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SATURDAY.
New York papers to the 26th of August were received this morn- ing. They mention a rumour of a dispute between Lord DURHAM and Sir GEORGE ARTHUR, respecting an amnesty for offences in Upper Canada' which Sir GEORGE refused to issue ; and it is added, that Lord Dunstam was compelled to give way, his authority not extending to the internal administration of affairs in the Upper Province. Seventeen persons are now under sentence of death, and petitions have been forwarded to Sir GEORGE for a commutation of sentence.
The American papers anticipate much difficulty in the settlement of the Boundary question, in consequence of the uncompromising tone of the Legislature and people of Maine.
There appears to have been an affront offered to the British flag by the French blockading squadron on the Mexican coast. The British Consul at Tainpico, Mr. CRAWFORD, put off from that port in the sloop Gualpan, with some effects which he wished to place on board the British packet. His flag was hoisted on the sloop, and he himself stood at the helm, when the sloop was boarded by men from three armed French boats, who removed him from the helm, and insisted upon his going on board a French blockading brig. The Consul refused; and, after some difficulty, was allowed to proceed to the packet, and return to Tampico without further molestation. A meeting has been held at Philadelphia, NICHOLAS BIDDLE pre- siding, to take measures for establishing, in conjunction with English capitalists, regular lines of steam-packets between Philadelphia and the chief British ports.
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