istory of the War of 1812_;
_Three Chapters on a Triple Project; Thoughts on Defence from a Canadian
Point of View; Quirks of Diplomacy_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Annual
Register_, 1878.
=Coke, Sir John= (1563-1644). Sat in Parliament, 1621-1629; secretary of
State, 1625; a commissioner of the treasury, 1635-1636. =Index=: =Ch=
English Commissioner in matter of Canada, 214. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat.
Biog._
=Colbert, Jean Baptiste= (1619-1683). First minister to Louis XIV.
=Index=: =F= Creates West India Company, 49; disapproves Frontenac's
action in summoning "three estates," 67; anti-clerical tendencies, 73;
Madame Maintenon's opinion of, 74; advice to Courcelles in relation to
ecclesiastical power, 115; asks for particulars as regards effect of
liquor traffic, 118; speaks of bishop as aiming at too much power, 119;
overthrow of his commercial policy, 151. =L= Minister of marine and
colonies, not favourable to emigration, 80; enjoins Frontenac to act
with more moderation, 165; prejudiced against clergy, 170; his despatch
on subject of liquor traffic, 170. =Bib.=: Colby, _Canadian Types of the
Old Regime_; Chambers, _Biog. Dict._
=Colebrooke, Sir William Macbean George= (1787-1870). After serving in
the army, and as political agent in the East, became lieutenant-governor
of the Bahamas, 1834-1837; governor of the Leeward Islands, 1837; and in
1841 succeeded Sir John Harvey as lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick.
Afterwards governor of Barbados and the Windward Islands, 1848-1856.
=Index=: =W= Appoints son-in-law as provincial secretary, New Brunswick,
76; action resented by members of government, 76-80; his unpopularity,
100-101. =Bib.=: Hannay, _History of New Brunswick_; Rattray, _The Scot
in British North America_; _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Coles, George= (1810-1875). =T= Delegate to Quebec Conference, 77.
=Collins, Francis.= =Mc= Reports legislative debates, 106; publishes
_Canadian Freeman_ in 1825, 111; convicted of libel, 134; fined and
imprisoned, 134. =Bib.=: Dent, _Upper Canadian Rebellion_.
=Collver, Jabez.= =S= Presbyterian minister, the first to come to Upper
Canada, 165.
=Colonial Advocate.= Newspaper, published by William Lyon Mackenzie.
=Index=: =Mc= Newspaper, published at Queenston, May 18, 1824, 85;
reviews condition of provinces, 86, 87; topics discussed in, 94-97;
reports debates, 102, 103; granted a subsidy for printing, 103; moved to
York, January, 1825, 106; House refuses publication of repo
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