London, 21 August. According to an extract of a letter
from the agent of Lloyds at Barbados
dated 5 July seized the Spanish some weeks earlier the brig Eclipse of Barbados
master Warnington underway towards Santo
Domingo. The crew was transported to the prison and
the brig unrigged. The Spanish claimed that she was a privateer of the
Independents. One Spanish guy claimed that his vessel was hold by the Eclipse
during 14 days. Admiral Harvey send the frigate Scamander with the orders to
ask the Spanish for an clarification.
