ét h Pacific, 1i
Legislative
Responsible g in favour 849, ii. 181, im on that the Reform ii, 187; one & party, ib,; ast life, tb., vin after the essor in the ; his death,
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FRE R. W., his writings on trade questions,
ii. 581,
Piché, E. U., member for Berthier, his amendment on the Seat of (overment question, ii.
369; carried, ii. 370; announces to the Assembly the formation of the Browi.-Dorion Ministry, ii. 374 ; seconds Mr, Bureau’s motion for the issue of a writ of election for Montreal, &b.
‘“Picturesque Canada,” ii, 579,
Pilot newspaper (Montreal), established by Mr. Hincks, 1. 580, ii, 587; its character, 1b.; the organ of the Hincks-Morin Government in Lower Canada, ii. 250,
Polette, Antoine, appointed on the Coinmission to investigate the Pacific Railway charges, ii, 534, notc
Polk, James K., inaugurated as President of the U. $S., ü, 58; his observations on the Oregon question, tb.; accepts Lord Aberdeen’s proposal respecting, ii. 61.
Post newspaper (Montreal), ii. 589.
Postage, cheap, 1. 120, ii. 217, 238, 239.
Postmaster-General, office of, created, ii. 221,
Pottinger, Sir Henry, rumours of his appointment as Governor-(teneral of Canada, 1i. 33,
Pope, J, C., becomes Minister of Marine and Fisheries, ii. 549,
Pope, John Henry, member for Compton, his conversation with Mr, Brown respecting the dead-lock, ii, 439, 440 ; obtains permission to communicate same, ii, 440 ; becomes Minister of Agriculture in the Government formed by Sir John Macdonald in 1878, ii. 549,
Pope, William H., attends the Quebec Conference, on behalf of P. E, Island, ii. 445.
Population of the Dominion, ii. 552; of Ontar, 4b,, note; of Quebec, ib.; of Nova Scotia, tb.; of New Brunswick, 1b,; of Manitoba, 4, ; of British Columbia, &b,; of Prince Edward Island, &#.; of the Territories, tb,
Powell, Colonel, i. 318.
Powell, Francis, appointed Clerk of the Peace for Dalhousie District, i, 318 ; the Ministry notified thereof, i. 320,
Powell, Israel Wood, member for Norfolk,
oppose Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the
Address, i. 138, note ; supports Mr. Price’s
resolutions, i. 351, note,
Price, James Hervey, member for 1st Riding of
York, i, 107 ; his remarks on the motion for the Speakership, i. 115 ; sits on the extreme left in the Assembly, i. 122; votes for Mr.
Neilson's amendment to the Address, i. 138, and note ; seconds Mr. Hincks’s subsequent amendment, i. 138; his Speech on Sir OC, Metcalfe’s message, i. 337, et seq.; moves an Address to the Governor affirming the right of Ministers to be consulted as to appointments to office, i, 340 ; his vote thereon i. 351, note; reëlected for 1st Riding of York, i. 379; again returned, ii. 102; becomes Commissioner of Crown Lands in 2nd
Lafontaine-Baldwin Government, ii. 119; reëlected without opposition, ii. 120 ; speaks on the Rebellion Loues Bill, üi. 151: his lodgings attacked by the mob, ii. 162; William McDougall a student in his office, ii.
189; stigmatizes the Clergy Reserves, ii.
202 ;: moves an Address praying for the repeal of the Imperial Act on that subject, ii. 203, 213 ; the motion carried, ii. 216 ; resolves to retire from public life, ii. 221 ; resigns office, with his colleagues, ii. 238 ; recants his resolution to retire from public life, and is a candidate for South York, ii. 253 ; defeated by J, W. Gamble, ib.; his subsequent career, tb., and note.
Primogeniture doctrine, as applied to real estate, its abolition a plank in the Clear Grit platform, ïi, 186; and in that of the Reform party of Upper Canada, ib., note ; an Act passed abolishing it, ii. 232.
Prince Edward Island, represented at the Que-
bec Conference, ii, 445 ; its opposition to Confederation, ii. 450, 466, 489, 490 ; arrangements for its admission to the Union, ii. 524, 525 ; terms of admission, ii. 525; enters the Union, ii. 529,
Prince, Colonel John, his past life, i. 106; his
high-handed proceedings during the rebellion, ib., and note; his character and politics, i. 106, 107, ii. 110 ; supports Mr. Cuvillier for the Speakership, i. 114; pays a tribute to Sir Allan MacNab, ib.; his remarks on Mr.
Cameron’s resolutions, 1. 125 ; criticizes Mr. Baldwin’s resignation, i. 138; opposes Mr.
Neilson’s amendment to the Address, 1b., note ; his speech on the resignation of Sir C. Metcalfe’s Councillors, i, 345, 346 ; supports Mr. Price’s resolutions, i, 351, note ; reëlected for Essex, i, 381; proposes Mr. Morin for the Speakership, tb.; moves a congratwatory address to Lord Metcalfe, ii, 16; moves resôlutions in reply to the Speech from the Throne, ii. 35; seconds Mr, Cayley’s motion that Sir Allan MacNab be Speaker, ii. 101 ; again elected for Essex, ii, 110 ; his doubtful partisanship, i. 107, ii, 110, 208, 209 ; moves Address in Beniy, ii, 117 ; speaks against the Rebellion Losses Bill, ii, 150, 151 ; moves an amendment to the Address, looking to the abolition of the Court of Chancery, ii. 209 ; ee a petition praying for an address in avour of Canadian independence, ii, 209, note ; votes for its reception, tb.; elected to the Legislative Council for the Western Division, ii, 347, note; speaks against the Brown-Dorion Government, ii. 376; apposes judge of the Algoma District, ii.
Protection, Sir Robert Peel's views on, i, 213,
214 ; agitation on the Corn Laws in Canada, ii, 38, 39, 127-129 ; Address forwarded to the Queen, ii. 33 ; first becomes a matter for Canadian legislation, ii, 389 ; the Tariff Act of 1859,
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ii. 392; by whom introduced, t6.; Isaac Buchanan the real author, tb.; public meetings in favour of, ii. 393; Sir Francis Hincks’s move in the direction of, ii. 506 ; becomes a living question, üi. 544; Mr.
Cartwright’'s measure of 1874, ii. 544, 545; a “National Policy ” advocated by the Liberal- Co::: arvative Opposition, ii. 545; who adopt it a+ the great plank in their platform, tb.
See Reciprocity, Free Trade.
QUEBEC ACT, i. 16.
Quebec city, at the time of the Union, i. 55, 56; devastated by fires, ii. 18 ; Seat of Government remove liament Buildings there destroyed by fire, ii. 287 ; Seat of Government removed therefrom to Toronto, ii. 325; the Assembly resolve that Quebec shall be the permanent capital, ii.
338 ; Seat of Government again removed thither, üi. 395; Confederation Conference at, ii, 444—446 ; Government offices removed therefrom to Ottawa, ii. 454,
Quebec Conference, ii. 444—446,
Quesnel, Frederic Auguste, member for Mont- |
morency, supports Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i. 138, note ; supports Mr.
Price’s resolutions, i. 351, note,
Quesnel, Jule:, Legislative Councillor, a member of the Church of Rome, i. 109, note; death, i. 227.
RaïzwaAY development in Canada, ii. 140, 230, See Grand Trunk Railway, Intercolonial Railway, Great Western Railway, Ontario, Simcoe & Huron Railway, Northern Railway, North Shore Railway, Canada Pacific Railway.
