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LONDON, MONDAY. AUGUST 9.

Tne Norwood Nunnery case—on which three
days of the Guildford Assizes have been wasted—
turas out • very shabby affair. It may not be alto-
gether useless to devote a little time and space to en
attempt to set the saddle c( shabbiness on the right
horse, or horses.
In the first place the case was brought into court
under false pretences. No reasonable person, who
has dispassionately read the proceedings, can for a
moment believe that the girl Hrsatrrr.t GKIFFITUS,
Cr her non appearing un, or absconding aunt, were
the spontaneous movers in the matter ; or that to
recover damages for the girl's lost eye was the
real end aimed at. They have been encou-
raged and supported by parties whose object
was to expo •e. abuses which they believe to
exist in the niinnety system. This raising of a
feigned issue—for it was no better—in order to
obtain a verdict of a jury that might be turned to
i other account would, n the most favourable cir-
cumstances, have been unwarrantable trifling with
the time of the court. But when the evidence is
examined, it really requires a large stretch of charity
to suppose that any. third party could conceive it
sufficient to substantiate the case. And in con-
aexion with this must be kept in view two ra-
ther remarkable facts. In the first place, the
aunt of the girl 0111171T118, upon whose evi-
dence • good deal depended, was not sub-
painted. It is alleged indeed, on the part of the
prosecution, that as it was understood she would
attend, the formality was thought unnecessary. Such
a plea on the part of professional men is utterly in-
admissible. The omission to subpoena this witness
does look like connivance at her evasion. Again, the
endorsing of the names of Cardinal WISEMAN and
Dr. AeniLLt on the same subpoena, does look very
like a gratuitous insult—corroborating the suspicions
that the whole turn of the proceedings excites as to
underhand "maintenance." MT. NIONTAGUCHAMBISILS
attempted to explain this away by stating that
six witnesses having to be summoned for the prose-
cution, four were put in one subpoena and two in the
other. This only makes matters worse. Since there
were two subrcenas, common civility required that
Cardinal WISEMAN and Dr. ACUILLI should not be
put in the same one. The conjunction of their names
was simply agrece of vulgar bravado. It does not
appear that . Acniu.l could give any ardor*
about the matter, or that there ever was any serious
intention to subporna or examine him.
On the other hand it ought to be observed that if
the action was brought as an indirect or covert at-
tack upon Roman Catholicism. it was met in the same
spirit. The address of Serjeant Silas to the jury is
simply a gloss or paraphrase on the short
text—We (the defendants). believe that this action
has been brought with a view to excite a prejudice
against our religion, and to prevent its effecting this
end, we meet the allertions upon which it rests
with • point-blank denial. This is fair and manly;
bat having taken up this ground, why did his Eini-
=see Cardinal Wistwatc sneak out of the way ? We
have frank.v admitted that the conjunction of his
name with that of Dr. AcniLLi in the same subponia
can only be regarded in the light of a wanton and
vulgar insult. But that is no reason why he should
keep out of the way to escape. a regular and legal
citation to appear as a witness in a court of
Justice. This, ashes we are much mistaken, is
Ma the first blames in which the Cutnimat.has
Isatrived to rade a citation to appear as witness in
as English caw= of law ; a line of conduct which he
meg /attar himself is simply an assertion of priestly
nt white nessmarily inspires English-
=PreC b
anagisiteis that It is adopted to escape the
Messasity of mating inssammisst disclosures. Car-
dinal Wazital may rest sward that every intelli-
gent Baglishmsa—whatever lie the church of which
he is a amain in the dignified re-
ef his conduct prenswesed by Chief Justice
rat s :
It was his *sal duty anii IMChYI Jamlist). taw law
essaty where the airs we as arm Isms de-
=severity ups ths etwlest Madwoman saris seta-
obureb, vas bat Mahn • porn mapper r
resew. B. bad Ingairsd aragralnitisa—sming drip-
pnkatiosi—of ames=• sem mum aow
thought Caramel was assiang ef; b..
sassy it was is biomass (sty of sway ma aft liar him-
self tip as jartge et whether •If es is Null aught In as
adraistrtios Milstein,. bat to be theism mar
of the law, eves shilingl It right be Intamonlant m him,
sad though bit right trim he know main of higseraso
see.eew thi! oar _

