The Press.
London, England, 1854-04-29 00:00:00

3rtiants.

THE petition against the return of the Hon.
Chichester Fortescue, one of the Lords of the Trea-
sury, as representative fur the county of Louth, has
been abandoned.
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DECLARATION against the
threatened legislation affecting conventual establish-
ments was published on Thursday. The names of
Dr. Dixon, Roman Catholic Primate ; Dr. Cullen,
Apostolic Delegate and Roman Catholic Archbishop
of Dublin; and twenty-three other prelates, are
attached to the document. It has been determined
to hold the aggregate meeting on Monday, the
15th of May.
A MEETING to denounce the bills of Messrs. White-
side and Chambers was held at Castletowndelvin, in
Westmeath, with Lord Valli of Harrowden in the
chair. His lordship's son, the Hon. Mr. Mostyn,
was also present, and took part in the proceedings.
The following are the more notable of the series of
resolutions agreed to :
"That the vote of the Under Secretary for the Home Depart.-
ment in favour of Mr. Chambers's bill, and the wilful absence of
many other members of the Goverunientlprove the insincerity,
the division, and the humbug of the Ministry ; and it has thereby
forfeited all claims to the confidence of the Catholic body or to
the support of our Liberal members.
" That, while we are most grateful to Lord Palmerston and
Lord John Russell for their able speeches iu the house, still it is
the opinion of this meeting our representatives should vote
against the existence of any Ministry that would not use its in-
fluence with heart and unity to fling out these nefarious mea-
sures."

ARCHBISHOP CULLEN has subscribed 10/. to the

fund for Mr. John O'Connell, M.l'.
THE Galway Packet states that" the London and
Limerick Steam Company's vessel Brandon, 250-
horse power, which is now being completed in
Glasgow, will be ready for sea about the middle of
June, when she will leave the Shannon for New
York with goods and passengers. The same com-
pany have also chartered another of the steamers to
the Government for the conveyance of troops, at
4001. a week.
THE Great Southern Railway Company has given
2001., and the Midland Great Western an equal sum,
towards the proposed Dargan Institute.
Mit. G. STANDISH BARRY, who had been ono of the
representatives of Cork county for some years after
the passing of the Roman Catholic Emancipation
Act, and whose estates had been sold in the Encum-
bered Court in 1849, was lately discharged as an
insolvent debtor. The chairman took occasion to
remark that, "if Mr. Barry's property bad been sold
last year instead of in 1849, he would not only be
able to pay off his debts, but be in very good cir-
cumstances. The property was sold for eleven and
a half years' purchase, whereas, if sold last year, it
would have brought twenty-five years' purchase."
The learned chairman added that Mr.puTy left the
court " without a stain on his character in any
respect, to begin the world anew as an honourable
and upright man." The case of Mr. Barry is by no
means exceptional.
AN EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY OF COINS was
made by a labouring man in the neighbourhood of
Coleraine the other day, while cleaning out a ditch.
He found an urn containing 1,937 coins, together
with 341 ounces of silver in pieces of various sizes.
The coins are Roman, in the most perfect state of
preservation, of the most antique description, and,
what is very singular, no two coins appear to bear
the same superscription. . The silver is composed of
a large number of weighty ingots and ornamental
pieces, supposed to have been used on armour for
horses. There are also several battleaxes, marked
with Roman characters.

Satu ant Volta.

Mons Mons, the eminent "receiver," was re.
examined on Tuesday at the Mansion-house, and
finally committed to Newgate to await his trial. He
appeared to be dreadfully dejected ; and the only re-
quest he made to the officers was, that they would
"take care of his old woman," alluding to his wife,
who keeps a stall, and deals in old clothes, in Petti-
coat-lane. The prisoner has three or four young
children ; and the cash deposited at his bankers' is
stated to be but little short of 20,0001.:

The stolen property already recovered remains packed in large
wicker baskets, in the vaults under the Manslon•house, and from
its varied character gives the place the appearance of an " Ex-
hibition." The prisoner rented his premises of a Jew cab-
proprietor, and from the peculiar construction of them they
appear to have been admirably adapted for the felonious purpose
to which they have, for a lengthened period, been applied. In
the course of the multifarious inquiries instituted by the police,
they have discovered that an organised gang of cabmen exists.
ready upon all occasions to assist in the successful plundering