LEMERY  , a

town of the province of Batangas, Luzon, Philip-pine Islands, on the Gulf of Balayan and the Pansipit river, opposite Taal (with which it is connected by a bridge), and about 50 M . S. of Manila . Pop. of the municipality (1903) 11,150 . It has a fine church and convent . Lemery is situated on a plain in a rich agricultural district, which produces rice, Indian corn, sugar and cotton, and in which horses and cattle are bred . It is also a port for coasting vessels, and has an important trade with various parts of the archipelago . The language is Tagalog . Russia) . During the whole period of Polish supremacy it was a most important city, and after the fall of Constantinople it greatly developed its trade with the East . In 1648 and 1655 it was besieged by the Cossacks, and in 1672 by the Turks . Charles YII. of Sweden captured it in 1704 . In 1848 it was bombarded .