Ramsay, James (afterwards Lord Dalhousie), his early friendship for Lord Elgin, ii. 82, Rankin, Colonel, appointed Colonel Commandant of the Western Militia District, ii. 331, note ; his passage of arms with J, A. Mac-
donald, ii. 331,
Rattray, W. J,, his ‘‘Scot in British North America,” ii, 569, 570 ; his contributions to the Canadian Monthly, ii. 581,
Raymond, Jean Moyse, member for Leinster, supports Mr, Neïilson's amendment to the Address, i. 138, note,
Reade, John, his poems and translations, ii, 578, 586; literary editor of the Montreal Gazette, ii 8°
Rebellion, : 22 ; suppressed, i. 23; bursts forth afresu im Lower Canada, and is finally suppressed, i, 31; great justification to be found for it, i. 65, See Papineau, L, J., and Mackenzie, W, L,
Rebellion Losses, ii. 129 ; legislation on the subject, ii. 143, eé seq., and nnte ; Commissioners appointed, ii. 144; tl ir report, ii. 145, resolutions and Bill introduced into the Assembly by Mr, Lafontaine, ii, 146 ; outcry
thither, ii. 246, 247 ; Par- |
from the Opposition, ii. 147 ; character of the measure, li. 148, 149; exciting debates on the subject, ii. 149, et seq.; passes its third reading, üi, 153; Lord Elgin’s deliberations thereon, t., et seq.; assented to by Lord Elgin, ii. 157; riots in consequence, see Chapter XXVIL., passim; the Parliament Buildings destroyed by the mob, ii. 158—160,
Reciprocity Treaty, various attempts to negotiate, see Elgin, Lord, and Brown, George ; the treaty of 1854 concluded and signed, ii.
284; its contents, 10., 285; Bill passed by the Canadian Parliament, giving effect to, ii. 313 ; also by the Legislatures of the Maritime Provinces, &.; approved by the British Parliament and the Congress of the U.S., ib.; comes into effect, &b.; outcry against it in the U. S., ii. 427 ; formal notice given b the U. S. for its abrogation, ii, 451 ; the U.S. Government refuse all propositions for renewal, ii. 452 ; anxiety in Canada on the subject, 1i. 454, 455 ; a Confederate Council on Commercial Treaties formed, ii. 455; delegates sent to Washington to negotiate for a renewal of the treaty, 4b., 457; their mission à failure, ii, 457 : Mr. Brown’s stand on the question, ii. 455, 456 ; no prospect of its renewal, ii. 506; fishing rights possessed under it by the people of the U, $S., ii. 509; unsuccessful attempt of Sir Edward Thornton and George Brown to negotiate a new treaty, ii. 547.
KRectories, created by Sir John Colborne, ii. 199 ; their creation pronounced to have been lawful, ii. 200, 261 ; their legality tested by a friendly suit,andaffirmed, ii, 261,262, and note,
Red River, rebellion at, see McDougall, William, and Riel, Louis ; a combined Imperial and Canadian military force sent to restore order in the colony, ii. 504, 505 ; the force under Colonel Wolseley reaches Fort Garry, ii. 505.
Reform Convention held at Toronto in 1859, ii. 396 ; in 181i7, ii. 474.
‘ Reign of Terror,” i. 20, 48.
Repertoire National, ü. 583.
Representation by Population, arose out of the
ouble-majority doctrine, ii. 20, 21 ; opposition to Mr. Morin’s Representation Act chiefly due to the advocates of, ii, 272, 273 ; advocated by Mr. Brown, ii. 273, 353 ; it assumes formidable proportions, ii. 353, 395, 396, 411 ; the agitation largely fomented by Mr. Brown, üi. 353; Mr. Brown's resolution, &#.; petitions to Parliament on the subject, 1b.; an issue at the general elections, ii. 358 ; the agitation increased by the repudiation of the doublemajority do’trine, ii. 388 ; a motion assertive of the principle by Thomas R, Ferguson, ii.
409; an open question in the Cartier-Macdonald Cabinet, ii, 421 ; vigorously advocated by Wm. McDougall, tb.; the question practically ignored in the policy of the Macdonald- Sicotte Government, ii, 424 ; a motion in its
racter of ebates on its third berations by Lord ence, see arliament 158—160.
ts to ne- 1, George ; signed, il.
passed by effect to, the Marihe British the U. S.
against it e given by ; the US$.
ns for reon the sub- Council on 455; delegotiate for , their misn’s stand on spect of its »ssessed un- S., ii. 509; vard Thorntiate a new
olborne, ii.
o have been
tested by à 262, and note.
ougall, Wiled Imperial to restore ore force under arry, ii. 505.
o in 1859, ii.
se out of the , 21; opposion Act chiefly , 273 ; advo- B ; it assumes 95, 396, 411 ; Mr. Brown, ib.; petitions ,; an issue at the agitation f the doubletion assertive Ferguson, ii.
Cartier-Mucsly advocated estion practi- Le Macdonaldmotion in its
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favour in the Assembly by M. C. Cameron, ii, 428, 429,
Responsible Government, i. 75, 76 ; advocated by Isaac Buchanan, i. 105, 125; Attorney- General Draper’s exposition of it, i. 126—128, 133—136, ii. 92; Lord Sydenham’s views on, i. 128, 129, and note ; Mr. Baldwin’s speech on, in reply to Mr. Draper, i. 129—131, 133 ; Mr. Merritt on, i. 131; M. Cameron on, &.; Captain Steele on, i, 131,132 ; Mr, Thorburn on, i. 122, 133 ; Mr. Boswell on, i. 133; Mr. Baldwin's resoiutions of 3rd September, 1841, ïi. 149, 150; Mr. Harrison’s amendments, ib.; dictated by Lord Sydenham, i. 151; Lord Stanley’s views on R. G., i. 160 ; J. $, Cartwright’s, i. 223; admitted by Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe, i. 279 ; outlined in Lord John Russell’s despatches, i. 41, 42, 279, 280 ; meaning attached to the term, i, 289 ; admitted by Sir ©. Metcalfe, ., 285 ; discussion between Mr. Lafontaine and Captain Higginson respecting, i. 286, et seg.; Sir C. Metcalfe on, i. 301, 305, 359, 360, 367, 368 ; history of, i. 302, 303 ; early advocated by the Reform leaders of Upper Canada, tb.; O. R. Gowan's pamphlet on, i. 303 ; advocated by Mr. Hincks and the Examiner, ib.; by J oseph Howe and others in Nova Scotia, 1b.; see Chapter XVI., passim ; Mr. Sullivan's letters on, under the pseudonym of “ Legion,”? i. 861, 362, ii. 558 ; Dr. Ryerson on, tb.; Isaac Buchanan on, i. 362; the Globe a strong advocate of, i. 366, 367 ; embraced in the Liberal platform, ïüi. 72, et seq.; firmly established under Lord Elgin, ii. 88, 89, 121, and note, 129 ; its principles obtain general assent, ii. 179; an admitted principle in the constitution, ii. 306 ; its concession sounds the deathknell of high-Toryism in Canada, ii, 311; Imperial instructions issued to Lord Dufferin, ii. 546 ; Mr. Mackenzie’s Government procures a modification of the doctrine enunciated therein, ii. 547 ; Imperial instructions to the Marquis of Lorne, &b,
Revue Canadienne, ii. 584,
Revue de Montréal, ii. 584,
Richards, Albert Norton, member for South Leeds, appointed Solicitor-General West in the Macdonald-Dorion Government, ii. 432 ; defeated by D. F, Jones on returning to his constituente for reëlection, ii, 433.
