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War with Spain Original plan of expedition abandoned The Centurion and other ships ordered to form a squadron under Commodore Anson Miserable equipment Ships overladen Drop down Channel Cross Atlantic, and pass through the Straits of Le Maire Bad weather comes on Two of the ships nearly wrecked Severn and Pearl lost sight of Centurion in fearful danger Scurvy breaks out, and numbers die Anchors at Juan Fernandez The sick landed The Trial joins her Goats found marked by Alexander Selkirk The Gloucester comes off the island Long time in getting in The Anna Pink appears The Centurion goes in chase of a stranger Takes a prize Crew and stores of the Anna Pink transferred to Centurion The Trial takes a prize, and crew and stores being removed into the prize, she is destroyed Females taken on board a prize courteously treated Paita attacked and captured The seamen dress up in the Spaniards' clothes Booty taken The town burnt Spaniards acknowledge Anson's generous treatment of his female prisoners The squadron lays in wait for the Manilla galleon Negroes enter on board as seamen Miss the galleon Preparations for crossing the Pacific Prizes turned adrift The Gloucester abandoned Her crew taken on board Centurion Scurvy again breaks out Fearful mortality The Ladrones sighted Centurion brings up off Tinian Sick landed She is driven out to sea Great anxiety A vessel commenced The ship appears Reaches Macao Repaired Fresh men shipped Sails to watch for the galleon Her capture The Centurion on fire Anson's coolness Sails with his prize for Canton Roguery of the Chinese Anson and his men extinguish a fire at Canton Sails for England Hears of the war with France Narrow escape from a French fleet.
In connection with sugar, it may be stated, that some very good rum is made at Manilla, although very little is exported. It is a monopoly of the Government, who farm it out to one of the sugar clayers at Manilla. Molasses are never shipped, but are used in Manilla for mixing with the water given to the horses to drink, most of them refusing to taste it unless so sweetened.
For three weeks I lived with the Indian family without receiving any news from Manilla, when one morning, a letter came from the first mate who, on the death of the unfortunate Dibard, had taken the command of the Cultivateur telling me he was about to sail, and that I must go on board at once if I wished to leave a country which had been so fatal to all of us.
On the 10th of January our frigate was ready to sail, and we left Manilla, the whole crew being in perfect health.
But as the best tobacco is grown there, one of his duties is to collect and forward it to Manilla, for which he is allowed a commission, and this, with other privileges, is found to yield him in ordinary years about 20,000 dollars a-year, being in reality one of the most lucrative situations at the disposal of the Government.
These islands were first discovered by that celebrated, but unfortunate navigator, Magellan, in whose honor a column is erected in Manilla, who did not survive long enough to enjoy the fruits of his skill and perseverance, having been killed at the island of Matan in 1521. After the death of Magellan, and the defeat of his expedition, two more attempts were made, which also failed.
Nearly all the tobacco collected in Cagayan is yearly brought to Manilla during the north-east monsoon.
Tame buffaloes are used for agricultural purposes. The vegetable productions of the Philippines are very numerous. Rice is grown in great quantities. What is known as Manilla hemp is an article of much value. It is obtained from the fibre of a species of plantain. It, can only be exported from the port of Manilla.
As a proof that what he said was true, a letter, he stated, would be found in Ersola's chest. Search being made, the letter was discovered, which Ersola had intended to send by some natives to Manilla. It called on the authorities there forthwith to fit out an expedition to capture the Desire, warning them that if she escaped, the English would bring their countrymen down to attack the settlement.
They are in the habit of paying these travellers a rial, which at Manilla is the eighth part of a dollar, for every pilone he purchases on their account at the limits they give him.
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