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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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