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REVIEW. 
With pride may Englishmen exclaim, “our country led 
the way in this good work ;” and now, says Lord Hatherton, 
“In Jamaica there is a similar institution; there is another 
at Dresden, with a prince of the royal house at its head ; 
another society has been organised at Munich ; and we 
know, as was adverted to in your last report, that a similar 
society has been formed in Paris, and a law passed, known 
by the name of the Grammont ; and though it had not imme- 
diately the effect which was expected from it, it produced an 
association which is at length completely organised ; and 
only last April twelve hundred persons were assembled in 
Paris, at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, with the 
Minister of Commerce in the chair, and with the sanction of 
the name of the Prince President of the Republic, who has 
evinced a great desire to do every thing that is in his power 
to promote the internal improvement of his country, and of 
the French people. (Cheers.) That society solicited the 
attendance on that occasion of a member of your Committee, 
and Mr. William Adams Smith very kindly went over for 
that purpose, and addressed the meeting with so much 
feeling, that every paper of the press in Paris published a 
report of his speech at full length the next day. (Cheers.) 
I am happy, as connected with that society, to inform you 
that one of its Vice-Presidents — perhaps the more important 
because the elder of them — the Vicomte de Valmer, who sits 
on my left hand, and who has rendered important services 
to that society, has felt so far interested in our proceedings 
as to attend here to day, and that we shall have the pleasure 
of hearing from him what has been passing in France on 
this subject.” (Loud Cheers.) 
Monsieur de Valmer, w 7 ho spoke some time after these 
observations of the Chairman, threw some fresh light on 
the subject by informing the meeting, that the Society 
established in Paris had found that rewards to those wdio 
treated their animals with humanity and kindness had 
proved to be more efficient preventives than punishment of 
the offenders had; to be added to w'hich w 7 as the consi- 
deration, that the duty they thus had to perform was “ as 
delightful as the other (punishment) w 7 as painful.” 
“Let us not deceive ourselves, gentlemen,” said M. de 
Valmer, “more bad actions wdll be prevented by persuasion, 
and by the hope of recompense, than will be by the punish- 
