A

AMNESTY Act, 91
Annexation manifesto, 80, 81
Annexation sentiment, the, caused
by lack of prosperity and political
grievances, 191 f.
Archambault, L., 186
Aylwin, Hon. I. C., 45, 50, 53, 187
B

BADGLEY, JUDGE, 187
Bagehot, on public interest in poli-
tics, 250, 251; on the disadvan-
tage of the presidential system,
253, 254

Bagot, Sir Charles, favourable to
French Canadians, 30; 31
Baldwin, Hon. Robert, 28; aims of,
31; 45, 50, 51; forms a govern-
ment with LaFontaine, 52; his
measure to create the univer-
sity of Toronto, 93, 94; resigns
office, 103; death of, 104; views
on the clergy reserves, 160, 162
Blake, Hon. W. H., 50, 53, 69
Boulton, John, 123
Bowen, Judge, 187
Brown, Hon. George, 110; editor
of Globe, 111; raises the cry of
French domination, leads the clear
Grits, 112; enters parliament,
113; his power, 114; urges repre-
sentation by population, 117; 125,
137, 138; his part in confedera-
tion, 225

Bryce, Rt. Hon. James, on the dis-
advantages of congressional gov-
ernment, 255-257

Buchanan, Mr., his tribute to Lord
Elgin, 123, 124

C

CAMERON, John Hillyard, 50, 112
Cameron, Malcolm, 50, 53, 110,
113, 117, 126, 134, 163
Canada Company, 145
Canada, early political conditions in,
17-40; difficulties connected with
responsible government in, 26;
the principles of responsible gov-
ernment, 228; a comparison of
her political system with that of
the United States, 241 f.
Canning, Earl, 217

Caron, Hon. R. E, 43, 53, 109, 113,
126, 187

Cartier, Georges Etienne, 135, 136,
226

Cathcart, Lord, succeeds Lord Met-
calfe as governor-general, 38
Cauchon, 126, 164

Cayley, Hon. W., 140, 163
Chabot, Hon. J., 126, 141, 164, 186
Chaderton, 48

Chauveau, P. J. O., 45, 50, 109,
113, 126, 141, 164
Christie, David, 110

Church of England, its claims under
the Constitutional Act., 145, 150 f.
Church Presbyterian, its successful
contention, 153

Clergy Reserves, 101, 102, 103, 119,
127; secularization of, 142; the
history of, 143, f.; report of select
committee on, 147; Imperial act
passed, 158, 159; its repeal urged,
161; value of the reserves, 161-
162; full powers granted the
provincial legislature to vary or
repeal the act of 1840, 167; im-
portant bill introduced by Sir
John A. Macdonald, 168
Colborne, Sir John, his action on
the land question, 154; the Col-
borne patents attacked and up-
held, 155, 156

Company of the West Indies, 175
Craig, Sir James, 1, 19

D

DALY, Dominick, 35

Day, Judge, 187

Delagrave, C., 187
Denslow, Prof., 254

Derby, Lord, his views of colonial
development, 121
Dessaules, 108
Dorchester, Lord, 1
Dorion, A. A., 108, 134
Dorion, J. B. E., 108
Doutre, R., 108

Draper, Hon. Mr., forms a ministry,

35; retires from the ministry, 43
Draper-Viger ministry, its weakness

44, some important measures,
45; commission appointed by, 64
Drummond, L. P., 109, 113, 126,

141; his action on the question
of seigniorial tenure, 186
Dumas, N., 186

Durham, Lord, 2, 14; his report,
15, 23, 25; compared with Elgin,

15; his views on the land question,
144, 145, 148, 154, 155; his views
on Canada after the rebellion,
191; his suggestions of remedy,
192, 193

