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THE FRENCH FLEET IN TORBAY..

ToaQUAY,•. OCT. 29.--Since writing this morning
the steam-frigate got under weigh, and, it is sup-
posed, went to Dartmouth, as she returned again at
three o'clock P.M. She is a very fine vessel, and
steams very fast.

The fleet got under weigh as soon as the steamer
was in sight this afteenoon, and were all standing to
the westward under single reefed topsails, topgallant
sails, jib, spanker, &c.,-at four o'clock, P.M. At five
r.M. they were not in sight.
The whole of the fleet got under weigh in a most
slovenly manner, and not at all like ships-of-war,
much less like ships-of-the-line.
I sailed round the Friedland and Valmy, the two
flag-ships. They are two beautiful vessels, and in
very nice order about the hull, but not particularly so
about the masts and rigging. In the latter there is a
great want of neatness, and things do not look to
snug as about our ships-of-the-line. The French
Admiral very kindly allowed all who applied permis-
sion to go on board, and numbers availed themselves
of his kindness.

..An officer from one of the ships landed here, and
proceeded immediately, by train to London.
(ANOTHER ACCOUNT.)
The French fleet, under the command of Vice-Ad-
miral Deschenes, consisting of the Friedland, 120,
flag-ship of the Vice-Admiral ; Valmy, 112, near-
Admiral Dubourdieu ; Henri IV., 100, Captain De
Gueydon ; Jemmappes, 100, Captain De Vareze ; In-
flexible, 90, Captain De Moulecn ; Jena, 90, Captain
Lahien ; and the Caton (steam-sloop), Captain Gues-
lid, which left Cherbourg on the morning of the 26th,
for Brest, and anchored in Torbay on Monday after-
noon, left at 4 30 P. M. on Tuesday, the wind being
northerly and fine. It appears they have been de-
tained at Cherbourg by the weather, and we are in-
formed, when ordered to sea, hesitated to take the
eastern passage, on account, 'as they allege, of shoal
`water.

It is rather a novelty to see a French fleet at anchor
on the English coast, and Commander Storey, the In-
specting Commander of the Coast Guard at Torquay,
it would appear, deemed it his duty to visit
the Admirers ship to discover the reason of
their visit: He was informed that stress of weather
obliged them to seek shelter under Berry Head ;1 but
the wind being at the time due north, and the weather
moderate, the Gallant Commander was determined to
watch their movements and to report them.
The ships are stated to look in good order and
clean, and handled their canvas tolerably quick on
coming to an anchor.

Spialead or Plymouth Sound may, on the next
occasion, afford them fine-weather shelter, and give
them an opportunity of seeing what is going on there.
Llad•they visited the fdrmer place they would' have
seen in the harbour, ready for sea, three line-of-battle
ships, two of them screws.; Vengeance, 8.4 ; Blen-
heim, 60 ; anti Hogue, 60; the two further with ad-
vanced complements, which in the course of half an
hour might be fitted up ; and a steatn-frigate, Retri-
bution, 22 ; and a steam-sloop, Hecate, 6 ; besides a
powerful reserve of steamers.

Had they visited Plymouth they would have found
there two lire-of-battle ships, a 50-gun frigate, and a
sloop, all in the Sound—namely, the A;bion' 9U,
three-fourths manned ; the Bellerophon, 78, fully
manned ; and the Portland, 50, fully manned, with a
good steam reserve in the harbour.
It is as well to mention our strength at the two
ports to guard against mistakes or misrepresentations.
The French 90 .gun ship Inflexible, it is said, will
be put out of commission at Brest, and her officers
and crew turned over to an 120-gun ship just launched

