[Extract]
N^o. 67.
My Lord,

I have received the Honour of your Lordship's N^o. 31 and shall pay very particular Attention to the Contents of it.¹

I enclose to your Lordship Copy of an Answer, and its Translation, to my last Office to the Spainish Minister,² the Professions of which are very plausible. I have seen him since I received it, and have pointed out to him that nothing had been wanting on my part towards the prevention of the Compaints which I made, for that I had given Notice to His Majesty's Consuls to make Protests in all Cases of Prizes brought in to Spanish Ports & that besides, the Cases which I complained of had happened before the Time, on which he had promised that stricter Orders for Impartiality in attending to these Matters should be issued, and therefore that it was not fair to attribute any part of the Conduct of the Spanish Governors to their not having received Information.³

Besides the Promises which the Office holds forth, I received from him very direct Assurances, that he had given Orders to have Cunningham forbidden to enter into any of the Ports of Spain. The execution of which, tho' merely agreable to the first Measures which were promised to be taken, cannot but have a good effect, in shewing the Governors, especially the Commandant of Galicia, that this Court is more in earnest, than it has hitherto appeared to be in this Business. ... I have the Honour to be [&c.]