As it happened, he had none of the ideas of an autocrat. He was anxious that the town should flourish after his death, and so he had founded a proper executive government, consisting of a "Commandante Militare," who had charge of the forts and of a small regiment of soldiers; the "Commandante dos trabelhadores," who superintended the Indians engaged in any public service; the "Juiz de direito," who acted as the civil and criminal judge of the district; and the "Delegardo de policia," who had the management of the Indian police who guarded the sacred lake, and who had warned him quite early of the approach of the Jesuits; the "Vicario" or priest, and a few subordinate officers. Every night these men were wont to meet in one room in his house, in an airy situation, overlooking the river, and there they would sit for two or three hours over some native drink that was supplied to them and discuss all the day's events and plans. None the less, it came out quite clearly that Joseph Beckworth was the landlord in quite a feudal English sense, and even the Jesuits were constrained to record that, when they slily suggested he should let them come and settle there and help to educate the children of the place, he promptly refused. "After all," said he, "this is a corner of old England even though it has been dropped in the heart of Mexico, and I'll have no man here cleverer than myself." And the next minute he led them into the market square and showed them a great stone obelisk he had erected there, and on which he had engraved the Royal Arms of England and the following inscription:-- This Town, To which I have given the Name of Londini, Is the Capital of My Province of Tangikano; And which, together with the famous sacred lake, known to all history, is hereby dedicated British soil for ever! Long live the Old Country, which never has room for its best or its bravest sons, but never fails to call them back in tender accents no British-born heart can refuse. Joseph Beckworth. This practically closed the interest of that particular record so far as we were concerned, for it furnished the absolute proof we sought. The rest of the manuscript was taken up by a description of the fine hospitality which Joseph Beckworth extended to the Jesuits, on whom, however, he was quite discreet enough to keep a very watchful eye, so that they never managed to learn more than he chose to tell them, and, although they tried very hard, they never discovered any kind of dissatisfaction with him. On their giving a promise that neither they nor any members of their Order would ever attempt to return there, or would even send to him spies or rival nationalities or missionaries, he very frankly told them the latitude and longitude of this town of his.