. The Philippine Islands . The British Occupation. GENERAL DRAPERS EXPEDITION. THE affairs of the colony—now directed by custom and pre-cedence into the narrow channel of official routine—flowedplacidly along in undisturbed monotony. But in 1762 an-other enemy appeared before the walls of Manila; an enemy morepowerful than any that had heretofore threatened the peace ofthat tropical capital. War had been declared by Spain againstEngland, and the enterprising inhabitants of that little islewere not slow in following their traditional policy of strikingthe first blow. Rodney and Monckton were se

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. The Philippine Islands . The British Occupation. GENERAL DRAPERS EXPEDITION. THE affairs of the colony—now directed by custom and pre-cedence into the narrow channel of official routine—flowedplacidly along in undisturbed monotony. But in 1762 an-other enemy appeared before the walls of Manila; an enemy morepowerful than any that had heretofore threatened the peace ofthat tropical capital. War had been declared by Spain againstEngland, and the enterprising inhabitants of that little islewere not slow in following their traditional policy of strikingthe first blow. Rodney and Monckton were sent to they took without great difficulty, and soon a Britishsquadron, composed of thirteen ships, under the command ofAdmiral Cornish, was despatched to Manila. It was the evening of the 22nd of September when theEnglish fleet arrived in the bay, and the following morningAdmiral Cornish sent an officer to the Governor, demandingthe surrender of the citadel. At this peremptory proceedingthe haughty Spaniard

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