71; employees recruited in Montreal, 70;
expeditions sent out, 71. _See also_ Astoria. =Bib.=: Cox, _Adventures
on the Columbia River_; Ross, _Fur Hunters of the Far West_; Franchere,
_Voyage to North-West Coast of America_; Irving, _Astoria_.

=Pacific Scandal.= =D= Difficulties aroused by episode, 321. =C=
Cartier's connection with, 53-54, 105-106. =Md= History of, 199-211;
grew out of Pacific Railway project, 200; the two syndicates, 200;
government subsidies, 201; Huntington's motion for a committee to
investigate charges against Sir Hugh Allan and the government, 201-203;
motion defeated, 203; Macdonald's motion for select committee, 203-204;
Allan's letters and telegrams published, with other documents, 205;
royal commission issued, 206; Macdonald's letter to Dufferin, 207;
Mackenzie moves vote of censure, 208; Macdonald's defence, 208-209;
Donald A. Smith's speech, 210; Macdonald resigns, 210; his party
defeated at the elections, 211. =T= Tilley not involved in, 131. _See
also_ Macdonald, Sir John A.; Macpherson, Sir David L.; Cartier, Sir
Georges E.

=Pagan, William.= =W= Appointed to New Brunswick Council, 7.

=Pakington, Sir John.= _See_ Hampton.

=Palliser, Hugh.= Captain of the _Shrewsbury_ in 1759. =Index=: =WM=
British marines under, occupy Lower Town of Quebec, 235.

=Pallu.= =L= Proposed appointment of, as bishop in Asia, 23.

=Palmer, Edward= (1809-1889). =T= Represents Prince Edward Island at
Quebec Conference, 77.

=Palmerston, Henry John Temple, third Viscount= (1784-1865). Born in
Hampshire, England. Educated at Harrow, Edinburgh, and Cambridge. First
entered Parliament, 1807; lord of the admiralty, 1808; secretary of war,
1809-1828; foreign secretary, 1830-1840 and 1846-1851; home secretary,
1852; prime minister, 1855; defeated, but returned to power, 1857; again
defeated, 1858, and once more prime minister, 1859; warden of the Cinque
Ports, 1861. =Index=: =E= Sends Elgin on mission to China, 212. =Sy=
Resigns from Duke of Wellington's Cabinet, 16. =T= On Intercolonial
Railway question, 55; on Confederation negotiations, 63-64. =Bib.=:
_Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Pambrun, Pierre Chrysologue.= Served in the Canadian Voltigeurs during
the War of 1812. Entered the service of the Hudson's Bay Company, and
sent to the Qu'Appelle district. Captured there by Cuthbert Grant, of
the North West Company, in 1816, and held prisoner for five days,
shortly before the Seven Oaks affair. Stationed at Stuart Lake