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to him only as a public man—and upon public groan& ;
and reprobating his conduct solely with reference b its
prejudicial effect upon the welfare of the country we
do most unfeignedly rejoice to learn, that the ascendancy
which he once possessed over the minds of the peepe of
Ireland, is on the wane ; and that " omnipotent," as he
lately believed himself to be—he has already fallen from
his high estate ; and fallen

" Like Lucifer, never to rice again !"

To deny that Mr. O'CoNN ELL was endowed by Nature
with talents, and had acquired influence, sufficient to have
directed his countrymen to the gradual attainment of
every blessing, and of every privilege, that a free state
can confer, or free-born subjects should enjoy, would be
preposterous :—that by the judicious exercise of his ta-
lents and his influence, he might have achieved as much
good for his country, and as much honour to himself, as
ever patriot yet gloried in achieving, we are bound to ad-
mit :—but that, by the wilful perversion of his powers,
he has blasted every hope that his seeming devotion
to the public cause inspired ; betrayed the generous
confidence of the people, " cooled their friends, heated
their enemies;" and made shipwreck of his own popu-
larity, we deliberately affirm. His name may henceforth
serve " to point a moral or adorn a tale ;" but it will no
more be honoured amongst the regenerators, or remem-
bered amongst the friends, of Ireland. A concatenation
of circumstances, such as never before favoured the as-
piring hopes of man, seemed to have secured for O'CoN -
NELL the proud distinction of having worked out the
emancipation of his Catholic brethren :—the glory of
having accomplished that great object which the gigantic
genius of GRATTAN—" the wisest, the noblest, the
best of mankind," could not compass ;—the merit of
having triumphed in that cause which the eloquence of
the most gifted beings that ever adorned a country had
long and vainly advocated ;—the pride of having success-
fully vindicated those rights, to the attainment of which
the energies of millions had been for years ineffectually
devoted ;—glory, merit, pride,—all, as if by the common
consent of mankind, were awarded to one man, and that
man, O'CONNELL. And now, we behold him like the
veiled MONA NN A, casting aside the dazzling tissue that
shrowded the appalling deformity of his evil purposes,
and standing before the world the avowed champion of
perpetual anarchy—the restless spirit of discord and agi-
tation. Ve may be taunted with the charge of incon-
sistency in thus repudiating the actions of a man, whose
exertions in the cause of reform, were not long since the
theme of eulogy, in the columns of the STAR ; but we re-
pel the imputation—not with scorn, or indignation,
but with firmness. The inconsistency is O'Coux ELL's
—not ours. He has forfeited every claim to our
consideration ; and has lost for ever the confidence
of his countrymen. He may harangue and bluster
and look big—and menace. He may talk of resist-
ance, and of his eagerness to lead on his deluded
victims in the struggle to which ho now labours to
ncite them ;—but will they follow where he would lead ?
Or dare ho lead, where they would follow him ? "He
may call spirits from the vasty deep, but will they come
when he does call to them ?" Mr. O'CONNELL had in
his own person the means of effecting, aye, and of per-
petuating, more good for Ireland, by the single " magic
of his name," than any man that ever went before him,
and, we might almost say, than any man will ever again
possess : and how has he used his power ? By exciting
the people to an act of the most monstrous treachery and
ingratitude ; by destroying every hope of conciliation and
tranquillity, and consigning the country, once more, to
turbulence and strife. But we know—and we are proud
to communicate the fact upon the most unquestionable

authority—that the influence which lie has so banefully
exercised, declines apace ; and that those whom he would
again delude—whom he would again sacrifice at the altar
of his dangerous ambition—no longer yield themselves
implicitly, as they were wont to do, the slaves of his des-
potic will ; but, roused, by the failure of his Parliamentary
efforts, to investigate the pretensions by which he once
maintained his ascendancy over them, he has been
" weighed in the balance, and found wanting."
We were the first,—not only amongst our London con-
temporaries, but of the British Press—to hold up to the
merited opprobrium of the country, the deliberately wicked
scheme by which O'Cox NELL now endeavours once again
to agitate the kingdom. This we did on Saturday last,
and on Monday, the Times, the Morning Journal, and
the Courier, followed our example. Who shall say, hence-
forth, that w E do not give the tone to the leaders of public
opinion? Who shall say that the STA a does not "give light
to the blind ?"

