tb. ; career, ant 83738," ib

Juebec Cenuncil in the ii. 431.

pr Portneuf, ble-majority ted, &b.; his nt question, ‘der, 4b.; cothe Browncomes Presifeated at the c life, ii. 414.

Red River to nadian Gov-

North-West ii, 50, 1, 52,

Haldimand, ment to the s Mr. Prices ath, ii. 222.

f the Patriot,

Sydenham.

outh Lincoln, Lotion for the s on Responsupports Mr.

r of the Joint d Joint Plenito negotiate the U. S,., ii.

ib,

nion, i, 56.

uel Leonard, e on behalf of Hs the London L Minister of Government, conferred on f Finance, il.

ublic debt, ii.

. Wilmot as runswick, ii.

of Finance in ment, ii. b48;

on the resolu- 50 ; his ‘ Par- England,” and

Index.

‘“Parliamentary Government in the British Colonies,” ii, 573,

Toronto, at the *’me of the Union, i. 61, 62 ; Seat of Government removed thither, ii. 18; Seat of Government removed thence to Quebec, ii. 246, 247; Seat of Government removed thither from Quebec, ii. 325 ; again removed thence to Quebec, ii. 395,

Traill, Mrs., her Canadian sketches, ii. 574.

Trayer, Deacon, opens a school on sk- > of Lake Erie in 1789, i. 62,

Trent affair, the, ii. 419,

Trinity College, Toronto, founded, ii, 140,

Troops, Imperial, withdrawn from Canada, ii.

Trutch, Joseph William, appointed Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, ii. 514.

Tupper, Dr., afterwards Sir Charles, attends the Quebec Conference on behalf of Nova Scotia, ii. 445 ; attends the London Conference, ii. 466 ; the dignity of a C.B. conferred on him, ii. 471 ; the only supporter of Confederation returned from Nova Scotia to the first Dominion Parliament, ïi. 476 ; his qualitications, ii. 479 ; sits in the first Dominion Parliament, tb.; replies to Mr. Howe on the subject of Nova Scotia’s dissatisfaction with Confederation, ii. 481 ; sent to England to counteract Mr. Howe’s influence, ii, 483 ; the Government criticized for sending him on that mission, tb.; rallies the Nova Scotia Conservatives to Mr. Howe’s side, ii. 488 ; opposes Mr. Blake’s amendment to Mr.

owe’s ‘better terms ” resolutions, ii. 490 ; joins the Cabinet, and becomes President of the Privy Council, ii. 508; reëlected, tb.; resigns the Presidency of the Council, and succeeds Alexander Morris as Minister of Inland Revenue, ii. 522 ; succeeds Mr, T'!ley as Minister of Customs, ii. 523; joins Sir John Macdonald’s Government in 1878 as Minister of Public Works, ii. 549,

Turcotte, Joseph Edouard, member for St.

Maurice, supports Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i, 138, note ; supports Mr.

Prices resolutions, i. 351, note; becomes Solicitor-Generaï in the Sherwood-Daly Ministry, ii. 99 ; defeated at the polls, ii. 102; member for Three Rivers, ii, 420 ; elected Speaker of the Assembly, #b.; his qualitications for that office, &b,

Turcotte, Louis P., his ‘‘Canada Sous

l'Union,” ii, 559,

Turgeon, A., member for Bellechasse, not

present at vote on Mr, Price’s resolutions, i, 351, nnte,

Turner, :s Ellen, her ebduction by the

Wakefields, i, 308, and note,

Turner, Jacob, a candidate for Haldimand, ii.

Tuttle, Charles R., his history of Canada, ii,

Tyler, John, President of the U. S., on the Oregon Boundary question, ii, 57.

Uxi1ox of Upperand Lower Canada, agitation on the subject in 1822, i, 36, note ; recommended in Lord Durham’s Report, i. 32, and note; resolution in favour of, passed by Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada, i. 35; Conservatives of Upper Canada opposed to the project, i. 35, 36 ; Chief Justice Robinson goes to England to oppose it, 1b.; his ‘* Canada and the Canada Bill,” &b.; public opinion in Lower Canada much divided on the subject, 4. ; hostility of the French population, ib., 44—47 ; Union Bill introduced into Imperial Parliament, i. 37 ; impeded by want of additional information, 1b.; C. P, ‘Thomson (afterwards Lord Sydenham) selected as an emissary to obtain the requisite information, ib, (see Sydenham); Special Council of Lower Canada assents to the project, i. 40 ; opposition by Legislative Council of Upper Canada, ib.; that body finally prevailed upon to pass resolutions in its favour, i. 42; draft Bill discussed between Governor-General and Sir James Stuart, and forwarded to England, i. 42, 43; principal contents of the B;1l, i. 43; Bill presented to Imperial Parliament, tb. ; opposition to it in the Commons on the part of some Irish members, i, 44 ; opposition in the House of Lords, 1b.; Bill passed, tb.; Act comes into force by virtue of royal proclamation, #b.; condition of the country prior to and at time of, i. 52—67 ; justification for forcing it on Lower Canada, i. 64, et seq., a measure of temporary utility only, i, 66, 67; stimulated the intellectual and political condition of the people, ii, 557.