Richards, William Buell, elected to the Assembly for Leeds, ii, 102, 105 ; birth, parentage and early life, ii. 104; his political views, ib.; arrays himself in Opposition, ii, 105 ; his subsequent career, 1b.; becomes Attorney- General West in the Hincks-Morin Government, ii. 247 ; his qualifications for that office, ii. 249 ; reëlected for Leeds, ii. 252; elevated to the bench, üi. 278; his demission of office a loss to the Government, ii, 279,
Richardson, Major, his speculations as to Mr, Hincks and the Bank of Issue project, i. 219, note ; untrustworthiness of his writings, &b.,
ii, 566, note; his animadversions on Sir C.
Bagot’s appointments, i. 226, 227, note ; his history of the War of 1812, ü. 566; his “Eight Years in Canada,” &#., note; his novels, ii, 574,
Riddell, Robert, defeats Mr, Hincks in Oxford, i. 379, 380,
Ridgeway, skirmish at, between volunteers and Fenians, ii. 461, 462,
tv John, slain in a duel by S. ’. Jarvis, i. 104,
Ridout, Surveyor-General, i. 104.
Riel, Louis, leader of the Red River insurrection, ii. 495; directs armed parties of halfbreeds to resist Mr. McDougall’s entrance into the territory, ib.; becomes Secretary, and afterwards President of the ‘ Provisional Government,” ii. 496; takes possession of Fort Garry, tb.; pillages the stores of the Hudson’s Bay Company, ii. 497; his flagrant excesses, ib.; his head turned by power, ii. 499; his hatred of Dr. Schultz, tb.; directs the murder of Thomas Scott, ii. 500; his negotiations with Bishop Taché, ii. 501 ; flies at the approach of the troops from Canada, ïüi, 505; returns to his home in Manitoba, ii. 515; offers his services to Governor Archibald to put down the Fenian movement at Pembina ib.; Lieutenant-Governor Archibald censure for holding intercourse with him, tb.; remains at home unmolest.d, #b.; the question of amnesty, ii. 516, 540, et seq. ; spoken of as a candidate for the House of Commons, ii.
516 ; supplied by Sir J. A. Macdonald with money to leave the country, 1b.; leaves Canada, tb.; sentence of outlawry passed upon him, ïi. 540; elected to the Commons for Provencher, ii. 541 ; reëlected, tb.; proceeds to Ottawa, takes the oath, and signs the roll of membership, tb.; keeps in hiding, &b.; Mr. Bowell’s motion carried for his expulsion, tb.; again elected for Provencher, tb.; excluded from the general amnesty, ii, 542 ; disqhAtSS from sitting in Parliament, 1b,; his disqualification recorded in the Commons Journals, tb.
Ritchie, Mr.,afterwards Sir William Johnston, attends the London Conference as a delegate from Nova Scotia, ii. 466,
Rives, Senator, Jared Sparks’s letter to, i. 209, and note ; his speech published, &b.; produces the Sparks letter and map to the U.S.
Senate, i, 210,
Robertson, Colin, member for Two Mountains, opposes Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i. 138, note,
Robinson, Sir John Beverley, Chief Justice of Upper Canada, i. 36; the trusted counsellor of the Conservatives of the Province, ib,; his mission to England, tb.; publishes ‘Canada and the Canada Bill,” as a counterblast to Lord Durham’s Report, tb.; ineffectiveness of that work, tb. ; its author formerly an advocate of union, tb.; succeeded by
Robert Baldwin in the representation of York in Upper Canada Assembly, i. 72; approves of the selection of Robert Baldwin as an Executive Councillor, i. 75 ; libelled by Francis Collins, i. 104 ; proceeds to Kingston and administers oath of office to Sir Charles Bagot, i. 183; his decision in the Anderson extradition case, ii, 405.
Robinsun, John Beverley (a son of the preceding), junior member for Toronto, seconds Mr. Langevin’s motion of want of confidence in the Brown-Dorion Government, ii, 375; becomes President of the Council in the Cartier-Macdonald Government, ii. 421 ; favours Rep. by Pop., tb.; reëlected, tb.
Robinson *”- jor, his railway survey, ii. 256,
Robinson, illiam Benjamin, member for Simcoe, accepts office as Inspector-General, ü. 10; reëlected, tb.; resigns the Inspector- Generalship, ii. 70; becomes Chief Commissioner of Publie Works, tb.; his object in accepting office, ii. 71; his antipathy to Mr. Draper, 1b.; reëlected for Simcoe, ii. 102; des W. H. Blake, ii. 110 ; again elected, ii. 296,
Robinson, William C. F., administers the Government in Prince Edward Island, ii. 529, Robitaille, Dr. Theodore, member for Bonaventure, succeeds Mr. Chapais as Receiver-
General, ii. 523.
Roblin, John P., member for Prince Edward, his remarks on the motion for the Speakership, i. 115; opposes Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i, 138, note; opposes Mr. Price’s resolutions, i. 351, note ; seconds congratulatory Address to Lord Metcalfe, ii. 16.
Roe, William, defeated in 4th Riding of York by Mr. Lafontaine, i. 248,
Roebuck, John Arthur, censures Sir C. Metcalfe’s Canadian policy, i. 372.
Rollo & Adam, founders of the British American Magazine, ii. 580.
Rolph, Dr, John, accepts office under Sir F, B. Head, i. 76 ; resigns, &b.; his examination of Allan MacNab before a committee of the U, C. Assembly, i. 101; pardoned for complicity in the rebellion, i, 299; returns to Canada, 1b,; his mission to Gallows Hill, with Mr. Baldwin, in December, 1837, i.
313 ; identified with the Clear Grit Departure, ii. 187 ; his character and early life, ii. 188, 189 ; a member of the old U. C,. Assembly, ii. 188; his famous speech on the Clergy Reserves question, 1b.; resigns his practice at the bar, and adopts the medical profession, ii. 189 ; founds à leading medical school, &b.; confers with Mr. Hincks on the formation of a Ministry, ii. 246; accepts office in the Hincks-Morin Government as Commissioner of Crown Lands, ii. 247;
resses Malcolm Cameron'’s claims upon Mr.
Hincks, ib., note; imparts strength to the Government from his connection with the Clear Grits, ii 249; returned for Norfolk,
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üi. 252; becomes President of the Council
and Minister of Agriculture, ii, 278 ; reëlected
for Norfolk, ii. 296 ; votes against his col-
leagues on a question of privilege, ii. 303 ;
resigns office, with his colleagues, ib,; pre-
ue disaffected, 1b., note ; disapproves of
the MacNab-Morin coalition, ii. 310, note; joins the Opposition, 1b.; his subsequent career, and death, tb.
Rose, Mr., afterwards Sir John, an advocate of the annexation movement of 1849, ii. 181 ; becomes Solicitor-General for L. C., and is returned to the Assembly for Montreal, ii.
358; defeats Mr. Holton, ii. 359 ; joins the Cartier-Macdonald Government as Receiver- General, ii. 384; resumes the office of Solicitor-General East, ii. 385; succeeds Mr.
Sicotte as Commissioner of Public Works, ii. 390 ; resigns office, ii. 412, 413 ; his reasons for resigning, ii. 413; criticized for inefficiency in his department, ii. 422; sits in the first Dominion Parliament, ii. 479 ; succeeds Mr. Galt as Minister of Finance, ii.
482 ; reëlected in Huntingdon by acclamation, ib.; his assiduity in his department, ib.; resigns office, to take up his abode in England, ii. 492.
Ross, Dunbar, member for Megantic, ii, 279 ; becomes Solicitor-General for L. C., ii. 278; elected to the Assembly for Beauce, ii. 295 ; reinstated as Solicitor-General for L. C., upon the formation of the MacNab-Morin Government, ii. 310 ; retains office after the formation of the first T'aché-Macdonald Government, ii. 343 ; again returned to the Assembly, ii. 359,
Ross, James, member for East Northumberland, votes with the Ministry, on J. H.
