§ MR. W. H. SMITHI wish to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether he has inquired into, and can give the House any information as to, the painful rumour circulated in London yesterday of a disaster to one of the Royal Princes?
§ MR. TREVELYANI am very glad to be able to state that we received a telegram to-day, a little before noon, from Lord Clanwilliam, the commander of the Bacchante, dated yesterday afternoon, from Melbourne, in answer to our inquiry. His telegram runs as follows:—"No. 16 received. No foundation whatsoever."