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46 compensation, the creation of the nautical academy was an excellent idea, for its practical results are of great value." "In 1821 appeared the second periodical which was published in the country, entitled El Noticiero Filipino; [i.e., "The Philippine Intelligencer"]; and in the same year were published two others, El Ramillete Patriótico ["The Patriotic Bouquet"] and La Filantropia ["Philanthropy"]. The life of all was of short duration."

Folgueras was replaced by a proprietary governor, Juan Antonio Martínez, who began to exercise that office on October 30, 1822. He brought with him many military officers from the Peninsula, " a measure counseled by Folgueras, in view of the deficiency of officers in the regiments of Filipinas, and the little confidence which they inspired; and this was the cause or pretext which he advanced to the court to exculpate himself for not having adopted more energetic measures when the melancholy assassinations were committed by the Indians among the foreigners in 1820. The body of officers in the army of Filipinas was almost entirely composed of American