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TO THE KING IN COUNCIL. 297
-cription, relative to, allied, or Friendly Native Powers,
their Ministers, or Representatives.
(4th). Defamatory or contumelious remarks of offen-
sive insinuations lavelled against the Governor-General,
the Governors or Commanders-in-Chief, the Members
of Council, or the Judges of His Majesty's Courts at any
of the Presidencies, or the Bishop of Calcutta, and pub-
lications of any description, tending to expose them to
hatred, oboloquy or contempt, also libellous or abusive
reflections and insinuations against the Public Officers of
■Government.
(5th,) Discussions having a tendency to create alarm
or suspicion among the native population of any intended
official interference with their religious opinions and
observances, and irritating and insulting remarks on their
peculiar usages and modes of thinking on religious
subjects.
(6th.) The republication from English, or other
papers, of passages coming under the foregoing heads.
(7th.) Defamatory publications tending to disturb the
peace, harmony, and good order of society.
(8th.) Anonymous appeals to the Public, relative to
grievances of professional or official nature, alleged to
have been sustained by public officers in the service of
His Majesty or the Honourable Company.
This Copy of the Restrictions will be authenticated by
•the annexed Copy, (No. 5.)
1 5th. The above Restrictions, as they are capable of
being interpreted, will in fact afford Government and all
its Functionaries from the highest to the lowest, complete
immunity from censure or exposure respecting any thing
done by them in their official capacity, however desirable
-cription, relative to, allied, or Friendly Native Powers,
their Ministers, or Representatives.
(4th). Defamatory or contumelious remarks of offen-
sive insinuations lavelled against the Governor-General,
the Governors or Commanders-in-Chief, the Members
of Council, or the Judges of His Majesty's Courts at any
of the Presidencies, or the Bishop of Calcutta, and pub-
lications of any description, tending to expose them to
hatred, oboloquy or contempt, also libellous or abusive
reflections and insinuations against the Public Officers of
■Government.
(5th,) Discussions having a tendency to create alarm
or suspicion among the native population of any intended
official interference with their religious opinions and
observances, and irritating and insulting remarks on their
peculiar usages and modes of thinking on religious
subjects.
(6th.) The republication from English, or other
papers, of passages coming under the foregoing heads.
(7th.) Defamatory publications tending to disturb the
peace, harmony, and good order of society.
(8th.) Anonymous appeals to the Public, relative to
grievances of professional or official nature, alleged to
have been sustained by public officers in the service of
His Majesty or the Honourable Company.
This Copy of the Restrictions will be authenticated by
•the annexed Copy, (No. 5.)
1 5th. The above Restrictions, as they are capable of
being interpreted, will in fact afford Government and all
its Functionaries from the highest to the lowest, complete
immunity from censure or exposure respecting any thing
done by them in their official capacity, however desirable