One of the most important subjects to be brought under
the notice of Parliament after the recess, is the conside-
ration of that ruinous monopoly--the Corn Law system
—which has in no slight degree contributed to weaken
the energies of the country, and to deteriorate the inter
eats, not only of the occupiers of the soil, but of the most
industrious classes of the community. We deem it " one
of the most important subjects" rather in an abstract
point of view—as the system affects the country—than
with regard to any beneficial result that may be derived
from the promised motion of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, or
the unwilling and imperfect discussion to which that mo-
tion will give rise as a matter of course ; but Kith which
it will, also, be dismissed—as a matter of course. The
letter which we now subjoin, appeared in the Times a few
days since ; and we must confess that we should have infi-
nitelymore hope of attaining some ultimate advantage from
the frequent expression of such opinions, and the publi-
cation of such statements, coming, as they do in the pre-
sent instance, from an authentic source, and from an ix •
perienced and intelligent writer, than from the most
lengthened debate that ever occupied a House, the deci-
sions of which are but too often regulated—not by the
merits of the question, but by the fiat of the Minister.
"Alm more each wahine's" nye the nue, " of agricultural
beauty and intellipsee would problem so mesa Impression in fa.
TOW el ft FRANCIS BURDETT'S proposal to NUM the emery

from that monopoly which, of all others, is the most barbarous and
overwhelming."
" Sir,Although I am a farmer on an extended scale, and with
the rat of the cultivators of the soil am suffering from the times,
still I take a very different view of the relief required. I believe
that the free importation of wheat would benefit the farmer as much
as any class; his expenses are principally in wages, and the fall
that would take place from the low price of wheat, would return to
him as direct as to any manufacturer : he would receive the benefit
in the growth of his green crops for pasture, where he can meet
with no foreign competitor, and if the growth of wheat were rather
discouraged, (which I doubt), his attention would be directed to
keeping more stock, and thereby cause a more plentiful supply of
meat; and I have found very frequently a larger produce of corn
in consequence, although from a less number of acres.
The return enclosed you may depend is made from actual ex-
perience. I have merely rounded the amounts for the facility of
calculation. You will find the proportions coincide with the expe.
rience of Arthur Young, Lawrence, Sze. and I shall be happy to
explain in detail any particular required.

Yours obediently, a farmer,
Croydon, April 1.

H. D.

" 1 bold a farm of 1,000 acres, of which 500 are arable, and 500
grass.

" 150 acres come yearly into wheat, and which produce 450 guar-
ten of wheat, and my selling price averages about 60s.
" I should lose by foreign wheat being admitted free of duty, about
12s. per quarter
" But I should gain by the fall of 20 per cengin bread,
and consequent fall in the price of labour;

"7 per cent. on 3,0001. (the amount I yearly expend in
wages)...
" 7 per cent. on 3201. (being the amount of my poor.
rates, highway-ratesl and church-rates)
117 ptr cent. on 1401. being my family's expense for
bread and flour)

t24d 4 0
" And surely the prices of clothing and every other
necessary would fall sufficient, in consequence of the
low price of bread, to enable me to save out of my own
and my labourers' expenses

£270 0 0
" And I give my landlord the benefit of the fall in prices, or I
might calculate a reduction of rent in proportion."

The Spey packet has arrived from Jamaica with the
Mail. She sailed on the 23d of Feb. A message had
come down from the Governor containing a Despatch
from Sir GLOROE MURRAY, stating that his Majesty
considered the Bill for granting privileges to the Jews as
unnecessary. The Governor prorogued the Houses of
Legislature on Cie 20th. In the speech delivered on that
occasion his Excellency speaks as follows :

"Mr. SPEAKER, AND GENTLEMEN OF TUE ASSEMBLY.-... 1
am happy to be able to relieve you from the fatigues of this la-
borious Session. I have passed all such bills as have been presented
to me, and only regret that there should have been retained, in the
Slave law, a clause not corresponding with the liberal feeling man;.
Tested throughout the other provisions of the Act. I thank you fog
such supplies as you have thought it expedient to grant. I trust
that you will, on your return to your respective parishes, promote
that harmony and good-will amongst all classes of Ills 3lajesty's
subjects, which the proceedings of the present Session have had
strong tendency to establish and confirm. I do now in Ills Ma-
jesty's name prorogue the General Assembly to the 30th of March
next, and it is hereby prorogued accordingly."

