Places, he said, situated in the midst of a population, which consisted of two hundred thousand persons. He regretted to add that these Petitions complained of great distress, and were accompanied by statements to a similar effect from many parishes in the neighbourhood.

HC Deb 26 March 1830 vol 23 c921

By the Marquis of BLANOFORD, on the subject of Distress, from the inhabitants of Norton.—To be printed. Against the opening of the Beer Trade, by Mr. LITTLETON, from the Licensed Victuallers of Stafford. By Mr. WESSTERN from certain Maltsters in Essex, for Protection against the effects on stock in hand of the intended Repeal of the Duty on Beer. By Mr. DUGDALE, from Owners and Occupiers of Land in the neighbourhood of Alcester, in Warwickshire, praying for a Repeal of the Malt and Beer Taxes.