Exactly one month from the cordial visit from the Georgia embassy, an altercation took place out at sea. Spanish raiders boarded a British ship, and in the ensuing scuffle, a Spaniard sliced off the ear of British Captain Robert Jenkins. The Spaniards went away, but Captain Jenkins found his ear, preserved it, and later presented it to Parliament as evidence that Spain was not controlling its sailors well enough. Montiano would find out about it later, when the War of Jenkins Ear erupted between the two countries.