Show ENGLAND OWNED MANILA dath the th I 1 hi tat sod 1 cub cuba WT were aate ith broo Co chion l Ion s doth both the th great island land posa eaton in the wen and but east indie indies 1 l h uro tire nw lh th tta tg ot wf r between spain and the united states were for a time during the last century possessions of the british empire cay says the kort fortnightly nightly review havana and manila were both captured by great britain la in and cuba and the philippines occupied A very rare and interesting plain plato narrative I 1 at 0 the capture of manila waa was published by rear admiral cornish and brigadier Dri gadler general draper in reply to accusations of infringement ot at the capitulation capitulations made against 1 there these officers by the spaniard spaniards their own allegation allegations are sufficiently trong strong through the whole of the above transaction transactions the spaniard by evasions avoided complying ith fill the capitulation capitulations in every one respect except in bringing the money from the be and or dent denta acara cars ships hip which it was out ot at their power to secrete they balefully base tully fully and arid ungratefully took up arm arms against us u after having their live lives given them ibey they preached publicly in their churches urchea cb rebellion etc at the peace of 0 parl paris 1763 however which con eluded the bi at even year yer war canada Loul Louls aiana and various island islands la in the west indies having been ceded by france and florida and minorca by spain great dri bri ain sin on her part ceded to the latter cuba and the philipp ties ne yet there Is still to be een seen or was during my resl dince at manila at the mouth of the and under the ramparts a dilapidated brick and stucco monument ico Dumert with an celebrating the expulsion of the invading british by the noble and patriotic don simon de anda an inscription which afforded great amusement to british naval officers visiting the port |