Yesterday the CONTINENTAL CONGRESS declared the UNITED COLONIES FREE and INDEPENDENT STATES.
this port, arrived here from Bristol, but last from the West-Indies. ー He Yesterday Captain [William] Meston, late of the snow Dickenson, of sailed from this place last February, bound for Nantz, but the Mate, assisted by the crew, seized and confined the Captain on the coast of Portugal, and then altered their course for London; the southerly winds driving them into Bristol Channel, they arrived at Bristol the 8th of April, when the mate proposed to set off immediately for London with all the letters and papers on board for the inspection of government. The vessel was detained at Bristol till the determination of government concerning her should be known.
The following Captains, belonging to this port, were at the Bay of Honduras the 24th of last February, viz. [Edward] Spain, John Green, [John] Taylor and Phillips; also Capt. [George] Buchanan. of Baltimore.