n the mountain side. Since the American advent the place has
been much improved and extended.

On his way from Manila to Los Banos the traveller will pass (on
the left bank of the Pasig River) the ruins of _Guadalupe Church_,
which mark the site of a great massacre of Chinese during their
revolt in 1603 (_vide_ p. 114). The following legend of this once
beautiful and popular church was given to me by the Recoleto friars
at the convent of the Church of La Soledad, in Cavite:--During the
construction of the world-famed _Escorial_, by order of Philip II.,
the architect's nephew, who was employed by his uncle on the work,
killed a man. The King pardoned him on condition that he be banished
to the Philippines. He therefore came to Manila, took holy orders,
and designed and superintended the building of Guadalupe Church,
from the scaffolding of which he fell, and having been caught by the
neck in a rope suspended from the timbers he was hanged.

During the wars of the Rebellion and Independence this ancient building
was destroyed, only the shot-riddled and battered outer walls remaining
in 1905.

CHAPTER XXII

The Tagalog Rebellion of 1896-98
First Period

After the Napoleonic wars in Spain, the "Junta Suprema Central
del Reino" convened the famous "Cortes de Cadiz" by decree dated
September 12, 1809. This _junta_ was succeeded by another--"El
Supremo Consejo de la Regencia"--when the _Cortes_ passed the first
Suffrage Bill known in Spain on January 29, 1810. These _Cortes_
assembled deputies from all the Colonies--Cuba, Venezuela, Chile,
Guatemala, Santa Fe, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, etc.; in fact,
all those dependencies which constituted the four Viceroyalties and
the eight Captain-Generalships of the day. The Philippine deputy,
Ventura de los Reyes, signed the Act of Constitution of 1812. In 1820
the _Cortes_ again admitted this Colony's representatives, amongst
whom were Vicente Posadas, Eulalio Ramirez, Anselmo Jorge Fajardos,
Roberto Pimental, Esteban Marques, Jose Florentino, Manuel Saez
de Vismanos, Jose Azcarraga, and nine others. They also took part
in the parliamentary debates of 1822 and 1823. The Constitution was
shortly afterwards suspended, but on the demise of Ferdinand VII. the
Philippine deputies, Brigadier Garcia Gamba and the half-breed Juan
Francisco Lecaros, sat in Parliament. Again, and for the last time,
Philippine members figured in the _Cortes_ of the Isabella II. Regency;
then, o