C. Bagot's Speech from the Throne, i
retains office after the accession of the first
Lafontaine-Baldwin Government, i, 241 ; re-
signs office, i, 310 ; reason of his resignation,
ie
Rivers, his
ons to the ditor of the
e Rebellion he people to A1 Montreal, pposition, 11.
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eded by Mr.
alship, i. 70 ; aeen’s Bench,
rooke (town),
ment to the Mr. Prices
ji. 574.
, time of the
Councillor, à 1, 109, note.
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at of debate on confidence in opposes
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“Red River,”
+ rters a U. $:
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bpointed to the r the Union, 1, the ministeria ), 123, note ; his to Sir George ib,; becomes fterwards Pre-
ton by Sir Allan Kent by Joseph
ment, i. 241 ; re- { his resignation,
ib., 311, and note ; continues to support the Government, i. 311; supports Mr. Price’s resolutions, i. 350, note.
Hartman, J oseph, defeats Mr. Baldwin in North York, ii. 240, 241; seconds the proposal that Mr. Sicotte be Speaker, ii. 300 ; again returned to the Assembly, ii, 359,
Harvey, Sir John, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, entertains Lord Elgin, ii. 85; rumours as to his being appointed Governor- General of Canada, ii. 228,
Haviland, Thomas Heath, attends the Quebec Conference, on behalf of P. E, Island, ii. 445.
Head, Sir Edmund Walker, visits Lord Elgin, ii. 218 ; at Quebec, ii. 315; succeeds Lord Elgin as Governor-General of Canada, tb., 318 ; compared with his kinsman, Sir F. B.
Head, ii. 317 ; his past life, 1b., 318 ; his great scholastic acquirements, tb.; his personal appearance, ii. 326, note ; his conduct in the matter of Judge Duval’s charge in the Corrigan murder trial, ii. 335 ; his notification to Sir À, MacNab on the impossibility of maintaining the efficiency of the Executive Coancil, ii. 340, 341 ; accepts the resignation of Sir A. MacNab and his colleagues, ii. 341 ; entrusts Col. Taché with the formation of a Ministry, tb; points out the absurdity of the double-majority doctrine, &b., note; visits England, üi, 355; charges Mr. Brown with the formation of a Ministry, ii. 371 ; confers with Mr. Brown, àb.; his memorandum on the subject of a dissolution, ii, 372; Mr.
Brown waits upon him with a list of new Ministers, ii. 373; declines Mr. Brown's request for a prorogation and dissolution of Parliament, ii. 377, et seq.; indignation of Mr. Brown and his followers thereat, ii, 378, et seq.; denounced in the English press, ii.
379 ; prejudiced against Mr. Brown, ii. 379, 380 ; his conduct arbitrary, tb,; constitutional aspect of the question, #b., et seq.; applies to Mr, Galt to form a Government, ii, 382; who declines, ii, 383; at Mr, Galt’s suggestion, applies to G. E, Cartier to form a Government, 4b.; Ottawa chosen as the capital on his advice, ii. 392, note ; meets the Prince of Wales at Gaspé, ii, 402; burned in effigy in Toronto, ii. 403; again visits England, ii.
407 ; returns, and resumes charge of the Government, #b.; close of his Canadian Administration, ii. 417 ; sails for England, &, ; the Gilobe’s reference to his departure, tb., note ; his character, subsequent career, and death, ii. 417, 418; an unsuccessful candidate for Pontefract, ii, 418; Governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company, &b.; his book, ‘ Shall and Will,” 4b., and note ; his only son drowned in the St. Maurice river, ii. 418, note ; extinction of the baronetcy, ii. 418,
Head, Sir Francis Bond, arrives in Upper Canada as Lieutenant-Governor, i, 74 ; requests Mr. Draper to accept a seat in the
Executive Council, i. 70 ; also Robert Bald-
win, i. 75; his ignorance of the constitution,
i. 76 ; consults Chief Justice Robinson as to
Responsible Government, t.,; his arbitrary
pr b.; offers a seat in the Executive Council to Mr. Sullivan, who becomes his most trusted Councillor, i. 84; W. L, Mackenzie offers a reward for his head, i., 164 ; gives his consent to the capture and destruction of the Caroline, i. 166, and note ; his comments on that event, i. 170 ; his afterdinner speech on Sir C. Metcalfe’s appointment as Governor-General of Canada, i. 276, note ; sends Baldwin and Rolph to treat with Mackenzie at Gallows Hill, i. 313 ; refuses to ratify their authority, &b., 314 ; confers the command of a regiment of militia on O. K.
Gowan, i. 383; compared with his kinsman, Sir Edmund Head, ii. 317.
Head, John, son and heir of Sir E. W,., drowned while bathing in the St. Maurice river, ii. 418, note.
Heavysege, Charles, his ‘‘Saul,” ii, 577; “ Jephthah’s Daughter,” ii. 578; ‘‘ The Advocate,” tb,
Heceta, a Spanish navigator, his discoveries in the Pacific, ii, 44, 45, 50,
Henderson, Captain, his railway survey, ii. 256.
Henry, William Alexander, attends the Quebec Conference on behalf of Nova Scotia, ii, 445 ; attends the London Conference, ii. 466,
Hepburn, William, one of the Commissioners appointed to administer the oath to members, i, 113.
Herald newspaper (Montreal), ii, 586.
Herbert, Sidney (afterwards Lord Herbert of Lea), his early friendship for Lord Elgin, ii. 82 ; Colonial Secretary under Lord Palmerston, ii. 324, note ; resigns office, and is succeeded by Lord John Russell, tb,
Heyden, Lawrence, Mr. Baldwin’s letter to him on the annexation movement of 1849, ii. 181, note ; John Ross’s letter to him on same subject, ii, 182, note,
Higginson, Captain, his letter from Sir C.
Metcalfe announcing the latter’s appointment as Governor-General of Canada, i. 274 ; private secretary to Sir C. Metcalfe, i. 285 ; important conference with Mr. Lafontaine, ib., et seq.; reports same to Sir ©. Metcalfe, i. 292; improperly permitted to meddle in ministerial affairs, i. 356; his daughter Mary, ii. 26; his letter to Colonel Fitz Gibbon, ii. 28; Sir C. Metcalfe’s generosity to him, ii. 29.
| Higginson, Mary, her last visit to Lord Met-
calfe, ii. 26,
Hincks, Mr., afterwards Sir Francis, his early life, 1. 97, 98 ; emigrates from Ireland and settles at Little York, U, C., i.98; his friendoù with the Baldwins, tb,; his shrewdness and judgment, tb.; bank manager, tb.; comes
conspicuously before the public in connection
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with a Parliamentary investigation into the affairs of the Welland Canal, &b.; establishes the Examiner at Toronto, tb. ii. 585; a vigorous and versatile writer, i. 98; upholds the doctrines of Lord Durham’s Report, 1b.; returned for Oxford, tb. ; his wide knowledge of trade and financial questions, tb., 219 ; his remarks on the motion respecting the Speakership, i. 114, 115; sits on the extreme left inthe Assembly, i. 122 ; his remarks on Responsible Government, i. 134—136 ; votes for Mr.
Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i. 138, and note ; moves a subsequent amendment, i. 138; supports the Government on the Municipal Bill of 1841, i. 148 ; charged with deserting his friends, tb. ; his explanation, tb. ; his conduct approved by his constituents, tb. ; temporary rupture with Mr. Baldwin, i.
149 ; becomes Inspector-General, i. 218 ; accused of complicity in the rebellion, i. 219 ; his acceptance of office widens the breach between him and Mr. Baldwin, i. 220; reelected for Oxford, tb. ; disposes of his interest in the Examiner, 1b. ; Kaye’s characterization of him, &#.; his incisive sharpness of tongue, i. 220, 221 ; his motives, i. 221 ; his sincerity
impugned, i. 222; moves postponement of debate on Mr. Baldwin’s motion of want of confidence in the Government, i. 240 ; retains office as Inspector-General in the first Lafontaine-Baldwin Government, i. 241; sharp
verbal exchanges between him and Mr, Aylwin, i. 242; his fitness for his post, i.
243 ; his criticism on a passage in Turcotte’s history, i. 244; moves the consideration of the Governor’s message on superannuation allowances, i., 245 ; his conjectures as to Lord Stanley’s motives in appointing Sir C. Metcalfe as Governor-General of Canada, i, 272, 273, 275; he and eight of his colleagues resign office, i. 324; sur to explain his resignation to the Assembly, i. 329; suphet Mr. Price’s resolutions, i. 350, note ;
efeated in Oxford by Robert Riddell, i, 379; takes up his residence in Montreal, &b,; founds the Pilot there, i. 380, ii. 587 ; did not sit in 2nd Parliament, i. 380, 382 ; his remarks on Lord Elgin’s appointment as Governor- General of Canada, ii. 79, 80 ; again returned to the Assembly for Oxford, ii. 102; the Vansittart affair, ii. 103, 104; becomes Inspector-General ‘in the nd Lafontaine-
aldwin Government, ii. 119; reëlected without SpPONMON ii. 120; his speeches on the Rebellion Losses Bill, ii. 150, 151; his circular on that subject, i. 150, note ; protests against mob law in the Assembly, ii. 153 ;
resses the Customs Bill on the House, ii.
