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VIENNA, AUG. 3.

The Courier Francais, of 26th July, gives some de-
tails of the intended expedition to Greece, which it says
" is designed for the execution of the treaty of Gth July,
to expel Ibrahim Pacha and to put an end to the rage
which this Arab Chief, who is less warlike than tierocious,
exercises on the remnants of the unhappy Greeks."

On this passage the Austrian Observer makes the fol-
lowing observations :
" The latest accounts from Greece say nothing of this;
on the contrary, a letter from !ante, of July 3, says
accounts coming from good authority, which have been
received here from the opposite coast of the Mores,
namely from Clarenza and Katakolo, say that the•treops
of Ibrahim Paella conduct themselves in the most peaceable
manner, and detachments of them frequently come to the
above-mentioned towns, and others to purchase provisions,
which they receive and punctually pay for, and in ge-
neral behave as if they were old friends of the Greeks :
in consequence of this, a considerable number of Greeks
from the illofea, who had taken refuge here, have already
returned thither, and are daily followed by others of their
countrymen.'"
VIENNA, AUG. 4.
Metalliques, 93 ; Bank Shares, 1,065 i.
SAXE WEIAIAIL, AUC. 5.

The Grand Duke has convoked an extraordinary Diet for
the 10th of August, in which he will receive the homage
of the estates, and at the same time to express his own
sentiments, and his determination to honor, maintain, en-
courage, and protect all the works and institutions of his
late father.

The Nuremburg Correspondent, of the Bth
inst., contains some observations on the Turkish
Cavalry and Infantry, as well as the plan of the
campaign, which seem to merit attention from
their apparent correctness :

FROM THE DANUBE, .AUG. 2.

According to a letter written by a European Minister
at Constantinople, who is a competent judge of military
matters, the Turkish cavalry still maintains its high cha-
racter. It ie well mounted and exercised, and the ►nore
able to contend with the best European cavalry, as im-
provements in the mode of performing its evolutions have
unquestionably been introduced with success, at least in
those corps which the writer has seen exercised and re-
viewed at Constantinople. On the other hand the letter
gives a very unfavourable account of the Turkish infantry,
even of that organised on the new system. The statements
of the writer not only throw light on the recent operations,
but also afford some data, which may be assumed as
basis on which to form an opinion respecting the fur-
ther progress of the campaign. The Turks, as may be
conjectured, will nut risk a general engagement, but con-
fine themselves to the defence of their fortresses and strong
positions, endeavouring at the same time to interrupt as
much as possible the communications of the invading army.
It is therefore probable that the advance of the Russian
army to the Turkish capital will be but slow, and that this
object of its operations, if such really be its object, not be
so soon attained as many at fret believed.

The following is from a Morning Paper, which
considers nothing too great for its credulity in all
matters touching " Church and State," on the
right side of the question. The dismissal of the
Duke of CLARENCE has startled even the wor-
shippers of Baal, and they try to mystify the affair
the best way they can, but the thing wont do•

Here followsthepexagraph of 44 Yes," and' No,"
as the weathercock may point its destiny:—
"We have authority to state that the as
sertions in the Papers of yesterday, relative
to the cause of the resignation of the office
of Lord High Admiral by the Duke of CLA-
RENCE, are ntterlll vlAunded. Beyond
this positive contradiction we deem it un-
necessary at present to say anything more, than
that as soon as the resignation shall have keen
formally accepted by his MAJESTY, we shall
have no hesitation in speaking openly and fully
upon the subject."

The Official Gazette of Martinique, of the
11 th f June, cc,ntains a Royal Ordinance,
abolishing the 12 per cent. duty heretofore paid
by Foreign vessels trading to that Island.

Among the various pamphlets of the day,
none has so much attracted our attention as one
addressed to Mr. PEEL on the present state of
the Catholic Question. It is professedly by
"an Irish Catholic," and certainly, from its
spirit, is well worthy' the serious attention
of all who entertain any doubts as to the pro-
priety of granting to the Catholic Body at large
that Emancipation which they so justly claim,
and without granting which the Government
of this country can never hope to rule over an
united people. The pamphlet before us views
this question in a light different from any in
which it has been hitherto surveyed. Its
object is to prove, that in Catholic times the
POPE's temporal authority was as much limited
in other Countries as the opponents of Eman-
cipation could now limit it without totally sup-
pressing Popery. The laws of pro visors and
pra'munire were passed more than one hundred
years before the Reformation ; the first prevented
any interference on the part of the POPE with
Church livings ; the latter deprecated the intro-
duction of a Foreign Power into these realms,
or creating an imperium in imperio. If the
fact of these laws having been passed by Catho-
lics be not a security in itself; it is at least a proof
that there is nothing in their religion adverse
to any regulation that might be made for
the purposes of ensuring such a security. And
as Ministers have declared themselves disposed

to come to an amicable arrangement, it is
their duty to adopt measures to that effect.
For this purpose it is suggested that his 1V1.4
.1 ESTY should appoint Commissiouers during the
vacation.

'The author says that his great object is to
prove that Catholics, previous to the Reforma-
tion, were friendly to liberty and National
Independence. To establish this position ap-
peared to him of the first importance, as a
contrary impression seems to prevail, of which
he thinks it incumbent on all Catholics to disa-
buse their opponents. As a proof that the Ca-
tholics were friendly to liberty and national inde-
pendence, the author justly says, that if, while un-
controlled by a rival religion, they would not
suffer those principles to be interfered with by
the POPE or any foreign power ; how can it be
rationally supposed that they would do so now,
while professing the very same doctrines-, and
kept to the observance of them by the
vigilance—he might say the surveillance of
their Protestant countrymen ? Competition
or emulation, which are effectual in improv-
ing all other systems, are not without due
,Iltli4
effect on the conduct of religiou4napposed com-
munities. He endeavours to show that while
the Catholic religion was the only and national
religion of this country, liberty and independence
were upheld ; in order to prove, what evidently
follows a fortiori—that what a whole Ration
was not then—a part of a nation could not he
now—hostile to freedom and national indepen-
dence.

'We have not room for any extracts from this
interesting and able publication, but we may
safely. recommend it to the attention of those
who doubt, as well as to those whose minds are
made up, respecting Catholic Emancipation. It
will convince the scruples of the oue, and (we
trust) the prejudices of the other.