CHRONICLE. 
Lords, I petitioned, the Secretary 
of State the 10th of this month, 
and have not yet received any an- 
swer to my petition, except that 
some person did come to the door 
of the room where I was confined, 
and said the Secretary of State was 
not in town, but when he came, 
my wrongs would be redressed ; 
but I have had no redress. My 
Lords, is the offence of which I 
am accused bailable?’’ Lord Ken- 
yon answered, ‘ It is.’ ‘* Then, 
my Lords, I have bail ready.” 
Lord Kenyon: ‘ The court can 
do no less than commit, you , to 
Newgate; if you mean to put in 
bail, you must give notice of your 
intention to the Solicitor for the 
prosecution, that due enquiry may 
be made into the sufficiency of the 
bail.’ Lloydthen came forward, and 
said he had some observations. to 
make. Lord Kenyon said he could 
not bear any observation... ‘* My 
Lord (said Lloyd) mine are to the 
point.” Lord Kenyon: ‘ The only 
point at present is, whether the 
court can commit you both. to 
Newgate; you can have no obser- 
vation to make that will prove the 
court ought not todo so.” ‘ My 
Lord, i’ll support ny observa- 
tions by authorities.”’—Lord Ken- 
yon: ‘ Take them to Newgate, 
charged with this information.’ 
Lloyd then exclaimed, “ Are these 
the boasted laws of this country?” 
To which Lord Kenyon answered, 
* The laws of this country afford 
protection to every subject, but 
are not to be trampled on by any 
man. Take them away.’—The 
Attorney General said, he did 
not mean to take up the time 
of the court a moment unnecessa- 
rily; but, that as a public allega- 
tion had been made of a petition 
being presented to the Secretary of 
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State, he thought it his duty to say, 
that on the day the petition was 
presented he had himself made en- 
quiry into it, and found that every 
allegation contained in it was whol- 
ly untrue. . They were then com- 
mitted to Newgate. " 
25th. Between five and six this 
morning, a terrible fire broke out 
in the house ef Charles Schreiber, 
Esq. in the occupation of Mrs. 
Warden, on Forty-hill, Enfield, 
which in three hours time destroyed 
the whole building, with the great- 
est part of the furniture. The fa- 
mily providentially escaped unhurt. 
26th, This day was tried before 
the judges of the court of King’s 
Bench, and a special jury, an in- 
dictment against the Rev. Richard 
Burgh, Thomas Townly M‘Can, 
James Davis, John Cummings, and 
J. Buorne. The indictment charged 
the prisoners with a conspiracy to 
demolish the walls of the King’s 
Bench Prison; and for that purpose 
introducing a large quantity of gun- 
powder near them. After Lord 
Kenyon had summed up the evi- 
dence, the jury withdrew, and re- 
mained for a quarter of an hour, 
and then returned, finding all the 
defendants Guilty. The defend- 
ants then immediately retired, and 
were of course conducted to New- 
gate, The judgmert to be pro- 
nounced upon them will be) the 
business of a future day. 
Information was on Saturday re- 
ceived at the Secretary of State’s 
office, that one or two Levelling 
Societies, formed inthe Borough, 
intended to proceed to Kennington 
Common, on Sunday, at noon, for 
the purpose of plantmg a tree 
there, and calling it the Tree of 
Liberty. Some orders were im- 
mediately sent to the war-office; 
and from thence a messenger went 
express 