Cameron’s motion arising out of the Corrigan murder trial, ii. 335,
Ross, John, his early life, ii. 131; summoned to the Legislative Council, tb.; a disciple of Robert Baldwin, tb.; extracts from letters written by him on the Montreal riots, ii. 168, note, 182, note ; becomes Solicitor-General for U. C., ii. 248 ; succeeds Mr, Richards as Attorney-General for U, C., ii. 278 ; named Le Mr, Hincks as a member of the MacNab-
orin Government, ii. 509 ; RARE office therein, and becomes Speaker of the Legislative Council, ii. 310 ; resigns office, ii. 336 ; his reason, 1b.; his explanations in the Legislative Council, tb.; becomes Receiver-General in the Macdonald-Cartier Government, ii. 366 ; becomes President of the Council in the Cartier-Macdonald Government, ii. 385 ; his presence in the Cabinet denounced by the Opposition, ii, 413 ; retires from the Guvernment, ii. 421,
Ross, William, becomes Minister of Militia and Defence in Mr. Mackenzie’s Government, ii. 537,
Rouges, the, organized in Montreal, ii. 190 ; their platform, ib.; their organ, ii. 191 ; their
Council reëlected & his col- , ii. 308 ; ib,; preproves Of 10, note ; ibsequent
advocate 9, ii. 181 ; O., and is ntreal, ii.
joins the
Receiverice of S0ceeds Mr.
ie Works, his reasons for ineffi- 2; sits in , 479 ; suc- ‘inance, il.
y acclamaepartment, s abode in
tic, ii. 279 ; C., ii. 278; ce, ii. 295 ; for L. C., Nab-Morin e after the lonald Gov- | to the As-
orthumberon J. H the Corri-
summoned k disciple of rom letters iots, ii. 168, tor-General Richards as D78 ; named e MacNabcepts office the Legisce, ii. 336 ; in the Legbceiver-Genovernment, b Council in ent, ii. 380 ; need by the the Guvern-
of Militia es Govern-
eal, ii. 190 ; i, 191 ; their
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leaders, tb.; reaction in their favour, ii. 299; contrary reaction, ii. 359 ; braach with the Clear Grits, ii. 394 ; opposei to Confederation, ii. 473.
Rousseau, Dr. Léon, defeats Mr. Barthe, in Yamaska, i. 378.
Rowan, So Fe tnt prorogues Parliament as Lord Elgin’s representative, ii. 171; assumes the administration of affairs during Lord Elgin’s absence in England, ii. 280,
Roy, Gabriel, appointed a Legislative Councillor, i. 227.
Royal Commission, issued by Lord Dufferin to investisate and report upon Mr, Huntington’s Pacific Railway charges, ii. 534; Mr.
Huntington, G. W. McMullen and others refuse to appear before it, 4b.; its membership, tb., note ; the evidence taken, ii. 534, 535 ; the report, ii. 535.
Royal Society of Literature, the, ii. 580.
Kiuel, Augustin Guillaume, member fur Bellechasse, supports Mr. Neiïlson’'s amendment to the Address, i. 138, note.
Rush, Mr., American Minister in London, his conversation with Lord Castlereagh on the Na Va boundary, ii. 42.
Russell, Lord John, defends Lord Durham in the House of Commons, i. 28, 29 ; intioduces Bill for reuniting the Canadas, i. 37 ; his despatch to Mr. Thomson, Governor-General of Canada, on the subject of the reunion of the Provinces, i. 41, 42, 150, 279 ; introduces new Union Bill, i. 43 ; eulogized by Lord Sydenham, i. 157, 158 ; Responsible Government outlined in his derperquen i. 279, 280 ; eulogizes Sir C. Metcalfe, i. 373; forms a Whix Government, ii. 63 ; defends the Rebellion Losses Bill, ii. 174; succeeded as Premier by Lord Derby, ü. 256; succeeds Sidney Herbert as Colonial Secretary, ii.
324, note ; succeeded by Sir William Molesworth, tb; succeeds Lord Palnerston as head of the English Cabinet, ii, 453.
Ryan, Carroll, his contributions to the Canadian Monthly, ii. 581.
Ryerson, Rev. (afterwards Dr.) Egerton, his defence of Sir C. Metcalfe, i. 361, 362, ii.
28, 558; his death, ii, 551; his “ Loyalists of America and their Times,” ii, 567; his labours in the cause of education, 1b.; editor of the Christian Guardian, ii. 586.
Rykert, John Charles, succeeds W. H. Merritt as representative of Lincoln in the Assembly, ii. 406,
ST, ALBANS RAID, the, ii. 446, 447.
St, Germans, Earl of, rumours of his appointment as Governor-General of Canada, ii. 33,
Saltoun, Lord, rumours as to his appointment as Governor-General of Canada, ii, 228,
Sanborn, J. S., member for Sherbrooke County, votes for the reception of an address in
favour 6£ Canadian independence, ii. 209, note, Sangster, Charles, his poems, ii. 578.
San Juan Boundary question, how it arose, ii. 510, 511; referred to the arbitrament of the Emperor of Germany, ii. 512 ; his decision, tb,
Scadding, Dr., his writings on the history and KOPOGrAPAY of Toronto, ii. 571. ;
Scatcherd, J., member for West Middlesex, proposes J. S. Macdonald for Speaker of the Assembly, ii. 300,
Schenck, Robert C., a member of the Joint Commission, ii. 511. |
Schultz, Dr. John Christian, besieged in his house by the Red River rebels, and com-
elled to surrender, ii. 496; imprisoned in Fort Garry, tb.; escapes, ii. 498 ; organizes a force to release the captives in the fort, .; Riel expresses his determination to capture him, ii. 499; escapes from the colony to Ontario, 1b. |
Scobie, Hugh, defeated by J. H. Price in South York, ii. 102; conducts the British Colonist, ii. 585,
Scott, Richard W., member for Ottawa City, introduces a measure amending the U. C.
Separate School Law, ii. 429 ; accepts a seat in Mr. Mackenzies Government, without portfolio, ii. 537 ; becumes Secretary of State, li. 539,
Scott, Thomas, arrested and imprisoned in Fort Garry, ii. 499; escapes, and is recaptured, 1b.; a firebrand in Fort Garry, ii. 500 ; Riel’s grudge against him, ib.; tried by courtmartial, 4b.; his barbarous murder, tb.; what became of his body, #., 501 ; indignation roused in Canada by news of his death, ii. 502 ; action of the Ontario Government, ii. 515.
Scott, William Henry, member for Two Mountains, seconds Attorney-General Smith’s motion that Sir A. MacNab be Speaker, i, 381 ; his death, ii, 253.
Scott, General Winfeld, U. S. Commissioner, arranges with Governor Douglas for a joint occupation of the island of San J'uan, ii. 511.
| Search, right of, i. 121, note, 194, ef seq.;
tacitly waived by Great Britain, i. 205.
| Seat of Government, resolutions passed by the
Assembly declaring Kingston unsuitable for, ïi. 254 ; agitation on the subject, i. 294 ; removal resolved on, i. 310 ; Governor’s message thereon presented to the Assembly, i.
