Glasgow Courier. — 1853-09-06 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE GUANO ISLANDS.  We (Liverpool Albion) have been favoured with the fullowing extract from a private letter, dated Chinch& Island, July 20, 18,53:—Owing to severe attacks of fever and ague in Central America, I was ordered to Peru for my health, which is much:improved, having got rid of the ague. Now, as to these Chinches, they are among the seven wonders of the world. There are three islands, the largest three-quarters of a mile by one-third of a mile, the second not so large, and the smallest about half the size. At present they load ship i and boats by shoots at the two largest; and from the quantity of guano shipped to this time compared to what there is still on the islands, I should say one twenty-fifth is not yet shipped. At present there are 103 ships loading that will average 1,000 tons each ; 47 American, 50 English, and the remainder French and other nations. The Americans form part of the Lobos fleet. For twenty months they loaded 7,000 registered tons of shipping; and if to this be added one-third to one-half for the real tonnage, it will give yoe some idea of the trade. If properly managed they might ship treble the quantity; and I am told the Americans and English cannot get enough. Gibleo gets ell the English consignnients, Banedia Brothers the American and foreign. Elias, the shipper, has a contract for shipping at 7s sterling per tun, making' a profit bf s7,ooo,dally. So these three houses and the offlcalitrof the government have the cream of the guano. The guano is on the surface of the ground, and rises with its inequalities; some places it is 70 feet, some 100, and some 110 deep. So imagine to yourself the mine of wealth this is to Peru. The state would make double as much by selling at the islands, but this would not answer the governmeet officers, or those large houses who have to give (so people say) large bribes to the officials The islands are worked by Chinese and slaves. The Chinese are imported for four years' contract, to be paid 16a per month; and at this they I fetch here $l5O to $2OO. Slaves are .orth $l,OOO or more. I saw a seven-years old girl the other day bring $5OO. None of the Chinese survive to go home; they •re treated worse than 'Uncle Tom.' Many of them commit suicide, and have jumped from the cliffs of the Chinches. They want a Mrs. Stowe to tell their tale. Peru is the only Spanish-American republic that allows slavery, and it is a stain on them. This is a beautiful country where water is, but where Irene is it has a desolate appearance. No rain falls here, but heavy dews, resembling Scotch mist. The English and American farmers have to pay for the mismanagement of the guano. Ships first have to call at Callao for orders; then go to the Chinches; alien loaded, go back to Callao to get their sailing orders. All these cause a detention of thirty to forty days, which might be saved by vessels going direct to the Chinches and sailing from them. The time of a ship of 1,000 tons is eighty days' working, which, considering fast and surf days, amounts to one hundred. If properly worked, they ought from shoots to be despatched in twenty-five or thirty days; thus seventy to eighty days might be saved, which the unfortunate consumer has to pay for. As there is no such thing as a gale on this coast, the shifis lie with security off the islands, in twenty to twenty-five fathoms' water, end at the shoots, only eight feet off, in deep water. The Chinches are sixteen miles from l'isco, a town on the inainland,eu Mai ing 6,000 inhabitants, and 120 miles from Callao. Callao contains 7,000 inhabitants, Lima 100,000. Since the Chinches have come into operation rents in Lima and Callao have trebled. There is a railway between Callao and Lima for passengers, nine English unites; fare Is. It pays 15 per cent. Ilegans, of Liverpool, is the principal proprietor. They got the land for nothing. It required no cuttings, no embankments no levelling, no bridges or aqueducts, and no law bills. With a gradual rise of 350 feet in nine miles, it runs along the old road, or rather takes up a part of it.  A New PRINTING Pass.—ln the New-York Crystal Palace is a new printing press which prints from uncut paper, rolling from a cylinder, and cuts and folds with perfect regularity 30,000 copies per hour. Both sides are printed at the same time, and 30,000 per hour is a low estimate, since, by increasing the speed, they can be printed as fast as paper or cloth can be unrolled from a cylinder. The inventor declares that ho can print 'one mile of newspaper as fast as a locomotive can run on a railway.'