The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-03 00:00:00

DEMERARA.

The Session of the Combined Court was opened
on the sth of April with the usual formalities.
The estimate for the current year amounts to
1,287,174 dols., and rating the population at
130,000, this will give us nearly 10 dols., or about
£2 sterling for every inhabitant. It will be for the
Combined Court to reduce the amount so far as may
be compatible with the requirements of the public
service, and some of the items will, no doubt, lead
to serious discussion.

His Excellency referred to the question of immi-
gration, and suggested that it might be advisable,
looking at the state of our finances, not to incur
any further expense, for the present at least, in the
introduction of immigrants from Madeira. To this
there can be no objection, as the people so intro-
duced contribute but little to the supply of fixed
labour, and the money appropriated for this pur-
pose might be better applied to emigration from
India or China.
The report of the intention of the Government to
remove the garrison had caused much dissatisfac-
tion.

On the 29th March the Royal George arrived
here from Hong Kong with 251 Chinese immi-
grants, after a passage of 112 days. We regret to
say that 49 deaths occurred on board, and it is
very strange that all of these but two were from
dropsy. A medical board was, as his Excellency
tells us, ordered to inquire into the circumstances
of the case, and it appears that the mortality is
attributed to the small size of the vessel, deficient
ventilation, and a too abundant supply of food
during the voyage. One may readily admit that a
want of proper ventilation, and the crowded state
of the vessel, might affect the health of the passen-
gers, but it is scarcely credible that an abundant
supply of provisions should have a fatal result, and
the presumption is that there was some latent and
unexplained cause for the mortality.

SOUTH PACIFIC.

CHlLL—Dates from Chili are to March 25.

The revolution, according to the Comereio, has
been nearly quelled, but dissatisfaction still reigns
in the Province of Atacama, and the revolutionary
forces are reported as marching on Coquimbo. The
Government having now plenty of troops to spare,
hopes soon to restore order. In the South a party
still holds out against the authorities, and wages a
war of devastation throughout the district. It ap-
pears that the Indians assist them. Of the loan
lately effected in England 1,300,000 dols. has been
received by the Government, and will be spent on
public works as soon as order is restored.
According to the newspapers, business is im-
proving in Valparaiso. During the last fortnight 29
vessels with merchandise had arrived in port.
PERu.---The Chamber of Deputies, by a large
majority, has confirmed the act by which all
Peruvians banished for political offences are
permitted to return to their country,
A secret session of both houses has been held for
the purpose of considering the Ecuadorian question.
The result of their deliberations is not made public.
By order of the Supreme Court the political
prisoners confined in Lima have been liberated,
with the exception of SS. Orfila, Sevilla, Novoa,
and Rojas, who are still under arrest.
ECUADOR.—From this Republic we have papers
to the 30th of March. The blockade of Guayaquil
still continues, and business was of course at a
complete standstill.
On the 22d of March, at half-past eight o'clock in
the morning, a severe earthquake destroyed the
city of Quito almost entirely.
'fhe churches, convents, and Government build-
ings are most of them thrown down, besides many
private residences. The houses not thrown down
are so injured as not to be habitable. The damage
'is estimated at 3,000,000 dols. The deaths are
reported at 5,000, but this we believe to be greatly
exaggerated. A number of small towns to the north
of the capital have also been destroyed, and in
Guayaquil the shock was felt severely, and did
some damage.
The Paraguay affair has been amicably settled.
Lopez has given in, and Mr. Bowlin will return
home, after having arranged matters better than he
succeeded in doing when in Bogota.