314; debate thereon, i, 315; resolutions passed to remove to Montreal, i. 316; removal of to Montreal, b., 368 ; removal of to Toronto, in consequence of the Montreal riots, ii, 183 ; removed to Quebec, ii. 246, 247 ; Parliamentary debate on the subject, ii. 322; motion in favour of retaining the capital at Quebec defeated, 1b.; removed to Toronto, il. 325 ; debates as to the perambulating system, ii. 337 ; J. S. Macdonald moves in favour of discontinuing that system, ii. 338 ; the Assembly resolve that Quebec shall be the permanent capital, 4b.; item in the estimates for the erection there of public buildings, tb.; Supply Bill rejected, ii. 353 ; vari-
ous motions thereon, ïi. 338; the Government determine to submit the choice of a capital to the Queen, ii. 354; resolution to that effect carried, 1b.; outery in consequence from the Opposition, 1b.; Address transmitted to Engiand, ib.; Her Majesty selects Ottawa, 1b.: the selection unacceptable to the Opposition, 4b., 366 ; merits of the question, ii, 367 ; motions against the selection, by A. A. Dorion, J, E, Thibaudenu, C.
Dunkin, and Mr. Piché, ii. 369; debate evoked by a reference to the subject in the Speech from the Throne, ii. 391, 392, 394, 395 ; Ottawa selected on the advice of Sir E. Head, ii. 392, note ; again removed to Quebec, ii, 395 ; removed to Ottawa, ii. 454,
Seaton, Sir John Colborne, afterwards Baron, suppresses the rebellion in Lower Canada, i. 23 ; summons the Special Council of that Province, i. 25; directs the administration of affairs in Canada after Lord Durham’s departure, i. 30; suppresses the fresh outbreak of the rebellion, 1. 41 ; Special Council of Lower Canada nominated by him, i. 39; opposes Union Bill in House of Lords, i. 44; burned in effigy at Hamilton, i. 101 ; promotes O, R,. Gowan to a company in the Queen's Own Rifles, i. 383 ; his endowment of the 44 rectories, ii, 199; his action denounced, tb.
Sebastopol, intelligence of its fall reaches Canada, il. 321, 324,
Secret Societies Bill, reserved by Sir C. Metcalfe, i. 317 ; the reservation deprecated by the Ministry, i. 321; commended by Lord Stanley, i. 373 ; the Governor’s explanation, i. 325, 326.
Seigniorial Tenure, its effect upon agriculture in Lower Canada, i, 53; its nature and history, ii. 204, 205 ; agitation for its abolition or commutation, ii. 205, 206; fruitless debates on the subject, ii. 216 ; the question referred to a committee, ii. 232 : Mr. Lafontaine’s views on, ii, 239; the Hincks-Morin Government committed on the subject. ii.
248 ; Bill introduced by Mr, Drummond, ii.
271 ; passed 2 the Assembly, but rejected by the Council, ib.; Mr. Dunkin appears at the bar of the Assembly on behalf of the Seigniors, tb.; replied to by Mr. Drummond, ib,; the Hincks-Morin Government resolve not to deal with the question until after the general elections, ii. 288 ; the country pronounces emphatically on the subject, il. 298 ; Bill for its abolition passed, it. 313, 314 ; its contents, ii. 314; its enactment effects a legal and social revolution, and renders necessary a codification of the laws of L, C., ii. 351 ; final appropriation made by Parliament, ii. 394,
Separate School question, first makes itself
eard, ii, 325 ; an issue at the general elections, ii. 358 ; a measure on the subject introduced in the Assembly by R. W. Scott, ii, 429 ; carried, tb,
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Seymour, Benjamin, appointed a Legislative Councillor, ii. 318. :
Shall and Will,” by Sir E. W. Head, ii. 418, and note,
Shea, John Ambrose, attends the Quebec Conference, on behalf of Newfoundland, ii. 445.
Sheppard, George, edits the Toronto Leader,
ii. 588.
Sherwood-Daly Ministry, formed, ii. 91; resignation of, ii. 118. .
Sherwood, George, member for Brockville, i. 107; an ultra-Conservative, ib.; opposes Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i. 138, note; moves adjournment of debate on Mr, Prices motion as to the right of Ministers to be consulted respecting appointments to office, i. 346 ; his vote on that motion, i. 351, note ; reélected for Brockville, ii, 102; unsuccessful at the polls, ii. 253 ; again returned to the Assembly, ii. 359 ; becomes Receiver-General in the Cartier-Macdonald Government, ii. 383, 385 ; his claims to office, ii. 383 ; reélected, ii, 389; resigns the Receiver-Generalship, and becomes Com-
missioner of Crown Lands, ii. 421.
Sherwood, Henry, becomes Solicitor-General, i. 223: rumours about his motives, i. 224, and note; proposals that his office shall remain in sbevanbe, i, 235; his orfice declared vacant, i, 243, 244 ; his indignation, i. 246, et seqg., 307; his letter to Sir C Bagot, i. 247 ; returned for Toronto, i. 307, and note ; not present at vote on Mr. Price’s resolutions, i. 351, note ; again returned for Toronto, i. 380; again becomes Solicitor- General, i. 381 ; reëlected for Toronto, 4b.; his collisions with the members of the Cabinet, ii. 67 ; his cold support of them, ib.; his motives, ii. 68 ; not trusted by Mr. Draper, ib.; receives an intimation that his resignation would be acceptable, ib,; resigns, ii. 69 ; his explanations in the Colonist, ib.; attacks the Government, ii. 71; presses his claims to the Attorney-Generalship, ii. 90; becomes Attorney-General and Prime Minister, ib.; reelected for Toronto, ii. 101 ; in conjunction with Sir Allan MacNab, leads the Opposition after the formation of the 2nd Lafontaine-Baldwin Ministry, ii. 120, 136, note ; speaks on the Rebellion Losses Bill, ii, 150 ; a member of the B. A. League, ii. 173 ; pro- >oses an address to the Crown on the Clergy
Reserves, ii. 202 ; unsuccessful at the polls,
ü. 253 ; returned for Toronto at a by-election, ii, 290, note ; moves an amendment to the Address, ii, 290 ; condemns the DAS of HA "sh png on the Clergy Reserves,
| Sherwood, Levius P., one of the Commissioners
sPponved to administer the oath to members, i. 113.
Sicotte, Louis Victor, elected for St. Hyacinthe, ii, 254 ; his political opinions, 4.; his subsequent career, tb.; declines the Commission-
Legislative ad, ii. 418,
uebec Conid, ii. 445.
ito Leader,
ii. 91; re-
Brockville, b.; opposes 1e Address, t of debate ne right of ing appoint- »n that mo- Brockville, ls, ii. 253; ii. 309 ; be- Yartier-Mac- ; his claims 389; resigns ecomes Comitor-General, tives, i. 224, office shall his CLR indignation, T to” Er C onto, i. 307,
es Solicitoronto, ib.; his the Cabinet, , ib.; his mo- , Draper, t.; s resignation hs, ii. 09 ; his : attacks the claims to the becomes Atister, 40.; re” conjunction & the Opposie2nd Lafon- 0, 136, note ; & Bill, ii. 150 ; , ii. 173 ; proon the Clergy at the polls, at a by-elecmendment to b the policy of rey Reserves,
ommissioners h to members,
St. Hyacinthe, ib.; his subse- Commission-
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ership of Crown Lands, ii. 278; moves an amendment to the Address, ii, 290 ; which is carried, ii. 291 ; the L. C. Opposition candidate for the Speakership, ii. 299 ; proposec by A. A. Dorion for the R sbkershi, ii. 300 ; elected to that office, ii, 301 ; how his election was brought about, 4b.; resigns the Speakership, and becomes Commissioner of Crown Lands in the Macdonald-Cartier Government, ii. 357 ; declines to coüperate with Mr, Brown in forming a Government, ii. 372; joins the Cartier-Macdonald Government as Commissioner of Public Works, ii. 384, 385 ; retires from office on the Seat of Government question, ii. 390; in Opposition, ii. 410; supersedes Mr. Dorion as leader of the L. C.
