The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-26

exports and imports arc nearly equal the latter being
three and bali mi don collars and former ,ursc ana
qnar'er Naiir In found arosnd tho mountains, ou'
~s: poy ssp0' Cd any s9sny ,
opposite ZEN Og, thirty hve M es along no cast and
oed II oasand of these are the AAlay. the re-
ma ma" der beng divided as follows
0ese'.
sa nese, ssmese lii
Euroyesns and their cescendants. Observation-Disclosures. 30
The following table VIII show Row the ABOVE
l5l OOv acres 10 appropriatcd-
Number Of acres devoted to sugar 72t
" " fi'e'..... .........'4 20
coooanot md f.uits.. . 3,O3>
VIVA aou... 30 oa'
The nutmeg is cultivated both upon Penang and IN
Wellesley, but what extent cannot say rnis spice
whc came originally from Banda, aud which has here
,oore eeded Se aoooI here, now IKE the trans
planted flower, undoubtedly saying To the wod "Bsoda
IS my native ond aud cannot thrive away from it-ttke
me back or che" say this because the disease al
ready spoken OF prevails al Penang more largely
IbaD here, and points to the fact OF the cultivation upon
that island being forced have previously ooserv-
ed that 10 remedy has AZ yet been discovered for this
'esriDe bheht; nut s nature rs very well Known II is
microscopic insect Invisible W the naked which, at
'Gskog the nut before IL maured Causes 70 fall too
soon, and consequently decay before can rpen Let rs
now END the statistical part OF this letter with few words
regard 10
MALAGA.
baiacca, or Malaya,i is the name Of what was once
about one thousand square miles. The whole of Inc IA
lay peDpsus well as attached sands and islets war
once MalaeoA" Nov porGon OF 70 Is ella med oy SIAM,
other portions by the English others again by
pepcent NAIVE chiefs When one uses the word now
Gays therefore, ne either refers this thousand
'quare miles or 10 it's capital Toe two combined contain
population. OF 6S,I6, divided as per the following Ia
Europeans and their descendants ............. 2I2
haays........... 1910
Portuguese .......... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2O7l
Natives Of India ...-. l.l90
Nlli,ary and convicts cal
As ship s.esms through the Straits OF Maacca from
the west ward and arrives within 100 miles Of Sing
apore, she gnds herself passing the cspa Of that
Il IS situated upon tine bold blas Of the land and
divned ~ the Malacca river, which enphes into
'be straits s. ihs, poirt. It's appearance is quite
imposing, ana it is perhaps the oldest settlement
have BEEN founded, and In 1911 the Portuguese
took possession and built strong foFtca,iona project
themselves snst the hostility of the natives Ia 1874,
the Dutch aiiscseo TOOK and 1895 the English
paid the Oh Ia their own coin by Wrestling from their
hands lsie again became tue property Of the Dutch
and 10 1873 evered 10 the English exchange for
territory OF Benco,len Island OF Sumatra During this
cessive change OF masters the extensive forhcaons Of
course suffered severely They said TO have been
one time OF remarkable strength but at present scarcely
anything but the foundations remain The English 60
are now taking however, Of restoring them
hteir former condition
have appropriated Of late to fortify
ing the city OF Singapore The Governor who has all along
resoed upon the Great Of high hill rising the sn
under way. When completed 1t must be place OF unu
sual strength Water batteries also In the
construction at the mouth of the creek, which winds
around the baHe Of this bill AID empues into the bay
ADo, IN Short the Epgish evident actuated by
sudden policy TO the strength their provinces
in this quarter Is 1t the French that they preparing
10 resst9 A few more words about tigers and / have
done
So great have been the depredaons OF these creatures
mat Tor many years standing reward Of fifty dollars
head has been pad by The authorities And late they
have become terrible in the opposite country lahore
q " trait hat ha
sultan has Increased 10 500. The folio wing anecdoe
relating u their exploits related re cy Mr. p the
Deputy Police Commissioner OF Singapore, few DAYS
since
Tigers have lately become bad in lahore as 70 inter.
tere seriously with the cultivation Of OF the pinta
none The other Gay gentleman beugh, piece OF land
TOR which be paid half the price casn balance 70 be
forthcoming the end of certain period In the mean
time he bred coolies and began upon his possession
Al the enc OF week thcse coolies had been taken
of by tigers or the others became alarmed and
the and Tor want Of aborers, became Almost vaueess
his beng the tie purchaser 10 the bargain
and demanded the Of bis advance The seller OBJ
jcted but the Courts decided against the ground
lha the lana had been contracted under the I'm
son that could De cultivated but that experience had
proved to the contrary. Thus the transaction can
celleu
APRIL /, 1859 The European mails arrived few hours
Since per Peninsuiar Oriental all steamer Aden btr
unfortunately the Hon. Mr. was no, on board We
muet await BIN al least Two weeks therefore. DR.,
bradley, bearer OF cespatches passed through
70 Hong horg he having Deen detained over NAL al
alexandra, on account Of scarcity OF quarters board
the steamer. There ia such of travel on
That route that state rooms ten engaged
months ahead. We have no news YET of the Hon Mr..
Bruce, the new English Minister to China.