Upper Canada, U. E. Loyalists settle in, i. 17 ;

ritish immigration to, 1b.; Legislative Assembly of, passes a resolution in favour of a union of the Provinces, i. 35; Legislative Council prevailed upon to pass a resolution to same effect, i. 42 ; enterprise of the people in advance of the financial condition of the Province, i. 45; unsatisfactory state of the Provincial Exchequer, tb., 64 ; rapid increase of population and prosperity, i. 46, 52; condition of, prior to and at the time of the Union, i. 52, et seqg.; population, i. 52 ; agriculture, i. 59, et seq. ; principal towns, i. 61, 62; educot:u, i. 62, 63; revenue, i, 64 ; Clergy Reserves long a fruitful source of dissension, i. 66. See Union of Upper and Lower Canada, Clergy Reserves,

Upper Canada Academy (now Victoria Colege) founded at Cobourg in 1836, i, 63,

Upper Canada College opened at York, , 63,

VALLIERES DE ST. REAL, JOSEPH REMI, appointed Chief Justice of Montreal, i, 226,

562; his continuation of Gunn’s history of | Vancouver, Captain, his discoveries on the

Manitoba, ii, 565.

Pacific coast, ii, 48, 49, 50, 54,

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Vankoughnet, Philip M. M.S., a member of the B. A. League, ii. 173; joins the first Taché-Macdonald Government, ii. 341; his past life, ii. 342; his qualifications, 1.; becomes President of the Council, and head of the Bureau of Agriculture, 1b.; elected to the Legislative Council for the Rideau Division, ib.; becomes leader of the Government party in the Upper House, tb.; his subsequent career, ii. 343; speaks against the Brown- Dorion Government, ii. 376; resumes the Presidency of the Councilas à member of the Cartier-Macdonald Government, ii, 384, 385 ; becomes Commissioner vf Crown Lands, ii, 385; retires to the bench, and becomes Chancellor of U, C., ii. 420,

Van Rensselaer, Rensselaer, commands the American sympathizers with W. L. Mackenzie’s rebellion, and takes up his quarters Rey Island, i, 164; his drunkenness, i.

Vansittart, John George, returning officer for Oxford, ii. 103; improperly declares Mr.

Carroll elected, b,; reprimanded at the bar of the House, ii. 104.

Vennor, Henry G., his scientific researches, ii. LA RU

Vergennes, Count de, Franklin’s letter to, i, 208, and note,

Victoria Bridge, Montreal, corner stone laid by the Prince of Wales, ii. 402,

Victoria College, Cobourg, developed from the Upper Canada Academy, i. 63.

Viger, Denis Benjamin, his mission to England, i. 95 ; a coadjutor of L, J, Papineau, 1. 96 ; imprisoned for complicity in the rebellion, ib,; member for Richelieu, #b.; his personal M ele i. 96, 97; opposes motion for

journment, i. 118 ; sits on the extreme left in the Assembly, i. 122 ; supports Mr, Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i, 138, note ; seconds Mr. Baldwin’s resolutions on Responsible Government, i. 149 ; supports Mr.

aldwin's motion of want of contidence in the Draper Government, i, 239 ; confers with Sir C. Metcalfe on the resignation of his Councillors, i, 326 ; interrupts Mr, Baldwin’s explanation to the Assembly, i. 328; his speech on Mr, Price’s motion as to the right of Ministers to be consulted respecting apointments to office, i, 341 ; his vote thereon, 1, 351, note ; announces to the Assembly the prospective formation of a new Government, 1. 352; sworn of the Executive Council, i, 353; his doing s0 nt 4 his compatriots, i, 354; his probable motives, 4b.; one of the triumvirate, i. 356 ; his pamphlet on La Crise Ministerielle, ib.; his misapprehensions as to Responsible Government, #b,; malignantly assailed in the press and on the latform, i. 361 ; ineffective aid rendered by im to the Governor, i, 3869, 370 ; becomes President of the Council, i. 375 ; defeated at the polls by Dr, Nelson, i. 378 ; retains the Presidency of the Council, #b.; returned for

Three Rivers, tb; the Government willing to sacrifice him, ii. 21; censured by Mr.

