Mr. Buckingham has announced to his constituents at Sheffield, that
lie does not intend again to offer himself as a candidate for the re- presentation of that borough. He tells them, that although some per- son- have paid more than their share of the debt which the People of England owe him, yet that altogether they have only subscribed a sum suf- ficient to buy himan annuity of about 2001., and that that is not enough for a Member of Parliament. So Mr. Buckingham, at the advanced age of fifty, is obliged to begin the world again, (2001. a year is no very bad beginniug for a man in the middling ranks of life,) and try what he can do towards raising the wind in America. Had he anticipated de- feat in his efforts to procure a grant of money from the East India Company in reparation of the losses of his newspaper speculation in Calcutta, Mr. Buckingham says be would never have entered Parlia- ment. But, having failed in obtaining recompense for the loss of a proi,erty "worth 40,0001. or 8,0001. a year," he means to try his for. time in America ; in the hope of returning to England in a few years, with a compateney, nod perhaps again representing Sheffield. Well, Jr. Buckingham, you have not done so badly after all. Many men of equal talent's, industry, and integrity, have fared worse. The great ma- jority of clever and able men in this country would be glad to take what you have at the age of fifty,—namely, a clear conscience, a comfortable notion of your own deserts, excellent health, and 2001. a year. You have made a pretty good bargain, considering that in this world men live as well as they can, not as well as they like.
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