A MANUAL OF NAVAL PRIZE FOUNDED UPON THE MANUAL PREPARED IN 1866 BY GODFREY LUSHINGTON LATE FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD AND OF THE INNER TEMPLE BARRISTER-AT-LAW NOW UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT, BY THOMAS ERSKINE HOLLAND, D.C.L. OF LINCOLN'S-INN BARRISTER-AT-LAW CHICHELE PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DIPLOMACY Issued by authority of the Fords Commissioners of the Admiralty. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from 1888. Price Three Shillings. PREFACE. The objects aimed at in the present work cannot be better stated than in the following extract from the Preface to Mr. Lushington's Manual. 66 "THIS BOOK is designed for the use of Officers of Her "Majesty's Navy in time of war. The Commander of a belligerent Cruiser often finds himself in a perplexity in dealing with a suspected Vessel. The authorities for his "conduct are only too numerous; Admiralty Orders, 66 66 66 66 Royal Proclamations, Orders in Council, Acts of Parliament, Treaties, and, last and not least, the International Law, written and unwritten, of Maritime Warfare. The "Commander is no lawyer himself, has no lawyer by his "side, and has scarcely even time to reflect. He is dis"tracted by different considerations. There is his duty to 66 prosecute the war to the uttermost against the Enemy "and the aiders and abettors of the Enemy: there is his "interest too to secure a valuable prize under his eye and "within his grasp. On the other hand there is the risk "of a mistake. A false step may cost him something of "both fortune and professional position; nay, may even |