Between 1767 and 1769, the island suffered food supply shortages due to corruption from the ruling classes, which led to insurrection from the populace. On 28 September 1769, men from the northern parishes marched into town and rioted, including breaking into the Court House in a threatening manner. The protestors demands included reductions in the price of wheat and tithes, as well as the abolition of the (the feudal right of the Seigneur to every twelfth sheaf of corn), the banishment of all aliens and the complete withdrawal of charges against Fiott. The new Acts were proclaimed that Saturday.:197-8