, 1877-05-28
THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

nrssIA's F1kET 7uREArEs1sa THE 0nAEx-TnADu
BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND ENGLAND.
!Stsu York FnTfd, Ady1s
In connection with The recent visit and long so-
jontn Vt two sqnAdrons In American waters, public
interest has almost entirely bcen eantercl In tho
thrpe men-of.wAs that sailed Away from this part
: few days ago on souso mission only known IN tho
Admiral and his chief or1cers. but tho presence
Of considerable detachment Of tho Cars navy In
the Day Of San Francisco Attssesed tar greater at
tcnton In Europe. fur the reason TINT IL ttansfcs
last November from tho coasts OF HbeEiA to CALI
foruIa could not hare been in consequence of pos-
slblc attack from superior Turkish fuFeo+ The
movement ali along hna been looked upon - hav.
tng had In view contingencies likely to grow out Of
the then a1tstiny difficulties With tho Porto thsa
would probably lend to colilsIon with
solno other maritime power. Indeed It hss
been asserted that It was thought ut St.
Petersburg ths concentration Of the vessels In
San Francisco would haye tho elect Of exe.elsiugA
xhoesone influenza On tho british Cabanot, for
In no othes part Of the world could tho commerce
Of that natton b. 10 sestonsly damaged by hslf.s.
thee months a. tFe6. *ol caps. i1n esiisd taa
attention Of tho House OF Commons 10 The uAltas,
lsmaskanY snat u sas eTsas 81 va eotxesa En.
iayht b. pa..yze! Or ,s.tso,ea BY .uP.s!et foses
Admiralty, replied shat there MAS no ground for
anActpalin& an oasbrra. ot ho4t!llsss estxesn
lhH eH0 E01Htslte. a. tntf Eu14uoh9 West Q1
~ that it D.isssh interests should b
thieasened Ia any quarter seiisace might be ptaeed
on tho Government taking propoe stsp* q psolee!
respecting the satet1 Of Vancouver ls'ana and Tho
thriving town, snd tue u1ittsh Coluubians have
bio hostile visit from she naas'aas hut shef ankle.
u can By u tssl, tos nA1tl fotce row
Ia tho vicinity Of Puget sound to shield them fson
danger: ,,..-,
sisled Vt seysn yessals under the command OF Ad.
mi1al ronsthl. soon after thGlf arrival In San
Franeiseo they proceeded to VALLEJO and anchored
shsps have been locked md thoroughly srpaiFeA-
They AZ armcdwith stesl leading III q guns
and arc fully naanned, 10 1nat thsJ can easily and
eYnysnlsn:iy fusntsh ets1t sot pts1ea nessssA{ a T.
Ermack-hAre sailed under sealed of1se*, And The
oshess afe ready " prcetd 70 Sea u tho shortest
notice. OF eourse their destination L unknown,
sssurn Il ptrssns Is ths slbstisa Stallion.
In addition 10 tho aest u sun Francisco. them
hAs been stationed u Honolulu ona ltusaian COT
sou,s time In psoktess With King kalakans 10 In.
duce him 10 relax th5 neutrality Of tue ssndxtch
Islands " - to allow hawaiian hasbots 70 oeeome
1s y s.
san Ffsnslseo ieft fot houo!alu. .nd ~ eirean:
g. :.ua. III sth'1 h.*. T. e1Sd s.sd..9aa:
d 81 the % %sqasIron, III. p1suxsr aa,iaz
eons beforehand 70 make she nssss4asy axe.uSs-
! usuh. How far such A understanding. II 1t has
| 1nc hetwsan Hawaii and other eounuies rsmAln-
u b. seeu. EnK1iAh induunca ksA greatly dselt1e&
In the ls!audA And b. lhs lat% sseapsoclsJ eoossa
tIon with tho unlted 6sats. sh4 uo1efnmsn1 q
ths Kingdom u bound strictly ao% 70 szsaAfsx q
tcuas,aus.. "a sas xat.A taxsa