozes away,
pronouncing the name of GARRICK The scene draws, and
exhibits Garrick standing betweep Tragedy and Comedy, u in
RaesioLes's picture. Garrick descends and awakens the Ma-
nager, who deer homage to the illustrious shade. But when he
has time to remover his speech, he expresses his surprise that
Garrick looks so tall. The part is played by WAIDICH. The
words may applied—" Why, I thought you tragedy chaps
always ran short." This, which produced much clapping, was
answered by " They now run as long—as Wig cast I" Garrick
proceeds to detail the contiivances neeessary to popularity. It
may be presumed that they are not without reference to the
present disputations. 0 Take all oppertanitks of presenting
yourself as a speechmaker before the House." " But how shall
I find occasion?" " 06, nothing easier; send a check-taker to
whistle among the gods, and then come forward, entreating the
Gentlemen in the two-shilling gallery to suffer you to address
the Gentlemen in the one ; teach the audience criti-
cism; patronise them, ate.; put your performances till puffing
falls sick under you; put in your playbills a call for your trades•
mans' accounts when they are not due, that they may not be
paid when they are; stand at your pit-door, with • stop-watch,
and check the time of every arrival ffateod your winter into
summer, and triumph in the results of your experiment to the
dependents on the Summer Theatre. (It was mentioned that
those were 173 families.) Print your great actor's name in
great characters. If you are poor, ridicule others as being poor ;
and if you are deep, lay hard upon them for cunning, Ike." All
this was received with alternate hieing and applause, as the
friends of either Theatre happened to be peculiarly touched.
The last scene introduced an assemblage of the characters of
English Opera bearing banners with the names of the principal
performances, and finally joining in chorus. The piece is a
mere burlesque; but, for one of its rapid preparation, it implies
industry and ingenuity.
Coax-Excnaner, Accuse. 25.—Some quantity of Wheat re-
mained over from Wednesday's market, for which there was
scarcely any demand this morning; but, although the sales were
heavy, the prices obtained for fine samples were the same as on
Monday, but there were no buyers for ordinary qualities. The
arrival of Oats having been large this week, and considerable
quantities expected from abroad, has caused almost a stagnation
in the trade, although lower prices w. re asked. Barley, Beans,
and Peas, were heavy, at Monday's prices.
MARICKt, AUGUST 25.—Beef, 45. Od. to 55. Od. per
stone ofelbs.; Hutton, 45. Od. to he. Od. Veal, 4s. 6d. to ss. 10.1.
Pork, ss.od. to 64.0.1. Lamb, 55.0 d. to 5L.10d.--Cattle at Market
Beasts, 520 ; Calves, 260; Sheep and Lambe, 11,7 SO ; rigs, 1,11 J.—
Hay, 31.105. to 41. 4s. Clover, SI. Os. t 11, Is. Straw, u. 124.
to 14 16s.