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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 175, 13 December 1876, Page 4

The Broad Arrow says : —“ It appears the Admiralty has given up all hopes of raising the Vanguard, and wish to sell her. We are by no means satisfied with this decision. As the stewards of the nation’s property, they are bound to use every endeavour towards that end. Not only would a valuable ship be restored to the licet, but interesting and instructive information would bo gathered regarding the cause of her loss. ‘ Dead men tell no tales,’it is true, and perils that is the reason why some officials are desirous of keeping the ship where she is. We fully believe that if the Vanguard were raised, facts would come to light of the most discreditable character respecting the state of her compartments when she was sent to sea. Nor our own part we are not satisfied with the alleged impossibility of raising the vessel. It is not true that she is sinking in the sand, for at that depth (20ft.), and under a pressure of Sill b. per square -inch, the bottom is as hard as concrete. It is true that some sand has drifted against one side of her, and the longer she remains, of course, the more this will collect. Wc fear the season is too far gone to render operations possible this year, but vve wish any one who makes the effort every success, and we are by no means sure tiiat success is net nearer than is generally imagined. Perhaps wc shall next summer see the Admirably engaged in a transaction similar to that which is so very common at the dockyards—of selling a ship and buying back the copper for more than the ship was sold for.” An-exchange says that a man named Deudney recently poisoned himself at Dunedin with strychnine. A coroner’s inquest was held, and the jury added a rider to their verdict censuring the chemist who sold the poison. The latter, Mr Barnard Isaac, has instructed his solicitor to take proceedings against Mr Solomon, foreman of the Coroner’s Jury in Dsndney’s case for the statements contained in the rider which was appended to the verdict returned. Damages have been laid at £IOOO.