the visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada.
=Index=: =E= Solicitor-general for Upper Canada in MacNab-Morin
ministry, 141; judge of Seigniorial Court, 187. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel.
Can._; Dent, _Last Forty Years_.
=Smith, H. W.= =Index=: =H= Delegate of Anti-Confederate party,--goes to
England with Howe to demand repeal of British North America Act, 204;
receives thanks of Nova Scotia Legislature, 218. =Bib.=: Campbell,
_History of Nova Scotia_.
=Smith, James= (1808-1868). Born in Montreal. Studied law, and called to
the bar of Lower Canada, 1830. Elected to the Legislature for
Missisquoi, 1844. Appointed attorney-general the same year and held
office until 1847, when he was appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench,
Lower Canada; puisne judge of the Superior Court, 1849-1868. =Index=:
=BL= Attorney-general for Lower Canada, 1844, 246. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel.
Can._
=Smith, Sydney= (1771-1845). =Sy= On Conservative reaction in England,
11; on Lord John Russell, 55. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Smith, William= (1728-1793). Born in New York City. Graduated at Yale,
1745; called to the New York bar, and practised in that city. In 1763
appointed chief-justice of the colony; and sat in the Council,
1767-1782. In 1786 appointed chief-justice of Canada, holding the office
until his death. =Index=: =Hd= His influence over Lord Dorchester, 314;
his ultra-English sentiments, 315. =Dr= Chief-justice of Canada, 224;
his position on the civil law question, 225; favours union of all
British North American provinces, 261; made Speaker of new Legislative
Council, 269. =S= His plan for a union of all British possessions in
North America, 5. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; _Cyc. Am. Biog._
=Smith, William O.= =T= Mayor of St. John, New Brunswick, 7.
=Smuggling.= =S= Prevalence of, between Upper Canada and the state of
New York, 106, 107. =Bk= Promoted between United States and Canada by
United States Embargo Act, 109. =Dr= From New England into Canada, 57.
=Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.= =S= Assists the church of
England in Upper Canada, 158, 159.
=Soissons, Charles de Bourbon, Comte de= (1565-1612). At the urgent
solicitation of Champlain, who was in desperate need of a powerful
protector to shield the infant colony of New France from rival
intrigues, the Comte de Soissons was appointed by the king
lieutenant-general of the colony, with viceregal powers. Made Champlain
his lieutenant, with full control of the fur trade
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