estate of four thousand families, which event puts
an end to a war of eleven years standing, which, for
distinction’s sake, is usually called the second war of Java.
The Chinese are finally expelled from the Philippines,
in conformity to the royal edict, and the
temporary residence of the traders from China only
tolerated,
C. 17 5 9 . J. 1G84, H. U 70.
June 1 .«—Senor Espeleta, bishop of Zebu, provisional
governor of the Philippines.
C. 1760. J. 1685. H. 1 1 7 1 .
Ala ed-din Mahomed Shah ascends the throne
of Achin.
The French, under the Compte d’Estaing, destroy
the whole of the English settlements on the
west coast of Sumatra,
C. 1761. J, 1686. H, 1 1 7 2 .
Don Manuel Roxo, archbishop of the Philippines,
provisional governor of these islands.
Peter Albert Van der Parra, governor-general
of the Dutch Indies,
Ç. 176 2 . J. 1688. H. 1 1 7 4 ,
September 22.—[The British, under Brigadier-
general Draper and Admiral Cornish, arrive at the
Philippines, with a considerable naval and military
expedition, and demand the surrender of the
islands, which being refused, they commence military
operations,
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
October 5.—The English storm the fortifications
of Manila, and carry the town, which they deliver
over to plunder, and on which they levy a heavy
contribution, after a capitulation had been entered
into.
The military commanderj Senor Anda, retires
from the city of Manila, and, with the assistance of
the different religious orders, maintains the authority
of the king of Spain in the Philippines, so that the
British authority never extends much beyond the
confines of Manila.
December.—The Chinese, who, in the course
of three years, had. increased in prodigious numbers
in the Philippines, all join the English, and
commit great excesses.
Senor Anda, the Spanish military commander,
orders all the Chinese in the Philippines to be
hanged, which order is very generally carried into
effect.
Tim unconverted nations of the Philippines
commonly join the English, and a very general
rising of these people takes place.
C. 176 3 . J. 1689. H. 1175.
The English settlements on the west coast of
Sumatra are re-established, and their acquisitions
there confirmed by the peace of Paris.
The English settlement of Bencoolen, or Fort
Marlborough, is erected into an independent presidency.