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Petition and Reform Debate in Lords on Public Distress
A London petition from the Lord Mayor Aldermen and the City petitions Parliament to address chronic distress through economy and retrenchment. The speaker opposes annual parliaments and universal suffrage, urges prudent reform within constitutional bounds, and warns that radical reform risks undermining the constitution.
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London
Wood
Amiens
Guird
Gheradon
Paris
Edward Staff
Granville Sharp
Edward TL
Edward Coke
Mr. Selden
Trever
Aldgate
Rutherglen
Scotland
Ireland
Earl Grey
Petitious
Corporation of London
Commons
House of Parliament
Granville Sharpe
Peregna
Weithen
Pera
Locke
House of Commons
Blackstone
Pitt
Lis
Earl Grosvenor