The Hobart Town Gazette 26th Nov. 1825 p.3
The first anniversary meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was held on the 29th June, at the Crown and Anchor, in the Strand. Mr. Martin of Galway, made a long speech, in the course of which he said:-
“I must say, that it makes me blush to find that a greater love, or at least adherence to the principles, of cruelty, exists in St. Stephen’s Chapel, than in the bear-garden (sic.) itself. There is a regular set made there against any bill that I propose. Some of the Gentlemen there make it their boast, that they never did, nor never would support any of Mr. Martin’s acts. There’s the Member of Aberdeen, Mr. Joey Hume – he is one of them. But strange to say, no one has done me more good, than one of my opponents, no less a personage than His Majesty’s Attorney General.
The Burren and Beyond 