The Sun.
London, England, 1830-02-12 00:00:00

NEWSPAPER PRESS 1N IREI AM).

Mr. O'CONNELL moved for a return of the
Number of Newspaper Stamps used throughout Ire-
land, during the year ending on the .sth of January
last.—Ordered.

Mr. O'CONNELL also moved for a return of
the sums paid for the insertion of Proclamations,
specifying the difTerent newspapers, and the place of
publication.—Ordered.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM presented a petition
from William Myers, a prisoner, confined in the
ca,tie of Carlisle, praying (as we understood) for
an alteration in the regulations of that gaol.
SMUGGLING.

Lord G. LENOX obtained leave to bring in a
Bill for the relief -of parishes from the expenses of
maintaining the wives and families of men convicted
tinder the laws for the prevention of smuggling,and
sentenced to serve in his Majesty's navy.
Mr. KENNEDY (as we understood) rose to call
fir an explanation from the Admiralty, respecting
their treatment of a man of the name of Millar, who
had been sentenced in December, 1824, to serve on
board one of his Majesty's ships for the space of five
years, in consequence of his participation in some
smuggling transactions. On the 23d of December
of last year the term of his imprisonment expired,
and he then applied, but in vain, for his release. He
repeated the same application on his arrival at Ply-
mouth ; his Officer forwarded the application to the
Admiralty, who returned for answer that the man
shonhl be paid off w ith the rest of the crew on his
arrival at Portsmouth. A few days afterwards the
vessel arrived in Portsmouth harbour, and then Mil-
lar firmly, but respectfully, refused to perform the
duty expected from him. In consequence he was
thrown into irons, and Captain Elliott, his Com-
mander, who appeared to have acted through-
out the business with great discretion, ap.
plied to the Admiralty for directions how he was to
act. A Court-martial was ordered to sit upon Mil-
lar; and by that Court-martial, in consequence of
the peculiar circumstances of the case, and of the
contrition he expressed, lie was only reprimanded,
told to be more cautious in future, and discharged.
The lion. Member said that he would make no
comment upon these facts : he would merely af.k
for an explanati on of the authority by which all this
had been done.

Sir G. CLERK gave a history of the acts of Par-
liament by which smup.,,lers were permitted to serve
on board of his Majesty's ships in lieu of being im-
prisoned for the pecuniary penalties to which they
had rendered themselves liable by transgressing the
law, and contended, from a review of them, that
there was not one of them which limited the time
of service to five years. The first question, there-
fore, to be considered in Millar's case was this—had
he a right to claim his discharge at the end of five
years ? And then, supposing, for the sake of argu-
ment, that he had such right, was he, being on full
pay on board, authorized to disobey the orders of
his commanding officer ? He (Sir G. Clerk) con-
tended that on both those points the decision must
be clearly against Nlillftr. As to the question why
the man had been tried by court-martial, the answer
was easy. The Admiralty felt that as the question
had been raised by Millar, without his having a
shadow of legal ground on which to rest it, it would
be for the benefit of the service to have Millar tried
by a court-martial, in order to have greater publicity
given to their decision.
Her• the anatter dropped.
SIR JOHN PETER GRANT.

Dr. PIIILLIMORE wished to ask the Right
Hon. Gent. opposite, whether any absolute order
had been sent out by his Majesty's Government for
the recall of Sir John Peter Grant from his situation
of Judge in the Supreme Court of Bombay ?
Mr. PEEL answered, that no steps had been
taken for the removal of the Learned Gent.
FEES IN CRIMINAL COURTS.

Mr. PEEL gate notice that he would on the
17th of February move for leave to bring in a Bill
for the abolition of all fees required from individuals
when acquitted, on their discharge from any criminal
court.