The Press.
London, England, 1853-10-01 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

THE CAST: or• MT !•;S CUM:INC:NAME has been taken
up in the proper quarter. Every etliirt that can be
made by the diplomatic agents of the English Go-
%trnment to obtain her release will be tried in the
first instance, and, if these do not succeed, it will be
time enough to consider the most appropriate method
of bringing the refractory Sovereign to reason. The
instant the intelligence reached England the cause
of the young lady was taken up in earnest by the
Foreign Minister, who has described the violence of
which she has been made the object as being "not
only contrary to the principles of the Gospel, but to
the spirit of the age." The most energetic directions
have been forwarded to Mr. Scarlett to procure the
young lady's instant release. Such was the result of
the conversation on Thursday between the Foreign
Secretary and Lord Shaftesbury, who accompanied a
deputation of the Protestant Alliance to Downing-
street, to request the interposition of Lord Clarendon
in this outrage upon a British subject. The public
may rest assured that the dignity of England will be
vindicated in a suitable manner, and Miss Cunning-
hame shortly restored to liberty.
THE DISTANCE TAHLEs, compiled by the police
from wind admeasurement of the metropolis, are at
length fixed on all the hackney-carriage standings.
Each table gives the exact distances in miles, fur-
' longs, and yards from the particular standing to all
parts of the metropolis and suburbs within the four-
miles radius in a direct line front l'huling•eross, and
the amount to be paid. This day the police attend-
ants on hackney-canine standings commence their
ditties.

A UENEUAL EVICTION of the Irish population
inhabiting the rookery near Portman-square was
accomplished on the quarter day. Eighteen months
ago notices were served, under the seal of Lord
Portman, the ground landlord, upon all the families
who inhabited this sink of filth and misery, but no
attention was paid by the people to the repeated
warnings they received on the subject. Everything
was left till the last minute, and on Thursday
morning the process of sminnary ejection was carried
out tinder the orders of Mr. Hardwicke, the surveyor
mid agent to Lord Portman.
FIFTY-THREE Pres°Ns have renounced the errors
of Popery in St. Paul's, Bermondsey, since the last
üblished account of the Blth of last July. Many
of these converts are highly-respectable persons,
and some of them rank .y amongst the gentry.
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THE ELEVATION or SIR .1. MATHESON, M.P. for
Rohs. to the I'tti•rage, is announced as being highly
probable by the Idli►►burgh 11"ituciw. He is to
receive the title of Lord Stornoway, and is to be suc-
ceeded in the representation of the county by the
burgh member—Mr. Matheson, of Artiross—who, it
is said, is to be created a baronet. It is further
reported that. in the event of these changes taking
place the Master of 'Lova will step into the Inverness
district of burghs.
Facitarrs To Tim AusTRATJAN Cot.oNaN have fallen
considerably, arising from intelligence that the
inn rket s were glutted with most descriptions of goods.
[ma thus causing shippers to pause for further
aceounts before making additional consignments.

A HAILWAV IX PRO.IECTEI) FROM LEWES To TUN-
mtiDnE and an influential meeting of land-
owners, traders, and others was held on Tuesday, at
%trestlel.l. park, the seat of Sir J. V. Shelley, Hart ,
M.P., for the purpose of promoting the construction
of the line. Mr. Giles, the engineer, lies already
surveyed the eountry. and reports favonrahly as to
the cost and facilities of executing the requisite
works.