CHAPTER XI.--Montañez Viceroy--Spiritual Conquest of California--Valladares Viceroy--Fair at Acapulco--Spanish monarchy--Austria--Bourbon--Montañez Viceroy--Jesuits in California--La Cueva Viceroy--Duke de Linares Viceroy--British slavery treaty--Colonization--Nuevo Leon--Texas--Operations in Texas--Alarcon--Aguayo--Casa-Fuerte's virtuous administration-- Louis I.--Oriental trade--Spanish jealousy--The King's opinion of Casa-Fuerte--his acts, 221 CHAPTER XII.--Vizarron and Eguiarreta Viceroy--Eventless government--Salazar Viceroy--Colonial fears--Fuen-Clara Viceroy--Galeon lost--Mexico under Revilla-Gigedo I.--Ferdinand VI.--Indians--Taxes--Colonies in the north--Famine--Mines at Bolaños--Horcasitas--Character of Revilla-Gigedo--Villalon Viceroy--Charles III.--Cagigal Viceroy, 232 CHAPTER XIII.--Marques de Cruillas Viceroy--Charles III. proclaimed--Havana taken by the British--Military preparations-- Peace--Pestilence--Galvez Visitador--Reforms--Tobacco monopoly--De Croix Viceroy--The Jesuits--their expulsion from Spanish dominions--their arrival in Europe--banished--Causes of this conduct to the order--Origin of the military character of Mexico, 240 CHAPTER XIV.--Bucareli y Ursua Viceroy--Progress of New Spain-- Gold placers in Sonora--Mineral wealth at that period-- Intellectual condition of the country--Line of Presidios--Mayorga Viceroy--Policy of Spain to England and her colonies--Operations on the Spanish Main, &c.--Matias Galvez Viceroy--his acts, 248 CHAPTER XV.--Bernardo de Galvez Viceroy--Chapultepec--Galvez dies--his daughter--Haro Viceroy--Corruption of Alcaldes--Flores Viceroy--his system of ruling the northern frontier--Mining interests--II. Revilla-Gigedo Viceroy--Charles IV.-- Revilla-Gigedo's colonial improvements--his advice as to California Anecdotes of his police regulations--The street of Revilla-Gigedo--Arrest of fugitive lovers--Punishes the culprits, 255 CHAPTER XVI.--Branciforte Viceroy--his grasping and avaricious character--Corruption tolerated--Persecution of Frenchmen-- Encampments--Branciforte's character--Azanza Viceroy--Effect of European wars on colonial trade and manufactures--Threatened revolt--Marquina Viceroy--Revolt in Jalisco--Iturrigaray Viceroy--Godoy's corruption--War--Defences against the United States--Miranda--Humboldt--Mexico taxed for European wars--Ferdinand VII.--Napoleon in Spain--King Joseph Bonaparte--Iturrigaray arrested--Garibay Viceroy, 267 BOOK III.