Star.
London, England, 1825-12-07 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

moty.fier recruits joined the Royal Staff Corps, at Hythe,
-pc :.sth Font. at Kinsale, which Is on the eve of embarkation
IC,4t ha 4 also juit received an addition to its strength,
••
e arrival of a Dvtachment of recruits at the head-quarters.
• v., 1).},..t of the 42d Foot, sailed from Cork on the 29th ult.
• r
llic Roval Highness the Constallosn.tm-Ctente has been pleased
to tact:. that three or four men from every Regiment in England
ls,v,•l‘nd shall immediately come to London, to he instructed in
thoew manceuvtes ; and, when perfect, they are to instruct the
ocejl 11.4:ment4 to which they belong. It was at first intended
r, glare And drill these Detachments in Hyde Park; hut it is'
• proposed to quarter and drill them in the Tower of London.
n:r;c!•ments helong,ng to the 40th Regiment of Foot, marched,
e.t.r!ay morning. prom Westminster, for Colchester. A Detach-
Iva brlntlitig to the 31st Regiment of Infantry marched, yester-
mowitog. from %Vestatiet,ter, for Tilbury Fort. A Detachment
t,.,„oging to the 16th Regiment of Foot, which arrived in town
Irrfl Coventry, marched, yesterday morning, from Westminster,
Harwich.

TIIE DECCAN PRIZE MONEY.

Yesterday was dle day appointed by the Loris of
:-e Treasury for receiving tl:e Counsel and Agents of
:e parties interested in this booty, in reference to a
,erort made to them by the Duke of Wellington and
gr. Arbuthnott, the trustees appointed under his Ma-
wart ant. The case excited great interest among
.ti,e Officers .•1 the Army, who crowded the room as
.00n as tie doors were opened. Among them were Sir
Roma, Ili lot,, Cnlonel Fitzsimons, Major Wood, and
fnkly o:lse: Office's of diAtnction.
A: half pi.Kt one the doors were opened, and the Counsel took
;:ior places at the table in front of their Lordships. Mr. Adam,
Luihington, and Dr. Dodson, appeared for the Marquis Of
iv; Mr. Ilarriton, Dr. Jenner, and Mr. Tallman], tor Sir
T. and the Army of the Deccan.
Lord Livattpoot. immediately addressed the Counsel
ion the Army of the Deccan, and stated that it was the
trish of their Lnr,tships immediately to put them in
possession ..t the points to which thew attention would
weirecte:f. It appeared from some communications
which had passed, (and to which his Lnrdship did
more particularly allude), that the objet of the
tt,my4 ha,l been mistaken. It had been supposed
that it .4, intended to open the whole question which
lad been discussed already, and which had been settled
by the minute of the Treasury, and confirmed by his
)f.jesty. This was a mistake; for their Lordships
considered their minute as v.:lid and binding, and to
tLit minute they would adhere. But a question had
arisen as to the booty distributable under the minute and
vattant, on which they wished to receive information
fron 11,e parties who might be interested in the remit.
wittute assumed that booty was captured at three
places, " l'uonah, Mahidpoor. and Nagpore;' and now
the trustees reported that this assumption was not cor-
rect; that no bottty had been captured at Nagpore ; that
twnehai been realized at Mahidpoor; and that certain
portions cl.imed as booty lell into the hands of the
tervarrs of the East India Company, after the Army of
the Deccan was broken up. Now, the Loads of the

Trea,iiry wished, cn this view of the case, to hear the
rartie, interested, and as it might affect the Marquis uf
liming, and the army under his command, they had
g.ren him notice of the inquiry.
Mr. IlattnisoN said, that it was very satisfactory
to know that their Lordships entirely recognized the
i•tticiple of the minute and warrant. With respect to
Le booty at Nagpore, he felt confident that he should
is -bye t • ahew their Lordships that it had been rightly
ci,ideied as litize; and as to the booty, of which
••e,s:on was taken a•ter the army of the Deccan was
n up, he considered that as actually captured
by the previt us opet ations, in which complete dominion
gas obtained over it.
lord LITERTOOL said he thought Mr. Harrison had confined
hie.clt to the booty actually taken by the army.
Mr. HA RRIStIN assured the Noble Lord that, on reference to the
thortdiand writer's notes, the contra!), would appear.
Lord BAXLEY referred to the printed papers, from
which it appeared that Mr. Harrison, when asked
whether his separate claim was confined to the masses
o; booty taken at Mahidpoor, Poonah, and Nagpore?
:eped, " Certainly, with this qualification,—when I
s•y what was taken at Mahidpoor, Poonah, and Nag.
pose, that would include, of course, all that arose out of
those captures, for part was taken in forts afterwards."
Lord Lument then addressed she Counsel for the Marquis of
Howls, and asked if they had any observations to make?
Mr. ADAM replied, that it 'he understood distinctly
that their Lordships proposed to adhere entirely to
their former minute, he did not think be could fairly
add anything to the, observations he bad previously
!Trade. But if the facts now disclosed tended at all
to alter the opinion formed on that principle, then be
should wish to be heard.
Lord LIVERPOOL said, • they certainly adhered to the
ahnute, but still the state of faits might alter the situa-
tion of the Marquis of Hastings.
Mr. Aux—The principle of the minute IS that of actual cap.
sure; and if I am required to thew that Lord Hastings is an actual
Carer, as distinguished frost a constructive rapier, I am unable
to do so.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHIQVIR—No, that is
ant exactly so. The warrant determines that the prin.
ciple of actual capture shall be adhered to as far as
possible ; that is decided ; but then a question arises,
*hat booty was actually captured ? Now, it seems
that part of the booty claimed was never seized, that
is, reduced into possession, until after the Army of the
Dfcc in was broken op ; and it may be made a question,
whether this was actually captured by the army of the
Deccan? If it was so captured, then it belongs to them;
if not, it will come within the other part of the minute,
"that if the principle of actual capture be riot adopted
in this case as the rule of distribution, no other correct or
equitable rule could have been adopted than that of a
general distribution among all the forces of the Pre i-
tiencies enfaged in the combined operations of the
campaign.' In this case the Marquis of Hastings
ihißlit be entitled to share.
After some further conversation, it was distinctly tan.
derstood that the main question to be discussed was,
vhether the booty arising out of the operations of the'
Army of the Deccan, though not manually seized till
after that army was broken up, was properly considered
actually captured by that army ? As to the booty
claimed at Nagpore, their Lordships seemed to think
it could not be the subject of their decision.
Mr. HARRISON expressed an earnest hope that as he
iirroly believed it to be booty; according to all the
laws of prize, either their Lordships would hear it dis-
cussed, or would send it to some proper tribunal, and
would not preclude the army without hearing them.
It was teen arranged, that Monday, the 9th of January, should
" filed fur the discussion of the question then raised, and that the
!tßoment should proceed until it was closed. This arrangement
pollE made, tare meeting broke up.

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1":4,43°A00 each, were sold and shared by Swirl and Co. at their
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