eform, 311 _et sqq._

Party Government, and Colonial Constitutional development, views
on, of Wakefield, 239-40, and of Buller, 242
Names, as used in Canada, 56, 106, 195, 295
Politics in Canada, before and after Autonomy, 56, 106, 166-7,
173, 185, 195, 293 _et sqq._, 302-5 _et sqq._

Patronage, Crisis concerning, 168-70; Surrender of, by Elgin,
198, 279

Peel, Sir Robert, 262, 283; and Elgin, a comparison, 226; and "the
Man on the spot," 147-8; and the Permanent Staff of the Colonial
Office, 235; Political pupils of, 189; and Stanley, 128;
Transforming influence of, on the Whigs, 280; Views of, on
Separation, 253-4, 266-7, 278

Peelites, the, and Party ties, 297; Views of, on Separation, 266, 285
Canadian, 301

Permanent Officials, and Transitory Chiefs, 234-5

Perry, Peter, Baldwin's letter to, on Annexation, 340

Personalities and Politics, 66

Perth (Canada), Early Educational efforts at, 33-4; and its
Minister, 48

Pessimism of British opinion on the Colonies _circa_ 1844, 246

_Pilot, The_, 196

Pioneers, the, of Canadian Self-government, 237-8 _et sqq._

Political Groups, Canadian--British Early days, 14, 56; (_a_)
United Empire Loyalists, 17, 20; (_b_) Half-Pay Officers, 18;
(_c_) Immigrants, 20, 56
Later days--Anglo-French bloc, 65, 161; Liberal-Conservatives,
297
French-Canadian, 14, 15, 20; importance of, 56-9

Political Manners and Morals, after Autonomy, 314 _et sqq._

Political and Material conditions and Needs of Canada in 1839, 68-9

Politics in early days, 13 _et sqq._, 64 _et sqq._; _per_ Newspaper,
38; Questions of chief concern, 56; Turbulence in (_see_
Montreal riots), 65-8 _et alibi_

Population, Canadian, Composition of, and Problems of, 13 _et
sqq._; Changes in distribution, 1830-60, in reference to
Parliamentary Representation, 310-11; Town, growth of, 24

Preference, and Retaliation, Elgin's difficulties as to, 220

Presbyterianism in Canada, 43, 44-5, 47; Influence of, on Scottish
democracy, 41

Press, British, and Canadian Politics, 232-3
Canadian, _see_ Newspapers
Indian, Disabilities of, relieved by Metcalfe, 159

Progressives, Canadian, Loyalty of, 339

Protection as enemy to Canadian-British connexion, Grey's view
on, 285

Provincial Parliament, Baldwin's motion for, 119; Resol