AN AMENDMENT.

AT the time of the jubilee, 1809, a meeting was held of the felons in

Newgate to pray his majesty for their pardon and liberation on the

auspicious occasion. One of them observed, that it would be better, for

them and their successors, to petition that all felonies be tried in the

_Court of Chancery_.

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