The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-12
THE OLD WORLD.
Something About What is Going On in Other Lands
Than Ours.

terrible calamity occurred near Glasgow,
Scotland, on the Sd inst, during the launching
of the 50o-ton steamship Daphne. When she
reached the water she fell over on her side,
and the two hundred workmen who were on
board of her were eapsized The accident oc-
CURED IN the middle of the river Clyde, at
Renfrew, five miles from Glasgow. 1t is not
vet exactly known how many persons were
drowned, but it is feared that the number of
victims viii reach $50. Some of the men on
the Daphne jumped overheard, and Others were
thrown overheard. a quantity Of loose fittings
fell from the deck and crushed many unfor-
tunates struggling in the water. A diver re-
ports that the bodies in the hold of the Daphne
are so closely packed that he was unable to
move them. Preparations are being made to
raise the vessel. Fifty-two bodies have been
recovered.-In the British House of Com
mons, on the 9Th inst, Mr. Trevelyan, chief
secretary for ireland, said that the deportation
of paupers from ireland to the United States
would be stopped, and that orders would be
given to suspend grants of money in cases
where it is supposed that former inmates Of
workhouses are among those desiring to emf
grate. The House of Commons on Friday
night, by d vote of 100 to ia, rejected a motion
made by AIr. Hugh Mason in favor of female
/ suffrage. Traffic between Port Said and
/ Syria has been prohibited on account of the
| cholera. The people of Damietta have been
I
while descending an incline in Huddersield,
| England on the Sd inst. and two persons were
| killed and thirty wounded.-A banquet was
! given to Irving the actor, in London, on the
4th inst and many notable persons were pres
/ ent.-Ten thousand iron workers in Stafford
shire, England, are on q strike.-The Duke
/ of Marlborough died, in London, of cardiac
syncope, on the 9Th inst His death was very
| sudden John Winston Spencer-C Churchill sew
enth Duke of Marlborough, was born in 1922
| lie was a knight of the Order of the Garter, a
member Of the privy council, and lord lieuten-
ant of 0xforashire. He was appointed lord
stewart of the royal household in July, 1866
| and held the office of lord president of The
council, in Mr.. Disraeli's administration, from
| March, 1867, to December, 1863. On the forma-
| ton OF his new government, in February, 1874
| Mr.. Disraeii offered to the Duke of 8larlbor-
ough the yiceroyalty of Ireland, but he de:
clined the honor Two years later, however,
he was finally appointed lord lieutenant of
| Ireland on November 80 1876 on the resg na-
| ton of the Duke of Abereorn. On January 10,
1877, he made his public entry into Dublin in
great state, and on April 25, 1880, he departed
| with equal pomp and circumstance.-The
King OF Saxony was on the 9Th inst, about to
| ascend in the elevator of factory which he was
inspecting at Milan, when the weight attached
to the car fell, killing the governor Of the dis
| trIct who was accompanying his majesty, and
injuring the manager of the factory. The King,
who had entered the elevator before the acct
| dent happened, was much oyercolne.-A
quantity Of dynamite has been found in a town
near Cork and confscated by the police
Four men have been convicted at Sligo, Ire
land, of conspiracy to murder.-A son has
been born to Crown Prince Frederick William
of Germany.-The French column in Upper
Senegal has been attacked by typhus fever-
At a meeting of Socialists in Narscilles, France,
| on Monday, it was resolved to murder the
jurymen who convicted Louise Michel.-The
orders for the sailing for China Of the new Chi
nese ironclad, built at Stettin, Germany, have
| been countermauded