14; on the French and the
Union, 83

Colleges and Universities, Canadian, 35-8, 136

Colonial Administration, Russell's speech on, 1850, 263
Autonomy (_see also_ Autonomy, Canadian), MacDonald's views on, 344
Connexion with the Empire, Continuance of, various views on (_see
also_ Annexation, Separation, _&c._), 2, 3, 277 _et sqq._,
323 _et sqq._
Government, Conflicting views on, _passim_
Independence, Burke's view on, 2, 3
Parliaments, Defects of, 65-6, 289
Unity, Conditions adverse to, 24

Colonial Office, the, Elgin's influence on, 222-5; Permanent officials
of, Buller on, 234-5, 236

_Colonial Advocate_, The, 38

_Colonial Gazette_, on Poulett Thomson, 77-8

_Colonial Policy_, by Earl Grey, Canada chapter in, inspired by
Elgin, 275

_Colonies, Responsible Government for_, Buller's famous pamphlet,
234-5 _&n._, 236, 240

Colonies, Secretaries of State for, _see also under_ Names
Lord J. Russell, 1839
Lord Stanley, 1841
Gladstone, 1846
Earl Grey, 1846
Sir J. Pakington, 1852
Duke of Newcastle, 1852
Sir George Gray, 1854
Views on, of British Politicians, 2, 3, 217, 230 _et sqq._, 255-8,
262, 264, 283, 284, 285, 290, 292 _et alibi_

Colonists, Buller's views on, 242; Cartwright's opinion of, 60

_Colonization, The Art of_, by Wakefield, 239

Commercial crisis, Canadian, in 1849, Elgin on, 331
Marine, as a pillar of Empire, 262
Relations, Peel on, 254
Treaty, _see_ Reciprocity Treaty

Compromise, Bagot's views on, and Stanley's, 139-40

Confederation of British North American Colonies, various Schemes
for, 196-7; the result of Autonomy, 305; Difficulties connected
with, 279-80, 312; Russell's aim in furthering, 265; Scheme of
Brown and Macdonald for, 302 _et sqq._, 312-14, 341, 342

"Connexion," the Basis of, sentimental rather than practical, 239;
Effect on, of Autonomy, 323 _et sqq._

Conservative Party, Canadian (see also Family Compact, & Tory Party),
in 1841, 105; Loyalty of, 339

Conservatism of the French Canadians, 15, 17, 32, 41
United Empire Loyalists, 18

Constitutional Act of 1791, and the Clergy Reserve question, 48-9

Constitutional Question in Canada, three allied problems forming,
Elgin's mode of dealing with, 201 _et sqq._

Convent Education of Women, 16, 31

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