1812_:
FitzGibbon, _A Veteran of 1812_; Curzon, _Laura Secord, the Heroine of
1812_: Cruikshank, _The Fight in the Beechwoods_; Thompson, _Jubilee
History of Thorold_.

=Beckwith, John A.= =T= Confederate candidate in York, 108.

=Becquet, Romain.= =L= Clerk of Ecclesiastical Court, arrested, 163.

=Bedard, Elzear.= For some years a member of the Assembly of Lower
Canada. Moved the celebrated Ninety-Two Resolutions, 1837. Puisne judge
of the Court of Queen's Bench, 1837; suspended, but afterwards
reinstated. Died, 1849. =Index=: =P= Moves the Ninety-Two Resolutions,
117; deserts Papineau, 117; appointed judge by Gosford, 117. =Bib.=:
Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Christie, _History of Lower Canada_.

=Bedard, Pierre Stanislas= (1762-1829). Educated at the Seminary of
Quebec; studied law, and appointed advocate, 1790. Elected for
Northumberland to the first Legislature of Lower Canada, 1792. In 1806,
with a number of other French-Canadians in the Assembly, founded _Le
Canadien_, to represent the views of the popular party. In 1810 the
paper seized, and Bedard and his associates arrested on a charge of
treasonable practices. Released the following year. In 1812 appointed
judge of the District Court of Three Rivers. Retired in 1829 on account
of ill health. =Index=: =P= Leader of French-Canadians in Lower Canada
Assembly, 27; opposes property tax, 27; establishes _Le Canadien_, 28;
considered by Sir James Craig a dangerous revolutionist, 28; sent to
jail, 29; released and charges withdrawn, 29; moves resolution as to
ministerial responsibility, 96. =C= Claims liberty of the press, 95;
sent to jail, 95; released, 96; asks for ministerial responsibility, 96.
=Bk= Arrested, 127; demands trial, 128; released, 145. =Bib.=: Parent,
_Pierre Bedard et Ses Deux Fils_ in _Journal d'Instruction Publique,
1859_; Christie, _History of Lower Canada_; De Gaspe, _Memoires_;
Dionne, _Pierre Bedard et Ses Fils_; Dionne, _Pierre Bedard et Son
Temps_ (R. S. C., 1898).

=Bedard, Dr. William=. =T= Life-long friend of Sir Leonard Tilley, 145.

=Beer, Henry= (1835-1886). Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Elected to the Assembly, 1870; a member of the ministry, 1872; Speaker
of the Assembly, 1877; mayor of Charlottetown, 1885-1886.

=Begbie, Sir Matthew Baillie= (1819-1894). Educated at Cambridge; and
called to the English bar in 1844. Judge of the colony of British
Columbia and judge of the Vice-admiralty Court, 1858-1870. Chief-justice