the governor's will. Steps were also taken to prevent the shipment of such property by the fleet, then ready to sail; and on the 15th of May 1649 orders were sent to the governor of Yucatan to attach all the estate of the late bishop in that province.
Although a considerable amount was delivered up to the president, a repetition of the order was resolved upon, and to make it more effectual was published from the pulpits, ecclesiastical censures being threatened against all who failed to surrender it or even withheld information as to its concealment. It seems, however, that the conduct of the audiencia was guided more by personal hostility against Torres and his kindred than by pretended loyalty; for Salazar, having laid his case before the India Council, was acquitted, and the audiencia reproved and ordered to restore all the sequestered property.[1]
For nearly fifteen uneventful months Peralta held the reins of power in New Spain, until, in May 1650, a new viceroy arrived in the person of Luis Enriquez de Guzman, conde de Alva de Liste, and marqués de Villaflor.[2]
His rule was a quiet one, interrupted only in 1651 by the revolt of the Indians in the northern regions, where the Tarahumares, Conchos, and other tribes in open revolt killed several Spaniards, among whom
- ↑ The decision reached Mexico in May 1650, and its ratification in 1657. The audiencia was reprimanded for disrespect shown at the funeral of Torres, and ordered to make restitution to all the servants and followers of the bishop. Guijo, Diario, 107-8, 379-80.
- ↑ His other titles are: gentilhombre de la cámara de su Magestad, señor de las villas de Garrovillas, Carvajales, Membibre, i Castro Galvon, i lugares de su jurisdicion, alférez i alguacil mayor de la ciudad de Zamora, alcaide perpetuo de las Torres i Fortaleza de ella, por el Rey N. Señor, alcaide mayor de sacas, y escribano mayor de rentas de la dicha ciudad. Frailes Doctrineros, in Disturbios de Frailes, MS., ii. 131. Vetancurt, Trat. Mex., 15, followed by Cavo, Tres Siglos, ii. 34, and others, writes Alvadeliste: Zamacois, Hist. Méj., v. 360, and Ribera, Gobernantes, i. 177, call him de Aliste; Guijo, Diario, 121, says de Lista. Miravel y Casadevante, El Gran Dicc., i. 411, in his genealogical account of the count's family, gives the name as in the text, and is herein followed by Lorenzana, Hist. N. Esp., 24, and Alaman, Disert., iii. app. .31. The official entry of the new viceroy was made July 3d. Lorenzana, Hist. N. Esp., 24, says erroneously it was on the 13th.
