298 POLITICAL HISTORY OF PERU. 
have been given to this suspicion by the fact that Rosel drilled his 
men at an unusnal hour, and apparently kept them in readiness for 
active duty. On the 18th of January, while at his quarters in the 
evening, he was seized, disarmed, tried on the spot, and shot on the 
following morning. It is believed that this, as well as many other 
supposed conspiracies, existed only in Gamarra's own fears or sus- 
picions. The summary manner, however, in which he treated all 
who showed any thing approaching a rebellious spirit, kept the 
disaffected within bounds. Among other persons, his suspicions fell 
upon the President of the Senate and acting Vice-President, Manuel 
Telluria, who was seized, carried to Callao, forced on board a small 
vessel of war, and transported to Panama. 
In July, 1833, just at the close of Gamarra's term of office, the 
convention which had been provided for by the Constitution of 1828, 
was convoked to meet at Lima, there to amend the constitution. It 
was still in session when his term expired, on the 20th December, 
1833. On the 19th he sent in his resignation to the National Con- 
vention, and issued an address to the people, announcing that the 
wished-for day had arrived when he could retire to private life. This 
was well known to be false, for at the same time he was making these 
protestations, he was doing every thing in his power to secure his 
re-election. Gamarra had become extremely unpopular, and through- 
out the country was accused of injustice and tyranny. News of 
revolts were reaching the capital (Lima) every day, both from the 
north and south, and only a short time before his term expired, he- 
had gone south to quell one at Ayacucho. 
At the time of the expiration of his term of office, the electoral 
college for the choice of a president had not met, in consequence of 
some informality in the election of its members ; and as no constitu- 
tional election could be obtained, the Convention, with the sanction of 
Gamarra, balloted for a provisional president, until the election should 
take place, and the choice fell upon General Don Luiz Orbejoso, in 
opposition to Bermudez, who was a creature of Gamarra's, Gamarra 
himself, by the constitution, not being re-eligible. 
Soon after Orbejoso was elected, Bermudez, instigated and aided 
by Gamarra, on a plea of the unconstitutionality of the election, 
effected a revolution in Lima, This took place on the 18th of 
January, 1834, when the Convention was dispersed at the point of 
the bayonet ; many lives were lost, and Orbejoso fled to the Castle of 
Callao. The people of Lima on this occasion showed some spirit, 
