stem, 302-5; Summary of, 345-6

Aylwin, T. C., in office, 150

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Bagot, Sir Charles, Governor-General, 70, 126 _et sqq._, 156, 163;
as Financier, 237-8; and King's College, Toronto, 36; Political
antecedents of, 126-7; Political opportunism of, 138 _et sqq._,
143-6, wisdom of his methods, 147; the practical surrender of
Responsible Government by, 158, 161, 228-9; Russell's view on,
261, Stanley's view on, 278; Relations with French-Canadians,
57, 146-7, 149-50; Stanley's instructions to, 129, and relations
with, 127 _et sqq._
Work of his period of office, three factors of, 128 _et sqq._
on Autonomy, Separation, and Loyalty, 138; on the Crown's right
to name the Capital, 155; on the French Canadians after the
Union, 57-8

Baldwin, Robert, Leader of Reforming Loyalists, 64, 105, 125, 197,
295; Anti-annexation actions of, 339; Averse to the "Double
majority," 308; Bagot and, 143, 144; Challenge by, to Sydenham's
system, 143-6; Character and Politics of, 109 _et sqq._, 141;
Check to, 155; and the Clergy Reserve question, 52; and Elgin,
203; Harrison's views on, and Draper's, 134; Insistence by, on
Responsible Government, 113-5, 116, 119, 150, 161-2, 176; Loyalty
of, 339; Motion by, demanding a Provincial Parliament, 119;
Office claimed for, 149; and the Patronage crisis, 168; as
Solicitor-General of Upper Canada, 109 _et sqq._; Stanley's
attitude to, 142.
on Coalition government, 299-300; on Patronage, and the position of
the Council, 175; on Russell's Colonial Administration Speech
(1850), 264

Baldwin-Hincks Reformers, in Politics, 301

Baldwin-La Fontaine Ministry, the, 161, 212, and the origin of
Anglo-French Solidarity, 215-6, 229, 295, 298; Precedent provided
by, 307

Belleville, Population (1846), 24

Bentinck, Lord William, Governor-General of India, 159

Black, Dr., and the Clergy Reserve question, 48

Board of Works for Canada set up, 106, 118

Boston, Elgin's official visit to (1851), 232

Bridges, Lack of, 12

Bright, John, and Separation, 283, 290

British aid to Canada, need of (1839), and Sydenham's Loan Scheme,
68-9, 97 _et sqq._
Approval of Metcalfe's methods, and those of earlier Governors,
170, 175, 180, 182, 186, 193
Colonial Empire, maintenance of, views on, 275, 277 _et sqq._
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