By the Royal William steamer, which arrived in Liverpool on
Sunday, after a splendid voyage from New York in fourteen days and a half, some particulars have been received of Lord DURHAM'S viceroyal progress through the Canadas.
The Church of England clergy in Upper Canada presented an address, enlarging upon their own valuable services in the cause of religion, and their earnest hope and expectation, that by gently removing impediments to their success, the Governor-General would hasten the happy period when the " magnificent province " would be " filled with churches and congregations, and a nu- merous clergy, ever prepared to support the cause of social order, and to maintain their connexion with the parent state." To this address the Earl of DURHAM replied- " I beg that the clergy of the Established Church will accept my hest and most respectful acknowledgments for this testimony of their confidence in me. Euch a tribute, coming from so venerable a body, is most gratifying. "Deeply convinced, as I am, that states as well as individuals must prosper and deserve to flourish in proportion as their conduct is actuated by principles of pure religion, I shall always deem it a sacred duty to afford its ministers every encouragement in the exercise of their holy calling ; knowing from long experience, Mat their lives are scrupulously devoted to the practice of the tenets which they inculcate, and to the unwearied propagation of the eternal truths of Christianity."
Either our memory, or the Earl of DURHAM'S, seems at fault here. Or is any pleasant equivoque concealed in the phrase "pure religion?" Was it in his own county of Durham that the Governor-General obtained the "experience" he alludes to? Was Dr. PHILLPOTTS in his mind's eye when lie uttered this compli- ment? Surely the time was when JOHN GEORGE LAMETON and the Established clergy were nut such good friends.
At Kingston, in reply to an address, Lord DURHAM said, that when he visited Niagara, he had given orders for the effectual suppression of brigandage, and the immediate execution of cap- tured robbers. He had also examined the Welland and Rideau canals, and had written to the Government in England recom- mending a loan for the completion of those works.
His Excellency was, of course, well received on Mr. ELLICE'S estate of Beauharnois. It is a "curious coincidence" that part of his suite were in the steamer Henry Brougham, and that the "Lord Brougham and Valli" should be the name of another steamer in the service of the Government. At Coteau de Lac, the inhabitants of two seigniories, presented him with an address of thanks for the "heroic and merciful conduct so recently and so nobly shown to their unfortunate countrymen ;" and requiring in firm language the removal of their " feudal burdens." In reply, Lord DURHAM said be had already taken steps to insure the "practical reformation" of their grievances ; and thanked them for their just appreciation of his motives and conduct. A similar address was presented from the inhabitants of the seigniory of the Island of Montreal.
Lord DURHAM presided over the distribution of prizes in the College of Montreal, and was addressed by one of the boys in a Greek oration.
Mr. CHARLES BULLER and Sir CHARLES PAGET did not return to Quebec with the Governor, but remained at Toronto, suffering from an attack of indigestion.
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