The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-27 00:00:00

and other business connected with the mine is
transacted, and here it was that the Prince and
Princess, after the drive across country which has
been described, for the first time alighted. The
front of the house was of course decorated, and by
no means sparingly decorated either, but liberally
and well, with evergreens twined into arches. All
about it, grouped on the cliff, and lining the road-
way in dense masses, were hundreds of well-dressed
people, who eagerly looked for and loudly cheered
Prince and Princess. A body of Volunteers, under
the command of Colonel Gilbert, lined the ap-
i
proacbes to the " accompt-house," which was
reached by the Royal party shortly before 1 o'clock.
Here some time was occupied by them in changing
their dresses with a view to visiting the interior of
the mine. After the lapse of about half-an-hour
the Princess came out most becomingly arrayed in
a fine white flannel cloak, which completely enve-
loped her, and which was trimmed at the neck with
blue riband. A white straw hat, having also a band
of blue riband around it, completed her outward cos-
tume. The Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Vivian,
Lady de Grey, Lady E. St. Aubyn, and Lady Au-
drey Townshend were similarly attired. The Prince,
the Duke of Sutherland, the Duke of St. Albans,
and the other noblemen andgentlemen of the party,
had on white flannel tunics, white trousers, and low
white hats, or what might very well pass for such in
a mining district. Assembled together they looked
very much like a group of devotees bent upon a pil-
grimage to some holy shrine. At the door of the
accompt-house the Princess and the Duchess
' of Sutherland took their seats in a small donkey-
carriage, and were drawn very gently down the
somewhat rugged path which led to the cliffs.
The rest of the party walked behind them. When
they came to the wooden platform which leads from
the jagged heights to the entrance to the mine, at
the base of the opposite cliff, the Princess and the
Duchess of Sutherland alighted, and having de-
scended a little further down by means of the arti-
ficial aids in the shape of timber structures em-
ployed all round, they could see below the doorway
leading to the subterranean recesses which they were
about to visit. From the platform on which they
then stood a narrow way, constructed of timber, and
looking very much like a miniature railway, ran
down,,with an incline of about 32 degrees, to the
entrance of the mine, and thence on deep into the
bowels of the earth. On this way a low car, covered
with crimson cloth fringed with orange, was placed,
with grooves, not wheels, to fit the rails. To the
back of the car a stout metallic rope, which could
be let out or drawn up at pleasure by means of the
machinery higher up the cliff, was attached. The
Prince and Princess, together with the Countess de
Grey, and Mr. and Lady Elizabeth St. Aubyn, hav-
ing taken their seats in this car, the rope was gradu-
ally let go and they glided gently down the shaft
through the doorway, each of the party being pro-
vided with a lighted candle, to a depth of more than
200 fathoms beneath the sea, under which the mine
extended for a distance of half a mile. When the
Prince and Princess had got to the bottom, the car
was polled up by means of the rope, and the Duke
and Duchess of Sutherland and other members of
the Royal party descended into the mine, the pro-
cess being repeated until the whole party had got to
the bottom. While all this was taking place every
ledge of rock on the precipitous cliffs above on which
a human being could find a footing was tenanted by
hundreds of people, young and old, some of them
apparently in positions so dangerous that on the
slightest movement they must tumble down headlong.
Botallick Mine has long been famous in Cornwall for
its tin and copper ore, the latter being found chiefly
under the sea, while the former is developed inland.
The Prince and Princess spent about an hour yes-
terday in examining its dark and rugged avenues,
over which they were conducted by men experienced
in its devious ways. Their Royal Highnesses, when
they returned to the light of day, again got a tre-
mendous cheer from the cliffs all round, and ex-
pressed themselves as being very much pleased with
what they had just seen. They then climbed upthe
ascent to the accompt-house, where their mining
garbs—and the Princess need scarcely wish to look
prettier in any other,— were exchanged for ordinary
costume, and where they partook of luncheon.
After luncheon the Princess returned to Penzance,
where she found a crowd as large and as eager to
cheer her as that which met her in the morning.
She was received at the pier by Mr. Sirratt, one of
the officers of the Osborne, on board of which she
was at once conveyed.

