No 1.

I have been well informed that the Spanish vessel which M. Grimaldi ² has assured me was detained at Gixon, was hired by the master of an American vessel mentioned in mine No 57 of the last year, and had brought from Holland a very considerable quantity of gunpowder. The American vessel which was to receive the powder, has kept out of the Spanish ports. On my mentioning these circumstances to the Spanish Minister, he repeated to me his promise that no part of these stores should fall into the hands of the American captain. ³