The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-04 00:00:00

KIRWEE PRIZE MONEY,

The following legal opinion has just been published :-
1. and 2. Having read and considered the Parliamentary
papers relating to the proposed distribution of the Banda
and Kirwee prize money, we are of opinion that, upon the
principle to be deduced from a comparison of the precedents
showing the disposal of the prize money resulting from the
captures of Delhi, Lucknow, and Dhar, in the recent Indian
war, and the Mahratta booty taken by General Wellesley
in the Deccan war, tho booty which was captured by the
troops under the command of Sir George Whitlock, in the
regular course of the operations arising out of the particu-
lar service allotted to their commander, may be justly
claimed by Sir George Whitlock's division as the actual
captors, to the exclusion of all the other divisions of the
army then in the field ; and wo entertain this opinion not-
withstanding any supposed co-operation which may be
attributed to Sir llugh Rose, and the column under his
command, by reason of the proximity of the line of country
in which that force was operating at the same perbd of
time, or otherwise.

3. We think the prize agents of Sir George Whitlock's
division had not the complete opportunity to which they
were entitled of answering. the adverse claims preferred to
the Treasury prior to the decision of March 14, 1863.
4. We think this case falls entirely within the scope of
the acts of Parliament enabling the Crown to refer such
matters to the Court of Admiralty, or to the Judicial Com-
mittee of the Privy Council.

JOHN ROLT.
MONTAGUE SMITH.
H. M. CAIRNS.
TRAVERS Tl‘iss.
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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR, CASTLE, March 3.
The King of the Belgians arrived at Windsor
Castle to-day on a visit to the Queen.
His Majesty crossed over from Calais yesterday,
and slept at Dover, where Lord Cremorne and
Colonel H. Ponsonby were in waiting to attend his
Majesty. The King left Dover at ten o'clock this
morning in a special train of the South-Eastern
,Railway.

The Prince of Wales met the King at the
Waterloo station in London, and accompanied his
Majesty to Windsor Castle.

Her Majesty the Queen, with her Royal High"
ness Princess Helena, attended by Lady Churchill
and Lord Charles Fitzroy, drove down to the station
of the South-Western Railway in Windsor, to
receive the King.
Ma Majesty arrived at one o'clock, and imme"
diaiely after being received by the Queen, got into
one of her Majesty's carriages with the Queen, the
Prince of Wales, and Princess Helena, and pro-
ceeded to the Castle.

His Majesty was received at the Castle by their
Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Princess
Beatrice, and her Serene Highness Princess Hohen-
lobe, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the Ho.
Horatio Stopford, the Hon. Harriett Phipps, the
Earl of St. Germans (Lord Steward), Viscount
Sydney (Lord Chamberlain), Lord Da Tabley, and
the Gentlemen in Waiting.
Count de Moerkerke and Dr. Koepl are the Gen'
tlemen in Waiting on the King.
Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir E. Cast also attended
his Majesty from Dover.
The Prince of Wales returned to London in the
afternoon, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Keppel.

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