The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-30 00:00:00

IRELA

Mr. °MILBURN brought up the returns of the number of
persons indicted at the last Assizes in the Southern Counties of
Ireland.--Ordered to lie on the table.
On the motion of Sir JOIIN NEWPORT, it was ordered
that Sir Abraham Bradley king and Mr. William Stoker should
attend the House on Monday next. -
CASE OF MR. WHITE.
Mr. HUME moved that there should be laid before the House
copies of all correspondence which had taken place between
the Board of Taxes and Mr. George White respecting certain
frauds in the collection of the Assessed Texts, and
.practices
contrary to the Act of Parliatuent, and also for copies of ail
letters which had pa'ssed, relative to the suspension and dis.
missal 0f.411r. White, with those of Mr. %V hits and Mr. Saville
on that subject.
The CHANCELLOR of the EQ TIER said, if she tin_
derstood the motion, it was he object of the lion. Gentleman,
in the first instances to obtain certain papers respecting frauds
charged to have occurred' in the collection ot the revenue in
the particular district where Mf: White had acted. He (the
Chancellor of the Exchequer) had DO particifiar objection,to
grant these papers; but if the lion. Gentleman meant to call
in question the propriety of dismissing Mr. 'White, he should
retest the motion on this principle, that if the House took upon
' itself o decide whether the officers of a particular department
should or should not discharge those under theM, the heads of
such departments would have ne centruml over their inferiors in

vial and reprobation. •
Mr. Secretary CANNING said, the first part of the motion
of the Hon. Gentleman referred to an • alleged act of nialveitia-
tion. To the production of the papers connected with this
subject there could be no objection. To the second part of it,
*Which called for :copies of all -eorrespondence-with,4ho)l94a,
of Taxes, relative to the rase of Mr. \White, he should not tib.
jeet, unless it were intended to throw suspicion on the conduct,
of those who had dismissed that Gentleman. The correspond-
ence being produced respecting the frauds charged to have been
committed, a ease might thereafter arise out of these papers
which would demand enquiry. But moving for the twit sets of
papers at once. the Hon. Gentleman, in effect, assumed that
such a case had already been made out, and that an indiVidual
had been injured. Ile.should concur with the first part of the
motion, for the preduction, of papers relative to the imputed
malversation,' • and that = being established, the qoestion would
arise whether or not they ought to go further.
Mr. HUME said, when the first part of the motion had been
disposed of, he would explain to the House why he thought
they ought to go further -into the case.
The question was then put on the first part of the motion,
ceiling: for Papers relative.. to frauds in the collection of the
Revenue, and carried.
Mr. HUME then rose to move for the Papers relative to Mr.
White. He wanted the letters which he called for to prove that
an inferior officer had been punished for a supposed breach of
the law, while a superior officer, against whom an actually
proved breach of the law appeared, escaped punishment. It was
therefore that he wished to bring the conduct of Mr. White and
Air. Saville. before the House. • lie first complained that Mr.
White had been dismissed without just, grounds for such dis-
missal, and without inquiry.; and he accused
whit
parties of a
dereliction of their duty who were connected this trans-
action. He proposed to show that 20004 of the money paid for
the land tax had been improperly appropriated, being expended
in dinners and in various ways for the benefit of those engaged
in the collection of it, in direct-opposition to the Act of l'arlia-
Ment. The house would see that there were grounds for their
interference, as more money.had been. taken front the people,'
than the Commissioners were authorised by law to raise. Ile
was convinced that 300,0001. a year more titan were authorised
by of Parliament, had been raised from the country by'
means of the fraud be had pointed out. Ile thought that he
had made out a clear case from official papers for imtirY. The
.Hon. Member concluded by moving for Copies of all Corres-
pondence between Mr. Whiteand the Board of. Taxes relative
to the dismissal of thatintlividual. •
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained.—
He did not object to the motion. - •
The motion was then carried. •
On the Motion of the same lion.. Member, Copies were or-
dered of all Correspondence with the Boards of Taxes relative
to Joseph Hart and the malversation in the Kensington Divi-
sion of 'faxes.