56; his house attacked by the rioters, ii, 162 ; goes to England to represent the Government’s view of the Rebellion Losses Bill, ii. 173; his views on the Clergy Reserves question, ii. 215, 216 ; his G, T, R. Act, ii.
231, 232 ; his Act respecting the territorial divisions of U. C., ii. 232; his remarks on “log-rolling,” ii. 235 ; approves of Mr.
Baldwin’s resignation, but remains in office at that gentleman’s request, ii. 237 ; becomes Upper Canadian leader after Mr. Baldwin’s resignation, ii. 245; resigns office with his Len ra ii. 238; his resignation not accepted, ii. 248 ; charged with the forming of an Administration, ii. 246; in conjunction with A. N. Morin, forms the Hincks-Morin Government, 1b., 247 ; becomes Premier and Inspector-General therein, ii. 247 ; offers the Commissionership of Crown Lands to J. S.
Macdonald, ii. 249 ; his account of the transaction, ib., note ; distrusted by Mr. Brown, ii, 250 ; charged with shirking the Clergy Reserves question, t.; Mr. Brown’s published letters to him, 46.; why he could not ask Mr. Brown to join his Government, ii.
251, 252 ; returned for Oxford and Niagara, ü. 252 ; elects to sit for Oxford, tb.; attends the Intercolonial Railway Conference at Halifax, ii. 255; appointed a delegate to England, .; returns to Canada, ib.; goes to England on his mission, 4b.; in conjunction with E. B. Chandler, has an interview with the Imperial Premier and Colonial Secretary, ii. 256; feels aggrieved at Mr. Howe, ib, ; arranges with English capitalists for building the Grand Trunk Railway, ii. 257 ; a motion assed by a Committee of the Executive Council of Canada, recommending that he seek an interview with Imperial Ministers on the subject of the Clerg serves, ii, 258 ; his letter to the Colonial Secretary thereon, ib., and note ; his subsequent letter on same subject, ii. 259, note, 260 ; his representations inoperative, ii. 260 ; obtains the opinions of eminent counsel on the Rectory question, ii.
261, returns to Canada, ii, 262 ; moves that J.S, Macdonald be Speaker of the Assembly, b.; gives the Assembly an account of the formation of the Hincks-Morin Government, ‘b.; introduces resolutions on the Cler, Reserves, ii. 265; his railway scheme objected to by his colleague Mr. Young, who resigns, ii. 267; his personal relations towards Mr. Brown, ii. 269, 270, note; his railway policy denounced by the Globe, ii 274; a member of the St. Patrick’s Society, ii. 278; blamed for endeavouring to screen the Mayor’s conduct during the Gavazzi riots, tb, 281 ; his own account of that matter, 1b., 277, note ; involved in compri respecting Toronto debentures and oint Levi lands, ii, 281, 282 ; again goes to England on public business, ii, 283; proceeds to Washington to assist Lord EÉlgin in negotiating a reciprocity treaty, tb.; his previous visit to Washington for that purpose, ii. 284 ; returns to Canada, after the conclusion of the treaty, ii. 286 ; deserted by
territorial
marks on
y of Mr.
s in office
; becomes
Baldwin’s
; with his
nn not ac-
forming of
pnjunction
cks-Morin
remier and , offers the s to J. S.
f the transfr. Brown, the Clergy own’s pube could not >rnment, il.
id Niagara, ib.; attends nference at delegate to ib.; goes to conjunction erview with al Secretary, . Howe, ib. ; for building 7 ; a motion e Executive ding that he al Ministers erves, ii. 258 ; ary thereon, tter on same resentations e opinions of question, il ; moves that e Assembly, count of the Government, the Cler y scheme ob- Young, who nal relations D70, note ; his y the Globe, St. Patrick’s endeavouring ct during the account Oo olved in comlebentures and : again goes to 983; proceeds ord Figin in eaty, ib.; his for that purada, after the 6 ; deserted by
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his U, C, nppstars ii. 291; moves an ad-
journment of the debate on the Address, 1b,;
elected for South Oxford and Renfrew, ii,
296 ; elects to sit for Renfrew, ii. 298, note ; his tactics on the vote for the Speakership, ii, 301; resigns office, with his colleagues, äi. 303 ; concurs in the coalition between Sir A. MacNab and A. N. Morin, ii. 309; names two Reform members of the Ministry, t.; his letter from Mr. Baldwin expressing approval of the MacNab-Morin coalition, ii. 310, 311 ; supports that Government, ii. 323 ; makes arrangements to accept a responsible position in connection with the G, T, R,, ii, 324; Rppointec Governor of Barbadoes and the Windward Islands, tb, ; proceeds to the seat of his Government, tb. ; not an advocate of the double-majority doctrine, ii. 340 ; his career in the West Indies and British Guiana, ii. 492 ; retires on a pension, tb.; created a K.C.M.G., ib.; returns to Canada, 1b.; accepts the post of Minister of Finance, 1b.; elected to the Commons for North Renfrew, b.; his Banking Act, ii.
506 ; his changes in the tariff, ib.; his satisfactory Budget Speech, ii. 513 ; defeated in South Brant, ii. 520 ; elected for Vancouver, ib.; retires from office, ii. 523 ; gives evidence befure the Royal Commission appointed to investigate Mr. Huntington’s Pacific Railway charges, ii, 534; his frustrated design of translating Turcotte’s history, ii. 560.
Hincks-Morin Administration, formed, ii. 246, 247 ; its membership, ii. 247, 248 ; measures to which it was committed, ii. 248 ; defeated on the vote for the Speakership, ii, 300 ; resign office, ii. 303 ; their achievements, 1b., 304,
Hincks, Rev. T. D., father of Sir Francis Hincks, i. 97.
Hind, H. Y., his scientific researches, ii. 579,
Hoar, Ebenezer R., a member of the Joint Commission, ii. 511.
Hogan, John Sheridan, i. 187; arrested at Rochester for alleged complicity in the Caroline affair, tb ; set at liberty and again arrested, i. 188 ; again discharged from custody 4b. ; returns to Canada, 1b.; journalist and politician, tb., note ; murdered, 4b.; his prize essay on Canada, tb. ; first returned to the Canadian Assembly, ii 359; for Grey, ii.
360; in Opposition, ii. 368; opposes the double-majority doctrine, #b., note,
Holmes, Benjamin, his political opinions and character, i. 97 ; member for Montreal, 1b,; | opposes Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the Alto i. 138, note ; seconds Mr. Price’s motion as to the right of Ministers to be consulted respecting appointments to office, i. 340 ; his speech thereon, i. 340, 341 ; absent from vote thereon, i. 351, note; again returned for Montreal, ii, 111; maltreated by the rioters, ii. 162 ; his house attacked, &b.;
1849, ii. 181 ; votes for the reception of an Address in favour of Canadian independence, ii. 209, note, Holton, Luther Hamilton, i. 215 ; his character and early life, i. 217 ; a free-trader, 1b.; his advanced views, 1b.; an advocate of the annexation movement of 1849, ii. 181 ; one of the founders of ‘‘ Le Partie Rouge,” ii. 191; returned to the Assembly for Montreal City, ii. 297 ; his effective diatribes while in Opposition, ii. 323 ; moves an amendment to Mr.
Papin’s motion of want of confidence in the MacNab-Taché Ministry, ii. 338, and note ; defeated at the polls by John Rose, ii. 359, 372; coüperates in forming the Brown-Dorion Government, ii. 372 ; becomes Commissioner of Public Works therein, ii. 374 ; elected by acclamation to the Legislative Council for the Victoria Division, ii, 427; becomes Minister of Finance in the Macdonald- Dorion Government, ii. 431 ; defeated at the polls, but is afterwards elected in another constituency, ii. 432; his views on Confederation, ii. 442 ; opposed to the Coalition Government, ii 448; sits in the first Dominion Parliament, ii. 478 ; his death, ii. 551.
Hopkins, Caleb, member for East Halton, votes for Mr. Neilson's amendment to the Address, i. 138, and note; supports Mr.
Price’s resolutions, i. 350, note; his successful election contest with Mr. Wetenhall, ii.
185, note ; one of the founders of the Clear Grit party, ii. 187 ; his character, tb.
Howe, Joseph, present at the opening of the first session of the Canadian Parliament after the Union, i. 113; his criticism on Sir C Metcalfe, i. 270, note ; his satire on Lord Falkland, i. 276, note ; his advocacy of Responsible Government, i. 303, 369; at the
oston railway jubilee, ii. 238, note ; attends the Intercolonial Railway Conference at Halifax, on behalf of Nova Scotia, ii. 255 ; appointed a delegate to England, tb.; postpones his departure, ii. 255, 256 ; his co-deleates aggrieved thereat, ii, 256 ; his reasons or postponement, tb. ; opposes the Confederation project, ii. 475, 476; his high qualifications, ii. 479; sits in the first Dominion Parliament, 1b.; gives expression to Nova Scotia’s dissatisfaction with Confederation, ii. 481; agitates for repeal, ii. 483; a delegate to England on behalf of Nova Scotia, ib.; his mission a failure, #b.: returns therefrom, tb. ; ‘“ better terms ” to Nova Scotia, and
a seat in the Dominion Government offered to him, ii. 487 ; accepts a seat in the Government, and becomes President of the Council, ii.