Aylwin for holding office without a seat in Parliament, ii. 36 ; his reply, 4.; references to him in the Draper-Caron correspondence, ii. 36, and note ; resigns office, ii. 64 ; reflections on his course, 1b., 65; his subsequent career, ii. 65, 66 ; his seat in the Legislative Council declared vacant, ii, 66 ; his death, &.

Viger, Louis Michel, petitions the Assembly to annul an election for corrupt practices, 1. 143 ; returned for Nicolet, i. 228 ; supports Mr. Price’s resolutions, i. 351, note ; returned for Terrebonne, ii. 111, note, 120 ; becomes Receiver-General in the2nd Lafontaine-Baldwin Government, ii. 119; retires therefrom, ii.

183 ; his views on the Clergy Reserves question, ii. 213,

WAKEFIELD, EDWARD G1BBON, on Mr, Hincks's acceptance of office, i. 218, note ; returned for Beauharnoïs, i. 307 ; his early life, character and qualifications, #b., et seq.; his abduction of Miss Turner, i. 308, and note ; convicted, and imprisoned in Newgate, i. 309; his Literary labours, 1b,; his plan of colonization, tb.; arcompanies Lord Durham to Canada, ib.; his services to that nobleman, t.; his personal appearance, i. 310 ; confers with Sir C. Metcalte as to resignation of the Councillors, i. 326; ceases to support the first Lafontaine-Baldw'n Government, tb.; espouses the Governor's side of the quarrel, ib.; his intimacy with Mr, Daly, ib.; trusted by Sir C. Metcalfe, 1b,; Canadian correspondent of the Colonial Gazette, ib.; moves amendment to Mr. Price’s motion as to the right of Ministers to be consulted pins appointments to office, i. 346 ; his speec thereon, 34/—350 ; his vote on that motion, i. 351, note.

Walkem, George Anthony, confers with Mr, Edgar on the British Columbia difficulty, ii. 542; proceeds to England on behalf of British Columbia, ii, 543,

Walker, William, appointed to Legislative Council, i, 228,

Wallbridge, Lewis, member for South Hastings, announces to the Assembly the resignation of the Brown-Dorion Government, ii.

382 ; outlines to the Assembly the policy of the Macdonald-Sicotte Government, ii. 424 ; accepts office as Solicitor-General West in the Macdonald-Dorion Government, ii. 430 ; resigns, ii. 431, and note ; elected Speaker of the Assembly, ii, 432,

War of 1812, i, 20 ; Major Richardson’s history of, ii. 566; Auchinleck’s, tb,; Coffin's, ib,

Washburn, Simeon, appointed to Legislative Council, i. 227,

Washington, Treaty of, concluded and ratified üi. 511 ; its contents, ii. 511, 512 ; regarder with disfavour in Canada, ii, 512, 519 ; Cana. dian clauses ratified by the Dominion Par.

liament, ii, 512; debates on, ii, 516; Mr,

ent willing red by Mr.

t a seat in ; references espondence, , 64 ; reflecsubsequent Legislative ais death, 1.

e Assembly practices, 1.

8 : supports e ; returned becomes Reine-Baldwin herefrom, ll.

eserves ques-

Mr, Hincks’s e ; returned ly life, char- 8eq.; his ab- 8, and note ; wgate, i. 309; 1 of colonizarham to Canobleman, 1. ; confers with ation of the support the ernment, ,; the quarrel, , tb; trusted n correspon- , tb; moves ion as to the ed rospecting ; his speec that motion,

ers with Mr.

difficulty, ii.

n behalf of

o Legislative

South Hasty the resignavernment, 11.

the policy of ment, ii. 424 ; Leral West in ment, ii. 430 ; ed Speaker of

dson’s history offin’s, tb, o Legislative

À and ratified 12; regarded 2, 519 ; Canaominion Parii, 516; Mr.

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Blake’s review of it, 4.; the Government pass à resolution unfavourable to the settlement, &b.

Watson, Samuel James, his ‘Constitutional History of Canada,” ii. 573 ; ‘The Powers of Canadian Parliaments, ” ib,; his poems and dramas, ii. 578.

Watts, Robert Nugent, member for Drummond, opposes Mr. Neiison’s amendment to the Address, i. 138, note ; not present at vote on Mr, Price’s resolutions, i, 351, note,

Webster, Daniel, Secretary of State of the U.S., his negotiations with Lord Ashburton, i. 202, et seq.; his rare endowments, i. 202 ; his suppr'essio veri, i. 207, et seq.; Colonel Coffin’s comments on, i. 212 ; his amicable relations with Lord Ashburton, i. 213,

Weir, Lieutenant, barbarously murdered, i, 27, note ; his murderers pe er from the general amnesty pronounced by Lord Durham, 1. 26, 27.

