The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 44, 1700-1736: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 44, 1700-1736: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.
Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources
[In 1719 the royal Audiencia is broken up by the lack of auditors:
Torralba being imprisoned in Fort Santiago, two others--Julian de
Velasco and Francisco Fernandez Toribio--being held in confinement, and
Pabon being not yet reinstated in office. "Only Don Gregorio Manuel de
Villa was in possession [of the auditor's functions], through the death
of the fiscal, Don Antonio de Casas y Albarado; but as Señor Villa
did not agree with the harsh and violent opinions of the governor,
he retired to the convent of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, distant two
leguas from the city." At this time Bustamante is told that a general
conspiracy is being formed against him, "of all the citizens, and all
the religious orders, and the clergy, influential persons being pointed
out who were allying themselves with the Sangleys, who were to commit
the parricide." Thereupon, Torralba begins to hope for release, and
Bustamante talks over the situation with him, asking his advice. The
result is, that the governor transfers Torralba to the government
buildings, nominally as a prisoner, but rehabilitates him as auditor;
with Doctor José Correa as associate judge, and Agustin Guerrero as
fiscal; and they contrive various measures against their enemies. Many
persons are arrested by this quasi government, and many others through
fear take refuge in the churches. Among the latter is a notary-public,
Don Antonio de Osejo y Vazquez, who carries his official records to
the cathedral, and refuses to surrender them. A decree is therefore
issued by the temporary Audiencia requiring the archbishop to see
that the records are given up and returned to the proper place; he
promises to obey, but delays doing so; upon being ordered a second
time to attend to the matter, he answers by presenting the opinions
of the two universities, which the prelate has consulted in this
emergency, and which support him in declining to allow the right of
sanctuary to be infringed, and in regarding the so-called Audiencia as
illegally constituted. The governor issues a proclamation ordering all
able-bodied male citizens to present themselves, armed, in the palace
when a certain signal shall be given. The archbishop excommunicates
Torralba for his proceedings against the ecclesiastical immunity; he
sends notification of this punishment by Canon Don Manuel de Ossio
and Doctor Fuentes, who force their way into Torralba's apartment,
late in the evening of October 10, and force him to listen to the
reading of the censure; but he contrives to get hold of a sword,
and drives them out of the room. The next morning the governor
calls the citizens to arms, and causes the arrest (in virtue of
decrees made by his Audiencia in the night) of the archbishop,
his messengers to Torralba, the superiors of the religious orders,
and many other ecclesiastics. At this, a tumult arises among the
people; an interdict is laid on the city; and a conspiracy is formed
against the governor. "The religious of St. Francis, St.
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