The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-19 00:00:00

A BRUTE.

les White-
.
KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES, Nov. 17.—Charles
rubbish
horn, a young man in the employ
an
acbarged by Mr.
the bench of magistrates this morniog,
for the Preven-
Forster, at the instance of ts'e Society .
inhuman
carter, of Ciaygate, was brought uopf.
tion of Cruelty to Animals, with the following
10th October defendant
treatment of a horse :—On the
Mr. Wood's brick-
field in carting bricksfrom.
was employed
Kingston, a distance of five miles,
field at Claygate to
and was in the act of l • eaving
He had made one journey,
when his horse, a
second load, poor old
Claygate with a
which bad cost only four pounds •
six
worn-out animal,
• sly, showed some obstinacy at starting.
months previously, .
having first broken his whip over the
defendant, a bric:ararant before
Thehorse placed a quantity of straw under its belly, and
Hag a lighted match_ set fire to it. The animal
uplunged violently, but defendant added more straw, and
kept up tive fire for a period of nearly ten minutes. The
hair was entirely burnt off the inside of the legs and bot-
tom of the belly, and the outer surface of flesh was com-
pletely baked. This horrible brutality was witnessed
by Henry Parker, foreman in the service of Mr. Wood,
and by several other men, none of whew interfered to
protect the horse from his inhuman driver, who actually
made a third journey to and from Kingston after the oc-
currence. The case was distinctly proved against White-
horn, and the horse had been been brought to the court
for the
magistrates' inspection. It presented a miserable
appearance, and was scarcely able to stand. The chair-
man (Capt. Terry) said the bench were of opinion that
defendant had been guilty of the cruelty charged, and as
no worse offence could occur under the act of Parliament
the extreme punishment would be inflicted, viz., three
moncbs' bar i labour in the House of Correction. The
bench had no doubt the foreman, Henry Parker, and
other persons shown to have been present, were equally_
A hope that
gt.ilty, and they regretted that a legal difficuoiftytbiemlat;
case prevented the committal of every . one
od. me. Forster
the House of Correction for a similar pl
the immediate dismissal of Parker wouldL
ci promised
,to
and conveythe It
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Colonel Francis Seymour (Scots Fusilierestopol baon the
Guards) has
left his apartments in St.
James's Palace for thecoast e
first
shell.
Devonshire, for the recovery of his health, which
eived
f
has
suffered deeply, and from the severe Wound he r
in the head in the trenches before Sebastopol
24th August last from the bursting of a
wound, and it was found
to be
of a more dangerous nature than.
at
been necessary to re-open the
Mr. Guthrie was consulted, and th
bone have been extracted. Col ree small pieces of
some very narrow escapes since onel Seymour has had
regiment in February last year be embarked with his
served with them in Bulgaria for the seat of war. He
present in every action, u and in the Crimea, being
by a bullet striking his His life was saved at the Alma
and ho was wounded watch while leading on his men,
the Crimea until at Inkerman, but he did not leave
trenches in Au after the casualty he met with in the
gust last.