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Municipal Act, 300; becomes seat of government, 338. =S= Name of, officially changed to York, 203; building regulations in, 203. =C= City council asks Poulett Thomson to disfranchise French of Lower Canada, 99. _See also_ York. =Bib.=: Robinson, _History of Toronto_; Robertson, _Landmarks of Toronto_; Adam, _Toronto Old and New_; Scadding, _Toronto of Old_; Mulvany, _Toronto Past and Present_; Taylor, _Toronto Called Back_. =Toronto Alliance Society.= =Mc= Sympathizes with Lower Canada, 327. =Toronto University.= Projected in 1797, and chartered, 1827, as King's College, mainly through the efforts of Bishop Strachan. The charter was amended in 1837, as the result of an agitation against its theological bias. In 1850 the university was completely secularized; and in 1853 the institution received its present name. In 1887 the charter was again amended. Victoria, Knox, St. Michaels, and Wycliffe colleges were affiliated with the university in that year; and Trinity in 1903. Further changes were made in the government of the university in 1906. =Index=: =BL= Baldwin's Bill and the university question, 190-197; its definite foundation, 281; Act amending the charter, 292; history of legislation affecting, 293; Bourinot and Loudon on Baldwin Bill, 293; terms of the bill, 294-295. =E= Its history, 93-95. =Md= Formerly King's College, 30; an institution for secular learning alone, 30, 44, 69. =Bib.=: Loudon, _History of the University of Toronto_ in _Canada: An Ency._, vol. 4; Burwash, _Founding and Development of University of Toronto_ (R. S. C., 1905); _The University of Toronto and its Colleges, 1827-1906_. =Tourmente, Cap.= =Ch= Champlain's establishment at, for raising cattle, 171; his establishment destroyed by fire, 177. =Townshend, Lord Charles.= _See_ Bayning. =Townshend, George, Marquis= (1724-1807). Born in Norfolk, England. Entered the army, and engaged in the battles of Dettingen, Fontenoy, and Culloden. In 1759 ordered to Canada; brigadier-general, and commanded one of the divisions under Wolfe. On Wolfe's death succeeded to the command, and received the capitulation of Quebec. Returning to England, served in continental campaigns. Lord-lieutenant of Ireland from 1767 to 1772. In 1784 created Earl of Leicester, and in 1787 Marquis Townshend. =Index=: =WM= Brigadier under Wolfe, 74; commands British right in battle of Montmorency, 134, 140, 141, 142; moves up river with his command to join fleet, 161; com
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