One7itierimlicatiOn of the seesaw is tibia the
Askew was get tip deserves tole suds. alia. It
was stated Izalti:revewitainees that throe gelatin (sae
if them net to the convent) bminesimpu
eisd the Bldg to the tiepins ekes to
Guildhei Or et triteness Mumma
Balsas) inure that the led sees the priest who
cane dews with thin es the merniag of her mini-
satins, hat had not spina be him i smother witness
(Maar MINE BANI 011) Mere that 0 the witness Bap-
ilea had spoken to the pint rat awning.
As to the real smite d the OM, they lie in a
autahelL There ammo to he ala Moan to gasped
the girl dallnrilltelhaVai dailbseatelyand bites-
Venally swots to Ihhalmogai = i Apt it s apparent
that her *widow essidee mekr amp thst have no
handatioa la that.
Mk Wei agpare to be
Oreeffibly volumbiel by inefela g ad it is so
-seesaws elnensames to led the side el pse.
sore se ahead eileband.ead their &pakten irri- '
WA to siva, that ashes time ekWevery act d
iateatioaal of botaleademel betoken, la ea exam
Med lisle. OA injure uy Amigos sr nasty mil
whisk they remove ac salmindel Main
grirkerfa‘espiet to the Wise is tinge et the !hewed
atabilinsat, net a shadow of sr pities nib ups
thine: isteatineel cruelty. They appear tease* tole
beasee lad at the sun time it toy be bled
whether they ss that solidity al jiteAmn mad
esemliii et temperer uplif to mirk Asa to
become what they inked to be. Likeimat ef their
elan they have learned to attribute sailelisporteass
to certain petty . fount ehisetraesso and to be m-
eeting in rernng empileaso with themes-at times
overlooking in their weal the detrimmad egret it
may produce on weak ommtkatima epealdng with
impartiality, there does appearto us to
ref:ice boat a good deal of not muldral &win
in the evidence of the three lake
It was very dank to pt direst and ex-
plicit answers Aim the. es mural pinta.
It was admitted that Ilanatarra Ofirmais had
sees at hest bees sablested to the pendants* of the
" trial chief but no peed= add elicit by whose
orders As had bass paaltbd. 9, the exact length
of time ales was saldested to k. The Superior pro-
faned great inane aid sinks for the girl, yet
admitted that she was glad to get her eat of- the es-
teliblmat, mad orallinsa Olt do had had leasane
to a masavra to prom* the NM frem astampay-
ing her aim to the ossihe. Wu Am= sire
frankly, confined that she la no great Oki far
the girl, who "Dever legend me with csaktienes."
Mies Foams admitted diet the believed assakarra
met ewe tine had net emeogb el meat r and that if
a alibi should 'Nebel be go to confesslia, she
" ineeld probably war It to mire* a
:jag
that manse. fen the whole eon& was
by thin well-amaning but weak woes,
to warrant the convietisa that though no wanton
cruelty wee aussind es linsiturra Clacruras,
kwase,
anbjenedr ham saperatitisas motives. to a
too dying tar ass al bar Mem health.
marlsi with die rather @Weft ainhatta of
de rilartarasa. that o inn ate 3'
abseil= Mires -is dusts lasekte tinserlso-
tibia aveabere an aria use then a
bashed—Wl/us and sighs together—enght to
imam ha MINS, sapperlsre to require men de-
tailed khemetka megaming the system pawed is
it tin bas lass Malted on the trial 1

