ship, Elgin's conception of, 227

Statesmen, Canadian, Loyalty of the more eminent, 339 _et sqq._

Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames, Influence of, at the Colonial Office,
234-7, 238; Views of, on Separation, 237 _&n._

Stephen, Sir Leslie, 236 _&n._

Strachan, Dr. John, Bishop in Toronto, 36, 89, 133; and the
Anglican Church, 43; and the Clergy Reserve question, 49, 50,
52, 54, 90, 92; and Education, 35, 36; and Methodism, 45

Strickland family, the, as Colonists, 19

Strickland, Lieut.-Colonel Samuel, and Mackenzie's Rebellion, 55;
on Unsuitable Colonists, 19-20

Sullivan, Robert Baldwin, 113

Suburbs, and the Electorate, 102

Sydenham, Lord (Rt. Hon. Charles Poulett Thomson), as
Governor-General, 54, 57, 65, 70; Raised to Peerage, 53;
Characteristics, 76-8, 107-8, 131, 141; and his Coalition of
Moderates, 113, 141, 298; Debt to, of Canada, 122-5, 132, 133;
Despatches of, 325; Episodes and course of his rule, 78 _et sqq._;
the Fall of the Family Compact, 63; Practice of, Bagot's action
contrasted with, 149; Relations with French Canadians, 58, 141,
162; Religious distribution of members of his Council (1841),
47; Responsible Government practically granted by, 107, 228-9,
his own views as worded by Harrison, 119-20, Metcalfe on, 164-5;
and Russell's system, 260; Settlement by, of Clergy Reserve
Question, 53, 54; Sleigh-journey, record breaking 11-12, 92;
Success with the Act of Union, 92
on Baldwin's action in the First Union Parliament, 44-5; on
Business in a Colonial Parliament, 65-6; on the Clergy Reserve
question, 53-4; on Early Travel in Canada, 10; on the French
Anti-Union movement, 103-4; on Party names, 56, 295

T

Tache, Colonel Sir Etienne Pascal, 195, 307; and Federation, 303

Talbot, Colonel, in Canada, 19

Tariffs, Canadian, and the Home country, 327-8

Taxation, Canadian, Independence in, asserted, 287, 328

Taylor, Sir Henry, Influence of, at the Colonial Office, 235; on
Russell as Chief Secretary, 236

Teachers, Lack of, in early days, 33-5

Terrebonne, and La Fontaine's election, 117

Thomson, Poulett, _see_ Sydenham, Lord

Three Rivers, 13

_Times, The_, and Canadian affairs, 232-3

Toronto, 65; Anglicanism in, 43; Journey to (1839), 10; King's
College at, 36; Population of (1824-46), 13, 24; Social
ch