cessions, 230; secures
Head's sympathy, 302. =Md= Its character and aims fiercely debated, 13;
opposition to, of Macdonald, Draper, and Morris, 27. =Sy= Its beginning,
77; its foundations laid by Governor Simcoe, 78; attempt to identify
Reform party with Mackenzie's rebellious proceedings, 85; condemned by
Durham in his Report, 96; criticisms of Report, 97-104; Sir George
Arthur allies himself with, 110; opposed to union of provinces, 130;
Sydenham's opinion of, as given by _Colonial Gazette_, 138; its
controlling influence, 177; not a political party, 179; not specially
connected by family relationship, 180. =B= Rebellion in Upper Canada
attributed by Durham to ascendancy of, 11. =E= Fight against, 21;
attacked by Hume Blake, 69; Mackenzie ill-used by, 91; selfishness of
its members, 92; Bishop Strachan and, 150. =BL= Its character, 11-12;
denounced by W. L. Mackenzie, 13; opposed to union of the Canadas, 61;
its restoration hoped for, 113. =MS= Responsible for Rebellion of 1837,
242. _See also_ Strachan, John; Mackenzie, W. L.; MacNab, Sir Allan
Napier; Robinson, Sir John Beverley. =Bib.=: Kingsford, _History of
Canada_; Durham, _Report_; Mackenzie, _Sketches of Canada_; Bradshaw,
_Self-Government in Canada_; Dent, _Upper Canadian Rebellion_; Robinson,
_Life of Sir John Beverley Robinson_.

=Famine Creek.= =L= La Barre's expedition halts at, 193.

=Fancamp, Baron de.= =L= Presents shrine to Bonsecours chapel, 177.

=Fanning, Edmund= (1737-1818). Held various offices in the American
colonies before the Revolution. Removed to Nova Scotia, and in 1786
governor of Prince Edward Island. Rose to the rank of general in the
army, 1808. =Index=: =Dr= Commands King's American Regiment, 202;
succeeds Patterson as governor of Prince Edward Island, 235. =Bib.=:
_Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Farnborough, Sir Thomas Erskine May, first Baron= (1815-1886). Born in
London. Assistant librarian of the House of Commons, 1831; examiner of
petitions for Parliament, 1847-1856; clerk of the House of Commons,
1871-1886; and president of the Statute Law Revision Committee,
1866-1884. Appointed privy councillor, 1885, and created Baron
Farnborough, 1886. =Index=: =Mc= On difficulties of granting responsible
government, 21; responsible government granted in Upper Canada in 1847,
25; principle of, adopted in other colonies about the same time, 25; on
effect of responsible government, 490. =Bib.=: _Constitutional History
of England since the Accession of