488 ; his doing so disastrous to his reputation, ib. ; justification for his conduct, ii. 489;
moves resolutions in the Commons as to the
““better terms,” ii. 490; becomes Secretary
of State for the Provinces, ii. 492; his visit
an advocate of the annexation movement of
to Red River, ii. 497 ; charged by Mr. Mc-
Dougall with having connived at the rebellion, 1b.; appointed LisnenentGorenoe of Nova Scotia, ii. 529, note ; his death, 4. ; his journalistic labours, ii. 589.
Howland, Mr., afterwards Sir William Pearce, first returned to the Canadian Assembly, ii.
859 ; for West York, ii, 365; his qualifications and past life, ii. 364, 365; becomes Minister of Finance in the Macdonald-Sicotte Government, ii. 423; reëlected, ii, 424; a prominent advocate of Rep. by Pop., ii. 424, 425 ; becomes Receiver-General in the Macdonald-Dorion Government, ii. 431 ; succeeds Mr. Mowat as Postmaster-General in the Coalition Government, ii. 448 ; reëlected, &. ; his appointment favourably regarde, ib.; disapproves of Mr. Brown's resignation, and remains in the Cabinet, ii. 457; becomes Minister of Finance, ii. 466; attends the London Conference, ib.; becomes Minister of Inland Revenue in the first Dominion Government, ii. 470 ; the dignity of a C.B,.
conferred upon him, ii. 471; denounced by the Globe for remaining in the Coalition Government, ii. 473, 474; attends the Toronto Convention by special invitation, ii. 474; assigns his reasons for remaining in the Government, ib.; appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, ii. 487 ; requests Mr. Mowat to reënter
olitical life, ii, 521 ; succeeded as Lieutenant- Boverres by Mr. Crawford, ii, 587, note,
Hudson’s Bay Company’s possessions, the publie mind of Canada first aroused on the subject of their ur mere ii, 348, 349 ; an impetus
iven to the movement by William Mec- Jougall, ii. 349 ; progress of the movement, tb; opposition to it, 4b., note ; negotiations opened, ii. 349 ; Chief Justice Draper sent to England to represent Canada in the negotiations, tb. ; the question submitted to a Committee of the House of Commons, ii, 350 ; the Canadian Government censured by the Opposition for sending Mr, Draper, i.; A. A. Dorion moves an amendment to the Address expressive of this censure, 4. ; measures taken to ascertain the Company’s rights, ii, 451 ; Mr, McDougall introduces a series of resolutions with a view to bringing the territory under the control of the Dominion Government, ii, 482 ; Sir @, E, Cartier and Mr. McDougall go to England ta negotiate for a transfer of the territory, ii. 488; negotiations concluded, ii, 490; conditions of transfer, ii. 490, 491 ; date of transfer postponed, ii, 497 ; the transfer mone aid, ii, 504 ; the formal transfer effected, it, Eos, See Manitoba,
Hull, Lieutenant-Governor, attends à reception at Boston to Sir Charles Bagot, i, 182,
Hume, Mr., an army surgeon, murdered b filibusters during the rebellion, i. 106, 107,
note, Hunt, T, Sterry, his scientific researches, ii. 579,
Huntington, Lucius Seth, member for Shefford, li, 431; becomes Solicitor-General East in the Macdonald-Dorion Government, tb.; his qualifications, tb.; opposed to the Coalition Government, ii. 448; sits in the first Dominion Parliament, ii, 479; his charges against the Government in the matter of the Pacific Raïlway Charter, ii. 526, 527; obtains additional evidence, ii. 529 ; attends to give evidence before the Committee of Investigation, but is prevented by the disallowance of the Oaths Hill, ib.; furiously attacked by the ministerial press, ii, 530 ; declines to appear before the Royal Commission, ii.
534 ; accepts office in Mr. Mackenzie’s Government, and becomes President of the Privy Council, ii. 539,
Huyshe, Capt, G. L., his ‘Red River Expedition,” ii. 567.
ILLusrRIOUS, line-of-battle ship, conveys Sir Charles Bagot from Falmouth to New York, i. 179, 180, 181; the first line-of-battle ship in New York harbour since the Revolutionary War, i. 181.
Indemnity, Act of, suggested in Lord Elgin’s Speech from the Throne, ii. 135. See Rebellion Losses,
Independence of Canada, an Address in its favour presented to the Assembly by Colonel Prince, ii. 209, note ; its hold upon the mind of young Canadians, ii, 553, 554.
Independence of Parliament Act, ii. 384; wrested from its true purpose, ii. 385, 386 ; judicial construction of, ii, 886.
Insncstor-General, name of that officer changed to À ‘uister of Finance, ii. 398,
Intercoisnial Railway, inception of, ii. 255— 257 ; negotiations respecting, ii, 427, 428 ; Imperial guarantee of à loan for its construction, ii. 451 ; Imperial Act passed authorizing the guarantee, il. 467 ; a political necessity, ib,; Dominion Act providing for its construction, ii. 481 ; completed and opened, ii. 548,
Interior, Department of, created, ii, 536, note,
JACKSON, ANDREW, President of U,S,, submits a proposal for settlement of boundary, i, 200.
Jacksor, Sir Richard D., administers the Government after Lord Sydenham’s death, i, 163 ; his prudent course, #b.; surrenders his functions to Sir Charles Bagot, i. 184 ; his official acts almost restricted to formal business, i, 220; appoints A. N. Buell Treasurer of Johnstown District, i, 226 ; succeeded as Commander of the Forces by Earl Cathcart, ii, 23 : death, &b., note,
Jameson, Robert &ympson, appointed Speaker vf Legislative Council, i, 108 ; Vice-Chancellor of Upper Canada, 1#b,; the husband of Anna Jameson, i. 109; à member of the Church of Hapapds ib,, note ; vacates the Speakership of the Legislative Council, i.
r Shetford, al East in nt, 4.3 his e Coalition e first Dois charges atter of the 27 ; obtains nds to give of Investiisallowance ittacked by declines to mission, il.
enzie’s Grovof the Privy
1 River Ex-
conveys Sir » New York, f-battle ship Revolution-
Lord Elgin’s 35. See Re-
ddress in its ly by Colonel pon the mind
et, ii. 384; ii. 385, 980 ;
fficer changed
of, it, 255— ii, 427, 428; r its construced authorizing cal necessity, rits construcened, ii. 48, , ii, 36, note.
U.S., submits indary, i. 200.
ministers the ham’s death, i.
surrenders his it, i. 184 ; his ed to formal A. N. Buell ct, i. 226 ; sucorces by Earl
te,
inted Speaker Vice-Chancele husband of ember of the L; vacates the
ve Council, i.
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818; his ppt 4 administration of | Kaye, Sir John William, biographer of Lord a
affairs in the Court of Chancery for U. C., ii. ul on infirmities, tb,; retires on a pension, li. 142.
Jarvis, Samuel Peters, kills young Ridout in a duel, i. 104 ; tried and acquitted, &b.
Jarvis, William, secretary to several of the early Lieutenant-Governors of U. C., i. 104.
Jay's Treaty, i. 197.
Jobin, A., member for Montreal County, supports Mr, Price’s resolutions, i, 350, note, Johnson, Andrew, his accession to the Presidency of the U.S. produces no change in our “idees relations with that country, ii.
Johnston, James, member for Carleton, his remarks on the motion for the Speakership, i. 115 ; opposes Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i. 138, note ; denounces the adjournment of the debate on Mr. Baldwin’s want of confidence motion, i. 241; puts forward Bytown’s claims to be the Seat of Government, i. 294; opposes Mr. Price’s resolutions, i. 351, note,
Johnston, John M., attends the Quebec Conference on behalf of New Brunswick, ii. 445 ; attends the London Conference, ii. 466,
Joint Commission, appointed, ii, 510 ; its members, ii. 511; their deliberations, tb. See Washington, Treaty of.
Joliette, Barthelemi, Legislative Councillor, a member of the Church of Rome, i. 109, note ; seconds resolutions in reply to Speech from the T'hrone, ii. 35,
Joly, Henri Gustave, elected to the Assembly for Lotbinière, ii. 415; his parentage, qualifications, and past life, tb,; his political opinions, tb.; sits in the first Dominion Parliament, ii. 479 ; leader of the Opposition in the Quebec Legislature, ii. 522 ; moves for and obtains a Committee to investigate the Beauport Asylum scandal, tb.
