Osborne, 284;
his children, 284;
suffers from an incurable disease, 285;
his last illness, 286;
death, 287;
funeral, 288;
tributes of respect, 288

Tilley, Thomas Morgan, father of Sir Leonard, 145

_Trent_ affair, 197

U

United States, their attitude towards Canada, 254

V

Vankoughnet, Hon. P. M., a delegate to England in regard to the
Intercolonial Railway, 197

W

Wark, David, his bounty resolutions, 118

Watters, Hon. Charles, an advocate of confederation, 226

Weldon, Hon. John W., speaker of the assembly, 65;
on money grants, 94;
appointed a judge, 236

Wetmore, Hon. A. R., opposes confederation, 226;
opposes anti-confederation government, 243;
reelected for St. John city, 251

William IV., objects to alienation of Crown lands, 22;
dismisses the Liberal government, 37

Williston, Hon. Edward, solicitor-general, 247;
reelected for Northumberland, 249

Wilmot, Benjamin, first of the name in America, 3

Wilmot, Hon. Robert Duncan, 152;
his change of principle, 156;
supports the government, 160;
becomes surveyor-general, 165;
reelected in St. John, 166;
becomes provincial secretary, 183;
opposes confederation, 227;
dissatisfied with the government, 235;
resigns in January, 1866, 236;
forms a new government with Mitchell, 247;
reelected for St. John County, 251;
confederation delegate to England, 262

Wilmot, Lemuel, grandfather of L. A. Wilmot, 3

Wilmot, Lemuel Allan, birth, 2;
ancestry, 3;
education, 10;
studies law, 11;
his interest in politics, 11;
his knowledge of French, 12;
an officer of militia, 12;
elected to the assembly for York, 31;
takes his seat, 32;
his eloquence, 33;
zeal for reform, 34;
on custom house salaries, 38;
a delegate to the colonial office in connection with provincial
affairs, 41;
arranges terms with the British government, 43;
second delegation to England, 46;
reelected for York, 47;
engaged in the reform of King's College charter, 49-52;
bill rejected by council, 52;
resolutions thereon, 54;
the college bill passed, 56;
proposes a reduced scale of salaries, 62, 63;
nominated for the speakership, 66;
reelected for York, 66;
becomes a member of the government, 72, 73;
resigns in consequence of the Reade appointment, 76;
his reasons, 77;
advocates improv