Panet, Joseph Antoine; first speaker of assembly of Lower Canada in 1792, 93 Papineau, Louis J.; leader of French Canadian malcontents in rebellion of 1837, 129-134; conduct of, on outbreak of rebellion, 134, 135; return of, from exile, 181; opposes responsible government, ib.; loses political influence, ib.; character of, 180-182 Pardon, prerogative of; instructions respecting exercise of, 241 Parishes established in French Canada, 29 Parker, Gilbert; Canadian novelist, 286 Parr Town, first name of St. John, New Brunswick, 83 Perry, Peter; founder of Upper Canadian Reform party, 141, 146, 150 Pictou Academy, Nova Scotia; founded, 163 Pitt, the elder (Lord Chatham); gives Canada to Great Britain, 25, 35, 36 Pitt, William (the younger); introduces Act separating Upper from Lower Canada (Constitutional Act of 1791), 90, 91 Plains of Abraham; Wolfe's victory on, 26 Plattsburg, battle of, pusillanimity of General Prevost at, 117 Plessis, Bishop (Roman Catholic); patriotism of, in war of 1812-15, 120 Poets in Canada, 192, 284, 285 Pontiac's Conspiracy, 39 Pope, William H., delegate to Quebec Convention of 1864, 206 Portuguese discovery in Canada, 5 Post Office in Canada; under British management, 164; transferred to Canada, 187 Poundmaker, Indian chief in North-west; rebels against Canadian government, 253; punished, 254 Poutrincourt, Baron de; founder of Port Royal, 8 Powell, Chief Justice, his unjust treatment of Robert Gourlay, 145 Preferential trade with Great Britain, 200, 201, 269, 271 Prevost, Sir George (governor-general of Canada), retires from Sackett's Harbour 1813, 115; retreats from Plattsburg in 1814, 117; character of, 113 Prince, Colonel; orders execution of American raiders in 1838, 155 Prince Edward Island. See _St. John's Island_ Prince of Wales visits Canada, 193 Princess Louise, arrives in Canada with the Marquess of Lome, 244; her support of Art, 288 Proclamation of 1764; for government of Canada, 40-42 Procter, General, defeats General Winchester in 1813, 115; beaten at Moraviantown in 1813, 116 Prohibitory Liquor Law; agitation for, 340; popular vote on, ib. Protestantism unknown in French Canada, 28 Provincial governments established under Confederation, 217, 218 Provinces, constitution of, under Confederation, 275, 276 Puritan migration to Nova Scotia, 50 Put-in Bay (Lake Erie); British fleet defeated at, in 1813, 116 Quebec Act; origin of, 44, 45, its provisions, 45-47; how received in Canada, 46; unpopularity of, in old British colonies, 67 Quebec, Convention of, 1864; delegates to, 199-206; passes resolutions in favour of federal union, 206-209 Quebec founded, 9 Queenston Heights; battle of, in 1812, 114 Railways in Canada; in 1865, 191, in 1899, 273. See _Intercolonial R. Canadian Pacific R._