“ Jonathan’s Gridiron,” i. 196,
Jones, Captain, wounded during the Montreal riots, ii, 165,
Jones, David Ford, defeats A, N. Richards in South Leeds, ii, 433,
Jones, Jonas, Judge, proceeds to Kingston and administers the oath of office to Sir Charles Bagot, i. 183 ; succeeded on the bench by R, B. Molliven, ii, 130,
Jones, Robert, member for Missisquoi, opposes Mr. Neilson's amendment to the Address, i, 138, note; absent from vote on Mr. Price’s resolutions, i. 4351, note,
Journal de Québec newspaper, founded by Mr, Cauchon, i, 388, ii, 587,
Judah, H., member for Champlain, not present at vote on Mr, Price’s resolutions, i, 35*, note,
KANE, Pauz, his descriptions of Canadian travel, ii. 580,
Metcalfe, his pen-portraiture of Mr. Sullivan, i. 85: of S. B. Harrison, i. 86; of J. H.
Dunn, i. 88; of T. C. Aylwin, i. 91; of A.
N. Morin, i. 96 ; of Mr. Hincks, i. 220 ; on the love entertained in Jamaica for Sir Charles Metcalfe, i. 264 ; his estimate of Mr. Lafontaine, i. 293, note,
Kelly, Richard, tried for the murder of Robert Corrigan, ii. 333; acquitted, ii, 334.
Kenny, Edward, becomes Receiver-General in the first Dominion Government, ii. 471; passes from the Reform to the Conservative ranks, ib,; appointed a Senator, tb. ; becomes President of the Privy Council, ii. 508; appointed Administrator of the Nova Scotia Government, tb.
Killaly, Hamilton Hartley, appointed a member of the Executive Council, i. 47, 48 ; member for London, i. 88 ; holds office without portfolio, i. 89 ; his qualifications, ib.; ‘The Commissioner,” tb, note ; opposes Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i. 138, note ; appointed President of the Board of Works, i. 191; conferences with Sir Charles Bagot, ib.; retains office in the first Lafontaine- Baldwin Government, i. 241 ; he and eight of his colleagues resign office, i, 324 ; resigns his seat in the Assembly, i, 351, note ; becomes denens Commissioner of Publie Works, ii,
Kimber, Rènè Joseph, member for Champlain, np sorts Mr. Neilson’'s amendment to the Address, i. 138, note.
King's College, 1, 63: history of, ii. 138, 139 ; foundation-stone laid by Sir Charles Bagot, i. 191; Mr. Draper's Bill respecting it abandoned, ii, 18,
Kingston, appointed the capital of United Canada, i, 47, 111; its condition at the time of the Union, i. 62; classical school opened there in 1785, 4.3; First Parliament under the Union assembles there, i. 68 ; expectations of its becoming the capital of Upper Canada on the division of the Provinces in 1791, i, 110 ; impetus given to its prosperity in 1841, i. lil; its selection as the capital less distasteful to Lower Canadians than any other point in U, C, would have been, tb, ; description of Parliament Building there, i, 112, and note ; resolutions passed by the Assembly, declaring the city unsuited to be the Provincial capital, i. 254 ; agitation on the subject, i, 294 ; remova! f Seat of Government from, resolved on, i. 310 ; Governor’s message thoreon presented to the Assembly by Mr, Daly, i. 314 ; debate thereon, i. 315 ; resolutions passed to remove Seat of Gove ‘ment to Montreal, i, 316; Charles Divcrens's description of, i, 316, note ; Seat of Government removed from, i, 368,
En William, his ‘ Le Chien d'Or," ii, 574,
622 Index.
Ke, a ohn Foster, his biographical studies, ii, 571.
Kirkpatrick, Thomas, one of the Commissioners ppointed to administer the oath to members, ‘
Knowlton, P. H,, Legislative Councillor, a member of the Church of England, i. 109, note.
LABERGE, CHARLES JOSEPH, one of the founders of ‘‘Le Partie Rouge,” ii. 191; returned to the Ass..nbly, ii, 359; coüperates with Mr. Brown in forming the Brown- Dorion Government, ii. 372; becomes Solicitor-General East, ii, 274.
Labouchere, Henry, succeeds Sir William Molesworth as Colonial Secretary, ii. 324, note.
Lacoste, I., member for Chambly, supports Mr. Prices resolutions, i., 350, note,
Lafontaine-Baldwin Administration (first), formed, i. 241 ; its membership, tb. ; criticized, ib., et seq. ; not a new Government, i. 243 ; vesignation of all its members except Mr, Daly, i. 324,
Latontaine-Baldwin Administration (second), i. 46 ; formed, ii. 119 ; its membership, #6. ; its character, ii. 120, 238, 239 ; differences of 1 Mare among its members on the Clergy Reserves question, ii. 213, et seq. ; its members resign, ii, 238,
Lafontaine, Mr., afterwards Sir Louis Hypo-
lite, attends an anti-Union meeting at Mont- |
real, i. 46, 47 ; unsuccessfully contests Terrebonne with Dr. MeCulloch, i, 48, 232;
violent scenes during the contest, i. 49; |
refuses Lord Sydenham’s offer cf a place in the Government, i. 81, 231 ; petitions the Assembly to annul the election for Terrebonne, i. 143 ; his character and early life, i, 228, et scq.; a disciple of L. J. Papineau, i. 229; contributes to La Minerve, tb. ; his warm friendship for A, N. Morin, tb.; withdraws from Canada, i. 230 ; returns, 1b.; looked up
to as leader of his compatriots, tb,; conciliates |
the priesthood, tb. ; arrested and committed to prison, i. 231 ; released, tb, ; declines the Solicitor-Generalship for L, C., tb.; opposed to the Union, #.; his political views similar to Mr. Baldwin’s, i. 232 ; returned for 4th Riding of York, tb,; leader of the French Canadian party in the Assembly, tb.; his appearance and oratory, tb; ministerial overtures to him, i. 233, 235 ; declined, tb,; addresses the Assembly in explanation, i, 238, 239 ; in conjunction with Mr, Baldwin, forms the first
afontaine-Baldwin Government, in which he becomes Attorney-General for L, C., i, 241; would not accept office on unseemly conditions, i, 243 ; not present at the vote on Mr. Neilson’s amendment to Mr, Hincks’s motion respecting the pensions to Ogden and Davidson, À, 246; reëlected, i, 248; his incautious letter to J. J, Girouard, i, 231, 250,
note ; his accession to office condemred b the London Times, i. 256 ; dines with Sir C, Metcalfe and Captain Higginson, i. 285 ; imortant discussion with the latter, b., et seq.; aye’s estimate of him, i. 293, note; procures the entry of a nolle prosequi against L. J,. Papineau and others, i. 299 ; seconds resolutions on the Seat of Government question, i. 316 ; his conferences with Sir C. Metcalfe on the Powell appointment, i. 320, et seq.; resigns office with eight of his colleagues, i. 324 ; commits to writing the reasons for the resignation, tb.; announces the resignation to the Assembly, ib. ; his explanation thereof, i.
350 ; supports Mr. Price’s resolutions, i. 350, note ; seconds Mr. Boulton’s resolution on the subject, i. 351 ; formerly a student in D. B. Viger’s office, i. 354; loyalty of his countrymen to him during the struggle with Sir C, Metcalfe, i. 369; resigns his seat for 4th Riding of York, and is elected for Terrebonne, i. 379; moves an Address praying that the restrictions on the use of the French language may be removed, ii, 12, and note ; contemplates moving a similar Address, but is forestalled by D. B. Papineau, ii. 12; charges members of the Ministry with corruption, ii. 14; the Draper-Caron correspondence communicated to him, ii, 21 ; andby him to Mr. Morin, #.; his action thereon, t.; laid by him before the Assembly, ii. 37 :
strongly censured therefor, ib.; seconds Mr, Baldwin’s motion that Mr. Morin be Speaker of the Assembly, ii. 101; doubly returned for Montreal and Terrebonne, ii. 111, and note ; elects to sit for the former, tb., 120 ; the supplanter of L. J, Papineau, ii, 114; entrusted by Lord Elgin with the formation of a Government, after the resignation of the Sherwood-Daly Ministry, üi. 118; confers with Mr, Baldwin, #b.; accepts office as Premier and Attorney-General for L, C., ii, 119 ; is sole Minister for 24 hours, 1b,; completes the formation of the second Lafontaine- Baldwin Government, tb.; reëlected without opposition, ii. 120 ; contrasted with L, J, Papineau, ii. 125 ; his accession to power deplored by the ories, ii, 129; an Amnesty Bill vainly urged by him upon Sir C.
