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Distress Debate Focuses on Production and Consumption
Lord Erskine and peers clash over whether excess production or reduced consumption drives distress. Officials cite beer and spirits gains but corn and other staples fall, while calls grow for economy and tax relief. Debates reference war debts, currency issues, and agricultural petitions, with calls to avoid risky trade shifts.
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Excise
Rene
Ovey
Irelland
Eilenborough
Marquis of
Lansdown
Chambers of Commerce
Board of ‘Trade
Earl of Liverpool
Blarquis
Lord Erskine
Earl Liverpool
London
Seag
Taccaren
Agricul
Citention
House of Commons
Elizabeth
Saab
Wertford
Lord King
Earl Lopposite
Earl of
Liverpool
Swift
Gulliver
India
Earl of Darnley
Marquis of Lansdown
Earl Grey
Sussex
Curteis
Earl
England
Bjpenham
Lancaster