ishing Admirals," the most famous of
whom was Richard Whitbourne, author of _A Discourse and Discoverie of
Newfoundland_. French influence on the island dated from the founding of
Placentia in 1660. In 1696 Iberville captured St. John's, and laid waste
the coast settlements. St. John's was again captured by a French
squadron, in 1760. A Legislative Assembly was granted to the colony in
1832 as a result of popular agitation; and responsible government
established in 1855. Efforts to bring about the union of the island with
Canada were made in 1864, and again in 1895, but without success.
=Index=: =B= Withdraws from Confederation scheme, 185-186. =F= English
settlements in, attacked, 46. =L= French successful in, 232. =Md=
Withdraws from Confederation negotiations, 117; further negotiations
unsuccessful, 146; fishery question, 303. =Bib.=: Kirke, _The First
English Conquest of Canada_; Prowse, _History of Newfoundland_; Reeves,
_Governors of Newfoundland_; Dawson, _Canada and Newfoundland_; Hatton
and Harvey, _Newfoundland_; Willson, _The Tenth Island_.

=New Langley.= =D= Or Derby, proposed as capital of British Columbia,
246.

=New Ontario.= Includes that part of the province known as northern and
north-western Ontario, lying west of the Upper Ottawa River and its
tributary lakes north of Lake Huron and Lake Superior, and extending to
the eastern boundary of the province of Manitoba on the west, and to the
Albany River and James Bay on the north. =Bib.=: _North-Western Ontario,
its Boundaries, Resources, and Communications_.

=New Orleans.= =Hd= Haldimand's enquiries regarding, 64; embassy to, 73;
dissatisfaction at, 77; Haldimand's visit to, 78; Spaniards send troops
to, 80, 81.

=New Westminster.= A city of British Columbia, founded by Colonel R. C.
Moody in 1859, and first named Queensborough. The present name was given
by Queen Victoria the same year, when the new town was selected as the
capital of British Columbia. It was incorporated in 1860; and in 1868
the seat of government was removed to Victoria. =Index=: =D= Chosen as
capital of colony of British Columbia, 247; local dispute as to name,
247; present name given by Queen Victoria, 247; sale of town lots, 247.
=Bib.=: Walbran, _British Columbia Coast Names_; Begg, _History of
British Columbia_.

=New York City.= =Hd= Haldimand in command at, 1, 87, 90, 91, 96, 121;
Amherst in command at, 41; Gage in command at, 53; influenced by
outbreak of violence at B