The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-28 00:00:00

' mansion, in which Henry the Eighth had enter-
tained, right royally, imperial guests ; where
Queen Elizabeth . had loved to retire her virgin
dignity from the pressure of afthirsof State;
the residence Prince Henry had adorned with
the taste of a Francis and the munificence
of a Medici—whose corridors had been familiar to
the dignity of Wolsley, the wisdom of Burghley,
and the gallantry of Sidney,. Essex, and Raleigh_..
and whose presence chamber had been iiluinitied
by the beauties of a dozen successive generations,
was to be explored in everyfiart and all its feti•
tures noted in detail, preliqinary to its being
offered for sale to the best bidder." The valuation,
we are told, amounted to £10,782 19s. 2d. for the
materials. "The property was sold in April 1050,
to Thomas Rookesly, William Goodriek, and Adam
Baynes, for themselves and other creditors of the
late King, but was subsequently transferred to Sir
Gregory Norton, one of his judges, a man but of
mean fortune before these titneF, as it is sad had
Rice mond Houseand much of the King's propertyfor
an inconsiderable value, only they were the price of
royal bleed, he being one of the prineCs judges and a
Rumper to the last." After the Restoration tuftny
members of the Court were resident at Rtchmond
and its neighbourhood. Coming down to the reigns
of the Georges, we have full particulars of Queen
Caroline's improvements at Richmond, Prince Fre-
derick's Court at Kew, the unpopularity of Prineess
Emily as Ranger of Richmond Park, the residence
of George 111. and Queen. Charlptto at Kew, and
the record closes with a list of fide celebrities who
have frequented the White Lodg'i. Mr. Williams's
' work displays considerable research and labour, and
will be very attractive to those of antiquarian
tastes, although some - readers may find it
tedious from its length and from the absence of
originality. Those who interest themselves in
matters ottopographical research and local anec-
dote, will :not object to minuteness of detail; and
those who reside in the neighbourhood shosld cer-
tainly secure these chronicles of the objects and
associations of interest which surround them:

SIR. _BARBI AT THE ALHAMBRA.