—the Bayard.
The Turkish frigate Mirat Zifir, Captain Mehemet
Bey, saluted the Governor yesterday morning, at ten
o'clock, with 21 guns, to which the platform battery
replied, and the flag of Admiral the Hon. Sir Bladen
Capel with 17 gulls, to which the Victory replied with
a like number. Captain Mehemet Bey, with Captain
Bey of the Suray Bahri, brig, with another officer,
with Lewis Vandenbourg, E-q , and Mr. Beattie, the
Turkish consul at Portsmoutn, landed at noon, and
paid their respects to Admiral Capel and the Lieu-
tenant-Governor, Lord F. Fitzclarence. These
ships have been 21 days from Gibralter, and it is sup-
posed they will remain all the winter in England,
either at Portsmouth or Plymouth. The frigate
mounts 50 guns, nearly all brass, and has a comple-
ment of 363 men ; she looks small and clumsy. The
brig is a finer-looking vessel ; she has 20 brass guns,
and a complement of about 140 men. It was expected
that Captain Slade, R.N., would be in one of these
vessels, but it appears that Captain Mehemet Bey did
not even know such a person.
The Admiralty have ordered bilge ways to be lent
from the Wool% kill dockyard to Mare and Co., of
Blackwell, who are building for the navy the High-
flyer steam-trigate.
Albion, 90, Captain Hope Johnstone, is fast filling
up her increased advanced complement. She entered
50 blue jackets one day this week, and as soon as the
order is issued for completing her crew to 820, she
will not be long getting them.
Apollo, 8, troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, was
off Madeira from Portsmouth with artillery for Bar-
badoes, &c., on the sth inst. She had a terrible blow-
ing time of it getting out of the Channel.
Banshee, late Holyhead steam-packet, Master-
Commander Smethett, has been ordered to be paid
off at Woolwich—those of her crew who reside
at Holyhead and Kingstown being sent thither by
rail way.
Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baines, C. 8., was in-
spected and exercised on Tuesday afternoon, in Ply-
mouth Sound, by the Port Admiral, Sir W. H.
Gage, G.C.H., and was ordered to be towed into
Barnpool yesterday to be paid off all standing, with-
out any of her stores being removed. It is pro-
bable, however, that she will not be paid off this week,
and she may have another cruise before she discharges
her crew.

. _
Caradoc, late Holyhead steam-packet, went out of'
Portsmouth harbour to try her speed at the measured
mile in Stokes' Bay, but the weather was occasionally
so thick that the marks could not be seen. She did
not return into harbour till late. We understand that
a trial between the Banshee and the Caradoc was offi-
cially ordered, but by some influence it was counter-
manded. One of Mr. Seaward's partners was down
at Portsmouth yesterday, to see the working of the
Caradoc's engines. It is too bad that certain influ-
ences should be allowed to prevail with the Admi-
ralty to nullify their own orders. The Caradoc is
the ex-Surveyor's vessel, it will be remembered. The
Banshee is the child of his rival.

Dauntless, 24, screw frigate, Captain Halsted,
left Queenstown, on Monday morning, at eight
o'clock, for Lisbon. _ _ _

Geyser 6, steam- sloop, Commander Tatham,
is only about half-a-dozen blue jackets short. She
is reported to be complete at Woolwich to-morrow.
She will call at Devonport and be paid advance on
her way to the Brazils.
Hogue, 60, guard-ship, Captain Macdougal,
took out her powder and live shells at Portsmouth
yesterday morning, and is to go into harbour to-day
for the purpose of having her leak in the run exa-
mined. It is only a trifling leak, and is occasioned
chiefly by the hydraulic power with which she is
fitted to lift her screw out of the water.
Mariner, 12, Commander Mathison, having
been inspected in the Sound by Flag Captain Sir
Thomas Maitland, was towed into Devonport har-
bour on Tuesday to be paid off. Three invalids
and five of the crew died on the passage home from
China.

