What was the orthodox response to these regulations.
In Dresden? I doubt there was one. He was the Chief Rabbi there.
It looks like the decree applies to all of Moravia, not just Dresden. I assume that there was an Orthodox community somewhere in Moravia.
Sorry, I misunderstood your question. I thought you meant Frankel's modifications. Note to self: read the comment you're responding to.
I don't know about the Orthodox response, but I imagine most of these were tolerable. If they were ever enforced, then presumably by 1853 Orthodox rabbis were able to fulfill that 3rd criterion, either through education or fudging. I'm curious about Alenu and other prayers (item 4). The speech in the vernacular probably wasn't such a big deal because by the mid-19th century the spoken tongue was probably far closer to German anyway.
Apparently Rav Hirsch, who had studied at the University of Bonn, satisfied the 3rd criterion; he served as Chief Rabbi of Moravia from 1847 to 1851.
BTW, although the "It appears probable" footnote seems to cross-refer to the article about Moravia, Dresden was not in Moravia. As the first article indicates, Dresden was in Saxony. Apparently the cross-reference was made because in both Saxony and Moravia, there was a governmental suspicion that some Jewish prayers inspired hatred against Gentiles.
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