We allude now to the cession by Holland to England of the large island in the Pacific ocean, of New Guinea, which since 1828 has been a Dutch colony, but has never been of any special value to that government; and, although one of the largest islands in the world is still comparatively an unknown island, as white men have never penetrated to the interior. The inhabitants are of a very low negro type, and little better than savages in many respects.