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Viceroy appeared to be inclined to agree 

 to the proposed measure; but the conse- ^ 

 quence was, that a conspiracy was formed 

 against him by some European Spaniards, 

 who succeeded in seizing his person, and 

 sending him a prisoner to Spain : this mea- 

 sure was secretly supported by the Audien- 

 cia, who then assumed the right of nomina- 

 ting a new Viceroy. 



The provincial Juntas in Spain having 

 agreed to send deputies to form a general 

 government, in which the supreme authority 

 should be vested, a Central Junta, consist- 

 ing of these deputies, assembled at Seville. 

 The attachment of the Spanish Americans 

 to the mother- country was still so great, 

 that the authority of the Central Junta, with 

 some exceptions, was readily acknowledged ; 

 and upwards of ninety millions of dollars 

 were sent to Spain from South America, 

 previously to the beginning of 1810. 