Metcalfe, ii. 136; introduces an Amnesty Bill, tb; introduces resolutions and Bill on the subject of Rebellion Losses, ii, 146 ; Tory wrath evoked thereby, ii. 147 ; speaks in support of the measure, ii. 151; maltreated by the rioters, ii. 162 ; his house attacked, 16., 163, 174, 175 ; acquitted of blame for Mason’s death, ii. 175; Sir A. MacNab's gross allusions to his alleged connection with the rebellion, ii. 210; introduces a project for increasing the pyrenees which is unsuccessful, ii, 212, 232; his views un the Clergy Reserves question, ii. 213, 214, 215, 234, 239, 241; on the Seigniorial Tenure
emred b ith Sir GC . 285 ; imib., et seq.; ; procures L. J. Papiresolutions on, i. 316 ; alfe on the 1; resigns es, i. 324 ; r the resigtion to the thereof, i.
ions, i. 350, solution on adent in D.
alty of his uggle with his seat for d for Terreess pray!18 the French >, and note ; \ddress, but eau, ii. 12; y with corn correspon- ; andbyhim thereon, ib.; ibly, ii. 37:
seconds Mr, n be Speaker ply returned il, 111, and er, ib., 120 ; bau, ii. 114; e formation nation of the 18; confers office as Pre- L, C., ii. 119; ,; completes Lafontaineted without with LL J.
bn to power DO ; an Amupon Sir C.
an Amnesty and Bill on ii, 168 3 Tory speaks in supltrented by attacked, ib., e for Mason’s 's gross alluwith the reh project for which is uniews un the b13, 214, 215, orial Tenure
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question, ii. 233, 239 ; eulogizes Mr. Baldwin upon that gentleman’s resignation of office, ii. 237 ; announces his own prospective retirement, 1b.; retires from office, ii. 238 ; his reasons therefor, ii, 239, 240; regret caused thereby, ii. 240; his subsequent career, and death, tb,
Laframboise, Maurice, member for Bagot, becomes Commissioner of Public Works in the Macdonald-Dorion Government, ii. 431; seconds Mr, Dorion’s amendment to the Address in Reply, ii. 448.
Lens; Pr the Gretna Green blacksmith, i.
Laird, David, becomes Minister of the Interior in Mr. Mackenzie’s Government, ii. 536.
Lambton, John George. See Durham, Lord,
Lambton, Lady Mary Louisa, married to Lord Elgin, ii. 85.
Lambton, William Henry, father of Lord Durham, i. 12 ; an ally of Charles James Fox, &#,
Lambton, Worm of, i. 11, and note,
Langevin, Mr., afterwards Sir Hector Louis, first returned :o the Canadian Assembly, ii.
359; for Dorchester, ïi. 363 ; his past life, tb.; his subsequent career, 1b., 364 ; supports the double-majority doctrine, ii. 368, note ; moves want of confidence in the Brown- Dorion Government, ïi. 374; a harsh proceeding, tb., 375, and note; becomes Solicitor-General East in the second Taché- Macdonald Government, ii, 435 ; attends the Charlottetown Convention, ii. 444, note; attends the Quebec Conference, ii, 445 ; his L, C. Education Bill leads to Mr. Galt’s resignation, ii. 465; succeeds Mr. Howland as Postmaster-General, ii, 466 ; attends the London Conference, #b.; becomes Secreta:
of State of Canada after Confederation, ii.
471; communicates with Bishop Taché, at Rome, ii. 501; gives evidence before the Royal Commission appointed to investigate Mr, Huntington’'s Pacific Railway charges, ii. 584 ; joins Sir John Macdonald’s Government as Postmaster-General, ii, 548,
Langton, J., member for Peterborough, moves an amendment to the Address, ii. 290,
Lareau, Edmond, his ‘‘ Histoire de la Littérature Canadienne,” ii, 579,
Laurin, Joseph, returned for Lotbinière, i, 378,
Lawrason, Lawrence, member for London, resigns in Mr. Draper’s favour, ii. 11,
Leader newspaper, the, founded by James Beaty, ii. 295, 588; supports the Hincks- Morin Government, ii. 295; its various editors, ii. 588 ; its publication ceases, tb.
Leavitt, T. W. H., his history of the Counties of Leeds and Grenville, ii, 572,
Lee, General Robert E,, surrenders to General Grant at Ne mt ms ii, 451,
Légaré, Joseph, appointed a Legislative Councillor, ii, 318,
Leggo, William, his account of Lord Dufferin’s Administration, ii, 568,
““Legion,” nom de plume assumed by Mr.
Sullivan in his letters on Responsible Government, i. 361, ii. 558; character of those letters, i. 362,
Legislative Council, Imperial Act passed empowering the Canadian Parliament to alter its constitution and make it an elective body, ii. 298; Canadian Act passed by the Assembly, but rejected in the Upper House, ii.
322 ; the measure of 1856, ii. 346, 347 ; its rovisions, ib,; again opposed in the Upper
ouse, but is finally passed, ii, 347; first elections held under it, tb,
Le Marchant, Sir Denis, rumours as to his aper tu as Governor-General of Canada, li, 228,
Le May, L. P., his poems. ii. 576.
Lemieux, F., member for Levis, seconds the tes that Mr. Cartier be Speaker, ii. 300 ; ecomes Commissioner of Publie Works in the MacNab-Taché Government, ii. 319; retains his portfolio after the formation of the first Taché-Macdonald Government, ii. 343 ; vacates office upon Colonel Taché’s withdrawal from the Government, ii. 357; again returned to the Assembly, ii 359; in Opposition, ii. 368; coüperates with Mr.
Brown in forming the Brown-Dorion Gov-
ernment, ii. 3723; becomes Receiver-General
therein, ii. 3743; joins the ranks of Mr.
Sicotte, ii. 411; defeated at the polls, ii,
413 ; elected to the Legislative Council for
the De la Durantaye Division, ii, 414,
Lemoine, Benjamin Henry, defeats Mr. Cuvillier in Huntingdon, i, 378,
Lemoine, J. M., his writings on the history and topography of Quebec, ii 571; his ‘Chronicles of the St. Lawrence.” ii, 571, 572; his works on Lower Canadian history and tradition, ii. 572,
Lépine, Ambrose, his share in the murder of
homas Scott, ii 500 ; remains uumolested in Manitoba, üi. 515 ; arrested, tried, found guilty, and condemned to death, ii, 542, note; temporarily excluded from the general am-
nesty, ii, 542,
Leprohon,Mrs., hertalesof Canadianlife, ii,575,
Leslie, James, member for Verchères, supports Mr, Price’s resolutions, i, 350, note ; becomes President of the Council in the second Lafontaine-Baldwin Ministry, ii. 119; his past career, 1b., note; appointed to Legislative Council, ii. 120; succeeds Mr, Sullivan as Provincial Secretary, ü. 130 ; resigns office with his colleagues, i1, 238,
Lesperance, John, ‘‘The Bastonnais,” by, ii,
Lesslie, James, one of the founders of the Clear Grit party, ü. 187; proprietor of the ÆZx-
aminer, ii. 188,
Le Sueur, W, D., his contributions to the
Canadian Monthiy, ïi. 581,
Letellier de St, Just, Luc, returned to the As-
sembly for Kamouraska, ii. 229 ; defeated by Mr. Chapais, üi. 254 ; returned to the Legislative Council for the Grandville Division, ü. 406 ; becomes Minister of Agriculture in the Macdonald-Dorion Government, ii. 431 ; becomes Minister of Agriculture in Mr.
Mackenzie's Government, ii. 536; his dismissal from the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, ü. 551 ; his death, tb.
Lewis and Clarke, western explorations of, ii. 50, 51, 54,
Liberal - Conservative party, the, Chapter XXXIV., passim ; forms the main strength of the MosNab. Morin Coalition Administration of 1854, ii. 312 ; absorbs the more Conservative element in the old Liberal party, :b.; why its formation was delayed, 1b., 313,
Light, William Smart, his evidence on the Mc-
eod trial, i, 168, note.
Lincoln, Abraham, assassinated, ii. 451.
Lindsay, William Burns, reads Proclamation convening the first Parliament under the Union, i. 113 ; takes the Chair prior to the vote on the Speakershin, ii, 300.
Lindsey, Charles, his “Life and Times of William Lyon Mackenzie,” ii. 571; inaccuracies therein, ii. 136, 137, note ; his account of the Clergy Reserves, ii. 57L; his ‘Rome in Canada,” #.; his work on the boundaries of Ontario, tb.; edits the Toronto Leader, ii, 588.
Lisgar, Lord, appointed, when Sir John Young, as Lord Monck's successor in the Governor-Generalship of Canada, ii. 487 ; arrives in Canada, 16.; his past life, ii. 488 ; created a peer of the United Kingdom, ii. 518 ; leaves Canada, t.; his merits as a public man, &#,.
Literature and Qi rpeinn of the last forty years, Ch LII.
ap.
Logan, Sir William Edmond, his reputation as a geologist, ii, 579.
London, Upper Canada, its condition at the time of the Union, i. 62.
Loranger, Thomas Jean Jacques, member for Laprairie, becomes Provincial Secretary in the Macdonald-Cartier Government, ii. 357 ; left out of the Cartier-Macdonald Government, ii. 483 ; in Opposition, ii. 410 ; joins the ranks of Mr. Sicotte, ii, 411 ; declares to the Assembly the policy of the Macdonald- Sicotte Government, ii. 424; declines the Provincial Secretaryship, and accepts à seat on the bench, ii. 428, note.
Lorne, Marquis of, Imperial instructions to him, ïüi. 47; succeeds Lord Dufferin as Governor-General, ii, 550; his arrivaliin Canada, tb.
