HC Deb 02 June 1823 vol 9 c609
Sir T. Lethbridge

begged to state, that at the suggestion of many able friends of the agricultural interests of the country, he would, with the leave of the House, withdraw his motion, which stood for Thursday next, on the subject of Agricultural Distress. He was most happy to notice the contrast of circumstances between the present time, when he abandoned his motion, and that in which he gave notice of it. The state of things now afforded a hope of great alleviation, if not the entire extinction of that melancholy state of distress which had so recently involved a large portion of those engaged in the agriculture of the country.