JAVA.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 289, 27 July 1860, Page 2

JAVA.

We have news, via Singapore, to the 25th of May. The papers state that the Lanun pirates threaten again to become troublesome in the seas of the Archipelago.' " . A fleet of nine large prahus lately appeared on the coast of the Madura and the neighboring islands, and fears are entertained thaUhey may have attacked the islaud of Bawean, which in former years repeatedly suffered from their incursions. Pirates have also shown themselves on the coasts of Celebes and carried off some of the inhabitants. The Dutch Government has despatched, several steamers to look after them. . \ ; . ' The Java Courani gives the following particulars regarding the haunts of these pirates, derived from statements made by persons who had been captured by them but had affected their escape. Af ten. the attack on Solok in 1858 by the Spaniards, the Sultan of that island did his utmost to abate piracy, and the pirates finding that they could no longer find shelter at Solok, formed establishments on the island of Patta/and on the island of Tawi Tawi. Several large piratical campongs have been planted on the south coast of the last mentioned island under the leadership of Datu Hasariand Datu Abang, and large fleets are sent, out by them in different directions. Along the north-east coast of Borneo, also fromTanjong Unsung to Abeludu (Maludu?) as well as in the islands lying to the south of Tanjong Unsung, a ; number of settlements have been established by Lanon and Solok pirates., But, Mangiadanao, above all, remains still one of the most secura asylums for pirates, in spite of the efforts of the Spaniards to expel them from thence. The pirates who operated so boldly on the coast of Banka in June,lßs9, are conjectured not to have been Lunan pirates, but to have come from Sikana Bay in the island of Sinkep, one of the Lingga group, the inhabitants of which are muchaddicted to piracy. It is difficult to convict these rascals unless in the fact, as.' they are furnished with regular papers by the Langg* g<>veninMat vA

usually pass as honest traders or fishers. They are ■aid to mark on their charts the places where they have met, or may expect to meet, steamers, by the representation of smoke issuing from a funnel. These spots are of course to be avoided by them.