The new colony was the object of universal hatred.
The Spaniards began to fit out armaments.

The chiefs of the French dependencies in the West Indies eagerly offered assistance to the Spaniards.

The governors of the English settlements put forth proclamations interdicting all communication with this nest of buccaneers.

Just at this time, the Dolphin, a vessel of fourteen guns, which was the property of the Scotch Company, was driven on shore by stress of weather under the walls of Carthagena.

The ship and cargo were confiscated, the crew imprisoned and put in irons.