Molesworth, ----, on Separation, 281 Monck, Viscount, as Governor, 324; scanty Despatches of, 325; on the Militia Bill, 329 Montreal, British and French views in, 14; and the Election of 1844, 178, 179-80; Merchants of, and the Reciprocity Treaty, 222; zealous Annexationists, 334; Population of, 13, 24; Riots at, 67, 68, 179-80, 206, 208, 227, 320, 326; Roads near (1840), 11; as Seat of Government, 68, 171; Social conditions at (1840), 26; Suburbs of, 102 _Montreal Gazette_, on Independence, 335 _Montreal Witness_, The, characteristics and value of, 38-9 Moral Influence of Governors, _versus_ Political Patronage, Elgin on, 198, and as exercised by him, 205 _et sqq._ Morin, Augustin Norbert, French Canadian politician, 59, and the Nationalists, 105 Mowat, Oliver, Liberal leader, 23 Murdoch, T. W. C., 104 _n._, 140-1; the Need for Conciliating the French, 135; on Stanley's view of Canadian autonomy, 131 N _Nation Canadienne, La_, 13; as represented in the Union Assembly, 59 Navigation Acts, Restrictions of, abolished by Grey, 267, 272 Neilson, ----, and the Anti-Union movement, 103, 105, 151; and the Amnesty question, 149 Newcastle, Duke of, and Monck's scanty Despatches, 325 Newspaper Opinion, real value of, 233 Newspapers, Educational and Political influence of, 38-9 _&nn._, 311, 341-2 Non-Separationists, the four, 278, 491 Normanby, Earl of, 248 North, Lord, and the Colonies, 248 Nova Scotia, 269 O Oath of Supremacy, Baldwin's difficulty concerning, 112; Dispensed with, by Sydenham, 113 _n._ O'Connell, Daniel, 22 Office, Colonial, Change in Tenure of, 74-5 Ogden, ----, Political views of, 113; retirement of, 150 "Old Toryism" after concession of Responsible Government, 203 _et sqq._ Oliphant, Laurence, on Elgin in Canada, 204-5, 221, 222, 225 Orange Lodge, the, Politics of, 167 Ottawa, _see_ Bytown Ottawa River route, 10 P Pakington, Sir John, and the Clergy Reserves dispute, 252-3 Palmerston, Viscount, 280 Papineau, Louis, French-Canadian Leader, 14, 301, 331; Rebellion led by, 3; Republicanism of, 65, 271; Return of, to Public Life (1847-8), 198-9, 212-13, 271, 305, 331-2; as Leader of the _Rouges_, 301, 331 Parliament, British, _see_ Imperial Parliament Canadian characteristics of, 65, 289; First Union, 59, composing group, 104, 113, Crisis in, on Responsible Government, 113-22, Five great measures carried by, 106 Parliamentary Representation after the Union, Proportionalism in, 309-11, attempted reform, 311 _et sqq._ Party Government, and Colonial Constitutional development, views on, of Wakefield, 239-40, and of Buller, 242 Names, as used in Canada, 56, 106, 195, 295 Politics in Canada, before and after Autonomy, 56, 106, 166-7, 173, 185, 195, 293 _et sqq._, 302-5 _et sqq._