The Second Homecoming

Rizal arrived in Manila with his sister Lucia at noon of June 26, 1892. A meticulous diarist
described his second homecoming as follows: “I arrived at Manila on 26 June 1892, Sunday,
at 12:00 noon. I was met by many carabineers headed by a major. There were in addition
one caption and one sergeant of the Veteran Civil Guard. I came down with my luggage and
they inspected me at the customhouse. From there, I went to hotel de orient where I
occupied room No 22, facing the church of Binondo.”

In the afternoon, at 4:00 pm, he went to Malacañang palace to seek audience with the
Spanish governor general, Gen. Eulogio Despujol, Conde de Caspe. He was told to come
back at that night at 7:00 pm. Promptly at 7 pm, he returned and was able to confer with the
rest of hisnfamily and told him to return on Wednesday (June 29).

After the interview with the Governor-General, he visited his sister in the city, Narcisa (Sisa,
wife of Antonio Lopez), Neneng (Saturnina, wife of Manuel T. Hidalgo).

The following day, June 27 at 6pm, Rizal boar a train in Tutuban Station and visited his
friends in Malolos, Bulacan, San Fernando, Pampanga, Tarlac, Bacolor, Pampanga. These
friends were good patriots, who were his supporters in the reform crusade, and he took the
opportunity to greet them personally and discussed the problems affecting their people.

On the evening of Sunday July 3, 1892, following his morning nterview with Gov. Despujol,
Rizal attended a meeting of the patriots at the home of the Chinese-Filipino

LA LIGA FILIPINA
mestizo, Doroteo Ongjunco, on Ilaya Street, Tondo, Manila