Duval, Judge, 187

E

EDUCATIONAL Reform, 87-89.
Elgin, Lord, his qualities, 3-4; con-
ditions in Canada on his arrival,
on his departure, birth and family
descent, 5; his parentage, 6; his
contemporaries at Eton and Ox-
ford, estimate of by Gladstone, 7;
by his brother, 7-8; enters par-
liament, his political views, 8;
appointed governor of Jamaica,
Ideath of his wife, 9; mediates
between the colonial office and
the Jamaica legislature, 12; re-
signs governorship of Jamaica,
returns to England, 13; accepts
governor-generalship of Canada,
marriage with Lady Mary Louisa
Lambton, 14; compared with
Lord Durham, 15; creates a fav-
ourable impression, recognizes the
principle of responsible govern-
ment, 41; appeals for reimburse-
ment of plague expenses, 48;
visits Upper Canada, 49; com-
ments on La Fontaine-Baldwin
ministry, 52-53; correspondence
with Lord Grey, 55; hostility to
Papineau, 56; on the rights of
French Canadians, 55-56; his
commercial views, 57-60; his
course on Rebellion Losses bill,
71-78; attacked by mob, 74; his
course sustained by the imperial

Elgin, Lord.—Continued

parliament, 78; visits Upper Can-
ada, 79; raised to the British
peerage, 80; his condemnation
of annexation manifesto, 81;
refers to causes of depressions
and irritations, 82; urges reci-
procity with United States, urges
repeal of navigation laws, 82; his
views on education, 88-89; his
views on increased representation,
118-119; his views on the Upper
House, 120; visits England, 123;
tribute from United States minis-
ter, 123-124; visits Washington
and negotiates reciprocity treaty,
124; advises repeal of the imper-
ial act of 1840, 164, 165; his
efforts against annexation, 189-
190, 194, 195; his labours for
reciprocity, 196; visits the United
States, 197; receives an address
on the eve of his departure, 203;
his reply, 204-205; his last speech
in Quebec, 205-208; returns to
England, 209; his views on self-
defence, 209-212; accepts a mis-
sion to China, 212; his action
during the Indian mutiny, 213;
negotiates the treaty of Tientsin,
214; visits Japan officially, 214;
negotiates the treaty of Yeddo,
214; returns to England, 215; be-
comes postmaster-general under
Palmerston, 215; becomes Lord
Rector of Glasgow University,
215; returns to China as Ambas-
sador Extraordinary, 215; be-
comes governor-general of India,
216; tour in northern India, 218;

holds Durbar at Agra, 218; Ua-
habee outbreak, 218; illness and
death, 219; views on imperial
honours, 222; on British con-
nection, 229, 231; views on the
power of his office, 231-232;
beneficial results of his policy,
233, 235; on the disadvantages of
the United States political sys-
tem, 257, 258.

F
FEUDAL SYSTEM, the, in Canada,
172, f.

Free Trade, protest against, from
Canada, 39, 45; effects of, on
Canada, 57-58

French Canadians, resent the Union

Act, 23, 24; resent portions of
Lord Durham's report, 23; in-
crease of their influence, 31

GARNEAU, 123

G

Gavazzi Riots, the, 125
Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W. E., his
opinion of Lord Elgin, 7; 78
Gore, Lieut.-Governor, 146
Gourlay, Robert, 147

Grey, Lord, colonial secretary, 13;
36,77; views on clergy reserves, 165
H

HALDIMAND, Governor, 97
Head, Sir Francis Bond, 1, 22
Hincks, Sir Francis, appointed in-
spector-general, 31; 38, 50, 53,
100, 101; views and qualities of
107, forms a ministry, 107; 112,
113, 126, 127, 128, 133, 134, 135,
136; becomes a member of the
Liberal - Conservative ministry,

Hincks, Sir Francis.-Continued.
140; 141, views on the clergy
reserves, 163, 165, 166, 196; ap-
pointed governor of Barbadoes
and Windward Isles, appointed
governor of British Guiana, 220,
222; receives Commandership of
the Bath, 222; retirement, 222;
receives knighthood 222; be-
comes finance minister, 223; final
retirement, 223; his character
and closing years, 223-224
Hincks-Morin, ministry formed, 108;
its members, 113; its chief meas-
ures, 114-120; reconstructed, 125-
126; dissolves, 131; resigns, 136
Holmes, 50

Holton, L. H., 108, 134
Hopkins, Caleb, 110

Howe, Joseph, his assertion of loy-
alty, 22; 51, 92, 101; on imperial
honours and offices, 221; appoint-
ed lieutenant-governor of Nova
Scotia, 221

