Responsible Government (_see also_ Autonomy), the Struggle for, _passim_ Baldwin on, 110-11 Conflict over, in first Union Parliament, 107 _et sqq._ Durham in favour of, 61 Effect on Struggle of admission of French to Office, 148 _et sqq._ Elgin's work for, 191, 197 _et sqq._ Grey's attitude to, 268-71, and views on British Intervention, 271 Hindrances to, 65-8 Impetus given to, by the Durham Report, 249 Limitations on, views of Russell and others, 101, 135, 175 Opponents of, 60 Patronage crisis in relation to, 169-70 Practical concession of, by Sydenham and Bagot, 146, 155, 157, 175, 228-9 Russell's policy and, 101, 135, 175, 260-2, final upshot of, 262 Stanley's attitude to, 129, 130-1 Supporters of, 61, 64, 178, 268-71 Views on, of Arthur, Cartwright, and the Family Compact, 60-1 _et sqq._; of Bagot, 139 _et sqq._; of Elgin, 123-4, 192, 202; of Metcalfe, 164 _et sqq._, 175; of Sydenham, 87, 88, 101 Training for, Russell on, 263 _Responsible Government for the Colonies_, Buller's pamphlet on, 234-5, 236, 240-3 Retaliation, as Trade weapon, 272, Grey's views on, 273-4 _Revue Canadienne, La_, on Papineau, and Political Moderation (1847), 199 Richardson, Major, on Sydenham's success, 107-8 _&n._ Book-sales of, 40 Rideau Military Canal route, 11 Rioting, Political, 65-8, 179-80, 206, 208, 227, 320, 326 Road and River Communication in early days, 9 _et sqq._ Robinson, John Beverley, 27; tribute by, to Methodism, 46-7 Roebuck, John Arthur, M.P., Debate on Canada introduced by, 182; and Separation, 281, 282 Rolph, Dr. John, on the Clergy Reserves, 51-2 Roman Catholicism in Lower Canada, 14-17, 31-2, 41-2; of Scottish and Irish Settlers, 42 _Rouges_, the, of Lower Canada, Politics of, and Annexation views, 301, 302, 305, 331, 338 Rush-Bagot Treaty, the, 126 Russell, Lord John, as Colonial Secretary, policy of, 128, 164, 235, 259-67; and the Act of Union, 94; Baldwin on, 339; and Federation, 196-7; and the Government of Canada, 70 _et sqq._, 110, 228-9; Leader of British Reformers, 295; Political evolution of, 262-6, 280; Separation anticipated by, 278 Russellite Whigs, use made by, of the Durham Report, 258 _et sqq._ Ryerson, Egerton, and Canadian Education, 35; in Defence of Metcalfe, 174; and Methodism, 180 Ryerson family, value of, to Canada, 18 S St. Benoit, Village of, and the Rebellion Losses Bill, 214 St. Lawrence River, Rapids on, 10 Salaries of Executive, in relation to Political purity, 316 Schools, early, 32 _et sqq._ Convent, 16, 31 Problem of, 307, 309 Scott, R. W., and the Separate Schools Act, 309 Scotsmen as Settlers, 23, 27-9, 42, 45; Keenness for Education, 33-7; Links of, with Scotland, 44, 45; Loyalty of: a striking instance, 338; Noteworthy names among, 23