THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 319, 21 June 1875, Page 4

THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR.

A letter from Quito, in the Cologne Gazette , says that the Bepublic of Ecuador ia now completely in the hands of the Ultramontanes. A council has been established at Quito, composed of the principal dignitaries of the Church, which virtually governs the country. The deliberations of this council are kept secret; but the correspondent asserts that he has ascertained from a trustworthy source that an attempt is to be mads to revive the Spanish inquisition in Eccnador, and to impose fines on any person who shall neglect to bow on passing an archbishop or a bishop in the street. The fanaticism of the lower classes has again been manifested by a revolting incident, which has caused much excitement among the foreign inhabitants of Quito, A young Englishman, who was a general favorite among the European population, died the other day, and, as a heretic, was buried in unconsecrated ground, Cases having occurred in which the bodies of Protestants had been taken out of their graves, and shamefully mutilated, the foreign inhabitants agreed to organise a night watch in the cemetery, and the President placed at their disposal a body of police for this purpose, The watch was continued for a month, and was then withdrawn; but the following night the body was dug up, stripped, and left lying on the ground. The President, at the request of the English representative, ordered an enquiry, but no trace was found of the perpetrators of the outrage. A letter from La Paz, in the same paper, gives some particulars of the insurrection in Bolivia. The revolt began by a mutiny of some battalions of the line in Cochamba and Oruro, which, however, was speedily subdued. General Quinten Quevedo then collected a number of adventurers in Atacama, and marched with them against La Paz, while Corral raised the Indians in Puno. The authorities were unable to maintain order; the few troops refused to fight against the insurgents, and at last made common cause with them, manifesting their change of opinion by various acts of violence on the wealthy citizens of La Paz, Quevedo and Corral now entered the city, and issued a proclamation in the usual style, full of complaints against the Govciwaeat

Hud of assurances of patriotism and selfdevotion. The correspondent adds that the Government at Sucre has taken steps to suppress the insurrection, and has sent General Daza with a strong force to the north.