The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-21 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Tuesday.
Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, drove
out yesterday in a carriage and four.
The Duchess of Roxburghe was in attendance.
Count Gleichen visited her Majesty.
The Rev. W. L. Onslow, chaplain and naval in-
structor of her Majesty's ship Racoon, arrived at
Osborne, and had the honour of dining with her
Majesty and the royal family.

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The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords
yesterday afternoon.

In the evening the Prince and Princess of Wales,
attended by the Countess of Macclesfield and Major
Teesdale, dined with his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge at Gloucester House.

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Court Arrangements.
We have authority to state that the Queen will
hold during the ensuing season, at Buckingham
Palace, five Courts for the reception and presenta-
tion of a certain number of ladies and gentlemen.
In order to avoid fatigue to her Majesty, the num-
ber of ladies and gentlemen attending each Court
will be limited to 250.

,Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales will
also, on behalf of her Majesty, hold two Drawing
Rooms at St. James's Palace, to receive those who
cannot be included at her Majesty's Courts under
the above regulations.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will also
hold levees at St. James's Palace on her Majesty's
behalf.

A notification will appear in the Gazette of the
date of the several Courts in question, and of the
regulations to be observed at them.

reath of Viscount Clifden.

Yesterday morning, shortly after four o'clock,
Viscount Clifden expired at Dover House, Whitehall.
The late Right Hon. Henry Agar-Ellis, Viscount
and Baron Clifden, of Gowran, county Kilkenny, in
the peerage of Ireland ; Baron Mendip, county of
Somerset, and Baron Dover, of Dover, county of Kent,
in Great Britain, was the eldest son of the lion'
George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, by Lady Geer-
giana Howard, daughter of the sixth Earl of Car"
lisle. His father was a man of great pro-
mise, and by his premature death in July, 1833, it
was considered by his political and literary friends
that the country had sustained a great loss.
Viscount Clifden was for some years a minor, and
on reaching his majority, like many other noblemen,
devoted his energies and fortune to the turf. The,.
late Lord Clifden for a time had one of the largest
and most successful studs belonging to any member
in the Jockey Club, and his success for a while W
very great, but the glorious uncertainties" of the
Turf are like those of war—not to be commanded.
He achieved the double victory of the Derby and St'
Leger with Surplice, in 1848, and, as it was den°'
minated at the time, " broke the charm" by Winning
those two events. Other successes, owing to hie
large stud, inevitably fell to his share. He won the
Stewards' Cup at Goodwood, the Ascot Stakes
1850, the Liverpool Cup in 1851, and the Great
Northamptonshire Stakes in 1852—the latter rsea.
with Poodle, carrying the extraordinary feather
weight of 4st 51').
Lord Clifden expended a princely sum in support"
ing his racing stable. A large accumulated fortune
vanished in a few years in consequence of his zeai
for the Turf. On his marriage, in 1861, Viscount
Clifden, instead of continuing his lavish expendi-
ture on his stud, broke up his racing establishment
and devoted himself to home pursuits.

The late Henry Agar-Ellis, thus prematurely de',
ceased, was born 25th February, 1825, and married
23d September, 1861, Miss Eliza H. F. seymourt
&Ace4o dau othter of Mr. and Lady Augusta Seymour,
by whom he has a twin daughter surviving, and
son, the heir apparent to the family honours, born
7th September, 1863.
Shortly after the birth of his son and heir untoiS"
takable symptoms of weakness of constitution
fested themselves. His illness at first excited the
alarm of his friends, and it was soon pronouncedll
his medical attendants that softening of the brain'
had set in. Latterly his disease became a con-
firmed malady. On Monday morning a slight
change was apparent, and at eight o'clock in the
evening his lordship underwent a crisis which Ode'
in his death at the hour above mentioned.