Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-08-28
BRITISH Ola.

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The variety OF costume aud contrast OF
appearance to be seen in The streets OF Cal
| cutta,, IS worthy Of notice Many a young
| Bond street dandy struts with inCOnceiva-
BILE seif,satisfactio and youthful British,
| Portuguese, and French hall cast, with a
tawDy lace, and neck 81 ffened almost 10
sufoca'icD, lamp ION the sublime! TO The
ridiculous in ~ empts al tmt ta'ion "A
strangers eye w0u next perhaps rest up
o. a Cspu,biD frIar, with he beard Il cos
tune 81 thr i4fh century; anG soon remov
| 10 a British missionary, who. IN deepest
black, and countensnce OF long sorrow,
! muslDg on the state OF man.. marches a
gainst a grave Turk. who jOst!es . Persl-
an, who d~iscomposes a SEEK, who insults
an Arabian, who electrihes a Chinese, who
contsminates a Hindoo, who upseiS a
dancing master, and '~errifics an Armenian.
He would see the military staff, bucks
waving feathers and gorgeous epaulettes,
shading their fair country women with silk
ChatIuhs from the glare Of the sur, while
b nding them from sons grand long room
rr att i've bazar to their CafrIsg hsr-
RIO. phatuH barOucbe, soc,able, or pa
lankeen; and he wDuia try to have a peep
into the covered kaosaeySgar mtive carrt-
ages OF the opuient Hina CPS, drawn by
bullocks richly Caparlsoned with silk and.
jingling bells of silver, in which their
wives are concealed from the eye OF man
when they visit their female trends. And
what would be say in another part OF the
town, upon seeing a dozen OF almost pax
ed runners dashing down the street with
drawn sabres and uprslsed targeIs, to Sc
parate a group Of British tars, fighting for
| no otner purpose than to shew the Hind0os
the courage and biood Of England.
Mr.. Job WcedeR q commercial resi-
dent Of the Island of Msrgarita requests
US to publish the following statement
for the information of those who may
be interested - Norfolk Herald
son the Is h Of Nay last a small
sioop Of abou IS or SO tons called the
Bee of Boston, James Barnes, Master,
arrived mere without any papers what
ever, having las he saysl been robbed
by a pirate schooner III lat. 10 n. and
lon 81 w. The captain stale IN his
| protest that he is the owner of the sloop
and cargo, that he sailed from Boston
| on the 5th Of April Tor this lsland, la
den with a cargo of dry goods, -four,
provisions, &C.; that In b above .at.
| he was robbed by a pirate of all the
| provisions and several other articles as
well as ofall his pa pers, books accoun g,
boat, flag and anchors, so that wien be
arrived here he had no Hag whatever
to hoist, and came in under a pocket
| handkerchief. lie had but W men
with him, and the cargo which he bro't
in consisted of English goods, such as
canvas, calicoes, dimities, drills, nails,
copper cranes, paint oils, Irish butter,
coarse CLOTHS, &c. ,
ne Collector of this port did not
know what steps to take with safety to
himsel., aud being unwilling to do any
thing that might give offence to the A
merican government, IN case the sloop
should have been engaged In a legal
voyage. lie however permitted tue
cargo to be sold at auction under the
order Of Mr.. c. ii. Maley and myself,
and after paying me eSpences u hoio
| the proceeds until the will OF the ln-
tendant General should be known.
"Ihe captain pro'ested against the
detention of his property and for q few
days talked very loudly about it but
in consequence of being detected in ta-
king arms on board in his sails. and
shipping several men for an uns nown
VOYAGE, he aud his crew were arrested
and confined in the forts, and from the
examination already taken, itappears,
that he was going to arm the sloop and
make off with her, which, it he had
Done, ne would no doubt have helped
himselt to another cargo, FROM the first
unarmed merchantmen he met.
"Mr Broughgon will please give pno-
liei,y to this, for if Capt Barnes is ac-
,ually 40 American and from Boston,
as he says, documents can be forward
ed to him for the release of his proper
~. But 1t must be confessed that cir'
umstances are very much against him,
aud few are inclined to believe his sto.
Especially ,ince his receat attenp,
TO arm his vessel