HC Deb 05 July 1881 vol 263 c28
MR. W. H. SMITH

I 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. TREVELYAN

I 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."