t against rebels, 407; praises Reformers, 407; opposition
from Family Compact, 407; gives responsible government, 409; surprised
people had not rebelled sooner, 477. =Md= Advocate of responsible
government, 17; his death, 17; secures passage, by Assembly, of Act
secularizing Clergy Reserves, 1840, but on being sent to England, it is
disallowed on technical grounds, 59-60. =W= His despatch to Lord John
Russell on the Executive Council, 113. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._;
Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_; Scrope, _Memoir of Life of
Sydenham_.

=Sydney.= An important seaport of Nova Scotia; formerly the capital of
the colony of Cape Breton. Founded in 1784, and the seat of the local
government until 1820, when the island was united to Nova Scotia.
Incorporated as a town in 1886, and received a city charter in 1904.
=Bib.=: _Nelson's Ency._

=Sydney, Thomas Townshend, first Viscount= (1733-1800). Entered
Parliament, 1754; lord of the treasury, 1765; war secretary, 1872; and
home secretary, 1783. The office of home secretary then included the
colonies. =Index=: =Dr= Secretary of state, discusses with Carleton
future of Canada, 224; his correspondence with Carleton, 242; succeeded
in colonial office by Grenville, 248. =Hd= Du Calvet's petition to,
284-288; Haldimand's intercourse with, 310, 315, 322, 326, 337; speech
to, 327. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Syndics.= =F= Local representatives without votes, provided for in
first council, 37.

=Tache, Alexandre Antoninus= (1823-1894). Born in Riviere du Loup,
Quebec, and educated at Quebec and Montreal. In 1845 volunteered as a
missionary to the Indians on the Great Lakes, and in the same year
ordained to the priesthood. Founded several missions, schools, colleges,
and convents in the North-West. In 1853 became bishop of St. Boniface,
and in 1871 made archbishop. =Index=: =C= His missions, 69; warns
government of trouble with half-breeds, 70; his visit to Rome, 70;
recalled to placate half-breeds, 70. =Md= Warns Sir Georges Cartier of
trouble in North-West, 157-158; on causes of rebellion, 240. =Bib.=:
Works: _Sketch of the North-West of America_; _Vingt Annees de Missions
dans la Nord-Ouest_. For biog., _see_ David, _Vie de Tache_; Benoit,
_Vie de Mgr. Tache, Archeveque de St. Boniface_; Dent, _Can. Por._

=Tache, Sir Etienne Pascal= (1795-1865). Born in St. Thomas, Quebec.
Served during the War of 1812-1815. Studied medicine, practising until
1841. Entered Parliam