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EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
Societies was the protection of both classes of animals, they 
should be advocates of peace, otherwise they would be de¬ 
viating from the principles they professed, as by the doc¬ 
trines of the Christian religion the horrors of war were de¬ 
nounced as the greatest of calamities. That the two most 
enlightened nations on the face of the earth, consequently, 
should support these doctrines. That if wars were, in certain 
cases, considered necessary evils, as the forerunners of per¬ 
manent peace, they should be submitted to—as, for instance, 
that in which both their nation t were then co-operating for 
the introduction of humanity and civilization, and commer¬ 
cial relations with the Chinese, or the recent wars of their 
Emperor for relieving the Italians from the oppressions and 
cruelties to which they had been so long subjected. A per¬ 
manent peace was, therefore, what the Emperor evidently 
had in view, when he declared the Empire to be the emblem 
of peace. As the majority of that meeting was composed of 
the fair sex, he had no doubt they would concur in this view 
of the case, as, although not exposed to such immediate 
dangers in the field, their sufferings were of a more pro¬ 
tracted nature. When a man’s life ended, his sufferings here 
ended also, whereas those of mothers, wives, and daughters 
only then commenced. The influence of that sex should, 
therefore, be constantly exercised in favour of that perma¬ 
nent peace by which the tranquillity and prosperity of all en¬ 
lightened nations would be best consulted. 
“The applause which accompanied these sentiments drew 
tears from several of the ladies present, who had evidently 
experienced in the late wars the losses adverted to. * God save 
the Queen’ was then played by a military band in attend¬ 
ance, and the meeting shortly afterwards broke up. We 
may add that the feeling of the meeting, which was crowded 
to suffocation, was decidedly in favour of peace.” 
We hope to be able soon to report the favourable results 
arising from this interview between the two Societies. 
