The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1859.

FIRE K I N G.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Will you have the kindness to insert the followin
in your paper?—

T II E

" Gaol of Newgate, August 9th, 1859.
" I beg. to inform the public that Frederick Smith Gonzalez
was the inventor of the composition for making persons in-
vulnerable in the fire; and Buona Core, who says that poison
is used in the composition, is wrong, as I have never used
poison, neither have I ever seen it used.
" FRANCESCO FILLIPONI."

that it was two hours before the endof the argument
that he had consented to the preliminary inquiry
being gone into, but positively objected to the
question of the seat being gone into.
Mr. Cariss was recalled in explanation of what
he had stated to Mr. Wilkinson about Mr. Rose.
The room was then cleared, and after a short de-
liberation it was announced that the committee had
adjourned the consideration of their report-until
one o'clock to-morrow.

HULL.

The committee reassembled yesterday ; Mr.

Puller in the chair.

At 26 minutes past five o'clock the case was
closed, and the room cleared. After the committee
had remained in deliberation three hours and
a half, at 10 minutes to mine o'clock the doors were
opened and strangers were readmitted.
The CHAIRMAN said,—The committee have una-
nimously came to the following resolutions :

" 1. That Joseph Hoare, Esq., is not duly elected to serve
as a burgess in this present Parliament for the borough of
Kingston-upon-Hull.
" 2. That the last election for the said borough as far as
regards the return of the said Joseph Hoare, Esq., is a void
election. _ _ .

" 3: That it has been proved befors the committee that
at the last election of the said borongh as many as 487
persons were employed on behalf Hof Joseph Hoare, Esq.,
and that 493 persons were *employed on behalf of Messrs.
Clay and Lewis as messengSrS, canvassers, booth clerks and
check clerks: , • • _ _ _ _

" 4. That of the persons tio employed bn the behalf of
Joseph Hoare, Esq., more titian 300 appear to have been
voters of the said borough, and to have received from the
agent of the said Joseph Hciare, Esq., in respect of such
employment, sums varying in amount from 2s. 6d. to £3 ss.
" 5. That among the voters so employed were the follow-
ing persons, to whom the several sums were paid which are
set opposite to their names.;"
The names of 25 voters are then given, one of
whom received 2s. 6d. ; one, ss. ; one, 7s. ; two,
10s. 6d. ; one, 14s. ; five, 15s. ; three, 15s. 6d. ; two,
£1,.25. 6d. ; one, £1 6s. ; one, £1 9s. 6d. ; three,
£1 10s. ; one, £1 lls. 6d. ; one, £1 16s. 6d.; one,
£2 3s. 6d.; and one, £2 10s: 6d.
" 6. That some of the said voters were allowed to con-
tinue at their usual work during all the time of their em-
ployment, and to come only at their dinner hour and in the
evening, but, nevertheless, were paid at the same rate as
those who had attended all day ; that some were so old and
infirm as to be incapable of rendering any efficient service ;
that some were paid fora greater number of days than that
for which they were engaged, and for a greater number of
hours than they were employed or in attendance, while
none appeared to have rendered any service for the money
they received.
"7. That it does not appear to the committee that any
such acts of bribery were committed by or with the kpow-
ledge or consent of the said Joseph Hoare, Esq., who showed
great anxiety to check any illegal proceedings in respect to
the said election.
"3. The committee desire to call the attention of the
house to the circumstance that Mr. 'William Henry Moses,
the election auditor for the borough of Hull, appeared as
went for the petitioners, and that he took an active part in
support of the petition, and that it appears to the commit-
tee that such a course of proceeding is open to grave objec-
tion."
The proceedings then terminated.

own power that which mast necessarily spring from
her taking part in a federal combination.
But the difficulties connected with Venice are
comparatively trifling when compared with those
arising from the position of the Pope. At the sum-
mit of this Italian Confederation is placed the
Papacy—the authority, as far as it can be disjoined,
not of the Pontiff grasping St. Peter's keys, but of
the Prince who administers the gift of Constantine.
We say as far as can he disjoined, for the whole
difficulty lies in this disjunction. How can the
Pope, whose spiritual interests are cosmopolitan
and universal, embrace and identify himself with
the exclusively national interests of the Federal
State ? He cannot identify himself with the inte-
rests of one Catholic nation in preference to those
of another Catholiq nation ; he cannot, as the
honorary head of Catholic Italy, become the ally
of Catholic France against even Catholic Austria,
because all Catholic States, we repeat, equally de-
mand his care. _ _

Here, then, we have a Confederation of which
one of the members will only exert an influence
directly hostile to the others, an influence which
the whole Italian nation has been endeavouring to
overthrow, whilst another of the members, if not
directly hostile to, is at least unable to identify
himself with, any purely national cause, simply be-
cause his office embraces all Catholic nations, and
cannot be confined to one. It is a question which
opens up political considerations far too momentous
to be summarily disposed of, but we do not hesitate
to affirm that the element of a Papal presidency in
the proposed scheme will either render it altogether
nugatory or lead to the necessity of including all
Catholic States as members of this same Confedera-
tion.-21forning Post.