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W. P. R. TO GENERAL MILLER.
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Preparations to leave Goya—The Goya Squire—His Daughters
-Doña Rosita—The Young Lover, Duval—The Old
Lover, Mora
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LETTER XXV.
Our Imprisonment—The Goya Prison, and Inmates of the
Prison-house-Its Furniture_Our Flitting-A portentous
Visit from Macdougall in his Dreadnought-A Dangerous
Proposal-Rejected—Weapons of War laid down for the
Fiddle—The Supper-The Comandantes Alarm and In-
terference-He desires to see us, being ill in bed—We
refuse to
go, but at length consent—The Liberation-Doña
Rosita wins over her Papa, and marries her Lover— The
result of the Interview-Mora's Chagrin— The Coman-
dante's Rebuke of his Uncle—Mora, ashamed of his
doings in Goya, takes to his Estancia, and there remains
for Life-Duval's Marriage
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CONTENTS.
LETTER XXVI.
THE AUTHORS TO GENERAL MILLER.
Don Pedro Campbell's Services—The Winding up at Goya-
The Departure--Arrival at the Guasú—Wasting of Time
- The Pacù-An Arrival on Board of the San José-Mr.
E- the Underwriter—The Isleria The Carboneros,
or Charcoal-Burners The Caracoles—Sea SicknessAr-
rival in the Outer Roads—The Chacarero and his Spouse
-An Equestrian Fête—The Cockney Equestrian—Buenos
Ayres Road and Pantanos A Coach preferable to Horse-
manship
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LETTER XXVII.
Great Change for the better, wrought by the Revolution in
Buenos Ayres—The Porteños try to please John Bull-
Their Abstemiousness rather against this--The pleasure
of dwelling in large Cities—Political Importance not de-
sired by Country Folks--Advantages of Society on a large
Scale-Miseries of it on a small one
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LETTER XXVIII.
Historical and Political Events, rapidly given, according to
our original Plan-Buenos Ayres, the Matrix of the South
American Revolution—Important Results of the Inde-
pendence of South America-Field Marshal Beresford's
and Col. Pack's Escape-El Señor Doctor Don Mariano
de Moreno—The Viceroy Cizneros— The Revolution--
Deposition of the Viceroy Sobremonte-Alzaga and Elio-
The Accession of Cizneros-Doña Carlota de Bourbon
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LETTER XXIX.
THE AUTHORS TO GENERAL MILLER,
The French in Spain—The Viceroy Cizneros—Ferdinand the
Seventh— The Municipal Body of Buenos Ayres, Instal-
lation of the Junta—First Acknowledgment of its Autho-
rity - The Commissioner Cardoso-Pino's Retreat-Supre.
macy of the Junta—Buenos Ayres Press-Oidores—– Their
Expulsion-Adhesion of the Provinces to the Junta
Policy of England .
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LETTER XXX.
The Pampero of 1810—The Mercurio Frigate-Elio rejected—
Vigodet—The Junta refuses to acknowledge the Regency-
Liniers defeated near Cordova—His Death-General
Balcarce—His Victory at Suipacha—The Provinces of
Peru— Blockade of Buenos Ayres—Captain Elliot—The
Misletoe and Captain Ramsay—The Executive composed
of twenty-two Members-Cornelio de Saavedra-Doctor
Moreno named Minister to England--His Death. 106
LETTER XXXI.
General Belgrano goes to Paraguay–His Despatches—Decree
in favour of the Indians of Paraguay—Elio appointed
Viceroy-Belgrano's Defeat-General Velasco, Governor
of Paraguay-The Junta of Paraguay-Expedition from
Paraguay to Corrientes—War in the Banda Oriental-
Buenos Ayres Congress— The Portuguese — The Prince
Regent of Brazil—Captain Elliot, of the sloop-of-war
Mutine-A new Junta in Buenos Ayres- Belgrano, Ron-
deau, and Artigas, on the Banda Oriental-Elio shut up 121
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LETTER XXXII.
Reinforcement from Chile-The British Consul, Robert Pon.
sonby Staples, Esquire—Casteli's operations in Peru
Abascal and Goyoneche-Casteli and Goyoneche-Bel-
grano and Goyoneche-Affair of Yuricoragua-Casteli's
Defeat-Revolts in Oruro, and dispersion of the Army-
Pueyrredon's Retreat admirably conducted—His Difficul-
ties—The Account-His Retreat, continued-And con-
cluded.
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LETTER XXXIII,
women
Buenos Ayres bombarded—An Englishman afraid-Michelena,
commander of the blockading Vessels, and the Washer-
-Siege of Monte Video— The Junta of Three-
Treaty of Pacification with Monte Video-Military Revolt
-Government's account of it—The guilty parties exe-
cuted
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LETTER XXXIV.
Intrigues of the Brazilian Court-Elio, nominal Viceroy— The
Aspirations of Artigas—His Success— The Skirmish at
Yapeyù-Ascuenaga-Don Pio Tristan-General Sau
Martin and Carlos de Alvear—The General Assembly-
The Contribution-Political Arrangement-Mrs. Clarke-
Mission to North America-Elio and the Portuguese
General Belgrano—The Action between Tristan and Bel-
grano-Alzaga's Conspiracy and Execution .
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