The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-26 00:00:00

LUCKNOW PRIZE MONEY.

Notice is hereby given, that Prize Rolls for the under-
mentioned corps, on account of the first distribution of
prize-money for the operations and capture of Lucknow in
1858, have been received at this Hospital ; containing the
names of those whose shares have been • remitted to the
Commissioners of this Hospital by the Government of
India; and that distribution of such shares will commence
at my office, on the 2d January next, and will be continued
on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, during the hours
from 1 L to 2 o'clock.

The following are the Rolls which have been received,
viz :—Royal Artillery present at the capture, viz—Horse
Brigade—E. Battery'F. Battery. Foot Artillery-8 Com-
pany, 2 Battalion-6 Company, 11 Battalion-5 Company,
12 and 13 Battalions-6 Company, 13 Battalion-3 Com-
pany, 14 Battalion-4 Company, 14 Battalion. Royal
Engineers-7th Hussars-9th Lancers-sth Foot, 1 Bat-
talion-Bth Foot, 1 Battalion-10th Foot, 1 Battalion-20th
Foot, 1 Battalion-23d Foot, 1 Battalion-32d-34th-38th
—42d-53d-75th 79 th-80 th-82d-88th-90 th —97th—
Rifle Brigade, 2 and 3 Battalions.

BANKRUPTS.
That portion of the Gazette oontaining the bankrupts
had not arrived when we went to press.

1 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 16 11 17
Antwerp .. 25 42} 25 471
Brussels — 25 421 25 47
Hamburgh — 13 6 13 6f
Paris 54
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine — 1181 119
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh
Berlin .—
Madrid
Cadia
Leghorn — 25 55 25 60
Milan — 25 55 25 60
Genoa — 25 55 25 60
Naples
Palermo — 1191 1191
Messina
Lisbon — 521 521
Oporto — 52/ 521
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard)
South American Doubloons 0 0 0

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 24th day
of Dec., 1862:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
totes issued ........X28,687,740 Government Debt £11,015,1C0
Other Securities .. 3.634,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 14,037,740
Silver Bullion

£28,637,740
BANKING DE PART3IENT.
I't oprletors' Capi- Government Secu-
tal £14.553,000 rities (including
Rest
Public Deposits (in- nuity) £11,134,517
eluding Exche- Other Securities 20,115,214
quer, Savincrs' Notes
Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver 833,055
missioners of Na- Coin
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-
counts) 3,654,09
Other Deposits 14,306,07
Seven Day and
other Biils 651,503

£23 637,740

£41,271,631
W.

£41,271,631
MILLER, Deputy Cashier.

Dec. 26, 1862.

CIHRISTMAS•DAY IN LONDON.—The air yesterday
was as mild as in April, and the sun shone with almost
summer heat and brilliancy. The streets, however, were
damp and dirty. The churches were well attended in the
morning, and the thoroughfares were filled with throngs of
people. In the forenoon the in-pensioners of Greenwich
Hospital, numbering nearly 2,10'), were mustered and in-
spected by the lieutenant-governor of the institution. After
attending Divine service. the veterans proceeded to the
dining-halls, each man being provided with llb. of roast
beef, vegetables ad libitum, plum-pudding, and a quart of
strong ale.

