The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-26 00:00:00

CRUELTY TO A HORSE.

Mr. Thomas, from the Society for *Prevention
of Cruelty to Dumb Animals, arrived at Windsor on
`Wednesday, for the purpose of instituting the ne-
cessary inquiries, preparatory to commencing legal
proeeedinga against the parties who were guilty of
gross act of cruelty towards a valuable horse on Mon-
day last. The
,following are the particulars :—A
pony, between twelve and thirteen hands high,
was matched against a bay cob, nine years old,
for twenty-five pounds a-side, to proceed from
London to Windsor, without any restrictions as to
whether the. beasts were to trot or gallop. The
pony was to be ridden, and the cob to go in har7
ness. The start took place from Dorset-square, Re-
gent's park, early on Monday morning, the route
being through Hounslow, Crawford-bridge, Lang-
ford, Colnbrook, Langley, Broom, and Datchet,
to the New Inn, at Windsor, where the
pony arrived shortly after eight o'clock, about 200
yards in advance of the horse in harness, performing
the distance (between 23 and 24 miles) in one hour
and twenty-four minutes, at the rate of upwards
of seventeen miles an hour. The pony, although
considerably distressed, was sufficiently recovered,
after a short rest, to be taken to Slough, to
be conveyed from thence to Paddington by the
Great Western Railway. The cob, however, was
in a most dreadful • state, upon its arrival at the New
Inn ; and after lingering from eight o'clock until
half-past twelve, it expired in the greatest torture.
Some. idea may be formed of the cruelty practised to-
wards the unfortunate, animal, when it .is stated that
the chaise it had to drag, for nearly twenty-four
miles, weighed between 7 and 8 cwt., and this, in
addition to its unfeeling driver, and its harness, brought
its' load up to nearly half a ton. Throughout its
whole journey it was not once pulled up, but was
urged on, at full gallop, nearly all the way from town.
The owner slept at Windsor on the preceding night,
but left the next morning at eleven o'clock, leaving
orders with his groom to take his horse to
town that afternoon. It died, however, as we
have before stated, and its carcase was disposed of
yesterday, to a person from Colnbrook. The gig,
a heavy-wheeled old-fashioned. Dennett, was
sent for, and delivered up this morning. Notwith-
standing the inquiries which have been made by Mr.
i Thomas during •the day, assisted by the police,
agreeably to the orders of the magistrates, the names
of the parties implicated in this disgraceful affair
have not yet been discovered. Mr. Headeraon, the
' veterinary surgeon, who was called in to bleed and
administer a drink to this murdered animal, was told
to apply for the amount of his charges to Mr. Hyatt,
No. 16, John-street, Edgware-road. From the clue
which has been obtained, there is very little doubt
that *all the parties connected with this disgraceful
affair will be discovered and proceeded against. We
may obserVe that the poor beast had a deep .sand
crack in its off fore foot, and that both its hind legs
j had been fired. The Society is determined to use
every evertion to bring the guilty parties to justice.

THE ROYAL AVIARY AT WINDSOR -ATTEMPTED
ROBBERY OF TIER MAJESTY'S FAVOURITE FOWL:3.-11er Ma-
jesty's aviary, in the immediate vicinity of the Royal
dairy, in the Home-park, at Windsor, which is stocked
with a most valuable and rare collection of fowls, pigeons,
and other birds of extreme rarity, was attempted be
broken into on Sunday night by a parcel of vagabonds, who
were fortunately discovered before they had purloined
any of the property on the premises. It appears that. Mr.
Walters, poulterer, of the High-street, Windsor, who has
the entire superintendence of the Royal aviary, and who
resides in a cottage near to the spot, had not left more than
a few minutes, when his' son, hearing a noise in that
part of the premises opposite to the Home-park, look-xi
through the window of the Queen's room, and saw distinctly
two men in the act of endeavouring to force open the gate
of that division, which contained the rare Cochin China fowls.
He immediately gave an alarm, when his father and others
aline to his assistance. The men instantly made off into the
Park. leaping the rails; one taking the road to Datcbett,
and the other makin off in the direction of Frogmore. A
fierce dog, of powerful size, kept on the premises, belonging
to Mr. Walters, was sent in pursuit of the thieves; but
on getting up to one of them, it ran along by his side
across the Park, without attempting to attack him.
There is no doubt from the dog suffering the
men to enter upon the premises without making
noise, and from his subsequent movements, that some
drug had been administered to it by the thieves. The
animal has not been well since the affair occurred. Upon
examining the aviary, the marks of a jemmy were discovered
close to the locks and hinges of five of the doors of the divi-
sions, containing the most valuable of her Majesty's birds.
A portion of the iron and wire-work, which divided the
several compartments, was found to be broken, and con-
siderably injured by the attempt which had evidently been
made to enter the premises by climbing over the rail. Mr.
Gillman, the superintendent of the Windsor police,. was sent
for the next morning by Major-General Wemyss, and in-
structed to use his best efforts to discover and bring to justice
the guilty parties.. From the great ease with which the pre-
mises can be entered from a portion of the Home-park, it, is
expected that, for the future, a strict watch wil: be kept dur-
ing the night. •

-THE HAGUE, APRIL. 22.—Their Majesties the King
and Queen, and the other members of the Royal Family, re-
turned to the Hague this morning by a special train from
Amsterdam.' They left Al'Titerdgm aboutleiCo'dock, iud
the journey was perfumed nt ore hour anti 35 rabutvs.