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whole thing might be given up, and they lose the promised sums- 

 One Captain among them, the most energetic man of them all, 

 came to my house and demanded of me immediately five 

 hundred dollars more. If I should refuse to give in to his 

 demand, the escape could not take place. He even used some 

 threatening v/ords. I had not the money, and would not have 

 given it if I had, without having previously spoken with the 

 Emperor or my husband. I told the former, and he desired 

 me not to give that man one single penny. 



Whether the captain made good some of his threats I do not 

 know ; but the fact was, that Judge Hall and all foreigners were 

 ordered some days later to leave Queretaro. I then took the 

 horses into the stable of my house. 



Judge Hall left the city, and the diligence was arrested and 

 robbed some distance from Queretaro. The Judge had in his 

 service an Italian, who returned to Queretaro, and requested 

 me, on the part of his master, to use my influence with Esco- 

 bedo to induce him to send men after the robbers who had 

 taken his luggage. The servant asked me also, in the name of 

 the judge, to lend him one of the horses. As the judge, how- 

 ever, knew that the horses were not mine, and might be required 

 every moment, I did not believe that he had really sent that 

 request, and refused . but the Italian went away to the stable, 

 said there that I had lent him a horse, and went off with one. 

 An hour or two afterwards I heard of this ; I told Colonel Villan- 

 ueva of it immediately, who sent a guard after the Italian, who 

 overtook and captured him, and put him in prison. His name 

 was Frank Leva, as I saw from a precious letter which he wrote 

 me from prison, and which commenced : ' Plase do my the 

 faver of let my at liberty as son as posible, or I wil tel every 

 ting goen on, I no hoi about, and will by better for you and 

 the Emperor, you ousband, &c.' He said that lie did not 

 want to steal the horse, that he was no thief, and so on. Colo- 

 nel Villanueva kept him three days in prison, and then let him 

 go. " . • 



On June 5, Baron Magnus, Mr. Scholler his chancellor, and 

 the two celebrated lawyers from Mexico, arrived. One day 

 later followed Baron Lago, the Austrian minister, Mr. Schmidt 

 his secretary, Mr. Horricks the Belgian, and Mr. Curtopassi, 

 the Italian Charge d^ Affaires. 



The arrival of the foreign representatives produced na goo(^ 