Opposition, ii, 411 ; his alliance with J.S.
Macdonald, 1b.; defeated by J. E. Turcotte as a candidate for the Speakership of the Assembly, ii. 420 ; in conjunction with J.S$, Macdonald, forms the Macdonald-Sicotte Government, in which he becomes Attorney- General Fast, ii. 423; reëlected, ii. 424; withdraws from the Government, ii. 430; his reasons, #b.; joins the Oprosition, ii. 432,
Simcoe, John Graves, Lieutenant-Governor of
U. C., his Speech at the close of the first session of the first Parliament of U. C., i. 279; MacMullen’s comments thereon, tb.; zealous to establish the Church of England in Can-
. ada, üi, 196, Simpson, John, member for Niagara, becomes
Provincial Secretary in the second Taché- Macdonald Government, ii. 435 ; succeeded in that office by Mr. McDougall, and is appointed Assistant Auditor of Public Accounts, ii. 443,
Simpson, John, member for Vaudreuil, moves
for the appointment of a committee to frame rules for the guidance of the Assembly, i.
121; opposes Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i. 138, note ; opposes Mr. Price’s resolutions, i. 351, note,
Slave-trade, discountenanced by the Treaty of
Ghent, i. (95; made piracy by the American Congress, *b.; how conducted, i. 195, 196.
Slidell, Mr., envoy of the Southern Confed-
eracy, taken from the Trent by Captain Wilkes, ii. 419,
Small, James Edward, member for 3rd Riding
of York, i. 103; second in a duel, i. 103, 104; indicted and acquitted, i. 104 ; a follower of Robert Baldwin, 1b.; his qualifications, t.; sits on the extreme left in the Assembly, i.
122 ; votes for Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i. 138, and note ; becomes Solicitor-General for U. C. in the first Lafontaine-Baldwin Administration, i. 241; reélected, i, 249 ; he and eight of his colleagues resign office, i. 324; supports Mr. Prices amendments, i. 851, note ; reëlected for 3rd Riding of York, i. 379.
in the first Dominion Parliament, ii, 479 ; becomes Minister of Marine and Fisheries in Mr. Mackenzie's Government, ii. 536,
Smith, Donald A., goes to Red River as Special Commissioner to explain the intentions of the Canadian Government, ii. 499; saves the life of Major Boulton, tb.; the Civil Government devolves upon him prior to Lieutenant- Governcr Archibald’'s arrival at Fort Garry, ii, 505.
Smith, Professor Goldwin, his contributions to the Canadian Monthly, i, 581 ; writer of the Bystander, ii. 583.
Smith, Mr., afterwards Sir Henry, member for Frontenac, his remarks on the motion that Mr. Cuvillier be Speaker, i. 117; opposes Mr. Price’s resolutions, i. 351, note ; becomes Solicitor-General West upon the formation of the MacNab-Morin Government, ii. 310 ; retains office after the formation of the first Taché-Macdonald Government, ii. 343 ; also after the Macdonald-Cartier reconstruction, ii, 358 ; again returned to the Assembly, ii, 359 ; elected Speaker of the Assembly, ii, 367 ; goes to England to present an Address from the Canadian Parliament to the Queen, hi ol ; knighted by the Prince of Wales, ii,
Smith, Hermanus, member for Wentworth, GppOse Mr. Neiïlson's amendment to the Address, i, 138, note ; supports Mr. Price’s resolutions, i. 351, note,
Smith, James, accepts the Attorney-Generalship for L. C., i. 374; his qualifications for
Smith, Mr., afterwards Sir Albert James, sits
the office, 1b.; elected for Missisquoi, i, 379 ;
proposes Sir A. MacNab for Speaker, i, 381 ;
references to him in the Draper-Caron correspondence, ii. 38; resigns office and is appointed to a judgeship, it. 89.
Smith, Sidney, member for West Northumberland, ïi. 366; his past life, ib.; becomes Postmaster-General, b.; joins the Cartier- Macdonald Government, first as President of the Council and Minister of Agriculture, ii.
384 ; and afterwarüs as Postmaster-General, ii, 385 ; defeated at the polls, ii. 413, 414 ; elected tothe Legislative Council forthe Trent Division, and retains his portfolia, ii. 414.
Smith, William H., his ‘Canada, Past, Present, and Future,” ii, 571; his ‘Cana.
dian Gazetteer,” tb.
Soirées Canadiennes, ii. 583.
Somerville, Alexander, his account of the Fenian raid at Fort Erie, ii. 461, noie.
Somerville, R. B., member for Huntingdon, the only Lower Canadian member who refuses to support the Seigniorial Tenure appropriation of 1859, ii. 394, and note.
Sparks, Jared, discovers Franklin’s letter in the
French archives, i. 208 ; discovers the red-
line map, i., 208, 209 ; communicates same to
Daniel Webster, through Senator Rives, i,
209, note, 210,
Special Council, created, i, 25 ; summoned by Sir John Colborne, b.; dissolved by Lord Durham, who appoints a new one, i. 26,
Spectator newspaper (Hamilton), ii. 589.
Spence, Robert, his past life, ii. 297, 298 ; proposes Mr. Cartier for the Speakership of the Assembly, ii, 300 ; named by Mr. Hincks asa member of the MacNab-Morin Government, ii. 309 ; accepts office therein, and becomes Postmaster-General, üi, 310; his shifting policy denounced by Mr. Brown, ii. 328; notifies the Governor-General of his intention to resign, ii. 340 ; retains his portfolio after the formation of the first Taché-Macdonald Government, ii. 343; his Civil Srrvice Act, ii. 352 ; defeated at the polls, ii, 358 ; withdraws from public life, and becomes Collector of Customs at Toronto, ii. 359, note ; demits his seat in the Cabinet, ii. 366.
Spencerwood, purchased for the Governor- General’s residence at Quebec, ii. 247 ; Lord Elgin’s removal thither, tb.
Stanley, Lord, afterwards Earl of Days becomes Colonial Secretary, i., 160, 268 ; his
views on Responsible Government, i. 160, 185; his instructions to Sir Charles Bagot, i. 185, 256 ; his political career, i. 267, et seq.; his acquirements and qualifications, i. 268 ; disappointed at the effects of Sir C. Bagot’s Canadian policy, ib.; his mild defence of Sir C. Bagot, 1. 269 ; Sir F, Hincks on his ap-
ointment of Sir C, Metcalfe, i, 272; his etter to Sir C. Metcalfe, offering him ‘““honourable but arduous duties,” 1. 273; conjectures as to his motives, i. 272, et seq.; declares Imperial approval of Sir C. Metcalfe’s (Canadian policy, i. 372, 373; notifies Sir C. Metcalfe of his peerage, ü, 15; urges the latter to persevere in his policy, ii. 18 ; forwards an official acceptance of Lord Metcalfe’s resignation, ii. 23 ; succeeded by Mr. Gladstone, ii. 38, note; unable to form a Government, ii. 235. See Derby, Earl of.
Stur newspaper (Monte ii. 589,
Statesman newspaper, established at Brockville by Ogle R. Gowan, i. 383; removed to in ston, tb.; opposes Lord Sydenham and Sir C. Bagot, b.
Steele, Captain Elmes, member for Simcoe, his remarks on the motion for the Speakership, i. 116 ; seconds the resolutions on which to found Address in Reply, i. 124; his remarks on Responsible Government, i. 131, 132 ; NA a Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i. 138, note ; supports Mr. Prices resolutions, i. 351, note.