The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Duke
of Sutherland, the Duke of St. Albans, the Earl of
Nfount-Edgcumbe, and Major Grey, drove to the
Land's-end, and on their return joined the Princess.
Their Royal Highnesses were in the evening the
guests of Mr. and Lady E. St. Aubyn, at St.
Michael's Mount.

Mount's Bay was last night extensively and bril-
liantly illuminated. At all the hill tops from Point
Cuddan to St. Clements fires were lighted. Pen-
zance was a blaze of light, and numerous lights
thickly clustered round the base of Mount St. Mi-
chael made its grim old sides look radiant for once.

The Prince of Wales slept on board the Osborne
last night, and started for the Scilly Isles early this
morning. It is expected that he will on his return
pay a visit to Falmouth.

FALMOUTH, July 26.

The Osborne paddle yacht, with the Prince and
Princess of Wales, arrived at Falmouth from
Mount's Bay at 2 p.m. on Wednesday. On the
vessel anchoring near the Prince of Wales's Break-
water the Mayor and Corporation of the town, and
the chirman and directors of the Falmouth Docks
Company, were received on board, and addresses
of congratulation were delivered to the Prince from
each body. Soon afterwards the Prince and
Princess, accompanied by General Knollys and
the Duke of Sutherland, landed at the Dock-
stairs, and entering carriages prepared for the occa-
sion, drove round the Castle of Pendennis over the
new road which has been lately opened, accom-
panied by the Mayor and Corporation, the direc-
tors of the docks, the commanding officer of the
garrison, and other official authorities. On return-
ing to the docks, they re-embarked and proceeded
on board the Duke of Sutherland's yacht, the Un-
dine, and at half-past 3 p.m., the latter steered up
the river, intending to go as far as Malpas, within
two miles of Truro, the Osborne awaiting the re-
turn of the Royal party. The day was exceedingly
fine. All the shipping, foreign and English, were
dressed in colours, and the assemblage was immense
from every part of the country. The yacht received
a royal salute from the -garrison on entering the
port, and the welcome the Royal party received was
of the most enthusiastic character. A large fleet
of steamers and pleasure boats accompanied the
yacht from the bay to the anchorage.

The Marchioness of Hastings has arrived at the
St. George's Hotel.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare and
family leave town on Monday next for their scat in the
county of Kildare.

The Earl de Grey left town on Tuesday evening
for Studley Park, near Ripon, Yorkshire.
TILE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE MATTERHORN.
The Dumfries Courier, in noticing the accident en
the Matterhorn, whereby Lord Francis Douglas, together
with two tourist companions and a guide lost their lives,
says:—" Lord Francis William Bouverie Douglas was born
on the Bth February, 1847, and was thus little more than 1
years of age. He was a most promising young nobleman
having been highest in the list of competitors at Chelsea
in April last for direct commissions in the army ; ther
were 119 competitors, and he headed them by the extra
ordinary number of 6,597 marks, making 500 marks mor
than any other competitor. Lord Francis bad upon severs,
previous occasions visited Switzerland, and even at hie
early age was an expert and courageous member of the
Alpine Club. He had been making a tour after his arduous
course of study, and the ascent of the Matterhorn was the
last adventure which be had planned previous to his return
to Glen Stuart, which he had arranged to do on the 19th
inst., when his young life was brought to a sudden close in
the awful manner above described. The sad intelligence
reached Glen Stuart, a seat of the Marquis of Queensberry
in this county, on Wednesday last, where there was a
family gathering, and great preparations had been made
for celebrating next day the majority of the noble marquis-
The scene of festivity was at once turned into one of heart-
rending grief, and Lord Queensberry hurried off to Swit-
zerland, and was expected to arrive at Zermatt on Sunday
last, on an errand of fraternal affection which the account
received since his departure indicate would be fruitless. 15
is to be hoped that ho will net expose himself to needless
danger in an effort to recover the remains of his unfortu-
nate brother."