The Jane (formerly the Minerva) [James] Fulton, a transport from Clyde to Boston, was taken by the Provincials on the 6th of May, and carried into Salem.
The Jane, Fulton, taken by the Provincials, had a cargo on board, worth upwards of 6000 l. which is mostly insured at Glasgow.
A Gentleman who came from Georgia, and arrived in Town last Friday, says, that when they left America they had authentic Information of Commodore Hopkins, together with the Provincial Fleet, being blocked up in the Harbor of New London, by Captain Wallis [James Wallace], of Rhode Island, and several of the King's Ships, and that it was impossible for one of Hopkins's Ships to retreat or get over the Bar; it seems he had put in there for a Supply of Powder and Provision.
