West American History Author:Hubert Howe Bancroft Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. KING AND COLONY. 16241639. Defence Measures—The Dtttch At Acapulco—Coksair Raids Along Tot Coast Of Yccatan—The Barlovento Squadron—Royal Loan... more »s And Extortions—Inundation Of Mexico—Proposed Removal Of The Cap- Ital—relief Measures And Drainage Projects—The Huehuetoca Tonnel—San Felipe The Protomartyr Of Mexico—His Irreoular Life And Beatification—The Hermit Lopez—Viceroy Cadereita— The Prelate ZiiSioA—The First Creole Archbishop. In order to guard somewhat against the recurrence of such happenings as the Gelves outbreak, greater precautions were observed by the home government, as we have seen, in selecting the heads for political and ecclesiastical affairs; additional instructions were issued to guide them in their relation to others, and a certain limitation of power was for a time at least imposed; the king for instance taking upon himself to appoint the commandants and magistrates of leading ports, strongholds, and towns,1 who had hitherto been commissioned by the viceroy. Cerralvo retained for some time the enlisted troops and erected suitable barracks,2 while the enrolment list of volunteers was preserved for cases of need. These volunteers really constituted a part of the general system of militia, formed already by CorteX in connection with encomiendas, and extended over set- 1 In Calle a number of these appointments are enumerated. Mem,yNot., 168. 'In 1628 the city asked for their disbandment for 'no quedan ceniza del suceso del 15 de Enero de 1624,' but this request was not granted till two years later. Ci-dulario X'vevo, i. 351. The cost of maintaining them appears to have been wholly borne by the desapue fund, which was thus drained of 89,8o3 pesos. Foiiaeca, lliat. Hoc., v. 308-9. A DUTCH FLEET AT ACAPULCO. 81 tiements in all direc...« less