Retribution, 22, steam-frigate, Captain Warden,
will go into the new steam-basin at Portsmouth to-
morrow; and if the Odin, steam-frigate, that now oc-
cupies the basin dock, be ready to come out on

additional piece of false keel abaft, and also a piece
Saturday the Retribution will be taken in, to have an
put on her sternpost to throw her rudder further aft.
We have not heard that her masts are to be moved—
they certainly look misplaced.
SUARPSHOoTER.—The Brazilian slaver Polka, cap-
tured by the screw-Rchooner Sharpshooter, Lieu-
tenant Commander Bailey, off Purt Machie, on the
coast of Brazil, June 23, arrived at St. Helena, Aug.
28, in charge of Mr. Milne, master's-assistant.
Sprightly, steam-tender, Master Commander Allen,
arrived at Portsmouth from Devonport yesterday
morning, bringing up a few supernumeraries.
Wasp, 14, screw. sloop, Commander Crozier, arrived
at Portsmouth, yesterday afternoon, and saluted the
flag of the Commander.in-Chief. She went up
through the Needles; consequently, it is supposed
that in the very thick foggy weather that we have had
she overshot her port. She will probably proceed to
Plymouth to-day. A number of persons have been
awaiting her arrival at Portsmouth.
WATERWITCH.—The Brazilian brig Anna, de-
tained by the Waterwitch, 8, Commander Quin, on
the 14th of August, off Logito, having slave equip-
ments, arrived at St. Helena, August 24, for adjudi-
cation. She was in charge of Lieutenant Grylls.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.--The Helena Stoma!),
a screw steamer, 800 tons and 180-horse power,
started by a Hamburgh firm to run regularly be-
tween Southampton and New York, passed Spithead
on her way to Southampton yesterday afternoon at 3
P.M. She left Hamburgh at 2 P.M. on Saturday, and
thus accomplished her journey so far, against strong
adverse winds a greater part of her way, in 60 hours,
which augurs well for her passage across the At-
lantic. She is an. iron vessel, built at Hull, has ex-
cellenta ccommodations, midis commanded by Cap-
tain P. N. Paulsen. She arrived at Southampton at
5 P.M., and embarked passengers to-day.
The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Hand, sailed
this evening for the eastward,
PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30.—A frigate re-
ported to be her Majesty's frigate Cambrian, 40,
Commodore James H. Pluttridge, from the East
Indies, entered the Sound this morning, and . saluted
the Port Admiral.

Thirty first-class boys are gone on board the Port.
land for general service in ships on the Sotith Ame,
rican station.

APPOIN TM E NTS.

WooLwictr, OCT. 30.—Lieutendathe Hon. Oliver
W. M. Lambert (1844), to the Ocean, 80, flag-ship
at Sheerness.
Master James Saunders (1848), recently com-
mander of the North Star when sent to the Arctic
regions, to he Master-Attendant at'' Malta yard, vice
James Napier, superannuated.
Midshipman the Hon. H. W. chetvvynd, to the
Victory flag.ship at Portsmouth.
Mr. William Drake, to be foreman at Chatham
dockyard.
Mr. George L. Cole, to be measurer at Woolwich
dockyard.

sailed, 12th, to Queenstown; Richard Thornton, I I tb,
from Batavia, and sailed 12th to London; Phillip Laing,
12th, from Calcutta, and sailei to London; Jooge Cor-
nelis, from Batavia, and sailed to London ; Chaucer,
from Mauritius, and sailed to the Clyde; the Duke, from
Calcutta to Liverpool ; Anna Polowna, from Batavia,
and sailed 12th, to Amsterdam; Lady Kennaway, from
Madras and Pondicherry, arid sailed 12th to London ;
Weltevreden, from Batavia, and sailed 13th to Rotter-
dam ; La Perouse, from Sumatra to Nantes ; Duke of
York, from Calcutta, and sailed 13th to Liverpool; Sa-
lacia, 13th, from Calcutta; Beethoven, from Madras.
ARRIVALS IN TABLE BAY, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—
"The Sir Thomas Gresham, Aug. 20, from London ;
Duilius, 23(1, from Ilong-Kong, and sailed 24th to
Liverpool; Birkby, 25th, from Moulmein.
ARRIVALS IN ALGOA BAY.—The Edgar, Aug. 16,
from London ; Plumstead, from Table Bay ; Chamois,
18th, from London; Prince of Wales, from Launceston;
Alice Maud, from London.
ARRIVAL IN SIMON'S BAY.—The Edmonstone, from
Bombay.

