The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-09 00:00:00

THE ACCIDENT ON THE MONTE SALVATOItE.

The Monte Salvatore, on which Mr. E. Royds has
just lost his life is so high and treacherous an ascent
that three hours and a-half is looked upon as the
average time required for getting to its top. It would
appear from later particulars which have reached
England that the party, Mr. Royds, his sister, and his
cousin (another lady) mistook the usual path for be-
ginning the ascent, and they had reached a track
ending in a rugged furrow, 200 teet from the level
of the main road, before the error was discovered. The
party, instead of retracing their steps, persevered,
thinking that they must hit the regular mule-path a
little way above. Darkness, however, came ou rafher
suddenly, and a slight disaster which happened to Mr.
Royds' sister in the brushwood, from which she had
to be extricated, first made the young man aware of
the critical position they were in. Instead of remain-
ing where they were till dawn, the tourists now
began to descend, and it was when doing this

that Mr. Royds suddenly placed his foot on an inse-
cure piece of rock, and toppled over three successive
tiers of rocks before his body touched the ground.
The calamity cannot be attributed to foolhardiness or
rashness, as Mr. Royds, followed by his lady com-
panions, was taking each step down the mountain
slope with a steady watchfulness. It must be said,
however, that the party did not expect that they
would meet with any extraordinary mountain diffi-
culties, and as the deceased young man was of power-
ful and athletic build, the party were all confident of
accomplishing all they wished in perfect safety. If
anything tended to render Mr. Royds hurried or
anxious it was the thought that the friends
of the ladies would be in alarm about
them at Lugano. When the melancholy event hap-
pened the two ladies, though terribly shocked,
happily preserved their courage, and, with a sagacity
often remarkable in women when in real danger,

they attempted to go back on the way they had
come. After wandering under the moonlight for
some time, they reached the path from the main road
which they had at first wrongly and unfortunately
taken.

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, June 7.

The Queen, with Princess Beatrice, drove to Loch Cal-
later yesterday, attended by the Duchess Dowager of Athol°
and the Hon. Eva Macdonald.

Princess Louise drove out, attended by Miss Macgregor•

The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday morning
attended by the Hon. Mrs. Coke.
In the evening the Prince and Princess of Wales were
present at a dinner and ball given by Sir Anthony de
Rothschild, at his residence in Grosvenor-place.

FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY;
The Countess of Radnor's ball (instead of on the

2nd), at 52, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square.
The grand morning concert at 3 p.m. in aid of the Creche,
or day nursery, in Bulstrode-street, at 19, Upper
Seymour-street, by the kind permission of Mr. Owen
Lewis.

Mr. John Thomas's grand morning concert (by kind per-
mission of the Marquis of Downshire), at 24, Belgrave-
square ; to commence at three o'clock.
The Grand Cricket Match on Lord's Ground between the
Household Brigade and the Royal Artillery. The
bands will be in attendance.

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS—TO-DAY.
The Royal Institution at 3, p.m., when Professor Tyndall

will lecture on " Electricity."
The Mathematical Society at 8, when Mr. T. Cotterell
will lecture on the " Intersection of Curver, and
Collinear Correspondence in certain R6seaus."
The Zoological Society at 8.30, p.m., Mr. R. B. SharPe
will leeture on " Newßirds from Madigascar," and Mr.
R. Swinhoe, on "Zoological notes of a journey fool
Canton to Pekin and Kalgan," and Dr. J. Murio, oil
the " Saiga Antelope (Saiga Tartaricus.)

TUE GRAND INTERNATIONAL PIGEON
MATCHES IN FRANCE.
PARIS, June 8.

PRIX DE BOULOGNE.
This, the second of the international matches, was shc't
for this afternoon in the Bois de Boulogne, when the ft'?
prize was won by M. Hottinguer, the second by Capt
Anderson, and the third by Captain F. Gist.
There were 57 competitors.

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
At the great show of the Royal Horticultural Society,
held yesterday, the show of Orchids was peculiarly good,
several species appearing under a degree of perfection
which has scarcely been previously realised. The greatest
novelty was a singular species of Gonzora from Mr. W.
Wilson Saunders, which has been named Gonzorn
hostentora. We cannot speak too highly of the show 01/
a whole, the foliage plants being extremely striking.
In the afternoon a general meeting of the Fellows Avsl
held in the Council-room , presided over by Sigismuou
Rucker, Esq., F.S.S., and the following candidates wed
elected Fellows, viz. :—F. Atkinson Angles, the Es:
of Ashburnham, the Hon. R. Baillie-Harnilton,
Edward James Boldero, the Marquis of Exeter,
Mrs. Fryer, Theodore H. Galton, Thomas Hankin, ND",
John Jones, Charles Kekul4, Frederic T. D. Led Yul"
Godfrey J. M. Meynell, Mrs. Miller, George Augustus
Moore, Thomas Pain, E. S. Bouverie Pusey, Henri
Roug,ier, Mrs. A. M. Speer, Mrs. Squires, Edmund To'
tersall, Mrs. Tattersall, Miss Amy Taylor, John IrateB'
&c., &c.

The Great Eastern arrived at Sheerness yesterday'
A man named Agley flung himself on the lines
the South-Eastern Railway, near Stoat's Nest, yesterday'
and was killed.
At the inquest held yesterday at Ramsgate,
two of the victims of the boat accident, a verdict of 6;
dental death was returned, and an expression of regliew
was recorded that more care was not taken as to t

qualification of the boatmen.
The marriage of Lady Alexina Duff, daughter °of
the Earl of Fife, with Mr. Aubrey Coventry, second s'9o
of the Hon. Henry Coventry, will be celebrated at 12..,12,1
House, Banffshire, on the 6th of July, which is the -r"'
of Fife's birthday. 1
A NOBLE GIFT.—The sum of £l,OOO was 9 te.
days since left at the bank of Messrs. Ransom, Bouvel;
and Co., " for the British Hospital for Diseases 0f
Skin, 56, Great Marlborough-street, W., and VA, ,
bury-square, E.C., from V. S. T."
Lord Falmouth has presented T. French, the ri dieir6
of Kingcraft, with the handsome douceur of £5OO.
gift is all the more liberal, seeing that his lordship
not back the horse for a shilling, and consequently ben°
nothing beyond the value of the stakes.—Sportsman.
110
The Jockey Club Committee now considering at-
abuses of the Turf seem determined to forestal A:ecl
Thomas Hughes with his Horse Racing Bill, as it is Sti°',:y,
they will probably come to a decision by next Frillie
Si) Joseph Hawley, it is stated, at the meeting on
Saturday before the Derby, brought forward his Prl,
sition to restrict two years running until July 1, "
by a majority of seven to two, it was negatived, anal
the committee will not propose any alteration in
present law.