- An ordinance of sixteen articles has been issued b
Commission appointed for the suppression of the e orders in the circle of the Rhine. The nature of the off
the character of the offenders may be guessed from the penalties-
., Every person having knowledge of plots against the safety of the state, is bound amder severe penalties to giwnotiee in twenty-four hours. -Illegal associations are prohibited; and those who lea their houses for such meetings shall be punished at. Lording to the law. " Ecclesiastics who shall blame the laws or the actions of the Government in public assemblies, or in the exercise of their functions, or shall invite disobedience to the authorities, shall be punished according to Article 200 et seq. of the Penal Code, inde- pendently of the penalty that may be inflicted on them by their superiors.. The constitutional edict on the lihert y of the press shall be strictly enforced, and all seditious writings proceeded against with all the rigour of the laws."
That press !—what, in these dull days of peace, would kings and those in authority do without it ? It is their meat and drink to regulate its wanderings.