Steeves, William H., attends the Quebec Conference, on behalf of New Brunswick, ii. 445.
Stephens, Harrison, i. 215.
Stewart, Jr., George, his ‘Canada Under the Administration of the Earl of Dufferin,” üi, 568 ; editor of Belford's Magazine and the Canadian Monthly, ii. 582 ; founder and editor of Stewart’s Quarterly, ib.; editor of the
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Quebec Chronicle, ib., 583; his ‘‘ Evenings in a Library,” ii. 582; his projected life of Frontenac, and history of the Canadian rebellion, ii. 583. :
Stisted, Major-General Henry William, apporn first Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, li. 472,
Strachan, Dr. (afterwards Bishop), his labours in the cause of education, i. 63; procures a grant for King's College, ii. 138 ; his desire to preserve the college as an episco pal institution frustrated, ii. 139; brings about the establishment of Trinity Giles Toronto, ii, 140; a strenuous champion of the Cl:gy Reserves, ii. 195; the mouthpiece of ‘he Family Compact, 1b.; claims for the Church of England exclusive control of the Reserves, ii. 198; his practical control of the Executive, ii. 199; his report on the Clergy Reserves, ii. 200.
Strachan, James McGill, member for Huron, qpposes Mr. Neilson's amendment to the Address, i. 138, note,
Strickland, Lieutenant-Colonel, his ‘ Twentyseven Years in Canada West, ii. 574.”
Stuart, Sir James, prepares draft of Union Bill, i. 42; created a baronet, i. 43; death, ii. 240.
Stuart, Rev. Dr., opens a classical school at Kingston, i, 62.
Stuart, William, member for Russell, opposes Mr. Price’s resolutions, i. 351, note.
Sullivan, Robert Baldwin, appointed a member of the first Executive Council under the Union, i. 47; his presence in the Ministry not acceptable to the Reform party, i. 80 ; his exclusion demanded by Mr. Baldwin as a condition of Reform support, i. 81; his early life, i. 82 ; studies law, is called to the bar, and enters into partnership with his cousin, Robert Baldwin, i. 83 ; his professional rank, ib.; allies himself with the Conservative party, tb.; antagonism, arising out of municipal matters, between him and W. L, Mackenzie, ib.; elected mayor of Toronto, 1b.; his relations with Sir F, B. Head, i. 84:
accepts a seat in the Executive Council, and becomes the Lieutenant-Governor's most trusted Councillor, #.; his brilliant oratory and high intellectual powers, tb.; his vanity, insincerity and other defects of character, 1b.; Kaye’s estimate of him, i. 84, 85; a member of the Church of England, i, 109, note ; his able speech on behalf of the Government, i. 122; becomes President of the Council in the first Lafontaine-Baldwin Government, i, 241 ; his boast as to the strength of the Ministry, i. 250 ; on Sir C. Metcalfe, i. 270, note ; his able speech on the Address, i. 312 ; on the contemplated removal of the Seat of Government, i. 315; resigns office with eight of his colleagues, i. 324; his able speech on the resignation, i. 329—337 ; his letters on Responsible Government under the pseudonym
ivenings in ed life of nadian re-
illiam, apof Ontario,
his labours procures à : his desire copal insti- ; about the e, Toronto, the C:ey jece of ‘re the Church he Reserves, the Executhe Clergy
for Huron, nent to the
s ‘“Twenty- 574.” | ft of Union , 43; death,
‘al school at
sell, opposes ote.
ted a memil under the he Ministry party, i. 80; Baldwin as à 81; hisearly to the bar, h his cousin, ssional rank, Conservative out of muni- W. L. Mac- Toronto, b.; Head, i. 84; Council, and ernor’s most liant oratory .; his vanity, of character, 4, 85; a mem- 1, 109, note; Government, e Council in vernment, i.
à of the Min- , à. 270, note ; . 312 ; on the at of Governà eight of his eech on the btters on Ree pseudonym
of ‘ Legion,” i, 361, 362, ii. 558 ; becomes Provincial Secretary in the 2nd Lafontaine- Baldwin Government, ii. 119 ; resigns office Jun accepts a judgeship, ii. 130 ; his death, ib., ÊT8,
Sulte, Benjamin, his historical and poetical writings, ii. 560, 576, 577.
Supreme Court, established, ii, 546.
‘Sweet William,” sobriquet applied to Mr.
Draper, i. 70.
Sydenham, Charles Poulett Thomson, afterwards Baron, his early life, i. 37, 38 ; fixed upon for an important Canadian mission, and appointed Governor-General of Canada, ib,; goes to Canada and assumes the Government, i. 39; summons the Special Council of Lower Canada, ib.; obtains the assent of that body to the project of union, i. 40; proceeds to Toronto to obtain the assent of the Upper Canadian Legislature, 1h, ; his success, i. 40—42 ; promulgates the despatch of the Colonial Secretary, i. 41; forwards draft of Union Bill to England, i. 43 ; raised to the peerage, i. 47 ; ill-health, &.; selects Kingston as the Provincial capital, tb; appoints an Executive Council, &b.; adjuststhe boundaries of Quebec and Montreal so as to secure the return of a majority of candidates favourable to the Union, i. 49, 50 ; his policy successful, i, 51; hostilty to him of the French Canadians, i. 49, 50 ; offers the Solicitor-Generalship to Mr. Baldwin, i. 76; forms the first Ministry under the Union, i.
78 ; its reconstruction demanded by the Reform party through Mr. Baldwin, i, 81; refuses his assent, tb.; retains Mr. Daly in office, i. 87; incongruity of his Ministry, i. 89; his appointment as Governor-General of Canada deprecated by Isaac Buchanan, i. 105; not present at informal opening of first session of first Parliament under the Union, i. 113; his absence commented on, tb., and note ; opens the session, i. 119; concedes the customary privileges upon the demand of the Speaker, &.; his speech and bearing, i. 119, 120 ; his views on Responsible Government, i. 128, 129, note, 151; his sincerity doubted, i., 137 ; accused of corruption by the press, i. 144 ; his overwork and embarrassments, i. 151, 152; his policy sustained, i. 152 ; his broken health, i. 152, 153 ; forwards his resignation to England, i. 153; his self-assurance, tb., note ; his leg broken by a fall from his horse, i. 154 ; his prostration and sufferings, i. 154, 155; receives official notice of the acceptance of his resignation, together with the Grand Cross of the Bath, i. 155 ; writes hopefully to Lord John Russell, tb.; dangerous symptoms, i. 156 ; dictates and revises the Speech to be used at prorogation, tb.; appoints Deputy-Governor, tb; his fortitude, i. 157 ; nike his will, &.; his eulogy on Lord John
Russell, à, 157, 158 ; the last sacrament, i, 158; dies of lockjaw, tb; his friendships, qualifications and character, i. 158—161 ; steadfastly supported by the Home (tovernment, i. 159; Miss Martineau’s estimate of him, i. 160, 161; buried at Kingston, i. 161, 162 ; his letter to Lord John Russell on the McLeod case, i. 176; his opinions on the people and institutions of the United States, 1. 176, 177, note ; contrasted v'th Sir Charles Bagot, i. 187, 189, 190, and :. ie ; impressed by Mr. Hincks's financial knowledge, i. 219 ; his Bank of Issue scheme, tb., note; his own Prime Minister, i. 222, 301 ; identified with the most advanced Liberalism, i. 268 ; his views on Responsible Government, i.
301 ; his implied undertaking on the Seat of Government question, i. 315, and note ; procures the passing of an Act by the U. C.
