In another column appears the text of a new Order in Council designed for the prevention of seditious practices on the part of British subjects whereby the public safety, defence, peace, or security of His Majesty's Dominions may be prejudiced. Similarly, provision is made for the punishment of those guilty of publishing seditious matter. In addition to the punishments provided by the Principal Order in Council, or in lieu thereof, this new order provides that the guilty party may be ordered to find security for good behaviour or to be deported, thus endeavouring to punish the crime and to make provision against a repetition of the same within the jurisdiction of the Court. A more interesting provision is that which will permit of the trial of the accused—or part' of it—taking place in private; with the proviso
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