The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-09-30 00:00:00

This commission, th*, called together, assembled
at Braunau, to try the following person', viz.
Joseph Schuderer, aged gg years, bore at Donauworth, and
a tradesman of that plaee.4.-ere,enr.
John Philip Palm, sled 10 years, born at Sc howled, resi-
dent at Nurnlaug, where he carries on the bookselling bu.i.
nem, under the name and firm of Stein—Present.
N. Merkel, innkeeper, at the Neckarsuins, us Wertemburg
...Absent, and did 11,4 appear before the Court.
Joseph Frederick Janisch, First Clerk of the firm of Sur-,
book•eller, at Aug.burg.4slastet, end did not appear before
the Court.

N. Kupfer, bookseller and printer, r.l Vienna, in i.ustria—
Absent, and did not appear before the Court.
N. Eurich, bookseller, tai Linz, in A ustria—,tbtent, and did
not appear before the Court.
The above were accused as authors, printers, and
publisher: of libels, that have appeared against His
Majesty the Emperor and King, and his armies,and
composed with a view to mislead the minds of the
inhabitants of the South of Germany; as they
tend to encourage them to sedition, insurredlion,
ancb,a ination, against the French troops, and
even to seduce the latter, and to lead them to dis-
obey ar.d forget their duties to their legitimate Sore.
reign.
After the Meeting was opened, and the President
had laid before him the order of the 12th instant, of
His Highness the Prince of Neufchatel and Valan.
gin, kc. containing the appointment of a Commis-
sion, he direeted all the documents, beds for and
against the accused, being 37 in number, to be
read.
The reading being ended, the President ordered
the guard to bring in Joseph Schoderer, one of the
accused, who was led, free and without fetters, be-
fore the commission, accompanied by his defender.
Being questioned as to his name, surname, age,
condition, birth-place and residence, he replied, that
his name was Joseph Schoderer, that he was thirty-
eight years of age, and that he was a native of lio-
nauworth, where he resided as a tradesman.
After all the documents which tend to convia the
accused, were communicated tolim. be was ques-
tioned by the President, by means of M. Himberger,
sworn interpreter, and the criminating documents
were shewn him.
The President ordered the guard to bring in the
other present accused, named John Philip Palm, who
was led, free and unlettered, before the Commis-
sion. Being questioned concerning his name, sur-
name, condition, birth-place, and resithece, he re-
plied, that his name was John Philip Palm, that he
was 40 years of age, that he was horn at Schon-
dorf, and resident at Nurnberg, where he carried on
the bookselliag bu►iness, unsier the name and firm
of Stein.
After the documents, produced in evidence
against him, had been communicated to the ac-
cused, he was interrogated by the President, by
means of M. liimberger, sworn interpreter, and
was shewn the documents on which he was con-
viEted.
The conclusions of the Reporter, and the defence
of the accused, having been heard, both from them-
selves and their defenders, and having declared that
they had nothing further to add ; the President
asked the Members of the Court whether they had
any observations to make? On their reply in
the negative, before the votes were calleEted, he
ordered the accused and their defenders to with-

draw ; the former were re-condtieted by the guard
to their prison ; the Reporter, Military Secretary,
and audience, likewise withdrew, on the invitation of
the President.
The Commission consulted together, with dosed
doors. Consider:ng that wherever there is an army,
it must be the first and principal care of the Chief

to provide for its security and preservation ; that
the circulation of suck storks as excite to insurrection
and murder, not only threaten the safety of the ar-
my, but of nations ; that nothing is of greater im-
portance than to check the progress of a doarine
tending not only to overthrow the rights of natior.s,
the respell due to crowned heads, and, in A-word,
all order and subordination ;

The cnmmission declared unanimously, that all
the Anthers, Printers, and PubTisberS of the abovr
m•ntionesi [Ads, must be considered guilty of high
treason. 0.1 which the President proposed the fol-
lowing questions :

I. Is the above Joseph Schodercr guilty of dis-
tributing and circulating the above-mentioned libels
against His Majesty the Emperor and King, and
his army, and against the allies of His Majesty the
Emperor and King ?
The votes being collated, the commosicn unani-
mously declared, that the above-mentioned Joseph
Schoderer, tra!esman, of Donatworth, is—Guilty.
r.. 1.. ab ,ve John Philip Palm, accused of li-
bels has distributed and circulated against
liis Majesty the Emperor, and his army, and

ag bust the friends and allies of his Imperial Ma-

j s:y, sci!ty ?
rtes colleaed, the Commis inn
unmi-
noudr &dared, that the sAiti John Pzliiip Patn,
hzoksener, of Nuri.berg,
3. Are the s.iJ N. li:Apfer, bookseller, of Vienna,