The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-13 00:00:00

THE PAVILION STABLES.

The Pavilion, which is gate a little town in itself, of
course requires a very strong muster of cavalry for the pur-
poses of business and pleasure. There were eighty horses
in the stable when I visited them—forty-four in those
under the dome ; the rest, including her Majesty's carriage
horses, and others belonging to members of the Household,
in those which are situated behind the Riding School.
Taken as a whole, they fell far short of the standard by
which I had estimated them. Of course there are excep-
tions, but they are rare. The celebrated parade-team of
whites, looked as little in their stalls, like the appearance they
make when caparisoned and mounted, as so many dowagers
of three score at their morning toilets, and the same when
made up for a ball at Devonshire-house. The - Queen's
favourite riding-horse, the Duchess, is certainly a splendid
animal, modelled by nature for her royal office ; she is 'a
rich silky bay, with 4 black legs, and in symmetry faultless.
Some of the harness horses are immense ; there is one over
seventeen hands and a half high, with no perceptible want
of proportion. I measured his near fore-leg under the
knee, and found it in circumference about the fraction of
an inch over that of Emilius. There aro still some of
George the Fourth's renowned road-horses, those with
which lie used to travel between London and Windsor.
Nothing of their stamp is to be found among those of his
present Majesty. The Queen has a magnificent team of
bays, but I had hardly time to look at them as I felt
inclined, being positively driven out of the stable by the
heat. I inquired who had- the regulation of the tempe-
rature, and. was told it rested exclusively with the head
coachman. How horses, suddenly exposed from such
an atmosphere to the bleak wind upon these cliffs, do
not at once take inflammation of the lungs, and ex-
pire of catarrhal fever, passes my understanding. The
stud of ponies is very strong, the King having 14 greys
and two roans, the Queen 16 bays : they are not, how-
ever, all here. One of the most perfect animals of the
kind I ever saw is a brown, called Hector ; he was an es-
pecial favourite of his late Majesty. Altogether the miscel-
laneous articles of horse-flesh are much superior to the re-
gular lots. I saw Mr. Hudson's pony, of which there was
an anecdote in one of your recent numbers. He is quite of
the rough-and-ready sort, and, they told me, a most extra-
ordinary performer. If the carriages and harness were kept
in glass cases to be looked at, they could not be in more
perfect preservation ; no praise is too great for the admirable
arrangement of everything in this department. The Riding
School is, I believe, the most extensive in Europe : there is
room enough to train a Derby horse there ; indeed, with a
pack of dwarf beagles, I don't see why they could'nt hunt
in it.—Sparting Magazine.

THE "LATE MR. M'ADAM.---It again gives us
pleasure to state, that the subscription for erecting a monu-
ment in memory of this benefactor of his country, proceeds
so swimmingly, that there can be no doubt that a vety hand-
some sum will be realised.—Dumfries Courier.
From the 28th ult. to the 4th inst., eleven packets,
with 176 passengers, arrived at Boulogne, and ten packets,
with 275 passengers, left that port for England.
CORONER'S INQuEsT..—An inquest was 'held last
week at the Horns Inn, Norwood, on the body of
Emery Haywood, who died on Saturday last from wounds
he received from pistol 'shots on the grounds of the South
Metropolitan Cemetery. Company. It appeared in evidence
That the deceased had been loitering about the grounds
with the view of stealing coals, when Mr. Morrison, the
clerk of the works, observed him, and suspecting his in-
tention, called out to him to stop, or he would fire at him.
Deceased, however, would not stop and attemped to
escape,. upon which Mr. Morrison fired a pistol and wound-
ed him in the loins. The deceased afterwards lay ill for
some days, and was ultimately attacked with tetanus or
locked jaw, from the effects of which he expired. The
jury, after a lengthened deliberation, returned a verdict of
manslaughter against Morrison, and the coroner (Mr.
Stirling) accordingly issued his warrant for his apprehen-
sion and commitment on that charge.

POOR LA W.-A determined opposition is main-
tained by certain parties in Huddersfield to the intended
union, who at a meeting held last week resolved not to put
any Guardians in nomination ; and during the week large
placards were posted, denouncing the measure in the most
bitter terms. On Thursday evening, a person styling him-
self the Rev., Wm. Hill, delivered a lecture in the Primi-

tire Methodist Chapel Spring-place, to a rather large
audience. He denied the right of King, Lords, and
Commons to pass such a measure as te Poor Law
Amendment Act, inasmuch as it was unconstitutional, and
denied the right of the poor to live! also, that it delegated
to the Commissioners a power over which neither the
King himself nor Parliament had control ! He also con-
tended that the Act was altogether null and void ! and
that the people were not hound to obey such
,a law ! N
Notwithstanding his assertion that the Act is altogether
null and void, he recommended the formation ofAssociations
in every township throughout the union, for the purpose of
addressing the King and petitioning Parliament for its re-
peal.—Haltfax Express.
On Wednesday sennight an accident occurred in
Croft Pit, Whitehaven, belonging to the Earl of Lansdale,
from the falling in of a portion of the roof, by which a
poor man, named James Campbell, lost his life. On Sun-
day also, an explosion of tire damp occurred in a pit, called
Hodgson Pit, near Harrington, belonging to H. Curwen,
Esq., by which a collier, named Alexander Dryden, was so
severely burned that his life is in imminent danger. One
horse was taken out of the pit dead, and several others were
much injured.— IVhilehaven Herald.

Great misunderstanding prevails in this neighbour-
hood, with respect to the new Poor Law ; and there seems
to be a determination on the part of some of the rate-
payers not to vote at all, in the pending elections of Guar-
dians. Many of them appear to think that, by doing so,
they will be able to prevent the law being put into opera.
tion ; but this is quite a mistake. If they do not
.vote,
others will ; and their own refusal will only give strength
and numbers to the opposite party.—,Hal fax ETress,