•
The week-of the Derby, during ".the Horse.
and his Rider" give the pervading tone and topic;
to English conversation, was 'Ty
.appropriately
closed by Mr. Rarey's last pub 4 performance in
-London. On Saturday morning he gave his final
"grand fashionable_ demonstration" at the Alham-
bra, in Leicester-square. The terms of the announce-
ment proved a truthful description. The attenda.nee
at I his final demonstration was not only numerous,
but composed, to a very perceptible .degree, Of the
equestrian order of the metropolis. Rotten-row tin cl
the Ladies' Mile, were fully represented on the well.
filled seats round the circle. The weather was most
unpropitious, departing May—with more than the
caprice of April—bringing an almost wintry storm
of rain. It was heavy enough to have thinned a
dozen concert rooms, but it had no deterring influ-
ence on Mr. Rarey's admirers. This fact alone says
much fur the attractive character of his exhibitio.o.
It is no longer a novelty ; it.is not addressed to (ha
eye, as a spectacle ; it derives nothing from deco-
ration or ornament—more seyerelY'simple it could
hardly be; there is no one fearae of the circus,
no touch of the arena, :shoal it. This com-
plete reality of the whole exhibition is what
renders it so attractive. Mr. Rarey's run-
ning comments on the character of the horse,. his
genuine admiration of the " noble animal," and the
invariable success of the practical illustrations of
his main principle—that you have only to appeal
to the equine intellect to command its physical
power—all combine to arrest the attention. We are
not sure but the exhibition touches the conscience,
if men were honest enough to confess it. Mr.
Rarey describes the horse as so intelligent, amiable,
end virtuous generally that there were moments
whPus; we felt the injustice of" calling and treating
him as the inferior animal, and doubted whether, if
the bulk of mankind could rise to-Mr. ltarey's esti-
mate of the highly moral nature of the horse, the
world would not be considerably The better for. it.
We never befo"e so well comprehended Swift's
fearfully sarcastic picture of a society in which the
horse is the intelligent being and man is the brute.
But, in the meantime, colts growing up under
the demoralising influences of humanity are deve-
loped into horses full of all manner of vice ; and two
most degenerate speciments of the race are in wait-
lug for Mr. Rarey to 'subdue. They are the " un-
governable animals, noted for vicious propensities,"
of the announcement. The first subject, introduced,
however, has not fallen to such a depth of depra-
vity. It is simply a stout gray, of quiet demeaiaour,
not too well fed, apparently, and very itnperfecty
groomed. Mr. Rarey has no previous acquaintance
with him—knows only that he is not particularly
wicked, and has accepted his destiny as a horse,
without any rebellious manifestations. The mere
details of the modus operaticli can ,be better shown
at first on the tamer disposition.: The process
,of
stropping the near leg was therefore completed
wit-tnauc tiny amenity ; Dut \\ hen-the tiff -eine \vas
doubled under hies also the quiet gray took ill, and
showed not temper exactly but considerable cha-
racter. He plunged deliberately, made long kneel-
ing pauses, buried his nose in the straw, ,or
turned his head round inquiringly, as if asking
what, in the name of outs, he was expected to
do ? " A good deal of self-will'here," Mr. Rarey re-
marked, like a phrenologist examining a head.
Finally, at his-own time (rathera long one), the gray
turned over on his side, as the easier position, and
thenceforth was utterly indifferent to whet was
done to him. A contempt of the irregular and, in
his case, unnecessary proceedings-was evident : gra-
dually he was regarded by the spectators with
something of the feeling excited by a too pacific
bull in a Spanish ring, and dismissed to the stable,
The second subject was of a more interesting de-
gree of viciousness—a bay, two years old, of racing
stock; slight and lithe of limb ; the wickedness of
this filly consisted in passionate refusals to bear
any badge of servitude beyond the bridle. Ordinary
discipline had failed to reconcile her to the saddle ;
and all who had mounted her she had flung. To
correct this determination, fatal to racing prospects,
she had been consigned to Mr. Rarey. We are not
certain that this was her first lesson ; if so, its sue-
c ass was wonderful. The resistance was violent,
but did not last long. She was sooner on her side
and in a state of subjection than the gray ; she was
sadd.ed and mounted and ridden—all with ease.
And the quicker triumph over the more evil nature
was greeted with loud applause.
Th interest of the exhibition deepened, on a
sound dramatic principle, in the last act. The third
subject was the finest, physically, and the worst;
morally, of the day. A white Arab horse, of beau-
tiful proportions, plunged into the ring; he was
stoutly muzzled, and tasked the strength of two
men to hold him in by long head-straps. He was
the "frightful example" of the exhibition. Unless
previously muzzled, no bridle could be placed-on
hire; and we understood he had never been groomed.
But he was a splendid creature in spite of his wick-
edness ; nay, in some degree, because of it. After
'Much plunging and rearing, the straps being cast
' off, Mr. Rarey was left to contend with the fiery
Arab alone. Keeping close to his near shoulder, and
never for a moment quitting his grasp of the bridle,
held very short, Mr. Rarey was carried by the beau-
tiful demon round the ring, and across it, and back
again; it was warm work, plainly, but to be done. At
a favourable moment the strap was passed over the
hoof, fastened, and the Arab, shorn of half his
strength,was conquered. There was a sharp struggle
when the other leg was fettered.-. The horse stood
almost upright, and fought the air, in his rage,
making the front seats rather nervous as lie ap-
proached them. But he had nothing for it, except
to lie down, like his predecessors—even like the
tame gray—and submit to be sat upon, and strode
over, and handled fearlessly. His muzzle was
taten off, and he resented nothing. He looked tip,
saw it was Mr. Rarey, and renounced the conflict
—as resigned as the 'coon that came down without
troubling Colonel Crockett to fire! The subsequent
saddling, mounting, and drum beating, he took.as
matters of course, and the performance closed with
his subniission.
kindness and
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Some permanent effect, we hope, Mr. Rarey's
teaching will leave behind.
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•mere exercise of common sense 'hy many who did
not know they were acting on any method at all,
As applied to extreme cases, Mr. Rarey's treatment
is undobutedly successful. But we think it requires
his nerve, temper, and self.possession in any who
may attempt it. And the combination of these
qualities, we fear, is too rare to enable us to predict
a new era of appreciation and kindliness to the
horse from his master consequent on the new teach-
ing.

SPECIAL SERVICES AT ST. 5EM:1,0116:3
CHURCH.—The fifth of a series of special services in ft.
Sepulchre's Church, Snow-hill, was held last evenin.
After the evaning prayers had been road, the Rev. T.ll.
Ball, afternoon lecturer at St. Andrew's, Holborn, delivered
1111 exceedingly appropriate and interesting discourse, from
the first four and part of the 11th verses of the 2d chapter
of the Acts of the Apostles. The preacher first gave)an
histoaical account of the feast of Ventecost, and shoved
that the Holy Ghost descended upon the anniversary of
that day, as related in the text. He then went on to stow
the personality and distinct agency bf the Holy Spirit in
the conversion of sinners, and concluded with an affection.
ate appeal to the hearts of his hearers. The attcndan ce was
large, and the service throughout most interestinc. The
musical portion was beautiful, aided as it was by Mr.
Cooper's skilful manipulation of the most beantif al organ.
We understand that these services will be continued' for
several Sundays, with the sanction of the Rev. 41. Jackson,
the vicar,