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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 11, 1782
Page
4
A reflective poem in dialogue with her husband Siping beside a water mill. It contrasts smooth inner currents with foaming outward noise, using the mill's motion as a metaphor for wisdom and folly, friendship, and the dangers of courtship and wedlock. The verses explore love, pleasure, and the risk of empty promises.
In the Lords on Friday May 3 the Cricklade bill proceedings resumed with witnesses. The Duke of Richmond pressed to ask whether a general report claimed bribery and corruption at Cricklade in the last election, but the Lord Chancellor objected. A division ruled 20 to 17 against the question. Proceedings paused at seven thirty. On Monday May 6 the Contractors bill was further considered with amendments and postponed to Thursday.
House debates on restraining Sir Thomas Rumbold and Perrin from leaving the kingdom. A clause secures 100,000 pounds in fureties and makes aiding their escape a felony. Middlesex election issues expulsion and rights of recall vs parliamentary privilege. Finance reforms proposed to reduce civil list and staff expenses.
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