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MANIFESTO OF
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NELLI.

CIRCULAR OP T.41/44, PONTIFICAL GOVERNMENT TO ITS RE-
FRESEN'FA.TifES. AT FOREIGN COURTS.
• VALAcE oFTHE VATICAN, July 12.
Amidst all the apprehensions and anxieties occa-
sioned by the' present deplorable' war; the Holy See
had reason to :think that it would be unmolested,
after the many assurances it had received—assur-
ances with which even the King of Piedmont had
associated himself, fof on the advice of the tin-
peror of the French, his ally, he refused thedicta-
torship which was offered to him in the revolted
provinces of the Pontifical States. But it is painful
to state things have turned out very differently,
and facts occur every day under the eyes of the
Holy See and its Government which show more nd
more how inexcusable is the ,conduct of the Sardi-
nian Cabinet to Wards the Holy See—conduct which
clearly proves that it is intended tostrip the Holy
See of a part of its temporal dominions.
Since the revolt of Bologna, which his Holiness,
in his allocution of June 30, has already taken
occasion to deplore, that city has become -the
rendezvous of a multitude of Piedmontese officers,
coming from Tuscany and Modena for the purpohe
.of preparing_ quarters for the Piedmontese troops.
From these foreign States thousands of muskets
have been brought, wherewith to arm insurgents
and volunteers ; tannons, also, have been imported
to aggravate the troubles in the revolted provinces,
and to encourage the audacity of the disturbers of
order. •

Anotheiqaot,. which renders the refusal of the
dictatorship completely illusory, and adds to a
flagrant violation of neutrality an active co-opera-
tion in the maintenancenf the States of the Church,
is the nomination, Of the' Marquis d'Azeglio as an
extraordinary commissioner in Romagna to direct
the movement of the legations during the war; this
step; under the specious pretext of preventing the
national movement from leading to any disorder, is
a manifest usurpation of power which affects the
territorial sovereign of these states.
Events have moved on so rapidly that the Pied-
montese troops have already entered the Pontifical
states, occupying Torte Urbano and Castelfranco, in
which places Piedmontese Bersaglieri, and a part of
Real Nervi's brigade have arrived. The sole object
of this movement is to join the rebels in opposing
an energetic resistance to the Pontifical troops,.
which have been sent to restore legitimate power
in the rebellious provinces.
Finally, and to complete the usurpation of the
legitimate sovereignty of the Pope, two Officers of
engineers, one of whom is a Piedmontese, have been
sent to Ferrara to mine and destroy that fortress.
Such odious proceedings, in the perpetration of
which a flagrant violation of the law of nations is
manifest, in more than one point of view, cannot but
fill the soul of the Holy Father with bitterness, and
provoke in him a lively and just indignation, which
is rendered more poignant still by the surprise with
which he sees that such enormities proceed from the
government of a Catholic King who had.accepted
the advice of his august ally to refuse the dictator-
ship offered to him.
All the measures taken with the view of prevent-
ing or attenuating this series of evils having been in
vain, the Holy Father, not forgetful of the duties
incumbent upon him for the protection of his states.
and for the preservation in its integrity of the tem-
poral domain of the Holy See, which is essentially
connected with the free and independent exercise
of the supreme pontificate, protests against the
violations and usurpations committed in spite of.
the acceptance of neutrality, and desires that his
protest may be communicated to all the European
powers. Confident in the justice which distin-
guishes thes: powers, he feels assured that they
will support him ; they will not permit the success
of a manifest violation of the law of nations and the
rights of the Holy Father. He trusts that they
will not hesitate to co•operate in the vindication of •
those rights, and to that end he invokes their assist-
ance and protection.
The undersigned Cardinal Secretary of State,
conformably to pontifical custom, sends the present
note to your Excellency, begging you to transmit
it to the ecurt to which you are accredited, and
takes this opportunity, &c.,

G. C. ANTONELLI.

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THE FIRE KINGS.

