The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales,
rode on horseback yesterday.
The Princesses Helena and Louisa visited the Zoologi-
cal Gardens, in Regent's-park, in the forenoon.
The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Bucking-
ham Palace. The company included her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Sutherland, Ma-
dame Tricoupi, the Neapolitan Minister and Princess de
Carini, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and
Countess of Desart, the Earl and Countess of Lucan,
Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Spetb, Lord and
Lady de Ros, Major-General Sir de Lacy Evans, and
Major the Hon. James Macdonald.

The band of the 2d Life Guards was in attendance in
the Palace during dinner, and performed the following
selections :
" Jubel March" H. M. the King
of Hanover.
Overture, " Bon Soir M. Pantalon" Kuhner.
Walz, "Le Reve" Le Comte de
Croismare.
Grand Selection, " Jessonda" Spohr.
W. se duernsey.
Quadrille, " Frederick "William"
Galop, "Arline"
March, " Angelina" Kittl.
The Greek Minister was prevented by indisposition
from dining with the Queen last night, at Buckingham
Palace.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yes-
terday from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and
New Zealand.

DEATH OF LORD GILBERT GROSVENOR, R.N.—We
regret to announce that a telegraphic message reached
the Admiralty yesterday morning from Portsmouth,
stating that this young nobleman, for some time one of
the lieutenants on 'board her Majesty's ship Boscawen,
stationed at the port in question, had died suddenly.
Lord Gilbert, who was but twenty-one years of age,
was tenth child and second son of the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Westminster, to whom information of the
melancholy event was forwarded to Eaton Hall yesterday
afternoon. Lord Robert Grosvenor, uncle, and Lord
Richard Grosvenor, brother to the deceased, left town
last evening to join their afflicted relatives. Lord Gilbert
took leave of his parents in London on Wednesday last,
when he appeared to be in vigorous health and spirits; and
indeed there were no indications of any kind of the near
approach of death, and the intelligence came as a shock
upon his family and friends. The Boscawen, in which
the noble lord was serving, was at first intended for the
West Indies, but was lately marked for special service.
In consequence of this sad event Lord Robert Grosvenor
has, on the motion of Mr. Liddell, obtained leave of
absence from his Parliamentary duties for a fortnight.
Through Lord Gilbert's death, the families of the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Westminster, the Duke and
Duchess of Norfolk, the Duke and Duchess of Suther-
land, the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, the Earl and
Countess of Macclesfield, the Duke and Duchess of
Northumberland, Lord and Lady Leigh, and some
others, are placed in mourning.
DEATH OF THE EARL OF LICHFIELD.—WO have to
record the demise of this nobleman, whose name will be
remembered in connexion with a well-known political
event—" The Lichfield-house Compact." The melan-
choly event, which has been long expected, took place
shortly after 4 o'clock on Saturday, at the family resi-
dence, 2, Stanhope-street, Mayfair. The deceased peer,
Thomas William Anson, D.C.L., was the son of the first
Viscount Anson, by the third daughter of the celebrated
Coke, of Holkham-hall, Norfolk, the first Earl of Lei-
cester. He was bora at Shuckborough, near Rugeley, in
the county of Stafford, in 1795. He married, in 1819,
the youngest daughter of the late Nathaniel Phillips, Esq.,
of Slebeck-hall, in the county of Pembroke, by whom he
has had eight children. He is succeeded in the title
and estates by Thomas George, Viscount Anson, M.P.,
for'Lichfield, in the representation of which city a vacancy
consequently occurs. The present earl was precis-
writer to Lord Palmerston in 1825, while his lordship was
Foreign Secretary. The deceased peer was always a
strong adherent to the political principles of the Whig
party, and from 1835 to 1841 he held the office of 'Post-
master-General under Viscount Melbourne's Administra-
tion, having been previously Master of the Buckhounds.
The first Lord Anson was the celebrated admiral, who
left•no one to inherit his honours, and his estates de-
scended to his nephew, Mr. George Adams, who there-
upon assumed the name of Anson, and his eldest son,
fattier of the deceased peer, was created Viscount Anson
and Baron Soberton. The Earl of Lichfield succeeded
his father in the viscounty in 1818, and the earldom was
conferred in 1831. The deceased was father of lady
Louisa Tenison, Lady Elcho, and Lady Harriet Vernon.
His Lordship, at one period of his life, was a warm sup-
porter of the turf, and was the intimate friend and con-
federate in sporting matters of the late Lord George
Bentinck. He won the great St. Leger stakes at Don-
caster in 1836 with Elis. The penny-post system was
introduced during the time Lord Lichfield held the office
of Postmaster-General.

RUSSIAN PRODUCE.—There has been increased excite-
ment in the markets for Russian produce, and hemp has
advanced 41. per ton since Saturday, 601. per ton having
been given. Tallow is also much firmer, and there was
a rise of 11. per ton this morning at Liverpool in palm