THE ROTAL Win lIMY Nrir MAIL STIAMXR
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PARIS, S. as.
The Tripoli expedition has closed with Use sur-
render of the subjects claimed by France.. me
ilimilewr contains the following account of lb • pro!
endings of the fleet : r•
Despatches have reached Paris, dated thl3oth Mt, Ram
the admiral in eceamand of the Mediterranean squadron,
which announce the settlement of the differences which
had milled for the of the squadron before the walls
of Tripoli. Two rend deserters, it will be recollected,
had taken refuge in that plasm, and it was endeavoured to
compel them to embrace Islamises. They refused, and in-
voked the protection of the French consul-general, who
claimed them. Ono of them succeeded in reaching the con-
sulate, but having been dewily watched, he was, when leav-
ing it, pursued by the crowd, sad cruelly ill-treated. The
Turkish authorities only interfered ti pet him and hie com-
rade in prison, where they were detained in spite of the
'seri/cite rensonstraaces of our ettasslar agent. Such mani-
fest mistime/ the law of nations could not be tolerated.
On the 27th alt. the French squadron left Toulon for Tripoli
with orders to have the two prisoners given up, or to de-
stroy the town. On the 28th the squadron anchored be-
fore the piece, and a communisation took place between
the admiral and the consul general. The pasha left for the
interior at the very commencement of the affair. A sum-
mons was immediately sent to the audit, commanding the
place to give up the prisoners by sunrise the following day
at the latest. At seven o'clock to the morning of the 29th
no answer having been returned, the consul gene.al struck
his Rag and went on board the admiral's ship, followed by
several Christian &milk-, of different nations, who were
reeeived on beard the ships of the squadron. The mer-
chant vessels at anchor to the port hauled out of the range
of shot. The squadron was about to open its fire, after
sending a second gammons to the mudir, when, at nine
o'clock, the admiral was informed that the two deeerlers
were about to be given up, end at four o'clock an split of
the roudir brought them on board the admiral's ship On
the morning of the 30th the squadron put to sea. If the
regency ot Tripoli had not immediately given the astisfae-
ties demanded, our squadron would have maintained the
legitimate claims of France by force.
rhe Pattie gives the following account of the com-
mercial convention with Belgium:
The treaty of commerce between France and Belgium ex-
pires on the 10th of this month. During WWI months past
magetiatioss have bees going os between the representa-
tives or the two g meets for the renewal of the treaty,
with the modifications and additions of which time has

ietra;a7nTed the Qropriet y the miai.terial
crisis which has arisen in Belgians has net yet permitted the
the conclusion of a now treaty to be arrived at. UMW
them eircernetaaows, then is $ question of providing, by a
provisional convention, for the moat urgent necessities, in
such a way that the commercial relations between the two
countries shall not be interrupted. According to the in-
formation we ham received the basis of this provisional
convention will be that the treaty will be prolonged to
January neat ; that the French government lays down as a
condition sine god now of the renewal, the adoption of en
snide for the suppression of literary piracy; and that the
Belgian government accepts the principle of this suppres-
sion, but demands a compensation. As to the ratan of this
compensation no agreement haa yet been ante to.
The Martinis de St. Croix. Prefect of the Eure, in
a proclamation announcing that 20 elections in his
department, 7 for the Councils-General and 13 for the
Councils of Arrondissement, moat be repeated on
Sunday, describes the opposition candidates as per-
sons branded by the country and by society, whose
guilty manceuvres will always meet with the
contempt of the electors. The Prefect of the
Hants-Visnne tells the electors that be only 1
interferes out of regard for their dignity,
and not front any egotistical calculation, because
nothing can hinder the success of the government
candidates. The Prefect of the Stine-Infeneure, in a
circular to the mayors, exhorts them to stimulate the
seal (Ache electors and to hinder abstentions. The Press*

observes upon these measures that the intentions of
the executive are uniformly understood in the same
manner by all its agents, and that no government
ever had the tact or the good fortune to chose such
zealous slid devoted prefects. The system may be
criticised, but the thorough way in which it is worked
is beyond all praise.
The accounts from the department du Nord speak
of the harvest as unusually tine. The wheat and
cats pre spoken of as being magnificent.
The following advertisement appears in Oaks-
earl :

Ths Oeseas fatally, compelled by Its decrees of j,he
22. d of January, 1842, to sell .11 this peperty which it
passim in Frame, is at this mmussat sopped in disposing
of this property, which comets et (t-Ti, farms. parka,
forests, and woods, arable lambi, misnkmin. vineyards, mills,
brick and tile kilns, and /011041•8114 isemprising several
large domains, situated in tbs depormais et the Ibiise-et.
Marne. Hants-Marne, Allier, TiparDana, Crews, Loire
Interim% sad the _ _ _

