British aid to Canada, need of (1839), and Sydenham's Loan Scheme, 68-9, 97 _et sqq._ Approval of Metcalfe's methods, and those of earlier Governors, 170, 175, 180, 182, 186, 193 Colonial Empire, maintenance of, views on, 275, 277 _et sqq._ Communities, Government of, Lesson on, from Canadian history, 345 Community, attempted absorption in, of French-Canadians, 57, 59, 83, 142, 211, 306, 311-12 Empire, permanence of, some firm believers in, 274; World-value of, Grey's view on, 275-6 British Half-pay Officers as Colonists, 18-20 Opinion on Canadian Autonomy, changes in, 235 _et sqq._ Predominance, passim; Russell's theory of, effects of, 228-9 Universities, relations of, with Canadian College Education, 37-8 _&n._1 Views on Imperialism, early Victorian, 230, gradual change in, 230 _et sqq._ British-American League, aims of, 336-7 British-Canadian connexion, on what chiefly dependent, 292 Brockville, Population (1846), 25 Brougham, Lord, and Separation, 281, 282-7 Brown, George, pioneer of Political journalism, Scottish origin of, 23; Characteristics of, 323, 340-3; and the Clear-Grits, 300 _&n._2, 340-1; and Confederation, 312-14, 341, 342; as Editor, and Leader, 341; Loyalty of, 339; and Macdonald's federation scheme, 302 _&n._ _et sqq._; Macdonald's unfairness to, 319; Political rectitude of, 321; Political views of, 298; Why disliked by the French, 312 on Canadian loyalty, 326-7; on Canadian population distribution (1857), 310-11, and Parliamentary representation, 310-11; on Political corruption, 317; on Public spirit connected with Confederation, 322 Brown-Dorion two days' administration, the, 302 Buchanan, Isaac, and Canadian Tariff, 327 Buller, Arthur, on the Illiteracy of the _Habitants_, 16 Buller, Charles, characteristics of, 241; as Educator in sound Colonial policy, 247, 251; Imperialism of, 162, 245; La Fontaine's objection to, 162; and Local Government, 94; Non-belief of, in Separation, 278, 281; Views of, on Colonial affairs, 94, 162, 234-5, 236, 237, 240-3, 247, 251, 278, 281, 291 famous pamphlet by, 234-5, 236, 240-3 on Permanent Officials and Changing Heads at the Colonial Office, 234-5, 236; on Russell's Imperialism, 262 Burke, Edmund, on American Education and Book-reading, 40; on Colonial Independence and Imperial Unity, 2, 3; on Party, 294; on the Whigs, 166 Bytown (Ottawa), and the Immigrants, 21; Population (1846), 24; Social conditions at, 30 C Campbell, Robert, as School-master, 33