§ CAPTAIN PIMasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether, considering the success which has attended the efforts of many Naval Officers in rescuing their ships under circumstances of extreme difficulty, he will be prepared to afford any assistance in men and materials to any Naval Officer or Officers who may lay before him a well-considered plan for raising H.M.S. "Vanguard?"
§ MR. HUNTI cannot, Sir, recommend that course. We have had a great number of letters on the subject of raising the Vanguard, and a great many have proposed that the plans of the writer should be carried out at the expense of the Admiralty. We have not thought it right to adopt that method. Every negotiation for a contract for the raising of the Vanguard has fallen through, and we now propose to advertise for tenders for the selling of the ship. The advertisements will appear early next week.