The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-01 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

The following commissions have been signed:
Lient.•Cul. William Holme Sumner to be Colonel of the
bit Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia, vice James Bogle
Delap, 4ecrascd.
Charles Thornton Dueshury to ho Ensign, East York
Militia, vice Colin Watson, re,igncd.
William Henry Ward to be Ensign, East York, Tire John
Smith, deceased.
. . . .

John ',Liner to be Surgeon, East York, vice Matthew
Chalmers, deceased.

THE QUEEN'S PROGRESS TO SCOTLAND.

BALLOONING \VIM ANIMALS.

PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE.
Yesterday the Secretary. of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals renewed, at the West-
minster Police Court, the application for a summons against
the manager of Cremorne Gardens, which he had unaoc-
neurally urged at Hanamenimith the day before.
Mr. Thomas said his first application had reference to the
balloon ascent which took place at Crenturne on the 23rd of /
August, when a M. Poitevin went up on the buck of a pony
suspended from the machine, and carried it so hanging to
Wimbledon. He asked that a summons might issue against
Mr. Simpson, the manager of Cremorne, and M.
Poitevin, the find for permitting nod the second
for perpetrating this act of cruelty. He relied
on the 12th and 13th Vict., cap. 92, which enacted "Roily
person shall cruelly beat, ill-treat, overdrive, abuse, or tor-
ture, or shall cause or procure to be cruelly batten, ill-
treated, ill used, or tortured," he should he liable to the
penalties prescribed in the statute. He considered that the
words " ill.treated," "ill-used," or "tortured," applied
to the case, as he had professional evidence to show that
the animal suffered much tinder the hands of the parties
complained of. The proprietor of the gardens increased his
prices, and made a large profit by the exhibition. His
attention was drawn to the cruelty of the proceeding of
animals being ill•used in this manner, and hi• reply was.
that he was under a heavy hood to allow the aeronaut to
make a certain number of ascents.

In reply to tl;;magiSivite,-../ir. Thomas said that Mr.
Sinipsou was present and directed the ascent. Coder the
second se. tons of the act any person t ngsged in the cruelty
war. clearly liable.
Mr. Harry Dew., of Dukc.strect, Malichester.siluare
veterinary surgeon, deposed that a horse must suffer
from the treatment described. It was one of the grossest
cases of cruelty ever Ilitnesaed. The weight of the animal
and that of its rider was supported by strings, by which
the animal was suspended.
Mr. Arnold—You consider, then, it would suffer much.
Mr. Dews—Decidedly ; because it's an unnatural posi-
tion to be suspended in either in health or deoase. A horse
SO suspended would suffer more than • human being. Thu
moment the feet were off the ground the whole weight
would he concentrated at the posterior and luter.or parts of
the abdomen.

Mr. Thomas—Mr. Green, the aeronaut, has been up on a
horse; bat, owing to the system adopted to convey it, tko
complaint made in Monsieur Poitevin's case did not arise.
Mr. Greco hail a platform on which the horse stood, but
here the poor animal not only has to bear its own weight,
but that of its rider, without anything to pat its feet upon.
Mr. Arnold—You say Mr. Simpson was present; was he
doing anything ?
Mr. Daws—lfe was superintending and giving direc-
tions respecting the ascent, and said, " Dosi't let it go up
till seven o'clock."
Mr. Arnold (to Mr. Thomas)—Take your summonses.
Mr. Thonias—l also apply fur pummonsca against the
same parties, including Madame Poitevin, for making a
similar ascent on the 26th ult. On that occasion she was
on the horse, the husband being in the car.
Mr. Arnold—You can have them.