position of, 18, 60 _et
sqq._, 101, 129-30, 133

Farmers, Life and work of (_circa_ 1845), 28-9

Federation, _see_ Confederation

Finance, Canadian (see also Civil List, Clergy Reserves, Tariffs,
Taxation), in 1839, 86; Bagot's action concerning, 137-8; Grey on,
in 1846, 272

Foley, ----, 325

Forests, difficulties due to, 9, 12-13

Fowlds, Matthew, on Life at Coburg (1845), 27-8 _&n._1

Franchise conditions (1832), 22

Free-Trade, effects of, in Canada, 220, 285-6, 330; Views on, of
Elgin, 220, 285-6, and of Grey, 267, 272-4, 285

French, the, in Canada, _see_ French-Canadians

French-British Political solidarity (_see also_ Anglo-French
_bloc_), birth of, 215 _et sqq._

French Canadians of Lower Canada (_see also_ Papineau, Rebellions,
_&c._), 13-17
Anti-Union movement among, 103
District Councils set up for, 95, 118, 119
Fate settled by Poulett-Thomson, 79-90
Importance of, in 1842, 131, 132, 133-6, 141, 148, need for
Conciliating, Harrison on, 133-4; Admission of, to Office,
problem of, and struggle for, 133 _et sqq._, the climax, 148-51,
the aftermath, 151 _et sqq._
Influence of the Roman Catholic clergy in, 15, 32-3, 337
Language question and, 90
Loyalty of, 337-8
Nationalism, and the Nationalist Party among, Anglicization of,
efforts towards, 57, 59, 83, 142, 211, 306, 311-12; Obvious
fault of, 196; Problem of, on Elgin's arrival, 193, 195-6, 198,
Elgin's solution of the difficulties, 210 _et sqq._, 305;
Irritation of, over Parliamentary Representation, 311-13;
Confederation favoured by, 314
Political views of (_see also_ Conservatism, Nationalism _supra_,
Rouges), 15-17, 32, 41, 57-9, 105, 143, 196, 210 _et sqq._, 301,
302, 305, 331, 338
Privileges accorded to, by Grey, 268
Relations with Bagot, 57, 146-7, 149-50; with Elgin, 193, 195-6,
198, 215, 222, 305-6; with Metcalfe, 176-7, 195-6; with
Sydenham, 79 _et sqq._, 125, 132-5, 176

French Revolution, the, Effects of, 4, 248

Fur-trade, Social drawbacks of, 29-30

G

Galt, Alexander Tilloch, and Canadian Tariffs, 327; on Separation,
286-7

George III., and the Colonies, 248

Girouard, John Joseph, and the rebellion, 142; Office open to, 150

Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W. E., trained by Peel, 189-90, 200; and
Administrative Liberalism, 280;