ratton Hall, Staffordshire; member of
Parliament and privy councillor, 30; his powerful influence exerted on
behalf of Guy Carleton and his brother, 30; Wolfe alludes to his death,
1754, as "a deadly blow to the Carletons," 30.

=Connor, George Skeffington.= Born in Ireland. Educated at Trinity
College, Dublin. Came to Canada, 1832, with William Hume Blake. Settled
on a farm near Lake Simcoe. Called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1842. Sat
in the Assembly as a Reformer, 1859-1862; judge of the Court of Queen's
Bench, 1863. Died in Toronto, 1863. =Bib.=: Read, _Lives of the Judges_.

=Conseil Souverain.= _See_ Sovereign Council.

=Conservative Party.= =B= Organized by Sir John A. Macdonald, out of old
Tory party, 69; its debt to Canada First Association, 241. =Bib.=: Pope,
_Memoirs of Sir John A. Macdonald_; Dent, _Last Forty Years_.

=Constitution.= =Mc= Newspaper, Mackenzie starts, 320; destroyed by mob,
321; draft constitution of provisional government published in, 356.

=Constitutional Act, 1791.= The Act was designed to harmonize the
conflicting interests of French and English by dividing Quebec into two
provinces,--Upper and Lower Canada,--thereby giving to each a larger
control of its own local affairs. It established in each province a
Legislative Council, appointed by the crown for life, and a Legislative
Assembly, elected by the people. _See_ other constitutional acts: Quebec
Act, 1774; Union Act, 1840; British North America Act, 1867. =Index=:
=E= Racial and political difficulties arising out of, 17, 18; Clergy
Reserves granted by, 102, 119, 145, 150, 151, 158. =C= Its weak points,
6; constitution suspended after Rebellion of 1837, 11; its faults
exposed by Durham, 12-13. =B= Clergy Reserves originate in, 51, 52. =Sy=
A fatal compromise, 68; meant to confer privileges of British
constitution, 73; its actual operation, 74-84; greatly increases power
of French majority in Lower Canada, 72, 80. =S= Introduction of, 1;
discussion of, 5-9; passed, 10; provisions of, 10-12; its far-reaching
effects, 13; put in force by proclamation, 48. =R= Its terms and how
they were applied, 29-35; Clergy Reserves, 46-47; Ryerson's
interpretation of, on question of established church, 78; its effect on
religious questions, 103. =BL= Its terms, 6-7; Pitt and Burke on, 6;
Grenville on, 7; Simcoe on, 7; its results, 8; intended to obviate
racial conflict, 8; makes landed provision for Church of England, 42,
343-344. =P= Divides Can