Wellesley, Lady Mary Charlotte Anne, married to Sir Charles Bagot, i, 180, See Bagot, Lady Mary.

Wells, William, owner of the Caroline steamer, i. 166; while escaping, sees the body of Amos Durfee, i, 169,

Wetenhall, John, appointed Assistant Commissioner of Public Works, ii, 185, note ; his election contest with Caleb Hopkins, &,; his death, 4,

Whelan, Edward, attends the Quebec Conference, on behalf of P. E, Island, ii, 445.

Whelan, Patrick James, tried and convicted of the murder of Thomas D’Arcy McGee, ii, 486 ; hanged at Ottawa, t.; the last public execution in Canada, &b., note,

Whig newspaper (Kingston), ii. 589,

White, Thomas, identified with the Montreal Gazette, ii. B86,

Wilkes, Captain, his capture of Mason and Slidell from the Trent, ii. 419.

Williams, George H., à member of the Joint Commission, ii. 511,

Williams, John Tucker, member for Durham, opposes Mr, Neilson's amendment to the Address, i, 138, note ; opposes Mr. Price’s resolutions, 1, 351, note,

Williams, Lieutenant-General Sir William Fenwick, Commander of the Forces, assumes the administration of affairs during Sir Edmund Head's absence in England, ii, 407; appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, ii, 472,

Wilmot, Lemuel Allan, a champion of Responsible Government in New Brunswick, ii. 479; appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, ii, 487 ; succeeded by Mr, Tilley, ii. 537, note ; his death, ii, 551.

Wilmot, Robert Duncan, attends the London Conference on behalf of New Brunswick, ii, 466 ; becomes Speaker of the Senate, ii. 549,

Wilson, Adam, member for North York, a disciple of Robert Baldwin, ii, 423 ; becomes Solicitor-General West in the Macdonald-

Sicotte Government, tb.; reëlected, ii. 424 ; a prominent advocate of Rep. by Pop., ii.

424, 425 ; resigns office, and accepts a seat on the bench, ii. 430,

Wilson, Charles, made a Legislative Councillor, ii. 266 : his conduct as mayor of Montreal during the Gavazzi riots, ii. 277, and note, 278, 281.

Wilson, Dr, P'iniel, his scientific researches, ii, 579 ; Literary works, ii. 580.

Wilson, John, expresses disgust at the language of members who endeavour to palliate the destruction of the Parliament Buildings, ii.

Winnipeg newspapers, ii. b89,

Wiseman, Cardinal, appointed Archbishop of Westminster by the Pope, ii. 227 ; his manifesto, 4b.; published in the Globe, tb.

Withrow, Rev. W. H., his history of Canada, ii. 563; his Canadian stories, üi, 575; his work on the Roman catacombs, ii, 580 ; his record of a European tour, tb.; editor of the Canadian Methodist Magazine, ïi. 583.

Witness newspaper (Montreal), ii. 589,

Wolseley, Colonel, afterwards Sir Garnet, placed in command of the military expedition to Red River, ïi. 504; reaches Fort Garry, ü. 505 ; returns to Ontario, 4b.; names Prince Arthur’s Landing in honour of the Duke of Connaught, tb., note. |

Woods, Joseph, defeats Provincial Secretar Harrison in Kent, i, 85; opposes Mr, Neilson’s anendment to the Address, i. 138, note ; opposes Mr, Price's resolutions, i. 351, note,

World newspaper (Toronto), 1. 589,

VouxGe, BENNETT H., commands the St. Albans raid expedition, ii. 447 ; arrested and committed for trial, 4b.; a nolle prosequi entered in his case, tb.

Young, James, his ‘‘Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt, and the Settlement of Dumfries,” it, 572,

Young, John, his early life, i. 215 ; his conduct on the proposed celebration of the birth of the Prince of Wales, i. 216 ; his free-trade doctrines, 4b,; his conduct as returning officer at the Montreal elections, i, 376; becomes Commissionerof Publie Works inthe Hincks- Morin Government, ii, 248: his practical ability, ii. 249, 267 ; returned for Montreal City, ü, 252 ; attends the Intercolonial Railway Conference at Halifax, ii, 255 ; resigns office, ii. 267 ; his reasons, tb; presides over the Montreal Committee for the reception of the Prince of Wales, ïi, 402, note; the Prince’s reference to his conduct of nineteen years before, tb.

Young, Sir John. See Lisgar, Lord,

Young, Mr,, afterwards Sir William, i. 303; battles for Responsible Government, i, 369,

Yule, Captain, his survey, i. 204, note,

Yule, Jr,, John, member for Chambly, opposes Mr. Neilson’s amendment to the Address, i, 138, note.