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22 29 1799 (22 January) Satirical poster opposing the Act of Union. ‘This present Evening, Tuesday the 22d January, will be represented at the ROYAL CIRCUS, FOSTER-PLACE A dramatic Olio, called The UNION, or IERNE DIVIDED’. Letterpress. Rare 15 by 7in. (38.1 by 17.8cm) Condition: Very good, light folds. On 22 January 1799 the Irish House of Commons was tentatively asked to consider some form of union. Two days later the motion was defeated, although it later passed in the Irish House of Lords. Estimate €800-€1,200 (approx £700-£1,040) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 29 30 1800-1815. Four documents signed by prominent Magistrates Recognisance for Philip Germaine of Lisnavagh, Carlow signed in June 1800 by Judge Tankerville Chamberlain of the King’s Bench who shared responsibility for the miscarriage of justice at the trial of the executed United Irishman Wiliam Orr in 1797. Chamberlain died in May1802. Appeal by Thomas Byrne signed by Lord Kilwarden (Arthur Wolfe of Naas) in August 1801. Kilwarden was Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in 1803 when he was piked to death on Thomas Street, Dublin in July 1803 after being dragged from his coach by supporters of Robert Emmet. It was rumored at the time that he was the father of Wolfe Tone. Deposition from Reverend Thomas Brooke signed in March 1815 by Lord Norbury ( infamously known as The Hanging Judge ). The deposition relates to the trial of John Hickey for the murder of Thomas Brennan. Norbury’s most famous trial was when he acted as judge at the trial of Robert Emmet in 1803. He continually abused Emmet throughout the trial before sentencing him to be hanged, drawn and quartered. Document referring to alleged murder of Andrew Kelly signed in July 1807 by Judge William Lord Downes who was appointed Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench to replace Lord Kilwarden after his murder in 1803. Following his death in 1826 Downes was buried, at his own request, in the same tomb in St Anne’s Church, Dublin as the aforementioned Judge Tankerville Chamberlain, his inseparable friend for many years.. 11.50 by 7.50in. (29.2 by 19.1cm) Condition: Mainly very good, slight faults. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 30