Louise, H. R, . the Princess, her arrival in Canada, ii, 550,
Lower Canada, proportion of British to French population in, i. 19, 20; Anglicanism in, i, 20; conflict of sentiment between the two elements of the population, ib.; ‘Reign of
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Terror,” ib.; discontent in, greater than in Upper Canada, i. 21 ; petition of grievances, i. 22 ; rebellion, tb.; suppressed, i. 23; constitution suspended, ib,; rebellion bursts forth afresh, and is finally suppressed, i. 31; public opinion there much divided on the project of Union, i. 36, 46; French population greatly averse, i. 44, 46, 47; population at time of Union greatly in excess of that of Upper Canada, i. 44; public debt ar2 revenue very small, i. 45; Special Councilof, r1eetsto discuss the project of Union, i. 39; Union resolutions adopted, i. 40 ; practical proscription of their language keenly felt by the French population, i. 46 ; agitation for repeal of obnoxious clause, ib.; agitation successful, 4b., ii. 135 ; condition of, prior to and at time of Union, ï. 52, et seq.; population, i. 52, 53 ; effect of Seigniorial Tenure in, i. 53; moral and intellectual condition of the people, tb.; backward state of education, i. 53, 57, 58 ; various seats of learning in, i. 57 ; cities and towns, i. 54—56 ; exports cnd imports. i, 56 ; revenue, i. 58, 59 ; agriculture, i. 59 See Union of Upper and Lower Canada,
Lowe, Robert (now Lord Sherbrooke), his early friendship for Lord Elgin, ii. 82.
Lyndhurst, Lord, inveighs against Lord Durham in the House of Lords, i. 28,
MacauLaY, SIR JAMES BUCHANAN, succeeded as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas by Judge Draper, ii. 93.
Macaulay, John, Legislative Councillor, a member of the Church of England, i., 109, note,
DÉboatlar, Captain John Simcoe, defeated by J, E. Small, in 3rd Riding of York, i. 249, Macaulay, Lord, his estimate of Sir Charles Metcalfe, i. 263; his epitaph on Lord Met-
calfe, ii. 27, and note.
Macdonald, A. A., attends the rt Conference, on behalf of P. E,. Island, ii. 445. Macdonald, Donald A., becomes Postmaster-
General in Mr. Mackenzie’s Government, ii.
Macdonald, Hugh, member for Antigonish, becomes President of the Privy Council, ii, 529 ; retires to the bench, ii. 537, note,
Macdonald, James (of Pictou), a member of the committee appointed to investigate Mr, Huntington’s Pacific Railway charges, ii, 528, note ; joins Sir John Macdonald’s Govid in 1878 as Minister of Justice, ii,
Macdonald, Mr., afterwards the Right Honourable Sir John Alexander, his early life, i. 390 ; educated at the Royal Grammar School, Kingston, tb.; studies law and is called to the bar, 1b.; elected to the Assembly for Kingston, #b,; his long Parliamentary career, tb,; his magnetic character and great influence and abilities, i, 391, 392 ; unfavour-
er than in ievances, 1. 23; conion bursts ssed, i. 31; ded on the population tion attime t of Upper venue very tsto discuss : resolutions tion of their nch populaf obnoxious id, ii 135; > of Union, 3 ; effect of oral and ine, b.; back- 58 ; various and towns, i.
56 ; revenue, ee Union of
ke), his early
t Lord Dur-
N, succeeded ion Pleas by
ouncillor, à gland, i. 109,
, defeated by
ork, i, 249.
Sir Charles
n Lord Met-
Quebec Cond, ii. 445.
Postmasterbvernment, ii.
Antigonish, y Council, ii.
7, note.
nember of the lestigate Mr.
charges, ii.
donald’s Govof Justice, ii.
Right Honis early life, i.
mmar School, 1 is called to Assembly for entary career, and great in- 92 ; unfavour-
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able auspices under which he entered political life, i. 392; the moulder of Canadian Conservatism as it now exists, &b,; spoken of in connection with the Solicitor-Generalship, ii. 69 ; local jealousies prevent his acceptance of that office, 4b.; and of the Commissionership of Crown Lands, ib., and note : joins the Draper Government as Receiver-General, ii. 90 ; becomes Commissioner of Crown Lands, li. 98; reëlected for Kingston, ii. 101; a member of the B. A. League, ii. 173; again elected for Kingston, ii. 258 ; his impatience at the policy of his leaders, #b.; his able speech against the Hincks-Morin Ministry, ll. 264; opposes certain details of the Bill for increased representation, ii. 272 ; speaks against the Hincks- Morin Government’s policy on the Clergy Reserves, ii. 291 ; also on the contemplated prorogation of Parliament, ii. 293 ; supported by the Globe in Kingston as against a ministerial candidate, ü.
295, note; again elected for Kingston, ii.
296 ; consulted by Sir À. MacNab as to the formation of a Govermnent, ii. 306 ; resolves upon adopting a more advanced policy, ii, 307, 311 ; moiiitios his views on the Clergy Reserves, ii. 307, 308 ; the coming leader of his party, ii, 308 ; Sir A. MacNab's jealousy of his growing influence, &b.; becomes Attorney-General West in the MacNab-Morin Government, ii. 310 ; introduces a measure for the secularization of the Clergy Reserves, which is passed, ii. 313 ; the real head of his party in Upper Canada, ïi. 320 ; beginning of his ministerial association with G. E, Cartier, ib.; his Parliamentary onslaught upon Mr. Brown, ii. 327—329 ; called to order by the Speaker, ii. 329 ; admits having spoken hastily, and on insufficient knowledge, ib.; the feud arising out of the transaction never entirely allayed, ii. 330 ; his passage of arms with Colonel Rankin, ii. 331 ; caucus to instal him in the leadership of his party, in place of Sir A. MacNab, ii. 332; denounced by Sir Allan, #.; notifies the Governor- General of his intention to resign, ii. 340 ; in conjunction with Colonel Taché, forms the first T'aché-Macdonald Government, ii, 341 ; retains the portfolio of Attorney-General West, ii 343; is the real head of the Government, tb. ; carries through various measures of legal reform, ii, 352; reconstructs the Government after Colonel Taché's withdrawal, ii. 357; the nominal as well as the actual hend of the Government, ii, 358; accepts Mr. Brown’s motion for adjournment as a test of the ministerial strength, ii. 370; charged with collusion with Sir Edmund Head, ii. 279, 380 ; repudiates the charge, ii, 382 ; accepts office in the Cartier-Macdonald Government, first as Postmaster-General, ii. 384; and afterwards as Attorney-General West, ii. 385; excuses made for his participation in the Double-
Shuffle, ii. 387 ; his culpability, tb., 388 ; carries Upper Canadian measures by means of Lower Canadian majorities, ii. 399, 400 ; his eloquent speech against Rep. by Pop., ii.
411 ; introduces a Militia Bill, ii. 422 ; Bill rejected, ib.; resigns office, with his colleagues, tb, ; why his Bill was defeated, ii, 425, 426; moves wañt of confidence in the Macdonald-Sicotte Government, ii. 429 ; motion carried, b.; takes part in the South Leeds election campaign against A. N.
Richards, ii,-433; conferred with by Sir E.
P. Taché with a view to forming a Government, ii 434 ; in conjunction with Sir E,. P. Taché; forms the second Taché-Macdonald Govérnment, in which he becomes Attorney- General West, ii, 435; his ministerial exlanations evoke ridicule from the Opposition in the Assembly, ïi. 437 ; conference between him, Mr. Galt, and Mr. Brown, ii. 440, 441 ; subsequent conferences, participated in by Sir E. P. TachéandG. E, Cartier, ii, 441; coalition formed, tb., thenceforward an able advocate of Confederation, ii. 442, 443, and note ; attends the Charlottetown Convention, ii. 444, note ; attends the Quebec Conference, ii. 445 ; his speech in the Assembly, on Confederation, ii. 449; his motion for an Address to Her Majesty on the subject, ii, 450; motion carried, 4b.; goes to England as a delegate, tb. ; Sir N. F. Belleau’s accession to the Cabinet due to his influence and that of G. E, Cartier, ii. 452; Mr. Brown'’s letter to him on the subject, b., note; attendsthe London Conference, li. 466; is elected chairman thereof, &b.; entrusted by Lord Monck with the formation of the first Dominion Government, ii. 470 ; forms a Coalition Government, in which he becomes Premier and Minister of Justice, ib.; created a K.C.B., ii. 471; his rupture with Mr. Cartier, 1b., 472 ; attends the Halifax Convention, and arranges for ‘better terms ” to Nova Scotia, ii. 487 ; introduces a measure to establish and provide for the Government of Manitoba, ii. 503; his ill health, ii, 507 ; & member of the Joint Commission, ii.