CHEAP GAS.
Yesterday the second half yearly meeting of the
shareholders in the Great Central Gas Consumers'
Company was held at the London Tavern. Upwards
of 400 shareholders were present.
Mr. T. DAKIN, the chairman, expressed his regret
that he had been unavoidably absent from the extra-
ordinary general meeting held a short time, since.
That meting had been held at the instance of the di-
rectors to obtain authority to borrow money upon
mortgage, if it should become necessary. The meet-
ing had manifested their confidence in the discretion
of the directors by unanimously conferring upon
them the powers they asked.—(Hear, hear.) They
had made an appeal to their shareholders, which had
been met by a prompt response, and they had ab•
stained from exercising their borrowing pOver.—
, (Cheers.) He was happy to say the report the di-
rectors would present was of the most satisractory
description.—(Hear.) The company had been.stig-
matized as a paper company, and it had been ;boldly
prophesied by their enemies that a foot of gas would
never be supplied, and that a single pipe never ,would
be laid.—(Laughter) • These false prophets had
failed in their predictions, and the fond hopes pf the
gas monopolists had 'been destroyed by the tri,'
umphant success of the new company.— Loud
cheers.) The present history and the futur pros-
pects of the company might be read by their opponents
in the magnitude of the works at Bow, in the enor-
mous quantity of mains and pipes laid throughout the
city, in the number of gas consumers who bad already
received, and the number who were waiting to take
the gas as soon as they could be accommodated.—
(Cheers.) The introduction of gas, as the means of
furnishing artificial light for domestic and trade con-
sumption, was undoubtedly one of the most impor-
tant elements in human progress; but it, had its dis-
advantages. When manufactured in densely• populous
neighbourhoods by the old and imperfect methods of
manufacture, it loaded the atmOsphere,with noxious

vapours and scattered disease amongst the surround-
ing inhabitants.—(Cheers.) Public attention had
been recently directed to the sanitary improvement
'of the city; and it was absurd to suppose that the
vigilance of the Legislature, which interdicted petty
nuisances in crowded parts of the metropolis, would
long tolerate in the heart of the city the exist-
ence of a gigantic gas factory, which was ex-
pressly classed by the Building Act amongst
the noxious and dangerous trades. The new coml
pany's works, amongst the chemical factories at Bow-
common, were free from those objections• The Com-
missioners of Sewers,whQ, with their officer of health,
were laudably employed in removing from the city all
nuisances prejudicial to the public health, must • hail
with satisfaction, upon sanitary grounds, apart ,from
economical considerations, the new company, Which
had already supplied to the citizens a large amount of
gas manufactured at Bow-common in substitution for
that which would otherwise have been produced in
the most crowded part of the most crowded city in the
world.—(Cheers.)
Here the SECRETARY read the report, which, after
an allusion to the opposition encountered by the com-
pany, stated that the directors would not enter into

the particulars of the difficulties with which they had
to contend, as negotiations for a settlement were going
on at the suggestion of the Lord Chanceller. A sum
of 8,5001. bad been received on the last call and upon
calls in arrear, and the directors confidently hoped it
would not be necessary to borrow money upon mort-
gage.
Tne engineer's report stated, that the works were
nearly in a state of completion, and that the expen'e
would, in Mr. Croll'A (the engineer) opinion, not ex-
ceed the estimate. The delay which had occurred in
getting the services and meters fixed in time to meet