Assembly br the distribution of the Clergy Reserves, ii, 200,
TACHE, the Right Rev. (afterwards Most Rev.) Alexandre Antonin, bishop of St. Boniface, his vast influence over his flock, ii. 494 ; attends the Œcumenical Council at Rome, tb. ; summoned thence to restore quiet at Red River, ii. 501; receives his instructions at Ottawa, 1b.; negotiates with Riel, tb.; his conduct harshly criticized, ii, 502 ; his negotiations with Riel to leave Canada, ii, 516.
Taché, Dr., afterwards Colonel, and finally Sir
Etienne Pascal, member for L’Islet, i, 97; supports Mr. Price’s resolutions, i, 351, note ; becomes Chief Commissioner of Publie Works in the 2nd Lafontaine-Baldwin Government, li. 119; vacates his seat in the Assembly vpos becoming Deputy Adjutant-General of Militia for L. C., ii. 120, note ; resigns that office, tb,; appointed to the Legislative Council, ïi. 120; drills the special constabulary during the Montreal riots, ii, 163 ; becomes Receiver-General, ii. 184 ; his views on the Clergy Reserves question, ii, 213; resigns office, with his re dr ii. 238; his resignation not accepted, ii. 248; joins the Hincks-Morin Government as Receiver-General, tb.; his fitness for office, ii. 249 ; attends the Intercolonial Raïlway Conference at Halifax, ii. 255 ; becomes Receiver-General in the MacNab-Morin Government, ii. 310 ; resigns office upon the retirement of Mr.
Morin, ïi. 319; resumes his portfolio, tb,; succeeds John Ross as Speaker of the Legislative Council, retaining the Receiver-Generalship, ii. 336 ; applied to by Sir E. Head to form a Government, ii. 341; in conjunction with J. A. Macdonald forms the first Taché-Macdonald Ministry, 1b.; retains the Speakership of the Legislative Council, but demits the Receiver-Generalship, ii. 343 ; contemplates resignation out of respert to the double-majority doctrine, but is ov :rne
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by his colleagues, ii. 346; construes a communication from Mr. Cauchon as Hoplying a wish to resign office, ii. 354; discharges the duties of Cominissioner of Crown Lands after Mr. Cauchon’s withdrawal, ib.; resigns office, and thereby dissolves the Cabinet, ii. 397 ; is knighted, ii. 434; and receives the honorary rank of a Colonel in the British army, ii. 407, note ; is appointed an honorary aïide-de-camp to the Queen, ib.; attends the Prince of Wales on his progress through Canada, id. ; applied to by Lord Monck to form a Government, ii. 434; applied to by J. S. Macdonald to form the
C. section, tb.; by Fergusson-Blair, ib.; confers with J. À. Macdonald, #b,; in conjunction with whom he forms the second Taché- Macdonald Government, ii. 435; becomes Premier and Receiver-General, tb.; conferences on the deadlock with J. A. Macdonald, George Brown, A. T. Galt and G. E, Cartier, ii. 441; coalition formed, tb.; attends the Quebec Conference, and is chosen President, ü. 445 ; his motion in the Upper House in favour of an Address to the Queen on the subject of Conf:deration, ii. 450; motion carried, +b.; his death, ii, 452,
Taché, J. B., Legislative Councillor, a member of the Church of Rome, i, 109, note.
Taché-Macdonald Government (1st), formed, ii. 341 ; its membership, ii, 341, 342 ; affected by the commercial depression, ii, 356 ; dissolved by Colonel Taché’s withdrawal, ii. 357,
Taché-Macdonald Government (2nd), formed ii, 435; its membership, tb.; its character and policy, ib., 436.
Taschereau, Antoine Charles, member for Dorchester, supports Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i. 138, note ; not present at vote on Mr. Price’s resolutions, i. 351, note.
Taschereau, Henri Elzéar, returned to the Assembly, ii, 414, 415.
Taschereau, Joseph Andrew, becomes Solicitor-General for L, C., ii. 20 ; elected for Dorchester, 1b.; takes umbrage at being passed over forthe Attorney-Generalship, ii, 89 ; resigns office, #b.; appointed to a judge: ship, ii, 90.
M Te: ile his ‘‘ Les Canadiens de l'Ouest, ”
Taylor, Fennings, his ‘Portraits of British Amertospe ii, 569 ; ‘* Are Legislatures Parliaments ? ” ii. 574,
Telegram newspaper (Toronto), ii, 589,
Terrill, Timot ay Lee, joins the first Taché-
Macdonald Government, ii. 341; his past life, ib,; member for Stanstead, ib,; becomes Provincial Secretary, ii, 342 ; resigns office, ii. 357 ; again returned to the Assembly, ii. 359 ; his death, ii. 551,
Tessier, Ulric Joseph, elected for Portneuf, ii. 254 ; his opinions, and subsequent career,
ib.; becomes Commissioner of Public Works in the Macdonald-Sicotte Government, ii, 423 ; reëlected, ii, 424; withdraws from the Government, ii. 430, and note; elected Speaker of the Legislative Council, ii. 432,
Theller, Dr. Edward Alexander, procures arrest of J, S. Hogan at Rochester, N. Y., i.
188 ; his share in the troubles of 1837-38, 4. ; imprisoned, ib.; his subsequent career, and death, ib., note; his “ Canada in 1837-38,” àb.
Thibaudeau, Isidore, member for Quebec Centre, becomes President of the Council in the Macdonald-Dorion Government, ii. 431,
Thibaudeau, Joseph E., member for Portneuf, his motion affirming the double-majority principle, ii. 368; motion defeated, ib.; his motion on the Seat of Government question, ii. 369 ; motion ruled out of order, tb.; coüperates in the formation of the Brown- Dorion Government, ii. 372 ; becomes President of the Council, ii. 374 ; defeated at the polls, ji. 413 ; retires from public life, ii. 414,
Thibault, Vicar-General, goes to Red River to explain the intentions of the Canadian Government, ii. 499.
Thompson, David, agent of the North-West Co., his western explorations, ii. 50, 51, 52, 54, 56,
Thompson, David, member for Haldimand, opposes Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i, 138, note ; supports Mr. Prices resolutions, i. 351, note ; his death, ii. 222.
Thompson, Samuel, proprietor of the Patriot, ii, 585 ; and of the Colonist, tb.
Thomson, Charles Poulett. See Sydenham.
Thorburn, David, member for South Lincoln, i. 107 ; his remarks on the motion for the Speakership, i. 115 ; his remarks on Responsible Government, i, 132, 133; supports Mr, Prices resolutions, i. 351, note.
Thornton, Sir Edward, a member of the Joint Commission, ii. 511 ; appointed Joint Plenipotentiar : with George Brown to negotiate a new commercial treaty with the U, S., ii, 547 ; failure of the negotiation, #b,
Three Rivers at the time of the Union, i, 56.
Tilley, Mr., afterwards Sir Samuel Leonard, attends the Quebec Conference on behalf of New Brunswick, ii, 445; attends the London Conference, ii. 466; becomes Minister of Customs in the first Dominion Government, ii. 471; the dignity of a C.B. conferred on him, 1b.; becomes Minister of Finance, ii.
523; his Act readjusting the public debt, ii. 525 ; succeeds the Hon, L. A. Wilmot as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, ii, 537, note ; becomes Minister of Finance in Sir John Macdonald's Government, ii. 548; his protective taritf, ii. 550,
Times towapaper (Hamilton), ii. 589,
Todd, Dr. Alpheus, his criticism on the resolutions of September, 1841, i. 150 ; his ‘ Parliamentary Government in England,” and
blie Works rnment, 11.
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