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and comment on the event it was intended 

 to represent. Shortly after this the news 

 arrived of the capitulation of Maracaybo, and 

 the whole of Morales' army being shipped 

 off for the Havannah, leaving only Puerto 

 Caballo in the hands of the Spaniards, out 

 of all their former extensive possessions in 

 Colombia. 



On account of this event, a grand party 

 was given by the Senores Juan Manuel and 

 Manuel Antonio Arrublas, to the court of 

 Bogota. 



A certain select number of the natives, 

 including the Vice-President and ministers, 

 were invited to breakfast at eleven o'clock, 

 that they might amuse themselves, according 

 to the old Spanish custom, by playing at 

 cards until dinner-time. At the hour ap- 

 pointed, the Senores Arrublas were in at- 

 tendance at the palace of the government, 

 VOL. ir. M 