the demand of the consumers throughout the city was
ascribed to delays in casting various parts of the ma-
chinery, partly from the negligence and treachery
which had been detected on the part of some of the
workmen engaged in laying the pipes, and partly by
the obstructions occasioned by the suit instituted by
the rival City gas company. Notwithstanding all
these impediments to the full development of an anti-
cipated supply, up to last night upwards of 2,800 con-
sumers, burning 15,000 lights, had been supplied with
the company's ga•, which was acknowledged to be of
a superior illuminating power, and, with a few ex-
ceptions in the districts supplied by the city company,
the quantity had been ample. The report concluded
with some remarks on the undue pressure alleged to
have been used by the old city company, to which the
gas-fittings in use were adapted, so that it appeared
as if the company's gas (being placed under a mode-
rate pressure) was deficient in quantity—a defect
which would be remedied by an examination and al-
teration of the fittings.
The report was unanimously adopted.
In reply to a question from Mr. Machin as to the
remuneration of the directors,

The CHAIRMAN said that was a question entirely
for the consideration of the shareholders. The sub-
ject had been mooted at the board. The directors
had laboured assiduously in the service of the com-
pany for two years, and, so confident were they of
the undertaking paying a dividend of ten per cent.,
charging their gas at 4s. per thousand, that they were
perfectly willing to continue their services without
any remuneration until the shareholders should realise
a dividend of ten per cent., and they would then
leave
it to the shareholders to assess the value of their ser-
vices at their own estimate.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. CHARLES PEARSON reminded the meeting that
although he had retired from the direction, and had
therefore no personal interest in the matter under
consideration, he had an honorary seat at the board at
the request of the citizens of the various wardmotes
held last December, and in that capacity he had ven-
tured to differ from the other directors in the resolu-
tion they had adopted respecting their own remune-
ration. At the meeting of the board he had been
silenced by those arguments but not convinced ; and,
as the subject had been broached by an independent
shareholder, he should venture to repeat the argu-
ments which he had in vain urged to the directors
themselves ; and he would, if necessary, take the
sense of the meeting upon his proposal, which was to
present the directors with a small—a very small—re-
muneration for their past and present services with
an increase as the interests of the company advanced.
The report that had been just read informed the meet-
ing that the directors bad, at his recommendation,
deemed it wise to adopt that course in fixing the
salaries of their clerks and officers ; and he did not
think ,it would detract from their own dignity if they
applied the same principle to themselves. Of one
thing he was quite certain—the rumuneration of the
directors ought to be at once settled. The proposal
of the chairman was very liberal and very honour-
able, but with submission to him it was not very
business like, and their calumniators, go far from
giving them credit for their generosity, *mild use it
as a peg to hang an additional slander upon.—(Bear.)
Already, as he understood, some anonymous calum-
niator had imputed sinister motives to the directors,
and had represented that they divided 2,0001. a year
amongst themselves. The directors held amongst
them 30,0001. in paid-up shares of the company. It
was absurd, therefore, to suppose that they would not
be influenced by the strongest desire to secure their
own interests by promoting the general interests of
the whole body of the shareholders.—(Hear.) It was
very likely that the exertions of the directors, both
collectively and individually, would be as great for the
protection of their own property without any other
remuneration as could be called into action by any
other description of stimulus. It would be, however,
wise to deal with the directors as men of business, pre-
cisely the same as if they had no interest in the
company beyond their q.,alification shares.—( Rear.)
There Has not a single individual engaged in the ac-
tual operati:ms of the company, from the chairman to
the doorkeeper, who doubted the fact of their ability
to sell superior gas at 45., and pay a dividend of ten
per cent., provided they economised the expenditure,
and used due diligence to extend their consumption.
The public at large !night doubt that, some of the share-
holders might doubt it, and it might be that the confi-
dence of the directors and officers would not be realized,
and that 9,8, 7, or even 6 per cent. might nct for a
time be realised, from circumstances over which they
might have no control, and which yet involved no im-
peachment of either their healthfulness or their judg-
ment. Under such circumstances ought the directors,
the servants of the company, to have no allowance to
defray the charges of coach-hire, coffee-house charges, j