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CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER XXIV.
MEXICO UNDER A REORGANIZED SYSTEM.
1769-1790.
Separate Government for the Provincias Intemas — Intendencias of Provinces — Changes Effected and Final Establishment — Viceroy and Archbishop Alonso Nuñez de Haro — His High Character and Previous Record — Extraordinary Honors Conferred on Him by the Crown — His Death and Burial — Calamitous Visitations — Epidemics and Earthquakes — Their Effect on the Ignorant — Viceroy Manuel Antonio Florez — His Previous Career — War against Apaches — English and Russians Watched in the Pacific — General Policy of this Ruler — Resignation, and Cause of It — Special Favor Shown Him by the Crown — His Departure for Spain — Obsequies of and Mourning for Cárlos III. — Grand Proclamation of Cárlos IV. — Honors to Royal Personages 450
CHAPTER XXV.
ADMINISTRATION OF VICEROY REVILLA GIGEDO THE YOUNGER.
1789-1794.
Ancient and modern Population of New Spain and the Capital — Chapultepec — Palace of Viceroy Galvez — Moral and Social Condition of the Capital — Reforms Made by the Viceroy — Appearance of the City in 1800 — Prominent Buildings — And Other Objects of Note — Nuestra Señora de los Remedies — Arrival of Revilla Gigedo — Crimes and Quick Justice — Military Reforms — Indian Disturbances — The Viceroy’s Letter-box — Formation of Official Archives — Intendencias — Effect of the French Revolution on New Spain — Recall of the Viceroy — Unjust Persecution — His Final Vindication 470
CHAPTER XXVI.
FIFTY-THIRD AND FIFTY-FOURTH VICEROYS.
1794-1803.
Viceroy Branciforte — Prejudice against Him — And Causes thereof — Persecution of French Residents — Organization of the Militia — Shameful Traffic in Honors and Commissions — A Depleted Treasury — Auto de Fé — Persecution of the English — Preparations for War — Recall of Branciforte — Arrival of Viceroy Azanza — Military Changes — Effects of the War with England — Germs of Revolution in Mexico — Guerrero’s Conspiracy — Fate of the Malecontents — The Machete Plot — Indian Aspirations to Royalty — Discomfiture of Native Conspirators — Internal Progress — Storms and Earthquakes — Recall of the Viceroy 485