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THE STABLE. 



IT has been observed, that nothing can be a greater proof of the high 

 rank which the Horse holds in the affection and esteem of man thaij 

 those magnificent, as well as comfortable dwellings, which, in all times, 

 he has been at the pains and expence to erect, for the use and 

 gratification of his favorite, A most prominent modern example were 

 the celebrated stables at Chantilly, in France, built upon a scale of 

 grandeur and magnificence, and replenished with Horses and attendants^ 

 to an extent truly royal. But in our own country, in which affectionate 

 designation, I always mean, and hope ever to include Ireland, we 

 have not only equalled all other inodern nations, in the grandeur and 

 elegance of those dwellings erected by the opulent for their Horses, 

 but far exceeded them, in every point of comfort and convenience. 

 And this will be acknowledged as a fact no way dependent on that 

 prejudice in our own favor, which is supposed by foreigners so closely 

 to inhere in the characters of Englishmen. r 



But every former example of magnificence in this way, knowQ 

 among us, must yield the palm to the noble and splendid pilei of 

 stabling lately erected, and the extensive establishment of His Royal 

 Highness the Prince of Wales at Brighton. We had just reason 

 to expect this from the taste and magnificence of the Prince, from 

 his royal attachment to the Horse, and from his exquisite skill in that 

 noblest of animals, whether upon the turf, in the chace, upon the road, 

 or in the military manege. In this, always the pursuit of the great and 

 noble, our Prince emulates the most illustrious heroes of antiquity. 



This equestrian palace, forming one of the proudest ornaments of 

 Brighthelmstone, was erected under the direction of Mr. Porden. 

 The style of its architecture and method of construction seem to be 

 without precedent in this country; and the whole is deemed by judges 

 the most successful architectural effort which has been witnessed oX 

 late years. 



The entrance of the Prince's stables is from Church-street, through 

 a spacious and lofty arch, in the Hindoo style of architecture, leading 



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