Hudon, Vicar-General, 48
Hundred Associates, 175

L

LABRÈCHE, 108
LaTerrière, 164
Laflamme, 108
LaFontaine-Baldwin cabinet, 1842,
31; resignation of, 35; the sec-
ond government, its members,
53; its importance, 54; dissolved,
85; some of its important meas-
ures, 85-103
LaFontaine, Hon. Hippolyte, and
the Union Act, 24; aims of, 32;
44, 45, 50; forms a government
with Baldwin, 52; his resolu-
tions, 67-68; attack upon his
house, 76; resigns office, 104;
becomes chief justice, receives
baronetcy, his qualities, 105;
views on the clergy reserves,
162, 164; conservative views on
seigniorial tenure, 185; 187
Lebel, J. G., 187
Lelièvre, S., 186

Leslie, Hon. James, 53
Leslie, John, 110

Liberal-Conservative Party, the,
formed, 137

Lytton, Lord, his ideal of a gov-
ernor, 4

M
MACDONALD, RT. HON. SIR JOHN
ALEXANDER, reveals his great
political qualities, 43, 44, 50, 110,
114, 118, 127; his argument on
the Representation Bill, 132; 137,
139, 140, 163; views on the clergy
reserves, 163; takes charge of
the bill for secularization of the
reserves, 168; monuments to his
memory, 225-226

Macdonald, John Sandfield, 50; his
rebuff to Lord Elgin, 127-129, 135
Mackenzie, William Lyon, 17;
leader of the radicals, 21; 22, 51;
returns to Canada, 91; his quali-
ties, 91-92; 103, 112, 127
MacNab, Sir Allan, 31, 50, 51, 68;
attitude on Rebellion Losses Bill,
75; 110, 137, 139; becomes a
member of the Liberal-Conserva-
tive ministry, 140; his coalition
ministry, 140; 141, 224
McDougall, Hon. William, 110
McGill, 45

Meredith, Judge, 187

Merritt, William Hamilton, 50, 97
Metcalf, Sir Charles, succeeds Bagot
as governor-general, 32; his de-
fects, 32, 33, 37; breach with La-
Fontaine-Baldwin ministry, 34,
35; created baron, death of, 37
Mills, Mayor, dies of plague, 48
Mondelet, Judge, 187
Montreal, ceases to be the seat of
government, 78

Morin, A. N., 32, 43, 50, 51, 109,

113, 126, 127, 133, 140, 141; fav-
ours secularization of the clergy
reserves, 166; 187

Morris, Hon. James, 113, 126
Morrison, Joseph C., 126

N

NAVIGATION laws, 38, 45; repealed,
83

Nelson, Wolfred, 22, 50, 91
Newcastle, Duke of, secretary of

state for the colonies, 167

OTTAWA, selected as the seat of

government, later as the capital
of the Dominion, 79

P

PAKINGTON, SIR JOHN, adverse to
the colonial contention on the
clergy reserve question, 165, 167
Palmerston, Lord, 212, 213
Papineau, Denis B., 35, 44, 66
Papineau, Louis Joseph, 17; aims
of, 20, 21; 22; influence of, 50,
51; 56, 66, 90, 91, 117; his final
defeat, 134

Peel, Sir Robert, 78

Price, Hon. J. H., 50, 53, 160, 161
Postal Reform, 85, 86
Power, Dr., 48

R

RAILWAY development, under Bald-
win and LaFontaine, 99-101;
under Hincks and Morin, 114-
117
Rebellion Losses Bill, history of,
63-78; commission appointed by
Draper-Viger ministry, 64; re-
port of commissioners, 65; La
Fontaine's resolutions, 67, 68;
new commission appointed, at-
tacks on the measure, 68; passage
of measure, 70; Lord Elgin's
course, 71 f.; serious results of,
73, 74; 203
Reciprocity treaty with United
States urged by Lord Elgin, 82;
treaty ratified, 142; signed, 198;
its provisions, 198-200; beneficial
results, 201; repealed by the
United States, 201; results of the
repeal, 202