511; overweighted thereon, ii, 512 ; criticized for permitting Canadian interests to be sacrificed, 4b.; supplies Riel with money to leave Canada, ii, 516 ; moves for a cominittee to investigate Mr. Huntingdon’s charges, ii, 528 ; appeals for delay, +b.; offers to issue a Royal Commission, ii. 530 ; compromised by the Allan-McMullen correspondence, ii, 531 ; denies the charges, and advises a prorogation, ii. 532, 533 ; his evidence before the Commission, ii. 534, 535 ; his eloquent appeal to the House, ii. 536 ; resigns office, with his colleagues, 4b.; narrowly escapes defeat at Kingston, ii. 539 ; his adoption of the N, P., ii. 545, note ; entrusted by Lord Dufferin with the formation of a Government, after the resignation of that of Mr. Mackenzie, ii, 548 ; forms a Government, becoming Premier
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and Minister of the Interior, tb. ; his Governmens eus sustained at the polls in 1882,
ii. 651.
Macdonald, John Sandfeld, his early career, i. 98, 99; returned to the Assembly in the Conservative interest, for Glengarry, i. 99 ; a representative Jèoman Catholic Gael, 1b.; ‘a political Ishmaelite,” i. 100; opposes Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i. 138, note; seconds the Address in Re-
1y to Sir C. Bagot, i. 236; supports Mr.
rice’s resolutions, i. 351, note ; takes part in the debate on the Address in Reply to Earl Cathcart’s Speech from the Throne, ii.
36 ; acts with the Reform party, ii. 102 ; reélected for Glengarry, tb.; becomes Solicitorxeneral for Upper Canada, ii. 184 ; refuses to accept the Commissionership of Crown Lands in the Hincks-Morin Government, ii. 247, note; why he did s0, ii. 249, and note; his hostility to the Hincks-Morin Government, 1b., 293 ; presents an Address to Lord Elgin on the procgsiion of Parliament, ii. 294 ; reëlected for Glengarry, ii. 296 ; the Clear Grit candidate for the Speakership, ii. 299 ; proposed by Mr. Scatcherd, ii. 300 ; has a distinct Parliamentary following, ii. 323 ; his motion in favour of discontinuing the alternate Seat of Government system, ii.
338 ; Mr. Baldwin’s position on the doublemajority doctrine misunderstood by him, ii.
339, note ; reëlected, ii. 359 ; announces to the Assembly that the Brown-Dorion Government is in process of formation, ii. 371 ; accepts office therein as Attorney-General est, ii. 373; opposed to the platform of the Toronto Convention of 1859, ii. 397 ; moves a resolution assertive of the doublemajority principle, ii. 410, and note; divergence between him and Mr. Brown, ii.
410; his alliance with Mr. Sicotte, ii, 411 ; entrusted by Lord Monck with the formation of a Government, ii. 422; in conjunction with Mr. Sicotte, forms the Macdonald- Sicotte Guvernment, ii. 423 ; becomes Premier and Attorney-General West, 1b.; reconstructs the Government, which is thenceforth the Macdonald-Dorion Government, ii. 430 ; charged with unstatesmanlike intrigues, ii, 432 ; his sharpness of tongue, #b.; opposed to the Coalition Government, ii. 448 ; forms the first Government of the Province of Ontario, ii. 476, 477 ; attributes the disorganization of the Reform par to Mr. Brown’s ascendency, ii, 476; opposed to Confederation until it was finally matured, 4; sits in the first Dominion Parliament, ii. 478; fall of his Government, ii. 515,
Macdonald, Rolland, member for Cornwall, moves Address in Reply, ii. 10 ; resigns his sh d 69 ; a member of the B. A. League, ii, 173,
Macdonald-Cartier Government formed, ii,
357 ; its membership, 14b., 358; assumes A ii, 358; resigns office, üi. 371; the
artier-Macdonald Government substantially the same, ii. 383, 384; defeated on the Militia Bill, ii. 422 ; resignation of, tb.; the English press on, ii, 425.
Macdonald-Dorion Government, reconstructed from the Macdonald-Sicotte Government, ii.
430; its policy, ib.; membership, ii. 431; defeated, ii. 439 ; deliberations, ib.
Macdonald-Sicotte Government, formed, ii.
423 ; its membership, t.; its policy, ii. 424 ; motion of want of confidence in, by J,. A.
Macdonald, ii. 429; carried, 1b,; reconstructed, ii. 430, See Macdonald-Dorion Govern-
ment.
Macdougall, D. Lorn, an advocate of the annexation movement of 1849, ii. 181.
Macdougall, General Sir Patrick, administers the Government after Lord Dufferin’s departure, ii. 550.
MacGeorge, the Rev. R. J., his contributions to the Anglo-American Magazine, ii. 580.
Machar, Miss, her contributions to the Canadian Monthly, ï. 581,
Mackenzie, Alexander, returned for Lambton, ü. 414; his qualifications, political opinions, and past life, 4b.; sits in the first Dominion Parliament, ïüi. 478; opposes Mr. Howe's ““better terms ” resolutions, ii, 490 ; elects to sit in the Federal Parliament, after the abolition of dual representation, ii. 521 ; moves want of confidence in the Government, ii. 536; entrusted by Lord Dufferin with the formation of a Government, t.; forms a Government, in which he becomes Premier and Minister of Public Works, tb. ; advises a dissolution of Parliament, ii. 538 ; policy of his Government, 4. 539 ; his Government strongly supported, ii. 539; principal events which marked his tenure of office, ii. 539—548 ; moves a resolution in favour of a general amnesty to the Red River insurgents, ii. 542 ; movesthat Riel's disqualification be recorded in the Commons ournals, ib.; introduces the Esquimault and Nanaimo Railway Bill, üi, 543; financial depression during his tenure of office, ii. 544 ; the question of protection, 4b.; a ‘National Policy ” advocated by the Opposition, üi. 545; an ardent Free Trader, tb. ; but admits the necessity of a revenue tariff for Canada, 1b.; his Government defeated at the polls, ii. 546 ; opens communication with the Colonial Office on the necessity of the Governor-General acting on the advice of his Ministry, ii. 547 ; his views prevail, tb,; obtains the recognition of Canada's right to be represented by native diplomatists in negotiations with foreign countries, where Canadian interests are involved, ,; obtains the appointment of Sir A. T, Galt as Canada's representative on the Halifax Fishery Com-
: ASSUMES 371; the bstantially d on the )f, ib.; the
onstructed rnment, 11.
>, ii. 431;
ormed, ii.
y, ii. 424; 9 by J . A.
econstructon Govern-
ate of the
administers fferin’s de-
ntributions ii. 580.
» the Cana-
r Lambton, al opinions, k Dominion Mr. Howe's 0 ; elects to , after the n, ü. 521; he Governrd Dufferin nment, 1.; he becomes Works, .; ent, ii. 038 ; ; his Gov- 9; principal of office, il.
favour of a River insurdisqualifica- 8 Tournals d Nanaimo l depression 4 ; the quesbnal Policy ” ji, 545; an admits the for Canada, t& the poils, th the Colof the Govvice of his ail, b,; obs right to be sts in negowhere Canaobtains the as Canada's ishery Com-
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mission, ii. 548 ; resigns office, with his colleagues, before the assembling of Parliament, ib.; resumes his post of leader of the Opposition, ii. 549 ; causes of his defeat, 46.; his personal labours, ib.; succeeded as leader of the Opposition by Mr. Blake, ib.
Mackenzie, Mr, afterwards Sir Alexander, his western explorations, ii, 50, 52, 54,
Mackenzie, Hope F., elected to the Assembly AP MARNE, ii. 406; declines reëlection,
Mackenzie, William Lyon, elected first mayor of Toronto, i. 83, ii, 226 ; his quarrels with R. B. Sullivan, i. 83, 84 ; takes up his quarters on Navy Island, i. 164 ; organizes a Provisional Government, 1b,; offers a reward for Sir F, B. Head’s body, .; his account of the destruction of the Caroline, i. 168 ; his pardon refused by Sir C, Metcalfe, i. 299 ; Baldwin and Rolph’s mission to him at Gallows Hill,
i, 313; returns to Canada, ii. 136, 137; his |
life while in exile, tb.; inaccuracies in Mr. Lindsey’s ‘ Life,” àb., note ; disturbance in Toronto caused by his return, ii. 138; successfully contests the representation of Haldimand with ie Brown and others, ii.
222, 227, 228; birth and early life, ii. 222, et seq.; his character, 1b.; immigrates to Upper Canada, ii, 223 ; founds the Colonial Advocate at Queenston, 1b.; assails the Family Compact, 1b.; removes to York, 1b.; his printing office wrecked by ‘a genteel mob,” li. 224 ; returned to the U. C. Assembly for the county of York, tb.; arbitrary proceedings against him for breach of privilege, ii. 225 ; expelled the Assembly, i.; repeated reëlections and expulsions, 4b,; goes to England with the Petition of Grievances, tb,; returned to the U. C. Assembly for 2nd Riding of York, ii. 226; his share in the rebellion, #b.; returned for Haldimand as an ‘“Independent ” candidate, ii. 227 ; his reëntr into political life referred to by the Englis press, ii. 229 ; arrays himself in Opposition, li, 230 ; allies himself with the Clear Grits, ü. 236; his project for the abolition of the Court of Chancery for U. C., tb.; opposes Büll for increased representation, ii. 272; attacks the Government for proroguing Parliament, ii. 292 ; coüperates with Mr. Brown, ii, 295 ; issues his Afessage, ib.; reëlected for Haldimand, ii. 296 ; speaks in favour of J, S. Macdonald's candidature for the Speakership, üi. 300 ; condemns Mr. Cartier’s course with reference to the G. T, R., 5b.; one of the principal Parliamentary spokesmen of the Glear Grits, üi, 323 ; reëlected, ii, 359 ; resigns his seat in the Assembly, ii. 416 ; his subsequent career and death, 1b.; his services to the cause of liberty in Canada, ii. 417.
