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gressions of man in this respect, in treating that part of His 
creation with cruelty, and in a manner in which He never 
intended that they should be treated ? I think not.” 
And, in another part of the reverend gentleman’s 
speech, he says — 
“ We will not allow a Society like this to be the object, 
occasionally, of those taunts and ridicule, which we hear 
from unthinking and unreasonable men. They may tell us, 
that such is the organisation of the insect, that he can suffer 
but little, and that he feels but little the pang of death. 
Our answer to that is that, however that maybe as a subject 
of physiology, this Society is formed for the protection of the 
higher classes of animals; those whose organisation is such, 
that the seat of pain is so highly developed, that they suffer 
pain as great as that which the man can feel who is endowed 
with all the faculties of humanity. (Cheers.) Therefore, w hen I 
hear persons attempting to throw ridicule upon a Society like 
this, and upon those w T ho contribute to its support, my 
answer is, 6 The object is to alleviate pain in the higher classes 
of animals ; to take aw r ay that cruelty w^hich is inflicted upon 
your faithful dog ; or upon that useful animal to man, the 
horse — which, we all know, are most susceptible of pain.’ 
* * * * These are the animals whom we wash to preserve 
from the cruelty and insolence of men, animals who bear 
unmixed and unmitigated pain, w ith all the agonies of mar- 
tyrdom, and without the alleviations of hope or sentiment.” 
We might with gratification and advantage multiply our ex- 
tracts from the interesting u Report” before us ; and to these 
we might add the recital of “ cases” tried at the various 
police courts — some of which are referred to in the Report — 
in illustration of the working of the Society: we can, how- 
ever, on this occasion, go no further than point attention to 
them as they stand annexed to the Report ; and simply 
add, in conclusion, that they will be found backed up by 
c An Abstract of the Act 12 and 13 Victoria, cap. 92 , inti- 
tuled An Act for the More Effectual Prevention of Cruelty 
to Animals.’ 
