The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-08-27
the ENGLISH FLEET !!
ryve Armed Vessels Anchored
in Esquimalt HarbOr.
ANOTHER ON THE WAY
cr7upsEs At JACK ASHORE II A
HOME PORT.

The barDor Oh - lin 80 va A''0
r,,and. in British Columbia. is one
.,s epes. in the world. The south
10 head Of the bag IS ornamsnted oy
=. r;.cuard lighthouse, while on the
.,b.rn side is the pretty little dock
I'D with its grassy lawns and yellow
-,,bsd cottages of the resident Office
a., ;a.iAe. it seems like q mountain
W. and you are at loss to know
.,hs,s you got in or how you are going
r., cat. No American can fail to
go Two b!unders- first, that the city of
vic.o,is was not located at Esqu.malt
;,sead Of songish; and second, that the
r-o;,ed States did not buy Vancouver
r.,and instead Of Alaska. 1t would
have cost but little more.
THE BRITISH FLEET
yow making It's rendezvous in the har-
bor of Esquimalt creates nnusuai actiy-
~ in that section, az well as making a
a,es, stir in the local trade OF Victoria
There arc five vessels already there ard
another on the way. Quite number
~ our people have already been over
there but twice as inaIiy more would 60
Il they could be afforded the accomode-
ton OF excursion tickets at reduced
fares. But the only boat we now have
here, fl. for such purposes, is the Mort /
10 ut La r
engines all apar. undergoing the neces-
sary repairs for winter campaign
against the stormy weather in the
Straits.
ADMIRAL DE HoRsEY
Arrived there in his flagship. the Shah,
about three weeks ago, and since then
everything has been iii an uproar
There have been courts Of inquiry and
courts martial, and "a general rafting OF
dry bones that cucumber n nava. maui
solemn. The Admiral. whom our fancy
had pictured "a Titanic, form respse l.
dent in gold lace. and e countenan
erubescent with the boquet OF rare old
port, turns out TO be very modest
looking liltle old gentleman, with his
breeches - tritlc short at the neither end
aud the re,iccnt air of an American
country scheolmaster. So much for
vivid imagination. His flagship called
1.-THE SHAH"
Was laid in mould under another name
which, we have forgotten. but. on the
occasion of the Shah of Persia's visit to
England. her present appellation was
b.stowei upon her. Her tot.l tonnage
is 5,2iO tons and she carries 20 guns,
four of which are monsters, placed mt
the bow aud stern Tho others are
broadside guns / 1 on Il side, the ship
being built without turrets. She was
in lively fight with the Peruvian rebel
ram Huascar several months ago but
the Stah's great draft of water pro-
hiblt a her from following up the in
itial points of victory. The Iuascar
escaped by running into / shallow la
Dor
HER OFFICERS ALONE
Would number r crew for any steam
ship or sailing vessel in the Puget
Sound trade, but we give few of t
principal ones. She is in charge &c
Capt. Bedford, next TO whom is Com
mander Rose Her first lieutenant is
named Rainier, and the second is Mr..
Grove, besides whom she has four 9TH
er lieutenaats and folr b-iieutenants.
She carries about six hundred men,
including tiremen. l-passers and ma
rines. The Shah is what is called a
wooden-cased iron frigate, and is
deemed by competent judges "A superior
lighting vessel to the Jealous. which
was here about six years ago with Adj
mirai Hastings pennant at the mizzen.
THE OPAL
Has been in Esquimalt about three
months and Is having her machinery
removed fer a thorough ove~hauling,
30 she is not likely TO leave before No
sember. This ship is second-class
steam corvette aud carries fourtc. 4 guns
o her decks She is much smaller
vessel :han the United States frigate
wabash but reminds US Of her in her
graceful model and easy way in which
sue Heats. She is about 300 tons an,
= one Of the most roomy vessels in the
service. She is commanded by Capt. +
Y Robinson: LIST Lieutenant. Hendcr-
on' I'd ditto, Testing; Sd do. Ross; 18th
10 Robinson. She is propelled by two
LnglIsh trunk engines, and is thought
70 be faster ship than her sister, the
Amethyst.
THE FANToME
~ Que Of n class of vessels that has
oeen proven very useful in East India
waters. beng of light draught and capa-
a1e OF ascending rivers 10 cooperate
WIN land troops If necessary She is
ABOUT 400 tons burden and carries four
guas OF large calibre Her officers are
e.2t. Royse, lst lieutenant Robinson /;
"a DO Noel acting 81 lieutenant Nil
.oa' She arrived from Honolulu about
'so weeks ago, and the Alba,ross is
Teady Overdue from some other port
saat neishborhood, 50 that there will
w SIX vessels there in few days.
sasse ships are prapellers also. but
n1,e no cniwaters which makes them
'00k tad with bowspri,.
THE DARING
also The exact counterpart Of the
A'ome and Il would take a better
a0''eed eye than our own to tell them
s She has been in port since May,
a. WIN the exception Of cruise as
IS sseena. last week, has net been
~ VI port since her arrival. She car
80 loar large guns like the Eantome
w VII De found an ugly customer in
H. ss1~'se fiAht She is commanded
eap, Hammer lst lieutenant Mi