These papers announce the arrival of Sir Jou N KEAN a
at Kingston.

CITY, TWELVE o'CLoCK.
We have received the Raptor°. Reporter of the 9th April,
which contains but little information.

BORSEN HALLS.—The supply of Wheat continuing large,
buyers have become rather backward, but of good heavy Grain foe
exportation several large purchases have again been made; prices
are a shade lower than last week, our own consumers buying little
or nothing, partly on account of the holidays. From the Lower
Elbe we have had some arrivals, but the holders are unable to ob.
tain the prices they demand. Rye and Oats are heavy. During
the last four days of March, not a single cargo of Coen passed
through the Sound.
The Funds have declined since yesterday. The rise at Vienna,
which lent an impulse here, has been followed by a reaction.
Austrian Bank Shares have declined to 1378. On Wednesday it
was reported here that Bank Shares had been done at Vienna at
1490, but the report is not confirmed.
On our place Austrian Bank Shares have been 1430, Danish at
75, Anglo. Russian at 109/, and Falconet at 91. Funds left off
selling as follow :—Anglo.Dartish Loan S per Cents. 741, Anglo.
Russian Loan 1093, Hambro'-Russian Loan 1041, Polish Bonds
1331, New Prussian 4 per Cents. 991, Austrian Bank Shares 1404,
Austrian Metalliques 1041, New Austrian 4 per Cents. 981. This
being a holiday, no regular exchanges have been published; bills,
however, have been done as follow :—Exchange on London, two
months, 13 123; at sight, 13 14;—Amsterdam, two months,
35 50.100; Petersburg, 9 9.18; Paris, 1863.
The storm which raged here during the night, from the 3d to the
4th inst. though not felt in the North Sea, appears to have raged on
the Baltic coast with even greater violence than here. In Keel.
ardits neighbourhood several houses were materially injured, and
large trees represented to have been torn up by the roots.
Letters from Copenhagen say, that there was still so much ice
in the Baltic that several vessels have been obliged to return to that
port, not being able to make good their pas age beyond Burobolm.
The Austrian Observer, of the 2d ins‘ contains a list of public
securities paying an interest of 5 and 6 per cent. which are to be
paid off on the Ist Nov. of the present year. The amount of the
funds to be cancelled is 10,000,000 florins; the holders of the stock
in question, who do not wish to be paid off in money, will be al.
lowed 104 forms of a four per cent. stock in lieu of every 100 florins
five per cents.
A Jamaica Mail has arrived by the Spey, sailed 23d February;
and from Carthage= Jan. 27.
A Leeward Island Mail has also arrived by the Melville ; sailed
from St. Thomas's 2d March ; and from Barbados 15th Feb.

HALF-PAST TWELVE.
The Cowl Market does not appear quite so good as yesterday,
when Consols left off at 931 I for the Account, and opened at the
same price, since which they have been done at 93j, and 94 to for
next time.

The Proclamation issued by the Marquis Palmella at Terceira
has ratha damped Brazilian Stock, which has lowered about one per
cent. this morning.
Greek and Spanish Stocks are much the same u they left off yes-
terday, with little business doing at present.
Jamaica mail. From the Courant of the 22d February....
" We regret to observe in the speech with which the Governor
closed the late Session of Assembly, his Lordship appears dissects.
lied with 10010 clause retained in the slave law, as not cares-
pending with the liberal feeling manifested throughout the other
provisions of the act.
" The debate in the House of Assembly on the coin bill lasted
above two hours. The subject of protecting the metallic (Armin-
dng medium is one of paramount importance in this Wand.
" The resignation of Bolivar has e:cited a strong sensation in Co-
lombia. They consider it a mere ruse to strengthen his authority,
as his party is said to be suilicianly powerful to ensure his re.
election."

Amounts from: Views state, that a part of the Austrian army is
going to be disbanded, particularly the cavalry, which will be a pat
saving in the finances.

it wee reported at Malta, that the island was going to be Ma.
forced, wing to the Fault Expedition to Akins."