The Prince President on Thursday_ visited the iron
works of M. Joly, at Argenteuil. He was received
at the entrance of the commune by M. Touzelin, the
mayor, and H. RioappE, • member of the municipal
council, who asked him in the name of the inhabi-
tants to have a railway established between Argen-
teuil and Ermont. The President replied that he
would have the question examined. The Prince
afterwards went through M. Joly's premises in every
part, and icularly admired a kinkiron for the
Pacha of particularly admired a kiak in Iro for the
Pacha of Egypt, the Floe of which is to be 100,000 f.
The Prince presented M. Joly with the cross of the
Legion of

PARIS. 811111DLT EVllNiltik
The mem& lloadmy M. Fosld's :catenation 1
albs hem been disinguisbed by a more
@measure than the first. This da week I Vet►
med the dimaimal of M. • and his ealhegues
firm the Conseil of State. To-day I have to ow
mew thm nimadin of the edict of Ono
against fifteen seambin of the National Assembly,
banished after die Nur Vied. The Monitesir of
January 10 eowleimmi two decrees of biudebieeett ap.
plicalie to the angtennhadves of the dineival legfe•
Wore. The Ist mmgrabendod in this seatsmee 66
leaden of the dosseerieparty. The mooed decree
was levelled mgdnet 111 ortbs most aminent political
men, to various parr% bat all
(0- lied by their actin buillity against
the goverment of Lars 111@pdana. Is the latter
dryad the renal. oadred In die ratio of Ilarn,
with AL Marrs and kie aseem* kWh.

Although the main impact et thus decrees was
eassatialt4thssanse, they were drawn up in very
dill eeet the Ant category being treated
with the of soedsmaird criminals, whir a
sort at delbsemee was mud towards the eighteen, as
if the greasatist wise Abbess of keeping a door
open lie tbik Mem end et rismandeg their sub-
arse. The iberossrzleired by the Yew of
to-day, which ems a mold et the proseriptiv•
downs of *burn the Mao ideation
of category. The Aral Ammo " aelletbso to Morn
immediately to Freese" eight of die *hem in-
cluded in the summed BA of yreaseittise. Them are
MM. Thies, Boma; Manlier darmarsoe, Cra-
ton, Chambollo, him de laitspio, Cieeseal Lade
and Anthony Thom*. Tom my rwarabit that the
decree banishing thee subset membereof thsAssem-
bly ran that they "waromseiselorilymmoved from the
territory of Francs aad Aigmbille the sake of gsnaral
security; and that they Meld re-enter the tern-
tories smiled by virtue d a authorisation of
the Peuldset." The semi in to-day's Mo-
niker "commas the lob disuses to reside in France"
pranowassd epilog masa imam at the 66 detno-
cretin rodeos above snsatirend. Thom are MM.
Michel Reseed, &guard, Joly, Theodore Bac, Bello,
Beate, and =Mk. _ _

The nanny of the essepenhe side by the 16 ex-
repreeentatives now slimed Mature to France is
not explained ; nor will the silleiel journal probably
disclose the exact motivaimmafer tang them this in-
dulgenee.beyond their in exile. We can
conjecture that a mere rigorous renuncia-
tion of all future interferon, with politics has been
exacted from the pardoned umbers of the Mountain
than M. Thies and his hinds would be disposed to
give. A simple romans on. the part of the
latter that they unlaughted so active hea-
-1 tility to the goraissasst is probably the only
condition ender whisk dopy Matt France. For
the net I immoaseml ma Una ago as generally ex-
, ...2 ..._
pence um perunhelen to return to their country,
which has new been sztemied to M. Thins and his
1 allies. The men of these are so well known in the
political world that I used seareely recall to the re-
collection of your readers sore than the lastest acts
of each. Although M. Thien rarely ascended the
tribune of the Legislative Assembly, and although
the number of biaimmodiato adherents wu small, he
was was the soul of the eppositioa against Louis
Napoleon. In his famous speech altar the dismissal
of Changarnier from the semimand 4 the army of,
Paris he has traced tumult the whets soma et his
I relations towards Louis Napoleon sisellhe leper be-
came candidate of the party of erase her the reel-
dential election in 1846. In the spiag of 11110 ht.
Thiers forced the reluctant Preeklint to put the
bridle on universal suffrage, and then passed
the dotation of three millions as a reward
for depriving as many Frenchman of the
franchise. The ex-minister of Louis Philippe pro-
fused himself disposed to support the republic, as an