The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-05 00:00:00

MR. BUCKINGHAM'S CLAIMS,

JILT a PUBLIC MEETING of theINHABI.
TANTS of the BOROUGH of SHEFFIELD, called
Advertisement in the Sheffield Newspapers, held at the Town Halt
in Sheffield, on MoNnar, the 29th of February, 1836, for the pm,
pose of considering what steps ought to be taken, in eensoquence o
the extraordinary Rejection of the Bill in favour of Mr. Buckiag-
ham's Claim for Compensation from the East India Company.
• WM. IBBOTSON, Esq., in the Chair :
_

It was unanimously Resolved,—
Moved by Mr. WM. VicKzits and seconded by Mr. EBINEZEIC

ELLIOTT.

lst,—That this Meeting have learned, with the greatest surprise
and regret, that the Bill, introduced by Mr. Tulk into the House
of Commons, to compel the East India Company to make Compen-
sation to Mr. Buckingham, our active and esteemed Representative,
for the infliction of a cruel wrong ley that Company as the Gover-
nors of India, has been lost in the House of Commons on the se-
cond reading, though a Select Committee of that House, composed
of men of all parties, had previously decided that Compensation
ought to be made.

Moved by Mr. THOMPSON and seconded by Mr. I.isr.Ey.
2nd,—That Mr. Buckingham, by his useful and patriotic la•
bours, both in and out of Parliament, in bringing about the de•
struction of the East India Monopoly ; in advocating Free Trade
Temperance, the Abolition of Slavery, and of the Impressment o
Seamen ; and by his fearless, consistent, and enlightened patriotism.
is deserving, especially under present circumstances, of tho support,
protection, and lasting gratitude of his fellow-countrymen.
Moved by Mr. H. VICKERS, and seconded by the Rev. G. H.

RHODES.
3,l,—That in order to give a substantial proof of sympathy for
his wrongs, thus suffered initis country's cause, a Subscription be
immediately commenced for the purpose of raising a fund to pur-
chase an -Annuity, secured on the joint lives of Mr. and Mrs.
Buckingham, and the life of the survivor.

Moved by Mr. JAMES SMITH, of Sharrow, and seconded by

Mr. C. F. PAIRBANIC.
4th—That Messrs. William Ibbotspn, Edward Vickers, Samuel
Woodcock, W,illiam Vickers. Edward Gillbee, William Ash, Ebe-
nezer Elliott, Thomas Linley, G. P. Naylor, W. Thompson, and
the Rev. G. H. Rhodes, with power to add to their number, be a
Committee for the purpose of carrying the preceding Resolutions
into effect; and that they be requested to form, and correspond
with, district Committees in the various towns of the Kingdbm, to
obtain Subscriptions, and to aid in carrying forward the object of
this Meeting.
Moved by Mr. ROEBUCK, and seconded by Mr. A. BRANSON.
sth—That Mr. G. Naylor be Treasurer, and that Messrs. Henri
Vickers and Francis Hoole be the Honorary Secretaries.
Moved by Mr. E. VIM:Ras, and seconded by Mr. G. P. NAYLOR.
6th—That the Address now read be approved and adopted as the
Address of this Meeting to the People of the United Kingdom ;
and that it be printed and circulated under the direction of the
Committee.

WILLIAM IBBOTSON, Chairman.
7th. That the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Chairinan,
for his services on this occasion.

ADDRESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH
OF SHEFFIELD,
. . . . _ .

Assembled in Public Meeting, to the People of the United
Kingdom, in behalf of their Patriotic Representative, J. S.
BUCKINGHAM.

Sir Robert Wilson received a handsome annuity, raised by the
British public, to compensate him for the loss of his Commission,
of which he was deprived without a Court Martial, on account of
his active interference in behalf of the persecuted Queen of England.
Sir John Ross received a grant of 10,0001., paid by the country,
as compensation for losses sustained in his efforts to extend Geo-
graphical Discovery, by a speculation undertaken on his own ac-
count to explore the Polar Seas. . _ _

Sir Walter Scott's Children received a large amount, subscribed
for them by the country, to compensate them for the losses sus-
tained by their father, in printing speculations and literarypursuits.
All these instances of public sympathy and public aid were
praiseworthy, and did honour to the givers and receivers, as well
as to the country in which they originated.
Mr. Buckingham has been the victim of a series of cruelties and
oppressions almost unparalleled in the history of modern times ;
and has done more for the extension of our commerce, and the in-
crease of the wealth of his countrymen than any one yet named ;
while on grounds of political independence and literary pursuits he
may be considered also entitled to public gratitude and reward.
Mr. Buckingham has sacrificed more than 50,0001. in defence of
great public principles, which have since been established—namely,
Freedom of Settlement—Freedom of Publication—and Freedom of
Trade in India. He preferred the maintenance of these principles
at the peril of banishment and ruin, rather than a subservient aban-
donment of his duty.
He has appealed to the India Company for redress—he has
no legal power of remedy in a Court of Law—he has applied to
Parliament, and though his just claim to compensation has been ad-
mitted by an impartial Committee—all power of enforcing his claim
has been denied.

His friends, who know him best, namely, his constituents, whose
interests he has so faithfully watched, and so steadily defended—
now appeal to the whole country—for there is no portion of it that
has not felt the benefit, directly or indirectly, of his successful
labours to extend our commerce and augment the national wealth,
and we ask them whether they will see their able and zealous ad-
vocate perish as the victim of his public virtue, or whether they
will testify their sense of his merits and his wrongs, by themselves
affording him relief?
It is proposed to raise, by public 'subscription, such a sum as
would purchase a competent annuity for Mr. and Mrs. Bucking-
"barn, during their lives, secured from all possible risk of violation
or loss.

Subscriptions from all classes are earnestly solicited, of any
amount, that is most congenial to the feelings, and compatible with
the means of the contributors.

The Committee pledge themselves that the whole of the funds
subscribed, (subject only to the payment of necessary expenses)
shall be lodged in the Public Securities at the Bank of England, in
the name of the Treasurer, till the Subscription is closed, when it
will belnvested in the annuity proposed, under the strongest gua-
rantee for its security.
Subscription Lists are recommended to be placed in the Banks of
every Town in the United Kingdom ; and the sums subscribed to
be transmitted to the Treasurer, George Naylor, Esq., Western
Bank, Sheffield, with the least possible delay, or on his account to
the Bank of Messrs. Williams, Deaken, and Co., London.