MALACCA, the capital of the country of the same name, is situated in a flat country close to the sea. The walls and fortifications are founded on a solid rock, and are carried up to a great height; the lower part of them is washed by the sea at every tide, and on the land side is a wide canal or ditch, cut from the sea to the river, which makes it an inland. In 1641 it was taken from the Portuguese by the Dutch, from which time it continued in their possession till 1795, when it was taken by the British. It was restored at the peace of Amiens, retaken in 1807 by the British, but appears to have been included in the cessions made to the Dutch by the treaty of 13th August 1814. The houses are tolerably well built, and some of them have gardens behind or on one side. The inhabitants consist of a few Dutch, many Malayans, Moors, Chinese, and other Indians. The city is well situated for navigation; but the trade of the place is trifling. E. Long. 102. 2. N. Lat. 2. 12.