Maclear, Thomas, founds the Anglo- American
Magazine, ii. 580,
MacMullen, John, historian of Canada, his
comments on Lieutenant-Governor Sin coe’s Speech from the Throne, i. 279; his misleading statement on the subject of the Clergy Reserves, ii. 241, 242 ; general character of his work, ii. 561, 562,
MacNab, Sir Allan Napier, defeats Provincial Secretary Harrison at the poils in Hamilton, i. 85, 101; his early career, i. 100 ; serves in the War of 1812-15, ib.; copying clerk, 1b.; his pecuniary diffculties, i. 100, 10] ; ‘‘on the limits,” i. 100 ; his high spirits, b.; called to the bar, and begins practice at Hamilton, ib,; committed to gaol for contempt, i. 101 ; the turning-point in his fortunes, 1b.; returned to Ü. C. Assembly in the Tory interest for Wentworth, tb. ; elected Speaker, tb. ; commands the Provincial militia during the rebellion, 1b., 165 ; the Caroline affair, i. 101, 165, et seq.; his remonstrances to the United States authorities, i. 165; knighted, i. 101, 170 ; his testimony at McLeod’s trial, i, 177; sits in the Assembly for Hamilton as the leader of the Conservative party, i. 101; his pronounced Conservatism, and its causes, ib.; his bearing and qualifications, i. 101, 102 ; tribute to his talents by Colonel Prince, i, 114; proposed by Mr. Cartwright for the Speakership, after the Union, in opposition to Mr. Cuvillier, i. 114, 115; requests that his nomination be withdrawn, i. 115; moves an adjournment, i. 118; sits on the extreme right in the Assembly, i.
122 ; leader of the o!d Conservatives, i. 123, note ; opposes Mr. Neiïlson’'s amendment to the Address, i, 138, note; introduces a Bill to extend the time for receiving election petitions, i., 143; which is carried in the Assembly, but defeated in the Council, i. 144 ; criticizes the formation of the first Lafontaine-Baldwin Government, i. 241 ; unable to form a Government, i, 259 ; his attack on Robert Baldwin, i. 312; replied to by Mr.
Baldwin, i, 313, 314; his apology, i. 314 ; his motion on the Seat of Government question, tb. ; his alleged influence with Sir C. Metcalfe, i. 218 ; confers with Sir C. Metcalfe on the resignation of the Councillors, i, 326 ; moves for copies of the correspondence between the Governor and the Council, i, 329 ; moves that the Governor’s Message be printed, i. 337 ; his speech on the resignation, expounding his views on Responsible Government, i. 345 ; opposes Mr. Prices resolutions, i. 351, note ; elected Speaker, i, 381 ; unacquainted with the French language, tb. ;
roposed for reëlection as AE by Mr.
2 À ii, 100, 101 ; his candidature unsuccessful, ii. 101; again elected for Hamiiton, ii. 102 ; successfully opposes Mr. Notman in the old Gore District, ii. 106 ; leads the Opsition after the formation of the second afontaine-Baldwin Ministry, ii. 120, 136, note ; speaks against the Rebellion Losses
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Bill, ii, 150 ; denounces the French Canadians as rebels, ii. 151; replied to by W. H. Blake, ü. 151, 152; demands a retractation from Mr. Blake, which is refused, ii. 152; a hostile meeting between him and Mr. Blake prevented, ii. 153 ; the mace deposited in his room, after the riot, ii. 159 ; blames the Government for the riot, ii. 161; goes to England to represent the Tory view of the Rebellion Losses question, ii. 173 ; his acrimonious opposition, ii. 209, 210; his gross allusions to Mr. Lafontaine’s alleged connection with the rebellion, ii. 210 ; his rancour condemned by to Col. Gugy, ib., et seg.; moves amendments to the Address, ii. 229, 230; refers feelingly to Mr. Baldwin's resignation of office, ii. 237 ; reëlected, ii. 253 ; becomes more liberal in his opinions, &,; opposes the Bill for increased representation, ii. 272; condemns the Hincks-Morin Government for dilatoriness in the matter of the Clergy Reserves, ii. 291 ; protests against the PONS of Parliament, ii. 292 ; supported in Hamilton by the Globe, in opposition to Isaac Buchanan, ii. 295, note; his candidature successful, ii, 296 ; entrusted by Lord Elgin with the formation of a Government, ii. 306 ; consults with J. A. Macdonald, tb.; lags behind the more advanced wing of his party, üi. 308; his jealousy of the growing power of J, A.
Macdonald, tb.; his infirmities, ib., 332, 336, 337, 340, 341; proposes à coalition to Mr.
Morin, ii. 308; in conjunction with Mr.
Morin, forms the MacNab-Morin Ministry, wherein he becomes President of the Counciland Minister of Agriculture, ii. 309 ; reconstructs the Government upon Mr. Morin’s retirement, ii. 319; the more advanced members of his party not satisfied with his leadership, ii. 331; cabal against him, ii.
332; his indignation, tb.; the ministerial press generally hostile to him, ii. 333 ; endeavours to have J, H. Cameron installed as leader, tb.; falls a victim to the cabal against him, ii. 340; his protest, 1b.; receives an intimation from the Governor- General as to the impossibility of maintaining the efficiency of the Council, tb., 341 ; resigns office, ii. 341; his resignation accepted, 4b.; his future influence unimportant, ii. 343 ; carried down to the Assembly to make his explanations, ii. 344 ; encounters Mr. Drummond on the way, who informs him of the absence of his colleagues from the Assembly, ii. 344, 345 ; defers his explanations, ii. 345; receives warm expressions of sympathy, tb.; created a baronet, ii. 406 ; withdraws from ublic life, 1b.; takes up his abode in Eng- Ho, ii, 407 ; an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the House of (’ommons there, 4b.; returas to Canada, tb. ; receives the honorary rank of a Colonel in the British army, and is æ,yointed an honorary aide-de-camp to the
Queen, tb.; attends the Prince of Wales in his progress through Canada, 1b., note; elected to the Legislative Council for the Western Division, ii. 406, 407; takes his seat in the Upper House, ii. 407 ; elected Speaker thereof, ii. 420 ; his last illness and death, ii. 428,
MacNab-Morin Government, formed, ii. 309 ; its membership, ii. 309, 310 ; broken up b the retirement of Mr. Morin and his colleagues from L. C., ii. 319 ; succeeded by the MacNab-Taché Government, tb.
MacNab-Taché Government, formed, ii. 319; defeated on J, H. Cameron’s motion in the matter of the Corrigan murder trial, ii. 334 ; effect of that defeat, ii. 335; resignation, ii. 340, 341.
M Professor, his scientific researches, ii. 579.
Macpherson, David Lewis, an advocate of the annexation movement of 1849, ii. 181; head of one of the companies chartered to build the Canada Pacific Railway, ii. 525.
Mail newspaper, ii. 588, 589,
Mair, Charles, his poetry, ii. 578.
Maitland, Sir Peregrine, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, his despatch on the Clergy Reserves, ii. 197; his influence exerted in sont of Dr. Strachan’s views thereon, ii.
Manahan, Anthony, resigns his seat for Kingston, i. 85, 101 ; becomes Collector of Customs at Toronto, i. 85.
Mangles, R, D., his letter from Sir C. Metcalfe on latter’s appointment as Governor-General of Canada, i. 274,
Manitoba, a measure introduced into the House of Commons by Sir John Macdonald to provide for its government, ii. 503 ; provisions of the measure, tb.
Marchand, F. G., his dramas, ii, 577.
Marcy, William L., Secretary of State of the dt signs the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854,
Maritime Court, established, ii, 546.
Marmette, Joseph, his novels, ii. 576.
Marshall, Judge, his ‘Brief History,” ii, 565.
Martineau, Harriet, her estimate of Lord Sydenham, i. 160, 161.
Mason and Slidell, envoys of the Southern Confederacy, taken from the Trent by Captain Wilkes, ii, 419,
Mason, William, dies from a wound received in the riots at Montreal, ii, 175; his funeral, tb.
Masson, L. F. R., becomes Minister of Militia and Defence, ii. 549,
Matheson, Donald, member for North Oxford, seconds the proposal that J, $S, Macdonald be Speaker, ii. 300.
Mayrand, Etienne, Legislative Councillor, a member of the Church of Rome, i, 109, note; resigns his seat in the Legislative Council, i.
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