Elgin, Earl of, Governor-Generalship of, 7, 56, 70, 187 _et sqq._ Character and Politics of, 188 _et sqq._, 190, 191, 209, 221, 225 _et sqq._, 256, 297; Chief result of his rule, 190, 268-71; Despatches of, 325, Influence of, on Autonomy movement, 188 _et sqq._, 228-9, and on Grey's Colonial policy, 275; Insult to, 204, 208-9, 227, 320, Scottish loyal address on, 328-9; and Irish disaffection, 200, 337; Non-Separationist views of, 278, 281; Relations with French Canada, 193, 195-6, 198, 210 _et sqq._, 222 Later career of, 188-9, 191 on Baldwin, 110, 339; on British Press methods, 232; on Canadian attitude to Free Trade, 220, 285-6; on Canadian Party Politics, 56, 195, 293, 295; on the elections of 1844, 181; on French Canadian Nationalism, 196, and Loyalty (1850), 305-6; on Metcalfe's policy, 192, 202; on Montreal, its inhabitants and Annexation views at (1849), 334; on Moral influence of Governors, 324; on Sydenham's attitude to Autonomy, 123-4; on True and False Imperialism, 224-5 Emigration and its horrors, 20-1; Wakefield's system of, 238 English Canadians, loyalty of, 338 English character of Colonists, Disraeli's views on, 257-8 English tone in Canadian Society (_circ._ 1846), 26-7 _Episodes in a Life of Adventure_, by Oliphant, referred to, 225 _Examiner, The_, Politics of, 64 Executive Council, British and Canadian views on, 71 _et sqq._ Sydenham's, inherited by Bagot, 131; Stanley's advice on, 129, 136, 143, 144-5, actual Composition of, 144; La Fontaine's demands and the upshot, 149 _et sqq._; Stanley's sarcasm, 152-3 Executive Responsibility, as conceived by Durham, 244-5 F "Family Compact," the, Political views, and position of, 18, 60 _et sqq._, 101, 129-30, 133 Farmers, Life and work of (_circa_ 1845), 28-9 Federation, _see_ Confederation Finance, Canadian (see also Civil List, Clergy Reserves, Tariffs, Taxation), in 1839, 86; Bagot's action concerning, 137-8; Grey on, in 1846, 272 Foley, ----, 325 Forests, difficulties due to, 9, 12-13 Fowlds, Matthew, on Life at Coburg (1845), 27-8 _&n._1 Franchise conditions (1832), 22 Free-Trade, effects of, in Canada, 220, 285-6, 330; Views on, of Elgin, 220, 285-6, and of Grey, 267, 272-4, 285 French, the, in Canada, _see_ French-Canadians French-British Political solidarity (_see also_ Anglo-French _bloc_), birth of, 215 _et sqq._