Francisco de Castro, the governor of _Rio de Janeiro_, was not at the end of his troubles with the departure of the French. The people, who had lost so much property as well as honour owing to his ill-fortune or mismanagement, declined to be any longer ruled by him, and insisted that Albuquerque should assume the authority until the King’s pleasure should be known. The King’s pleasure was, that De Castro should be superseded and placed upon his trial; he was degraded, and sentenced to perpetual imprisonment in a fort in India. Two other officers were likewise severely punished. [Sidenote: 1713.] The success of the squadron under Du Guay-Trouin had been so marked that a second armament was equipped at the cost of private individuals, but with the assistance of the Government. Its objective point was _Bahia_; but its commander was of another stamp from that in which Du Guay-Trouin was cast. _Bahia_ was spared; and he contented himself with a descent upon some of the smaller sugar-islands. The Portuguese colonies were, however, about to be relieved from further alarms by the Peace of Utrecht, by which they obtained the full sovereignty over both banks of the _Amazons_, France ceding, with much reluctance, all pretensions to the country between that river and the _Oyapok_. It was likewise stipulated that the French should not trade with _Maranham_. [Sidenote: 1720.] The people of the Mines were thanked for the promptitude with which they had brought assistance for the deliverance of _Rio_; and _S. Paulo_, as being the capital of a captaincy, obtained the rank of a city. Some idea may be formed of the value of the yield of the mines at this time from the fact that, in the year 1714, the Government fifths were commuted for the equivalent of about £50,400 sterling. The commutation was, however, raised, three years later, by one-fourth. In the year 1720, the country of _Minas Geraes_ was detached from _S. Paulo_ and declared a separate captaincy.