Mr. J. S. BUCKINGHAM has ...
The Times, 1824-09-29T00:00:00

Mr. J. S. BUCRINGHAM has come again before the pub- lic, wish a series of letters, six in-number, constituting the whlole of a correspondlence which passed between him, the Court of Directors, andl the Beardl of Control, in the course of she last Ywo months. No. i is addrcssed by Mr. Bucr. INGHIAM to the Court of Directors, being a clear detail of the supposed wrongs whieh he states hiimself to lhave suf- fered from the Government of MIr. AD &N, and an earnest temanl tfor redress of his grievances in one of the three following modles:- 1. Re.conveyance of himself an d famnily to Bengal in a Company's ship, and at the Company's expense; with per- mission to revive the Calcutta .Journal, and an order upon the Bengal Presidenc.y for .30,000 rupees, the sum alleged to have been originally embarked by MNlr. BUhCKINGH1AM fil the above zcwspaper. 2. Perinission to returii to India, with an or.ler for re- stitution of his property, so far as its amount can be provetl at the period of his removal from India, an(i witlh licence to reinain in Indlia so long as may be necessaty to enable him to wind up Iiis affairs. 3. That, failing such liberty to returnl to the East, full compensation, accordir,g to evidenice before a committee of Indiaii proprielovs, may be awarded here ini England, andl paidI over as well to Mr. BucK INIfA'M, as to the otlher proprietors of the Go,ckoie Journal. No. 2 is a letter from the Sccretary of the Cohirt of Directors, referring to tlheir former decisionls upon Mfr. BucKi? GlIAM's condulct, and to their fufll appro- bation of the measures pursued by Mr. ADANM: the letter conclules by attributing all Mlr. BuCKINGIuAM's losses to himself, and by absolutely rljecting his appli- cation. No. 3, from Mlr. BchRINGEiAM to the Cour! of Directors, presses thern to reconsidle their judgmenit. No. 4, Answer from the Directors, contains a second and peremptory refusal. No. 5, An appeal froin Mr. BvIcK- NGIIAM to the Board of Control, calls for their interfe- rence wvith the Company. No. 6, The BoardI of Coontrol sees no reason to interfere. Such appears to have been the position of Mr. BucKINGIIAM's dispute with the Indlia Company, down to the 14th instant. Ve hlave already stated our surprise at the harshness of the measures adlopt- el towards that gentleman, anl our concern at their oppressive and injuriouis efihet, not only upon his per- sonal inierests, but upon the general spirit and feel- ing of British society in Inlia. There is niotlinlg more odious tlhani subaltern tyranny. J here is no form of ty- rallly more dreaelful thani that which lisplays itself in a contempt for those rights of property, whihel opinion, law, and usage, in every other portion of this empire, have all conspired to watch1 over with peculiar tendlerness, and t o keep sacred fiom the most daring assaults of power. But in the present instanice it would appear, that vindictive passions have, by soine unforturrate concurrenec, come in aid of arbitrary principles, ant that personal liberty, pri- vate property, and the press itself, the natural guardiian of bot)1, lhave bleen overwhelmnecl in onie common ruin.