The intelligence from Quebec reaches to the 16th of August
, from New York to the 20th. There was no appearance of the renewal of disturbances in any part of the Canadas; and the buccaneering expeditions on the frontier seem to have been entirely put down.
Nothing new or interesting is mentioned in reference to Lord DURHAM'S proceedings; but the following statement, printed conspicuously in the Globe of Tuesday, has excited some attention— "No official letters have been received from Canada. It appears, however, from private letters, to be pretty certain that Mr. Turton has resigned the office which he held, and which he has been induced to resign in consequence of Lord Dot ham's having declined to be guided by an opinion which he urged upon him as to some part of his official duty. As the learned gentleman was appointed by Lord Durham in a private capacity, neither his appointment nor his resignation is of any public concern; although, like many other mares'. nests, it will doubtless be laid hold of by the Tories as a matter of state importance."
Nothing beyond this announcement is known either as to the resignation, or the rejected advice which is supposed to have occasioned it. The suggestion that Mr. TURTON was in the private employ of Lord DURHAM, is an obvious blunder. He was one of the officially-gazetted Secretaries to the Government, and a member of the Executive Council; both appointments being made by Lord DURHAM under the authority of an act of Parliament. Who ever heard of a private secretary giving his master " warning " because his advice was not followed?
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