A Letter To The Right Honourable Sir John Newport In Consequence Of His Proposition In The House Of Commons For The Appointment Of A Parliamentary Commission To Inquire Into The Abuses In The Collection Management And Conduct Of The Revenue In Ireland PDF Download

Excerpt from A Letter to the Right Honourable Sir John Newport, Bart; M. P. &C. &C: In Consequence of His Proposition in the House of Commons for the Appointment of a Parliamentary Commission in Inquire Into the Abuses in the Collection, Management and Conduct of the Revenue in Ireland The Courier and Times Newspapers, of Saturday, June 16, report, that, in the House of Commons, on June, 15, "Sir John Newport rose to express an anxious hope, that the persons appointed to conduct the Commission would effectually perform their trust. That the greatest Abuses prevailed in the Administration of the Irish Revenue was manifest, and now that the Exchequer of the two Countries was consolidated, it was of the utmost importance that the people should see (that) the money which was drawn from them was fairly applied. The Abuses were so inveterate (and he meant not to cast an imputation upon any body) that nothing but a Parliamentary Commission would, he apprehended, do adequate justice to the case. It was a melancholy fact, that, in Ireland, as the burdens upon the people increased, the receipts of the Revenue diminished. Such a state of things, so pregnant with abuses, could only be probed by men specifically appointed, and who were capable, as well as ready, to perform their office. Nothing waste be done in official matters by a casual visit; the party making it would indeed be compelled to partake of the unbounded hospitality of the people, and would be shewn everything but the real state of the country." Again, at a more advanced period of the debate, "Sir John Newport was satisfied that the Abuses winch existed in the collection of the Revenue in Ireland could not be put down, unless those who were appointed to inquire into them were armed with very strong powers." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.