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the Central Junta, the municipality, support- 

 ed generally by the troops and the inhabit- 

 ants, after some dispute with the governor, 

 succeeded in deposing him, and in giving 

 the control of the province to the second in 

 command, Don N. Soria. The provinces of 

 Socarro and Pamplona also revolted. These 

 examples were followed by the inhabitants 

 of Bogota, who at a public meeting, assem- 

 bled under the sanction of Don A. Armar, 

 the Viceroy, on the evening of the 20th of 

 July 1810, elected a Junta, who, however, 

 acknowledged the superiority of the Regen- 

 cy of Cadiz, and even chose the Viceroy as 

 their President. 



A few days afterwards, it being report- 

 ed that the Viceroy and the Audiencia were 

 forming a conspiracy against the new go- 

 vernment, the Viceroy, his lady, and almost 

 all the members of the Audiencia, were ar- 

 rested : they were first conveyed to Cartha- 



