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History 31 1830 (16 and 23 June) House of Lords, Minutes of Evidence on the Boyne Peerage Claim. 2 vollumes. House of Lords Minutes of Evidence given before the Committee of Privleges in respect of the Petition of the Right Honourable Gustavus Viscount Boyne claiming a right to vote as an Irish Peer; in a clear, secretarial hand, marbled paper wrappers bound with ribbon, 16 June 1830 22pp; 23 June, 8pp. Under the Acts of Union in 1800, Irish peers were allowed to elect twenty-eight representative peers, each of whom could serve for life. The Chamber of the Irish House of Lords, located in Parliament House on College Green in central Dublin, housed the first election, attended by the peers or their proxies. The Clerk of the Crown in Ireland was responsible for electoral arrangements; each peer voted by an open and public ballot. The results of the first election were announced by the Clerk of the Crown and published in both The Dublin Gazette and The London Gazette. After the Union, new elections were held whenever vacancies occurred due to the death of any peer. The Lord Chancellor of Great Britain—the presiding officer of the House of Lords—certified the vacancy, while the Lord Chancellor of Ireland directed the Clerk of the Crown to issue ballots to Irish peers. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £180-£270) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 31 32 1832 Cholera in Co Galway, Irish silver salver presented by troops of 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment, in thanks to clergyman. A small Irish silver circular salver the rim chased with floral and foliate motif, engraved to the centre ‘Presented by the Non- Commissioned Officers and Privates - of Capt. G. Colings Compy. 64 Regt. - To the Rev. T. Medlicott - for his kind attention to - them during the prevalence - of the cholera - at Loughrea in 1832.’ Dublin, 1832, maker’s mark for R Smith. 6¼oz troy (195g). Diameter The European Cholera epidemic reached Ireland in 1832. Originating in India, the disease spread to Russia in 1817, Germany in 1830 and England in 1831. Estimates of the death-toll in Ireland vary from 15,000 to 30,000. The mortality rate in Ireland was among the highest in Europe caused by poverty and generally unsanitary conditions, the custom of visiting neighbours’ homes in the evenings, and the holding of wakes in the presence of the remains of deceased victims. The Galway Advertiser, Vol XVI, No. 27, July 7th 1832 reports that the epidemic reached Loughrea in the previous week. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £440-£620) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 32