Another was held at the port of Cavite, in which, as in Manila, all the orders took part--except one, which during all this time did not leave its house, enter the cathedral, nor display illuminations.

About this there was no lack of gossiping in the city.
The effects of last year's comets have been very frightful this year, especially in two provinces of the Filipinas, Ilocos and Cagayan--the former of which is entirely under the instruction of the fathers of St.Augustine.The earthquakes in Ilocos have been so violent and so continuous that the people have gone about with severe headaches, as if seasick.

At noon on St.Andrew's day, in the village of Batano, the church, the house, and the granary (a very substantial one) fell because of the vibrations.

The friars cast themselves from the windows and thus escaped with their lives, although they were badly injured.

In Dinglas a large portion of the church fell, and the prior of the convent leaped through a window.