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    collect by whom . It was not in writing-Q . How long is it since you were appointed ? A . I do not knowj perhaps three weebs , or a month ; I should think not longer . Q . You have not said whether you are a member of the * Society for Constitutional Information . *'

    A . I must decline answering that question . JL&rd Aukland . Does Mr . Joyce imagine that question will involve him in any guilt ? A * 1 am certain , my Lord , that no question can involve me in guilt . It can be no crime to be a Member of

    the Society to which-the Duke of Richmond formerly belonged . Q- Were you in the chair at the * Society for Constitutional

    Information , * on the 11-th of April ; and did you at the same time make the following report from the chair ? ( See Appeh . C . Reports of the Secret Committee , April llth , 1794 . )

    A . I decline answering that question also . Q . Were you a steward to the Anniversary Dinner of the Society upon the 2 nd ofMav ? A . I decline answering this question .

    Mr . Pitt . Can that question tend to criminate you ? A . I imagine no guilt can attach to a person for being a steward to a public dinner . Attorney General . Certainly not .

    Mp . Pitt . Why then does Mr . Joyce refVise answering the question ? A . As far as I am individually concerned , I could not have the smallest objection to avow it ; but the next question might be , Who were the other stewards , ? to which , in honour , 1 could not reply .

    Mr . Pitt . By this mode- of conduct Mr . Joyce acts in a manner very different fpom any other person standing in his situation . Mr . Joyee . I am sorry for it j but I do not think it right to set a precedent of an accused man answering any questions . ThJ 9 is my only reason . Mr . Pitt . Do you know this letter ?*

    ? The following is , I think , an accurate copy of the letter alluded to : Dear Citizbn , ^ h \ % Riornipg * , at « i * o ' clock , Citizen

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    A . I decline amwertng that cuestion . Lord Loughborough . Let Mr . Joyce read it himself { the letter given to him ) . Q . Do you know that letter , Sir ? A . 1 must decline giving any answer to that question .

    Lord Loughborough . Does 3 Vfr . Joyce know what the latter part of that letter may mean ? A . The meaning may be perfectly simple , and perfectly innocent . Mr . Dunaas . He ought to be told the consequences .

    Lord Longhborough . Mr . Joyce ought to know that he stands upon the brink of , and therefore , in justice to himself , he wi ? 2 answer whether this letter is his , or ? iot ? A . I must decline answering this and all other questions , for the reason already stated .

    Mr . Pitt . It is not our business to advise Mr . Joyce ; but he should well consider , whether , for his own sake , he should not answer this question . A . 1 much doubt , whether , at this

    time , it be prudent in any man to acknowledge hi « own hand-writing ; as some things have lately been punished which , ten or twelve years back , would have been esteemed highly meritorious . *

    Mr . Dundus . And what at that time might be meritorious , may now deserve punishment . A . It may be so ; but I do not understand it . I + ord Loughborough . If Mr . Joyce will not answer the questions which are put to frim he must withdraw . "t

    Hardy was arrested by an order from the Secretary of State . They took every thing " they could lay their hands on . Qnery , Xs it possible to he res ^ dy by Thursday next ? J . H . Toofce , Esq . Your * , J . Joycb . Wimbleton *

    # This an&wei * \ w& p . dtreet allusion to the case of Mr . HoU * who , for reprinting an Address originally published by the Associations , of which Mr . Pitt and the Duke of RichntojEk 4 were membera , was sentenced to two ycajra' imprisonment in N « wg > ate , and a heavy fine .

    See a Yery spirited pamphlet , entitled , " A Vindication » f the i * ri » cipl « s , &c . of tta Printer af the Newark Herald , by Paniot Holt . ^ f « A oAw * imprisonment of si * months has not induced me to regret my eoadtt ct before the Privy Council . T * »« fc » H to a

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    700 Memoir of the late Rev . Jeremiah Joyce .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1817, page 700, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2471/page/4/