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San Lorenzo, out of reach of the batteries at 

 Callao. By tins loyal and energetic behaviour 

 Gutierrez -was deprived of an arm he greatly 

 relied on; the " Independencia " the next day 

 proceeded to Chilca, a small port to the south- 

 ward of Callao, where she embarked Senor Don 

 Manuel Par do, the popular civil candidate for 

 the presidency. One of the first acts of 

 Gutierrez had been to order the arrest of 

 Pardo, but he escaping from Lima made his 

 way across country disguised as a car-driver, 

 and reached the coast in safety. 



Gutierrez, having secured the person of the 

 president, endeavoured to induce many of the 

 principal officers of the army to recognize him 

 as their future chief, but to their credit they one 

 and all declined to do so, preferring to resign 

 their commissions instead. In Callao everything 

 remained quiet up to this time, although the 

 shops were closed and business was completely 

 suspended. The Prefect, Don Pedro Balta, 

 brother of the president, gave up his command, 

 and the soldiers usually quartered at Callao 



