The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-16 00:00:00

THE PACIFIC MAIL.

The Royal Mail steam-ship La Plata brings news
from the Pacific ports.
The dates from Panama are to the 22d. ult. The
Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Lima
arrived at that port on the 19th, with the mails
from the southern ports; and dates from Valparaiso,
Dec. 31 ; Callao, Jan. 12 ; and Guayaquil, Jan.l4.
By the Panama route we have also received
accounts from Port Philip to the 15th of Nov.,
but the intelligence is anticipated by the arrival of
the Great Britain at Liverpool.
The Lima brought up $240,000 i❑ silver and
specie fur transmission to England across the
Isthmus, and $14,000 in gold dust for New York
from Austraiia.

From Valparaiso our accounts are to the 31st of
December. The Republic was perfectly tranquil,
and extensive measures of internal improvement
were being carried out. Mr. Griffin had completed
his contract with the Government for estatilishing
a line of auxiliary screw steamers between Great
Britain and Valparaiso, via the Straits of Magellan,
touching at Rio de Janeiro and Monte Video. An
edict issued by the Archbishop of Santiago against
heretics had been publicly burnt amid great popular
excitement at Copiapo and in some other towns.
Her Majesty's ship Dido arrived at Valparaiso on
the 15th of December from the Gambier Islands.
The Valparaiso markets were dull. Heavy ship-
ments of flour had been made to California and
Australia.

In Bolivia General Belzu was augmenting his
army, and preparing for another and more serious
inroad into the Peruvian territory.
Letters from Lima of the 12th ult, state that
business was very dull in that city, and the inac-
tivity was aggravated by the uncertainty of politi-
cal affairs. The people seemed to be growing more
and more discontented with the Government. Don
Domingo Elias, the insurgent chief, had suffered
another defeat near Yca ; General Torrico, with the
Government troops, encountered him on the 7th of
January, and, after half an hour's fighting, com-
pletely routed the militia and slaves who had rallied
around him. Elias escaped. The Government
troops afterwards returned to Lima, and it was
supposed that active measures to close the war with
Bolivia would continue. . Sailors were becoming
very scarce at Callao in consequence of so many
vessels coming from Australia and San Francisco
short-handed. Two severe shocks of au earthquake
were felt at Lima on the 12th of January, at 10
a.m.

The Panama Herald, of January 17, gives the
following particulars of the massacre of three of the
crew of her Majesty's ship Virago by the Darien
Indians, while that ship was engaged in the ex-
ploring expedition :
"Yesterday morning despatches were received in town
from Commander Prevost, of her Britannic Majesty's
sloop of war Virag,, dated January 7, giving an account
of the proceedings of the exploring party, and the me-
lancholy intelligence of the murder of three of the crew
by the Indians. From a letter received at the same
time we are enabled to lay before our readers the
following particulars : The expedition consisted of
Commander Prevost, with 20 offi,_•ers and men. After
proceeding for some distance, without experiencing
any molestation, a party of four men were left, on
the 2d inst., in charge of a provision depot, while the
rest of the patty proceeded to explore the Cordillera
of the northern coast. After penetrating as far as
time permitted, they returned to the depot on the
sth, when they found it plundered, and all the men
missing. After a careful search, the bodies of three
of the men were found at a short distance from the
station, having evidently been shot while in the act of
retreating towards the Savannah River. Of the fourth
man no trace was found, and it is supposed he is a pri-
soner in the hands of the Indians. Commander Pre-
vost was obliged to return, after having reached the
Cordillera, and when within a few miles of the Atlantic.
He had to cut a road through the forest, and has left a
good road and 12 stations, 'so well marked as to be
easily followed up by any future parties.' The name
of the missing man is Henry Robins, 21, ruddy com-
plexion, with reddish hair and whiskers. On receipt of
the intelligence a despatch was immediately forwarded
to the expedition on the Atlantic side to inform them of
the fact, so that no means may be left untried to recover
the missing man. The Virago was to sail immediately
for Valparaiso."

The Panama Star says :—This information is
sad indeed, and shows the necessity, in any mea-
sures that may be taken for the survey of the Da-
rien Canal route, that the different expeditions
should be sufficiently numerous and properly armed
to resist any attack a the savage inhabitants of the
country.

The -British ship Cambodia, of 1,140 tons' bur-
den, which left Callao, ou the 31st of December,
for England, with guano, sunk during the night
of the 7th of January, about 600 miles from Cal-
lao. The crew saved themselves in the boats, and
reached, Callao after being exposed for four days
and nights.

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY).

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before R. Gurney, Esq.)
SMITH V. YOUNGHIISBAND AND ANOTHER.

This was an application for a new trial. The plaintiff
is a poultry saleman in Newgate-market, and defend
ants are the well-known public carriers, and the action
was originally brought to recover the sum of 71. 75.,
the alleged value of certain poultry, &c., which had been
consigned to plaintiff, but not delivered through the
neglect of defendants' servants. On the trial it
was proved that the goods had been duly directed to
the ptiintiff, who had carried on business in the market
for several years. It was endeavoured to be proved, on
the part of the defendants, that every exertion had be 'n
made to discover the plaintiff without effect, and the
package was broken open and the contents sold for 3/.
His Honour gave judgment for 71. 7s. _

Mr. Ripton now appeared in support of the applica-
tion for a new trial, and Mr. W. R. Buchanan to op-
po-43.
After a long discussion, his Honour said he did not
see any ground for questioning the correctness of the
judgment, and refused to grant a new trial.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)
IN RE CROFTS.- -FAILURE OF A MINING AGENT.
This bankrupt was dexeribed as of Threadneedle-street,
mining agent, and to-day was appointed for choice of
a,signees,

After the usual business, Mr. Cooke, of Crown-court,
Throg'uorton•street, and Mr. Offord, coach-buiider,
Wells-street, Oxford-street, were chosen assignees.
From the preliminary statement prepared by Messrs.
Harding, Mullein, and Co., Guildhall-chambers, it ap-
pears that the debts are about 8,0001., and the assets
will probably be above 6001.

IN RE REA
This bankrupt was described as D.
of Hart street, Blooms-
bury, licensed victualler, and to-day was appointed for
his last examination.
The balance sheet prepared by Mr. Maynard, Bread-
street, commencing Jan. 7, 1852, and ending Jan 7,
1854, shows deficiency at former date of 9441. 6s 2d.
Debtor to creditors, 1,5441. To ditto holding, security,
1,1261. 2s. ; liabilities, 751. ; profits, 1,1501. 6s. 3d.
Creditor, by property, to realize nett, 871. 10s. Ditto
(3 per Cent. Consols) in hinds of creditors, 1,3501.
Losses, 851. 15s. 6d. ; trade expenses, 862/. ; house-
hold expenses, 4901.
The bankrupt passed without opposition.

LOSS OF THE OSMANLI STEAM-Slim—The Osmanli
screw steamer, Captain Corbett, which left England,
with the mails for Melbourne and Sydney, a few months
since, struck on a reef of rocks at Cape Linois, In d'Es•
trees Bay, on the coast of Australia, in the month of
November last. Happily, the crew and all the passen-
gers were saved, but, at the last accounts from the spot,
the vessel was fast breaking up. The Osmanli was a
fine vessel, of 1,000 tons burden, and was Insured for
3;000L_