Trails 1832 (1 results)

Hardcover. 8vo. 21cm, folding frontis, in contemporary half calf and marbled boards, red leather label, upper spine panel ink stained, ms paper label remnants, shelf wear on the board marbling, expertly restored, very good to fine condition. (Ids) A series of legal pamphlets, both criminal and administrative, pertaining to Ireland in 1832. The era of the Irish Reform Act 1832, an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the election laws of Ireland. Note - v1. - The Duke had been since 1817 Grand Master of the Irish Orangemen, and he was accused of making use of this position to pose as the defender of Protestantism, and to tamper with the loyalty of the Army. These accusations were only set at rest by the Duke's categorical denial, and by the assistance he rendered in suppressing the whole of the Orange Societies at the request of the government. (DNB). Joseph Phillips, a radical and supporter of the 1832 Reform Bill, took the opportunity of the Duke's unsuitable opposition to the same bill, to publish an attack that included the accusation that the Duke was responsible for the death of his servant, Sellis. For this Phillips was jailed.