GREENWICH HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday morning the
inkpensioners of Greenwich Hospital, numbering nearly
2,400, were mustered and inspected by the lieutenant-
governor of the institution. After attending Divine service
the veterans proceeded to the dining-halls, each man being
provided with 11b. of roast beef, vegetables ad libitum,
plum pudding, and a quart of strong ale. This feast is in
addition to the usnal messes of mutton, soup, and potatoes.
The ordinary quantity of beer was served in this afternoon.
Snuff and tobacco was also furnished to those persons
who are consumers of such articles.
RAILWAY COMMUNICATION TO CONSTANTINOPLE.
—A project has just been set on foot by an engineer,
named Dumont, to continue the present railway from Paris
as tar as Constantinople. The published proposal says :
" It is well known that the present European network of
railways extend as far as Bazias, a small port on the Danube
at 650 kilometres (t of a mile each) distance below Pesth.
Thu lino from Paris to Bazias by Strasburg, Munich,
Vienna, and Pesth, is about 2,100 kilometres in length, and
the journey may be performed in 60 hours. How, then,
should this line of railway be extended to the Black Sea and
Constantinople ? Two directions are possible : one by Bel-
grade, Servia, Bulgaria, and Roumelia is the line already
surveyed by the English. The other, which we do not hesi-
tate to prefer, and which we have in a great measure studied
on the spot, would be more easy of execution without being
much longer. It would reach Constantinople by Roumania,
passing by Craiova, Bucharest, Rustchuck, Schumla,
and Adrianople, crossing the Balkans at the mast available
point, in the neighbourhood of Aidos. From Bazias to the
Roumain frontier the banks of the Danube would be fol-
lowed without great difficulty, and on entering the Rou-
manian territory large and magnificent plains are met with,
where few engineering works would be required, and where
the establishment of the line would create an important
local traffic. A branch would run to Cernavoda to join the
Kustenje railway. This branch, which might be executed
several years before the passage over the Balkans, would
have the immense advantage of uniting the European rail-
ways to the Black Sea, and of abridging, especially in win-
ter, the journey to Constantinople. Another branch from
Bucharest to Galatz would join the principal line to the
network of railways projected in Moldavia, and one of
which has just been conceded to a company, namely, the
lino between Lemberg, the extremity of the Gallician lines
and Galatz. Lastly, a third branch would proceed to
the foot of the Carpathians from Bucharest, to facilitate
the working of the mineral wealth which those districts
I contain, and especially the magnificent mines of rocksalt
possessed by the Roumain Government. The total length
of the proposed lines would be about 1,500 kilometres, thus
divided :—On the Austrian territory from Bazias to the
frontier of Roumania, near Orsova, 125 kilom. ; from
Orsova to Rustchuck by Bucharest, 353 kilom. ; from
Rustchuck to Constantinople by Schumla, Aidos, and
Adrianople, 600 kilom. ; giving a total from Orsova to
Constantinople of 1,085 kilom. The branches from Bucha •
rest to Brazil and Galatz, and those from Cernavoda to the
foot of the Carpathians, would be together about 400
kilom., making a total length of 1,485 kilom."
THE CASE OF THEREV. P. NPLAUGHLIN.—A note
of suspension was presented on Tuesday, with a motion for
interim liberation of the prisoner, to Lord Neaves. His
Lordship granted interim liberation, on Mr. 111‘Laughlin
finding caution, to the extent of £25, to return and undergo
the remainder of his sentence in event of the suspension
being refused. It is understood, says the Morning .Tournal,
that his Lordship was influenced in respect that the Lords
of Justiciary are at present scattered, and there being no
meeting of these Judges before the 11th January, and as
he had no power to refuse the suspension of himself, the
term of imprisonment would expire before the hearing. In-
terim liberation is generally granted as a matter of course
when caution is found, and therefore this affords no indi-
cation of what the ultimate judgment may be. In the Jus-
ticiary Court there is no Lord Ordinary, and the case can
only be heard before the assembled Judges, Lord Neaves'
duty last evening being merely to grant a first deliverance
on the application, having no power otherwise to dispose
of it.

ANOTHER YOUNG LADY BURNT TO DEATH
TLIROUGIL CRlNowNE.—Yesterday a most heart-rending
accident occurred, which has terminated fatally, to Miss
Augusta Bousfield, aged 24 years, who resided in Upper
Eaton- street, Belgrave-square, Pimlico. The unfortunate
young lady was passing the fireplace, when her dress of
light muslin, which was distended by crinoline, took fire,
and she was speedily enveloped in a mass of flames. Her
screams drew the attention of the servants to the parlour,
and the flames were extinguished as soon as possible. Sur-
gical assistance was sent for, and the poor young lady was
removed to St. George's Hospital, but she expired shortly
after her admission.