Three persons were appointed to administer the government, pending a reference to Lisbon. The next step was to despatch agents to _Belem_, to invite the people of that place to join the insurrectionary movement; but the only person who could be induced to accept this service was a friar. He was received at _Belem_ in a manner which fully justified the reluctance of his colleagues to accompany him. The Chamber carried his papers to the governor, offering their service to inflict chastisement upon the rebels. Francisco de Sa was at a loss how to act, not knowing how far he might depend upon his own people, and yet feeling it incumbent upon him to take some measures for suppressing the insurrection. Meanwhile, the Chamber of _Belem_ sent a reply to the insurrectionary leaders, exhorting them to submission. Beckman, however, showed no inclination to recede from the position he had taken; and Palm Sunday was distinguished by the expulsion of the Jesuits from their college; each of them, bearing the emblem of the festival, embarked under a guard in two vessels. One of the two reached _Pernambuco_; the other fell into the hands of pirates. Antonio de Albuquerque, who was the bearer of the reply from _Belem_, was refused permission to address himself to the people. It is to be remarked that this insurrection at _St. Luiz_ was kept to a certain extent within bounds; two vessels belonging to the monopolist company arrived at this time with goods and negroes, the sale of which was conducted on behalf of the Company by its agents. The governor now thought fit to offer a full pardon to all persons concerned in the insurrection, together with a large gratuity to Beckman; the latter, however, rejected the offer, whilst professing his readiness to submit to the orders of his sovereign when they should arrive; and the Governor’s agents returned to _Belem_ to report the fruitless result of their errand.