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London, England, 1830-03-22 00:00:00

are proceeding- with unexampled activity ; 20 vessels
have already been fitted out, and sailors con-
tinue to arrive from all parts. Letters from Mar-
seilles of the 4th inst. state that at Leghorn the
Government has published a notice, that an official
communication has been received from the French

Government, announcing that the armaments in
preparation are destined against Algiers, Tunis, and

'Tripoli.
His Majesty's ship Ariadne, 28, Capt. Rennie,
sailed on Saturday from Plymouth, for the coast of
Africa, having on board Mr. Rendall, the Lieute-
nant-Governor for the British posts on the River
Gambia, and Mr. Jeffcott, the Chief Justice, for
Sierra Leone. _

The Vigilant ketch, 10, Lieutenant R. Loney'
and the Leveret brig, Lieutenant Worth, sailed on
Saturday from Plymouth, on a cruise to the West-
ward.

His Majesty's ship Druid, 46, Captain Hamilton,
C. 8., went from Hamoaze to the Sound on Satur-
day, and was paid two months advance on Monday.
The Badger, 10, Commander R. F. Rowley, put
into Falmouth on Thursday se'nnight, wind-bound,
on her way to the Mauritius, and sailed again on
Saturday.
The Heron, 18, Commander Burney, was paid off
on Tuesday.
The Camelion, 10, is ordered to be paid off, and
laid up in orlinary at this port.
The Wolf, 18, is ordered to be taken into dock,
and brought forward for re-commission.
The Echo steam-vessel, Lieut. Bissett, is ordered
.to Falmouth from this port, to take the next mail
to Malta, and the second mail to India, via Alexan-
dria and the Red Sea. She will proceed tomor-
row (Sunday).
The Scylla, 18, Commander Hindmarsh, is fitting
fur the Mediterranean station.

The Dartmouth was paid off at Chatham on Mon
day last.
On Wednesday sailed the Highflyer cutter for
Newhaven; yesterday the Snipe cutter on a cruise.
The Arrow cutter arrived to-day from a cruise.
At Spithead—Galatea, in the harbour—Victory,
Royal George, Ganges, North Star, Wolf, Came-
lion, Scylla, Onyx.
The Sir Charles Forbes is at Spithead, on her
way to Van Dieman's Land, with male convicts.
She has 40 on board, and will take the remainder
in at Plymouth. They are under the charge of Mr.
Petre, surgeon, with an escort of the 17th and 39th
regiments, under the command of Captain Romney,
of the 17th Regiment.
Captain the Hon. G. Elliot has suggested a mode
of connecting cables by means of an iron shackle, in-
stead of splicing them together according to the ex-
isting practice. His plan is to turn the end of the
cable into an eye, through which a bolt and a shackle
are to pass. The object which this zealous officer
considers will be gained by it, is additional facility
and dispatch in clearing hawse, or under any cir-
cumstances where separation is desired. The same
principle might apply to attaching the cable to the
anchor. An experiment will be made in the early
part of the ensuing week, in this dock-yard, to try
the relative security of this mode, and that obtained
by the present practice. —Hampshire Telegraph.
DEVONPORT, MARCH 20.—Admiral Sir Thomas
Foley will succeed Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert
Stopford, as Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth.
Captain Hyde Parker, it is reported, will be Flag
Captain at Portsmouth.
We have to announce the death of Admiral Sir
Edmund Nagle, K.C.8., Equerry to his Majesty,
aged 73. He was made Captain in 1783, Rear-
Admiral in 1805, Vice-Admiral in 1810, and Ad-
miral of the Blue in 1819. The last command he
held was at Leith, about 1807. Sir Edmund was
distiguished for his brave and zealous conduct
when in the command of the Artois, and received
the honour of Knighthood for the capture of a
French frigate of very superior force, we believe the
Revolutionnaire. Sir Edmund had long enjoyed the
favour of his Sovereign, and was remarkable for his
abundant good humour and kindness to every one.
He was made K.C.B. January, 1815.
Captain R. Curry, 1802, of Stoke, is mentioned
as likely to have the appointment of Flag Captain
to Admiral Sir Manley Dixon, on his assuming the
command at this port.
Lieut. Charles M. Mathison, vice Hallkett, and
Mr. John Barber, Purser, vice Penfrase, are ap-
pointed to the Scylla, Mr. James Underwood,
Master, to the Curlew.
Lieutenant Thomas Lyell (1824) is appointed
Flag-Lieutenant to Admiral Earl Northesk, G.C.8.,
vice Lieut. Hope, promoted.
Remaining in Hamoaze—St. Vincent, Kent,
Blanche, and Goldfinch and Nightingale packets.
In Barnpool—Undaunted.
In the Sound—Britomart and Leveret.
In Catwater—lsabella, Brazilian.—Devonport
Telegraph.

LITERATURE.

ANGELO'S REMINISCENCES, Vox.. 11.
LONDON, 1830.

The same liveliness, and amusing mixture o
anecdote and character, that graced the former
volume of this publication, abounds also in the
present. Few professional people have been
better known in their time than the elder and
younger Angelo, (it is the younger who is the
author of this work)—they lived much about
town, were patronized by the most eminent
among the aristocracy and commonalty, and bore
high characters for their activity, talent, and
gentlemanly companionable qualities. Of course
the recollections of such men must teem with
interest ; and Mr. Angelo accordingly not only
details the most varied and entertaining anecdotes
that amused the town from time to time within
the period of his personal experience, but those
also which he derived from hearsay from his
father. The volume, therefore, is full of amuse-
ment, and will be devoured doubtless by a
large portion of readers. We append an anec-
dote ; it is very diverting
" Among nature's caricatures (and many lament that
this harmless work of the goddess is no longer extant)
was Mr. Cuzzans, a gentleman well known in London, of
small but independent fortune. He volunteered sundry
ludicrous hardships ; he encountered many farcical pains
to gratify his dry humour with an internal smile; for
while his own muscles were immoveable, he extorted bursts
of laughter by his eccentricity.
"Among the absolute facts recorded of him, it is notori-
ous that he slept every night throughout a whole week,
in the month of May, on Primrose-hill, to enjoy the open
air ; and was afterwards, from whim, without necessity,
a most conscientious Waterman to the hackney-coach
horses, and then a faithful waiter to a publican. He was
six months in a silent mood, during which time he was
never known to exchange a syllable with his most intimate
friends ; but carried a slate before him, to write answers
to any questions that might be put to him. This mode of
conversation, if more generally known, might perhaps be
adopted by some deep oratorical politicians, who might find
it convenient, now and then for the sake of consistency, to
rub out one assertion before they contrived to broach
another.
" Sometimes he would stalk about with an enormous
cocked hat, large paper ruffles, a jack chain round his
neck, a sword by his side, and his head shaved; while
thus accoutred, he observed a notice over a shopkeeper's
window, signifying
that he bored ladies' ears;' he
stalked into_ the shop, the man was frightened, and jumped
over the counter. Mr. Cuzzans jumped after him, the
shopkeeper squatted down, tumbling on a low stool, and
he sat frowning on a high chair beside him. He took
two oyster-shells from his pocket, which contained a
quantity of salt.
" ' Friend,' says he, ' take a pinch of snuff directly ;
let it be a large one.' The terrified shopkeeper obeyed,
and crammed his nostrils with a handful of bay salt, in-
stead of powdered tobacco. Says Cuzzans, If you sneeze,
God bless you ; but if ever I hear of your boring ladies'
ears again, damme if I do not make you take a pound of
this every morning.' He marched majestically out of the