tured vessel. When captured the Spanish flag floated at her stern, the pennant of the comman ding officer at the mainmast, while at the port she carried a white flag. Her guns had been thrown overboard or destroyed.
The differences between Aguinaldo and some of his colleagues had not been settled last week. As we have previously stated Aguinaldo impri- soned Santico and Artachio. The former, was, however, released on the application of Consul Williams, but it is reported that the latter has been sentenced by Aguinaldo to be shot for revealing to the British Government the fact that an attempt was to be made to smuggle arms on to the Pasig.
The Zafiro left for Manila again at about nine o'clock last night, Consul-Ġeneral Wild- man seeing her off,
DESTRUCTION OF ADMIRAL CERVERAS' SQUADRON.
ADMIRAL AND 1,300 MEN TAKEN
PRISONERS.
6th July. Yesterday morning Consul-General Wildman received the following telegram from Wash- ington :-
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Sampson has destroyed every vessel of Cer- veras' squadron in a running fight lasting three hours and a half over a distance of 60 miles. Ad- miral Cerveras and 1,300 prisoners were taken." The Spanish squadron was made up of seven first-class ships, of which four wera armoured cruisers and three torpedo-boat destroyers. The following descriptions of the vessels ap- peared in an American contemporary the other Week:-
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
THE SPANISH FLEET FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
PRE MAM
ENTERED THE SUEZ CANAL.
6th July. Last night Consul-General Wildman received the following telegram from Mr. Watts, U. S. Acting Consul-General at Cairo :-
Fleet entered Canal this morning."
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THE U. S. MONITOR "MONTEREY"
The U. S. monitor Monterey started for the Philippines on June 10th, so that should the Spanish fleet which entered the Suez Canal yesterday morning go forward to the Philip. pines she will arrive in ample time to take part in any engagement.
The Monterey is described technically as barbette turret, low-freeboard monitor, of 4,000 tons displacement. She is 256 feet long by 59 feet boat and 14 feet 6 inches deep. She carries in her two turrets, surrounded by barbottes, two twelve-inch and two ten- inch guns, while in her superstructure, between the turrets, are mounted six six-pound- four one-pounders, and two Gatlings. The turrets are seven and one-half inches thick, and
ers,
the surrounding steel barbettes are fourteen
inches and eleven and one-half inches thick. The Monterey's complement is nineteen officers and 172 men.
REFUGEES FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
7th July!
Yesterday afternoon the Yuensang arrived from Manila via Amoy with about 30 priests and 500 Chinese passengers. She landed seren nuns and several hundred Chinese at Amoy, The priests were taken aboard at Dagupan, a place defended by a couple of hundred Spanish soldiers and a large number of loyal natives. Several times last week when the insurgents attacked it they were repulsed with great loss. The Yuensang left Manila about two hours after the arrival of the troops.
THE AMERICAN TROOPS AT CAVITE.
8th July.
Armonred cruiser Vizcaya, built with double screws, two turrets, two funnels, and two military masts with tops, length 364 feet, dis- placement 6,890 tons, maximum speed 20.2 knots. She has an armour belt of steel five feet six inches broad, 315 feet long, and ten or twelve inches thick. Her turrets have nine-inch steel armour; conning towers twelve-inch armour.
The Eddie, which arrived from Manila last Her protected deck is from two to three night, reports that when she left on Monday inches of steel. Her armament is two the American troops had not begu : their ad- 11-inch Hontoris guns mounted singly in turvance on the city. There had been a very heavy rets, one forward and one aft, ten 5.5-inch guns, five on each side, the forward and aft ones being sponsored eight 6-pounders, ten 4-pounders, eight Nordenfelt machine guns, two Maxim machine guns, six torpedo tubes and two sub. merged torpedo tubes. She carries 484 men.
The armoured cruiser Almirante Oquendo is built of steel, double screws, two turrets, etc. Her tonnage, armour, and armament in every respect are similar to that of the Vizcaya. The armoured cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa is also identical with the Vizcaya. Her armour consists of a complete nickel steel belt 8 feet 3 inches wide and 8 inches thick. The armour of the barbettes is 6 inches thick
The armoured cruiser Cristobal Colon is built of steel, twin screws, two covered barbettes fore and aft, two funnels, and one mili. tary mast. Length, 328 feet; displacement, 6,840 tons, speed, 20 knots. Her armour con- sists of a complete nickel deck from 2 to 8 inches thick; conning tower, 6 inches. All the guns have shields. Her armament is two ten- inch guns, ten six-inch guns, six 4.7-inch stern six-pounders, ten one-pounders, two Maxim ma- chine guns, and four torpedo tubes. She has a complement of 500 men.
The Terror and Furor are torpedo-boat des- troyers lately added to the Spanish navy. They are of steel; length, 220 feet; displacement, 320 tous; speed, 28 knots; armament, two fourteen- pounder quick-firing guus, two six-ponuder quick-firing guns, two one-pounder quick-fire, Each destroyer mounts two fourteen-inch tor- pedo tubes on deck and carries 67 men. The Asturo is another formidable modern destroyer, but her exact dimensions and armament are not available at the Navy Dapartment."
ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S SQUADRON, Admiral Sampson's squadron included, among other vessels, the New York, the Indiana, the Iowa, the Oregon, the Puritan, Terror, and the Detroit.
[July 9, 1898.
unharmed, for although these rebels are humane the treatment their own women and children receive at the hands of Spaniards is so dreadful it is only wonderful they do not retaliate.”
Last week wonnded men were coming in very fast from the out-posts and the hospitals were being taxed to their utmost. It is to be feared that the patients were not able to get very first- olass treatment.
With regard to the attitude of the Germans, writing on June 27th a correspondent says:- "We are all watching the movements of the German fleet here. They are always on the move, and keep going away and returning. They are evidently up to no good. We put down the delay of the American troops arriving bere to the fact that they must be taking pos session of the Caroline and Marionne Islands before coming here, and so take the wind out of the sails of the Germans, who are very anxious to have the former."
Last week provisions were getting scarcer · and scarcer, and of course prices were rising in proportion. Householders were obliged to pro- vide their servants with rice, as they could not afford to buy it out of their pay.
THE SITUATION AT MANILA.
AGUINALDO AND DEWEY ON THE
BEST OF TERMS.
THE INSURGENT LEADER HAS CON.
FIDENCE IN THE AMERICANS.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT WITH THE AMERICAN FLEET.]
Manila Bay, 26th June, 1891. There is little change in the general situation. We expect the Peking and Charleston any hour of any day. They may arrive even before this letter is mailed this afternoon. When they do come, there will be a succession of interesting days and events, unless all signs fail.
The advent of the Bonaventure followed by the Iphegenia has had an invigorating effect on the feelings of Americans as well as Britishers. Two of the German men-of-war have gone ont to Morivales to coal and may go on to some other port, but I am not definitely informed. The French ship Pascal left on Friday, but the rain which had flooded the country for about 18 flagship of the station, the Bayard, arrived miles and rendered the roads impassable. On on Saturday. She did what the Germans have Sunday the troops as well as all the ships in the done but not the British, saluted the Spanish harbour were busy preparing for the celebration flag or port, with 21 guns. There is no rule to of the " Glorious Fourth," with which, how-prevent this, but it shows more discourtesy to ever, the flooding of the country seriously the American Admiral than courtesy to the interfered.
port, considering the virtually blockaded condi- tion of the latter. The Esmeralda and Yuensang have also arrived and will soon leave. ship Crown of Germany (British) leaves soon for Amoy with 1,000 Chinese at $50 a head-not & bad speculation for a sailing vessel caught in a blockaded port. It is not true that the Arch- bishop escaped as stated by Shanghai papers. He is still here and very much here!
The natives were still having daily skirmishes with the Spaniards, who almost invariably come off second hest.
The insurgents have cut off the water supply from Manila, but owing to the recent downpour there was sufficient water in the city to last for a few days.
THE SPANISH FLEET FOR THE
PHILIPPINES.
8th July. Last night. Consul-General Wildman received the following telegram from Mr. Watts, Acting
U. S. Consul-General at Cairo:-
Torpedo boats Andaz, Prosperina, and Asabo started return Spain. Balance fleet arrived Snez."
The
Admiral Dowey does not confine his labours to the Olympia. He goes to Cavite almost every day, or at last every few days. Nothing misses | his eyes. While he is instructing Commander Wood of the Petrel, who has charge of the work at the Navy Yard and Arsenal, or Lieut. Hodges of the Nanshan to do one thing he is looking about for more work to be done and invariably has a new suggestion when he has finished the first. By his order and by the speed and
THE GERMAN FLEET AT MANILA, excellence of its execution the Navy Yard,
RELEASE OF THE GOVERNOR- GENERAL'S FAMILY,
8th July.
The Yuensang, which arrived in the harbour from Manila via Amoy on Wednesday evening, brought a mail, but as she left a couple of hours after the American troops had made their ap- pearance, and before the Zafiro set out for Hongkong, very little of the news she brought was new.
The Governor-General's wife and children, who were prisoners in Pampanga, have been given up through the mediation of the English Consul, who had them bronght down in a large native boat or "banca." A correspondent writes, "Great credit must be given to the rebels for their humanity in looking after and giving up these Spanish women and children
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Arsenal, forts, and barrackɛ have been converted in a wonderfully short time from confusion and chaos to neatness and system. Everything is in readiness so that the troops can make it their headquarters if they wish and be most comfortable. Just outside of the Cavite entrance to the Navy Yard, or the gate called
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Camp Dewey" is a large level open space of ground, nearly five acres in area, which will make an admirable drill or exercise ground. It would also be an admirable field for cricket, football, and lawn tennis, if it were evened off ins few spots here and there. From present indi- cations, however, there will be little occasion to use it for any such purpose during the next six weeks. On one side of this great campus are barracks used now by the insurgents as prisons and filled with fully 600 Spanish regulars. Recently Admiral Dewey and Consul Williams
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