da; adjutant-general, 1854;
lieutenant-general, 1857, and in 1860 commanded the northern district in
Great Britain. In 1865 appointed governor of the Royal Military College
at Sandhurst. =Index=: =C= At St. Charles, 7. =P= Attacks rebels at St.
Charles, 129. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Wetmore, A. B.= =T= Anti-Confederate candidate in St. John, New
Brunswick, 84; his character, 84-85; breaks away from government, 101;
elected as Confederate candidate in St. John, 109.

=Wheat.= =B= Lord Stanley introduces measure giving preference to
Canadian wheat, 1843, 15; preference wiped out by the corn laws, 15, 31;
_Globe_ on effect of corn laws, 31-32; Elgin on, 32; trade in, under
Reciprocity Treaty of 1854, 229, 230. =MS= Red River settlers raise
first crop of, 1813, 160, _See also_ Agriculture.

=Whelan, Edward= (1824-1867). Born in County Mayo, Ireland. Emigrated to
Nova Scotia, and employed in the office of the _Nova Scotian_, under
Joseph Howe. Moved to Prince Edward Island, 1842, and immediately threw
himself into the struggle for popular rights; elected to the Assembly; a
member of the Council, 1864, when he represented his province at the
Quebec Conference. Died at Charlottetown. =Index=: =T= Delegate to
Quebec Conference from Prince Edward Island, 77. =Bib.=: Davin, _The
Irishman in Canada_.

=White, John.= =S= First attorney-general of Upper Canada, 81, 178; his
duel with John Small, clerk of council, 181.

=White, Philip.= =Dr= Loyalist, murder of, 198.

=White, Thomas= (1830-1888). Born in Montreal. Educated at the high
school there. Joined the editorial staff of the _Quebec Gazette_; and in
1853 founded the _Peterborough Review_, which he edited for seven years.
In 1860 went to Cobourg to study law, and in 1864 with his brother
founded the _Hamilton Spectator_. Elected to the Dominion Parliament for
Cardwell, 1878, and again in 1882 and 1887. A member of Sir John A.
Macdonald's Cabinet in 1885 as minister of the interior, and carried out
the political organization of the North-West Territories. =Index=: =E=
On the coalition of 1854, 139; minister of the interior in the Macdonald
ministry, 1885-1888, 139. =Md= Takes part in political picnic campaign,
220. =Bib.=: Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._

=Whitney, Sir James Pliny= (1843- ). Born at Williamsburg, Ontario.
Educated at the Cornwall Grammar School. Served for some years in the
militia, and on active service during the Fenian raid, 1866. In 1876
called to the ba