Autonomy, Canadian, the Struggle for, _passim_ British opinion on, changes in, 230 _et sqq._ Conditions demanded by, 277 Limitations on, views of Durham and Sydenham on, 119-21 Macdonald's views on, 344 Movement towards, as affected by Successive Governors, 122-5, 138, 228, by Elgin, 228-9, and by Grey, 268-71 Natural outcome of _Laissez-faire_, 291 Results, as affecting Anglo-American relations, 287; Confederation, 305; Connexion of Canada and Great Britain, 323 _et sqq._; Party system, 302-5; Summary of, 345-6 Aylwin, T. C., in office, 150 B Bagot, Sir Charles, Governor-General, 70, 126 _et sqq._, 156, 163; as Financier, 237-8; and King's College, Toronto, 36; Political antecedents of, 126-7; Political opportunism of, 138 _et sqq._, 143-6, wisdom of his methods, 147; the practical surrender of Responsible Government by, 158, 161, 228-9; Russell's view on, 261, Stanley's view on, 278; Relations with French-Canadians, 57, 146-7, 149-50; Stanley's instructions to, 129, and relations with, 127 _et sqq._ Work of his period of office, three factors of, 128 _et sqq._ on Autonomy, Separation, and Loyalty, 138; on the Crown's right to name the Capital, 155; on the French Canadians after the Union, 57-8 Baldwin, Robert, Leader of Reforming Loyalists, 64, 105, 125, 197, 295; Anti-annexation actions of, 339; Averse to the "Double majority," 308; Bagot and, 143, 144; Challenge by, to Sydenham's system, 143-6; Character and Politics of, 109 _et sqq._, 141; Check to, 155; and the Clergy Reserve question, 52; and Elgin, 203; Harrison's views on, and Draper's, 134; Insistence by, on Responsible Government, 113-5, 116, 119, 150, 161-2, 176; Loyalty of, 339; Motion by, demanding a Provincial Parliament, 119; Office claimed for, 149; and the Patronage crisis, 168; as Solicitor-General of Upper Canada, 109 _et sqq._; Stanley's attitude to, 142. on Coalition government, 299-300; on Patronage, and the position of the Council, 175; on Russell's Colonial Administration Speech (1850), 264 Baldwin-Hincks Reformers, in Politics, 301 Baldwin-La Fontaine Ministry, the, 161, 212, and the origin of Anglo-French Solidarity, 215-6, 229, 295, 298; Precedent provided by, 307 Belleville, Population (1846), 24 Bentinck, Lord William, Governor-General of India, 159 Black, Dr., and the Clergy Reserve question, 48 Board of Works for Canada set up, 106, 118 Boston, Elgin's official visit to (1851), 232 Bridges, Lack of, 12 Bright, John, and Separation, 283, 290