18; criticized by extremists in his own party, 22;
resigns from La Fontaine-Baldwin ministry, 46; approves coalition of
1854, 64; cause of his resignation, 78-79. =Mc= Defends Judge Willis,
133; supported by Mackenzie, 159; elected to the Assembly, 159; on banks
in politics, 170; appointed executive councillor, 294; resigns, 294;
goes to England, 305; opposed by Head, 305; accompanies flag of truce,
368; retires from Executive Council, 408; Mackenzie defeats government
of, 492. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_; Taylor,
_Brit. Am._; Davin, _The Irishman in Canada_; Baldwin, _Correspondence_
(Toronto Public Library Mss.).

=Baldwin, William Warren.= Born in Ireland. Came to Canada 1798, and
finally settled in York, now known as Toronto. Represented Norfolk in
the Legislature of Upper Canada. Died 1844. =Index=: =BL= Comes to
Canada 1798, 23; practises medicine at York, 24; opens a classical
school, 24, 106; practises law, 25; his marriage, 25; father of Robert
Baldwin, 25; purchases "Spadina," 26; political views, 26-27; chairman
of public meeting in Willis affair, 28; president of Constitutional
Reform Society, 42; member of Legislative Council, 177. =Mc= Upholds
Judge Willis, 132; protests against his removal, 133. =Bib.=: Rose,
_Cyc. Can. Biog._; Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_; Scadding,
_Toronto of Old_.

=Baldwin Reformer.= =B= Origin of the name, 78.

=Ball.= =Dr= The maiden name of Dorchester's mother, 29.

=Ball.= =F= First given in Canada, 59. _See also_ Amusements.

=Ballot.= =Sy= Sydenham an early advocate of, 18.

=Bancroft, George= (1800-1891). Educated at Harvard University,
Cambridge, and in Germany. Secretary of the navy, 1845; ambassador to
Great Britain, 1846-1849; and in 1867-1874 minister at the court of
Berlin. =Index=: =L= On La Salle, 153. =Ch= On the difficulties
encountered by missionaries, 87. =Bib.=: _History of the United States_.
For biog., _see_ Howe, _Life and Letters of George Bancroft; Cyc. Am.
Biog._

=Bank of Upper Canada.= Established 1823 with a capital of $41,364,
which had increased in 1859 to $3,126,250. Its headquarters were in
Toronto. After a long, prosperous career the bank stopped payment in
1866, the chief cause being the collapse in real estate in Canada West
in 1857-1858. =Index=: =Mc= Increase of capital vetoed, 215; run on,
340. =Bib.=: _See_ Banking.

=Banking.= The first bank established in Canada was the Bank of
Montreal, which dates