19 DECEMBER 1863, Page 2

A Royal Commission will shortly be ordered, with LordEarrowby as

President, to report upon the principles which govern the distribu- tion of military prize. It is wanted. The Blue-book oaths Kirwee prize-money shows that the departments are all in conflict, the law officers deciding for the Madras force, the late Commahder-in-Chief in India against it, Lord Cottenham's Act establishing the naval rule as the principle for military prize, while the Ministry have decided that that principle does not apply. The point to be cleared up is, whether the actual captors are to be, in all cases, entitled to the prize. If they are, why does the Madras force lose its reward ; if they are not, what is the basis of distribution?