Star.
London, England, 1826-01-21 00:00:00

DECCAN PRIZE-MONEY.

It is understood, that after much consideration the
Lords of the Treasury have made their decision upon
the case of the Deccan prize.money. Upon the prin..
cip4e established at an early hearing by the Board of
Trea,ury, the right to any species of booty was to hinge,.
as nearly as it could be made out in practice* to the
army which had made the capture ; meaning by 44 cap.
ture," as it seems to be recognized on all hands, 41 do.
minion" over the prize—not of necessity its manual
seizure and actual possession.
There have been three parties litigant: Ist. The In-
dia Company, who are concerned in the question
di what shall be deemed booty and be surrendered to
the troops r and whose prima fade interest it is that
" booty" should embrace as little as possible of the
hints of conquest, that they might have to refund as
hide as frissible cf'the treasure scraped up by their
civil functionaries engaged in following the march of
the Amy. 2. The Army of the Deccan, commanded I
by S.r T. Hislop, who claim the whole in right of
having actually captured the places where the asserted
booty had b en found. S. The Grand Army under the
Marquis of Hastings, claiming as against the exclusive
right of the army of the Deccan, on the ground that
by their concurrent operations the victorious results
had been effected.

The trustees—the Duke of Wellington and Mr.
Ai buthnot—transmitted a report, in June last, to the
Treasury, stating as their opinion that no such booty
as was the subject of certain distinct claims had been
taken by the Deccan army while that army remained a
diatinct body, in four places specified, by the conquest
of which the representatives of the Deccan army alleged
that they had established their right as captors, under
the early warrant of the Treasury ; but his Grace and
the Right Honourable Gentleman (prudently, as it ap-
pears) desired the determination of their Lordships upon
the question between, the several parties, so far as re-
spected the amount and appropriation of booty claimed
A the places mentioned (Poonah, Nagpoor, Manidpoor,
and Nassuck), limiting in their own judgment the rights
of fie Deccan army to the sum of 150,0001. which had
been actually taken by it in the course of its separate
operations.
'The Lords of the Treasury have confirmed this view
of the case. They have declared the exclusive right of
the Deccan army to be confined to the above sum of
150,0001. and that the whole of the Indian army was
entitled to share in the further sum of 800,000 i. with
interest, acknowledged as booty by the Company ;
with the question, between the army generally, and the
Comiany, involving the question of " what is booty 7'
the" Treasury Board does not seem to have meddled.
the whole army, therefore, may still, we suppose, pro-
secute as (mina the Company, the question whether the
total of booty shall be limited to the sums adjudicated
of 950,0ta, or shall extend to an alleged sum of seven
millions sterling ? Times.

The position of the Dutch authorities in the island
cf Java has long be a a subject of Frisch alarm to the
rlierchants who carry on the trade with Batavia, and
it has been increased by letters from that port of the
Oth of September, with intelligence of an action
raving been fought on the 2d, between the Dutch and
the native forces, near Semarang, in which the latter
were successful. They had, however, an immense
superiority of numbers, the accounts estimating the
b.tive army at 10,000 men, but the Dutch force at
I.lt more than 300. As all re•idents have been com-
pelled by the Dutch authorities to bear arms, there were
..i.ong the force opposed to the insurgents a consider-
au:e number of 'English merchants, several of o hom
e regret to state, have been killed. The following
individuals, viz. Xlessts Barrows, M•Master, Sutton,
\Vttis, and Lindsay, are said to have been killed in
an attempt to cross the river Lawee. The following,
viz. Messrs. Hammond, Cameron, Brandt, Lach, Chat-
ton, Martens, and Cramer, were missing, but supposed,
sir a letter aria: n by a Gentleman who was in the
attion, to have been also killed. The following had
returned safe from the action, viz. Messrs. Page, Jesson,
P. Andrews, lizrwick, Arratoon, Salkias, Spencer,
seed Bremner. The unpopularity of the Dutch Go.
‘ernmant in Java is sald to be so great, that the native
Pill,ces are deter mined, if possible, to emancipate
themselves from it. At the date of these letters all
Europeans and persons of property wete leaving the
tatter's coast Of Batavia, and four merchant vessel;,
Nllr lo4ded aitb valuables and with female passengers,
Ida sailed far Sincispore.
Pie toilw.ving sums have been forwarded in aid of
lh.o'Kerre.'s Su bscriptinn :—The Marquis of flenvroan, 201. Sir
qukat W•linC/Mlll4 1011. 61011611 FRAIIES, Esq U. ss. Mr.
I",tins, 2/• nepide several guineas and sovereigns. At Drury-lane
11,,1te the Sub-Conienettee have contributed five guineas; the
1,
*.inr.l Fund, ten guineas; the Proprietor of the Haymarket
11", ill. Colonel Meaner, 10L the Managers and all the
Pert-mutts without any eaception, *guinea each.

KING'S THEATRE-MASQUERADE.

runtime PARTICULARS.

The ISi tsquerade given at this Theatre Thursday
evening was one of the pleasantest of these very pleasing
divertisements. The whole thing was in ' very good
taste,' an absolute essentiality now-a-days. Many of
the Characters were ably sustained, and some unusually
diverting. To instance any one in particular might
appear invidious ; we will therefore confine our praise
to the assemblage in the concrete, and say, they were
all good. The Ladies had in this respect decidedly the,
advantage—many, nay most of them, were very taste-
fully attired. We must, however, positively enter
one protest against the Clowns and Countrymen who
inundate the room ; to us it is inexplicable how people
our consent to disfigure themselves so; but independently
of this, many of them are an absolute nuisance; they
do us to death with dittos.

Of the Lady characters we have nothing to say in
blame, and a good deal to advance in praise: eh mane,
they were well dressed, and, individually, our gallantly
forbids us to censure. S rme very pretty flower girls,
and graceful rusticities, were perceptible amongst the
groupe, with roses and wreaths quite refreshing to look
upon. To enumerate halt the beauties would be, how-
ever, as the great Doctor says, " matter of supereroga-
tion:" suffice, we liked them all. Amongst the domino
people, many bright eyes glittering from beneath the
dark mask, and little fret from under the drApeoy
twinkling, gave exquisite promise of the latent loveliness.
Amongst the public exhibitioners were Chit extraor-
dinary creature, Il Diavolo Antonio, and a very eiter-
priiing Jock°. Great cre.'it is du• to the spirited
Proprietor of this House, for his able conduct of these
thing•. Under his auspices we trust to be frequently
gratified with an amusement, growing daily more
popular in England. The House was brilliantly illu-
minated, and the music spirited. The festivities conti-
nued to a late, or, more correctly, an early hour.