The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-04 00:00:00

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 3.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Mannel
Colarte as Vice-Consul at Newcastle for her Majesty the
Queen of Spain.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 2.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's
Ambassador at Constantinople, reporting that, in conse-
quence of the erection of additional lighthouses in the Straits
of the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmora, and the Bosphorus,
the dues payable for lighting those places have been doubled
since the 15th ultimo.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade hereby give notice, that the Moniteur, of
the 30th ult., contains a French Imperial Decree, permit •
ting the free importation into France of foreign wheat for
grinding, under the following conditions, in addition to
those contained in the provisions of the law of the sth July,
1836 :
Every 100 kilogrammes of wheat imported mast be re-
presented by pure wheat flour, in good condition, in the fol-
lowing proportions, according to the degree of siftage :
Kilos.
90 at 10 per cent.
80 „ 2C „
or 70 „ 30 ,
The importer will be required to deliver a guarantee to
re-export or to replace in the bonded warehouse, flour in
quantity and of a quality according to the degrees of fine-
ness above-mentioned.

BANKRUPTS.
Francis North Clerk Jardine, licensed victualler, Totten-
ham-court-road,
to surrender Sept. 16, at eleven, and Oct.
16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
James Thomas Sheldrick, timber merchant, Woodbridge-
street, Clerkenwell, Sept. 16, at two, and Oct. 16, at half-
past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Gabriel Selig, dealer in watches, Finsbury-circus, City,
Sept. 12, at half-past eleven, and Oct. IS, at eleven, at the ,
Court of Bankruptcy.
Alfred Spark, watchmaker, Great Coram-street, Russell-
square, Sept. 14 and Oct. 22, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Samuel Henry Beck, milliner, Birmingham, Sept. 13
and Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
William Thorn, innkeeper, Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire,
Sept. 11 and Oct. 9, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court.
John Reader, galvanised iron root manufacturer, Bir-
mingham, Sept'. 13 and Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Birming-
ham District Court.
William Terry, plater, Birmingham, Sept. 16 and Oct. 7,
at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Samuel Lees, grocer, Meltham, Yorkshire, Sept. 13 and
Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Charles Turmeau, tobacconist, Liverpool, Sept. 13, at
eleven, and Oct. 4, at two, at the Liverpool District Court.
Henry Benson Cox, tavern keeper, Cowper's-court, Corn-
hill, Sept. 16, at eleven, and Oct. 14, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
William M'lntosh. draper, Newport, Sept. 17 and Oct
15, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Sampson Estill Clirk, ship chandler, West Hartlepool,
Sept. 12, at eleven, and Oct. 23 at twelve, at the Newcastle
District Court.
John Carter, timber merchant, West Hartlepool, Sept.
10, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 23, at one, at the District
Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne.
Thomas Ridley Oswald, shipbuilder, Sunderland, Sept.
12 and Oct. 30, at eleven, at the District Court, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
Enrico Fontanella, merchant, 11, Lime-street, City,
Sept. 14, at eleven, and Oct. 22, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Henry John Hall, farrier, Oxford, Sept. 14, at half-past
eleven, and Oct. 8, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptc.
Thoynaas Hird, builder, Burnley, Lancashire, Sept. 17 and
Oct. 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Ebenezer Alston, grocer, Ashton-under-Lyne' Sept. 13
and Oct. 15, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Dunbar Kirkwood, merchant, Leith.
James Steel, builder, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire.
John Mason, jun., timber merchant, Fisherrow, county
• of Edinburgh.

TILE MA I LS.

MAILS DUE.

Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South-
ampton) .. Sept. 18.
Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12.
Brazil and Cape Verds .. Sept. 3.
Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c.
Cuba and Mexico .. Sept. 28
Canada, &c. (via L'derry) .. Sept. 4.
Cage of Good Hope &c. .. Oct. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Sept. 1.
Do (via Marseilles) Sept. 12.
Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. Sept. 1.
ndia (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Sept. 1.
Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12,
India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Set. 10,
Do. (via Marseilles) .. Sept. 4.
Lisbon . • • • .. .. Sept. 1.

EXPLORATION OF LABRADOR.—The expedition
which was sent out in June under the auspices of the
Canadian Government has returned. The party landed at
the mouth of the Moisie River on June 6. A few days
afterwards they set oat in canoes for the head waters of that
river, which is supposed to take its rise from lakes on the
summit plateau of Labrador. In three weeks the expedi-
tion reached a point so near the height of land that the
canoes, although not drawing more than Gin. of water, were
unable to ascend any further. The country is described as
very mountainous, and to a great extent destitute of trees.
The Moisie River is a rapid torrent, absolutely un-
navigable for canoes or other craft. The route conse-
quently lay through an ancient path, long pursued by the
Indians, from the interior to the coast. It follows a chain
of small lakes extending from the main branch of the Moisie
to the east branch of the same river, thence to the height of
land. The entire plateau of Labrador, which is very broad
and uniform, is full of large lakes, and the rivers flow for
more than 300 miles on this plateau or table-land
into the
Atlantic on the north-east coast of the Labrador, having a
general direction parallel to that of the coast on the Gulf
of St. Lawrence. The information which has been obtained
by this expedition respecting the hitherto unknown interior
of Labrador will be an addition to our geographical know-
ledge of British North America of much interest.—auta-
dian News.
TM; Fiznxon ACADEMY.—At the recent annual
sitting of the French Academy, M. de Laprade, the direc-
tor, in the chair, a most brilliant assemblage of spectators
being present, M. Villemain, the perpetual secretary, hav-
ing read a report on the competition of 1861, M. de Bernier
ascended the estrade, and read his poem on the subject of
the "Isthmus of Suez," which obtained the first prize. M.
de Laprade next pronounced an address on the prizes of
virtue. The first (3,000 f.) was awarded to the Abbe Soret,
cure of Luzarches (Seine-et-Oise), who for 19 years has de-
voted the whole of his income affording succour to the poor ;
and the second (2,000 f.) to M. Pierre Espagne, of Bordeaux,
formerly non-commissioned officer in the army of Africa,
who has saved the lives of 18 persons at different times. In
a category of works most useful to morals, a prize of 3,000 f.
was given to M. Leveque for his work on " La Science du
Beau ;" one of 2,000 f. to M. Mezieres, for his work entitled
" Shakspere, ses CEuvres et ses Critiques ;" and another of
like amount to M. Baudrillart, for a volume which appeared
under the title of " Des Rapports de la Morale et de l'Eco-
nomie Politique." A prize of 2,000 fr. was accorded to M.
Mistral for his poem of " Mireio" in the Provencal dialect.
The " Enneades de Plotin" of M. Bouillet obtained a prize
of 3,0001., and the " Consolation Philosophique de Boece,"
by M. Judicis de Mirandol, one of I,ooof. The Gobert
prize was divided ex cep° between the " Histoire de
the
. Liberte Religieuse en France" of M. Dargaud, and
e.
• " Histoire de la Literature Francaise" of
M.
' The prizes proposed for 1862 were then announce'
proceedings terminated, d the