At the Westminster police-court, a fortnight
since, Christiforo Buono Core, a fine handsome man,
the " Italian Salamander and Fire King " at Cre-
morne Gardens, was charged Kith attempting to
poison Francisco Filipponi, another Italian. styling
himself the " Emperor of Fire." The eVitlence of
the prosecutor went to show that the two-partook
of strawberries, rum, and. sugar, and that during
the time the prosecutor went out for cherries pri-
soner had done something to prosecutor's straw-
berries which altered the colour, and shortly after-
wards prosecutor felt ill. Upon this evidence pri-
soner was remanded upon bail, and on the second
hearing another Italian, named Davidi or Fabrini,
swore that the prisoner had told him prosecutor had
written such letters about him to Paris that he could
not enter France, adding, ",11e is not fit to live;
he must go," and had given him four bottles
containing poison (which were produced in court)
telling him to destroy Filipponi. Mr. Arnold then
considered the case so strong against Buono Core
that he remanded him again, peremptorily refusing
bail, but on the third examination the prosecutor
so contradicted what he had previously said, and
the evidence of the landlady of Buono Core so ma-
terially altered the features of the case, that Buono
Core was admitted to bail in a less amount than on
the first examination, Davidi, the important wit-
ness, having disappeared. To-day the fourth hear-
ing took place, and Mr. Wontner, as before, ap-
peared for' the prisonei ; Monsieur G. Guerin,
professor of languages, acting as interpreter.
The police having stated that the witness David'
could not be found, and that it was supposed
he had gone to Boulogne, Mr. Arnold said that
as the witness Davidi (the most important one, as
it was alleged prisoner had told him to poison pro-
secutor) was not present, that part of the case en-
tirely fell to the ground; the evidence of Filipponi
did not show that poison had been administered, and
therefore Buono Core was discharged. The libera-
tion of the " Fire King" gave great satisfaction.
Filipponi was their immediately ordered into dock
and charged with perjury, and with conspiring
with another witness to make a false charge against
Buono Core. For the assignment of perjury Mr.
Taylor, the chief clerk, read the evidence given by
Filipponi, which has already appeared in our paper.
The prisoner, while his own evidence was being
interpreted to him, frequently by loud exclama-
tions declared he had not said what had been taken
down as his testimony. To prove the perjury Mrs.
Charlotte Ellen Russell, the landlady, was called
and gave precisely the same clear evidence
as before. Christoforo Buono Core said—l am
engaged at Cremorne-gardens to exhibit a pro-
cess I have invented of passinc, through the
fire. When I first exhibited at Cremorne, I in-
vented a suit of clothes prepare,' for the exhibition,
and engaged Filipponi to make them. I gave him
board, lodging, and ss. per day, and some of my
dresses, but not satisfying me I discharged him in
15 days, and took him again on the 14th of last
Sune. On the 6th of July last he dined at my
house,
as he has frequently done before and since.
He bought strawberries and rum of his own accord,
and I gave part to the landlady. He and I ate
from the same dish and threw none into the cham-
ber utensil ; all were eaten ; Filipponi finishing.
He then went out to get cherries, but of his own
accord. Before he went out I put no straw-
berries into a glass. He. -went away about
half-past five, and afterwards I saw him again
at half-past seven at the gardens. He said at
dinner he would not go to Gravesend that day,
he would go the next, which he did. I gave him
ss. in the street for the journey on the 6th, and 2s.
in the house for something to eat, not for the straw-
berries, rum, or cherries. I did not go to bed on
his leaving. I had a quarrel with him last year,
when ~I sent him away. I had no quarrel with
him after the 6th, and on the 12th gave hint £1
and 16s. for his lodging. I never complained he
had written to Paris about me ; he can scarcely
write.—Mr. Wontner having said he was not yet
prepared to go into the case of conspiracy, stated
he thought it due, in fairness to Buono Core, to say
that he was not taken upon the charge of attempt-
ing to poison Filipponi, but directly he heard such
an accusation was out against him he went to the
police station, gave himself up, and insisted that
the matter should be thoroughly sifted.—The police
having said such was the case, the prisoner was
remanded till Friday, and Buono Core left the
court with his friends..