ls with case of Perrot, 160; reconstituted and enlarged, 165;
question as to title of president, 166. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Frontenac_ and
_Old Regime_.

=Spain.= =Dr= Her action in the Nootka matter, 250. =Hd= Her rule in
Louisiana, 64-81; war imminent with, 81; recovers Florida, 81;
Hamilton's opinion of, 167; Rodney's victory over, 189. =D= Lacked
genius for colonization, 4.

=Special Council of Lower Canada.= =Sy= Summoned to consider question of
union, 192; legislation by, 255, 256; summoned for last time, 272;
passes ordinance for establishment of municipal institutions, 273, 276;
passes bill for registry of titles, 278; established board of works,
with H. H. Killaly as president, 333. =Bib.=: Christie, _History of
Lower Canada_.

=Speedy.= =Bk= Government vessel, foundering of, in Lake Ontario, 69.

=Spence, R.= =E= Postmaster-general in Hincks-Morin government, 140.

=Spencer, John Charles, third Earl= (1782-1845). Entered Parliament,
1804, and sat almost continuously to 1834; chancellor of the exchequer
and leader of the House of Commons, 1830-1834. =Index=: =Sy= Chancellor
of the exchequer, 25; on his father's death becomes Earl Spencer, 45;
declines governorship of Canada, 58. =W= His death, 37. =Bib.=: _Dict.
Nat. Biog._

=Spragge, John Godfrey= (1806-1884). Born in New Cross, Surrey, England.
Came to York with his father, 1820. Educated at the Central School,
York, under his father, who was headmaster, and at the Home District
School under John Strachan. Called to the bar, 1828; elected a bencher
of the Law Society of Upper Canada, 1835, and treasurer of that body,
1850. Appointed judge of the Surrogate Court of the Home District, 1836;
master in Chancery, 1837; registrar of the Court of Chancery, 1844;
vice-chancellor of Upper Canada, 1851; chancellor, 1869, and
chief-justice of Ontario, 1881. =Bib.=: Read, _Lives of the Judges_;
Dent, _Can. Por._

=Springer, Judge.= =R= Graduate of Victoria College, 143.

=Stadacone.= An Indian town, which stood near the mouth of the St.
Charles River, in what is now the city of Quebec. It was occupied by a
tribe of the Huron-Iroquois race, of which Donnacona was chief in 1535,
when Jacques Cartier brought his little fleet to anchor in the St.
Charles.

=Stairs, W. J.= =H= President of Anti-Confederation League, Nova Scotia,
192; correspondence with Joseph Howe, 192-197.

=Stamford, Katherine.= =S= Maiden name of Simcoe's mother, 15.

=Stamp Act.= =Dr= Effect of