The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-15 00:00:00

THE PACIFIC.

We have received by the West India mail
steamer Atrato. arrived at Southamo,m_ f11..0 ..f the
Panama Star and Herald to the 24th ult.

The Pacific Railroad Company's steamship Colum-
bus had been totally lost at the entrance to Sonso-
nate Roads. She was running for the port of Aca-
jutla, on her way up the coast from Panama, on
the night of Dec. 8, when she struck on a reef
known as Punto Remedios, close to the port, ore
which there is at all times a very heavy surf, and
commenced breaking up so fast that on the follow-
ing day nothing was to be seen of her. The Columbus
had a cargo of 1,250 packages of merchandise on
board for Acajutla and Guatemala, valued at about
150,000 dols., and supposed to be insured, all of
which was lost with the steamer. The vessel had
recently undergone repairs to the value of 40,000
dols., and was, at the time of the accident, in excel-
lent order, but unfortunately she was not insured,
and will be a heavy loss to the company. Fortu-
nately the passengers and crew were all saved, and
the latter were taken to Panama by the Guatemala.
The Panama Railroad Company have been building
a new steamer in the United States, intended to
take the place of the Columbus, and which will sail.
from New York about April next, and the Guate-
mala will probably be able to carry on all the trade
of the coast until that time without much inconve-
nience to the mercantile community.
Affairs in Chili were much improved in a busi-
ness point of view. Large shipments of flour and
wheat were being collected for shipment to
Europe.

Mr. W. F. WINDIIAM.—About six o'clock on
Saturday evening, as Mr, Windham was driving his coach'
and-four along Magdalen-street, Norwich, the vehicle
came in contact with a donkey cart, belonging to Robert
Coggle, chip carter, Sprowston, and knocked off oae of the
wheels. No other damage was done.
EXTRAORDINARY DISAPPEARANCE OF A LADY.---
Mrs. Buxton, the wife of Mr. Frederick Buxton, of Leeds,
at present one of the staff of resident engineers of the
Tudela and Bilbao Railway, in Spain, departed from Spaio
on a visit to her friends at Chapel-Allerton, near Leeds, iu
England, in consequence of her physicians advising her to
try if her native air would re-establish her health, which
had suffered seriously from the climate. It is ascertained
that she reached London in safety on the 22d of January
last, at 2.35 p.m., and immediately drove to the King's"
cross station, where she waited for and left by the 5.0 p•ro.
train for Leeds, tince which time nothing has, been heard
of her, and from the evidence and facts already collected hi
the detectives and police both in London and Leeds, ni"
other conclusion can be arrived at but that some foul deed
has been perpetrated on her betweenAhe King's-cross fito-
tion and Leeds. it is supposed the valuable jewellery on.
her person, and the considerable luggage she had with her,
have led to the commission of a crime which time along
can reveal. The age of the missing lady was 22 years'
One conjecture is that Mrs. Buxton was probably removal
from the train at some intermediate station between Lou-
don and Leeds, whilst insensible from the effects of chloro-
form, and that the villains who had placed her in that con-
dition, assuming the attitude of friends having her in their
care, robbed her of all she had, and probably dealt more
foully with the lady herseIf.—DISCOVERY OF TICE LAO'
—A telegram was received last evening at Manchester,
from Mr. Field, of London, to the effect that the lady be
been found, and was in the hands of her friends, No eY
planation of her long silence is yet afforded, but it is added
that " all is well."

THE "ACCIDENT" TO THE ELECTOR OF lIF,SO
CASSEL.—The incident at the Chateau of Cassel, of which
only a vague account has been hitherto published, is WO
described by the Berlin Gazette de la Bourse :—"
Elector surprised his wife reading a number of the .100-
deradatsek, in which there was an article purporting ‘'
comment on the attention shown at a ball by the Prince d'i•
Hanau to the daughters of the President of the Chamber e
Deputies, and which contained some ironical allusions t°
the Prince's father. The Elector's anger at this affront
gave rise to vigorous reproaches and finished at last by Pre:
yoking one of those domestic scenes which usually ternil
nate in cries of Help,' or ' Fire,' from the feeblest partl;
At length a valet who was in the antechamber thought/ lea
some reason or other, that his assistance was wanted,
r,in into the room. His sudden appearance was far feel,
agreeable to the Elector, who attempted to show his f
ings by a movement which allowed the valet to seize hold
his foot. This act of legitimate defence occasioned an 1171,
pleasant fall, and resulted in a rather rude contact betwee'
head, a hand, a table, and a mirror."