New Brunswick, defeat of local government, 181; the confederation scheme endangered by this defeat, 181; the situation discussed in the legislature of Canada, 182, 183; the Canadian mission to England, 186; the British government agrees to bring influence to bear on Maritime Provinces to enter confederation, 186; position of Mr. Gordon, lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 187; he at first opposes confederation, 187; receives instructions from England to promote confederation, 187; brings pressure to bear on his government to abandon opposition to confederation, 187, 188; the government resigns, 188; a general election follows, and a government favourable to confederation is returned, 188 New York, experience of the Browns in, 2, 3 _North American_, the organ of the Clear Grits, 40 Nova Scotia, the province of, forced into confederation, 206 North-West Territories, Brown's interest in, 211; address by Robert Baldwin Sullivan, 211; article in the _Globe_ describing resources of country, 213-15; letters of "Huron" in Toronto _Globe_, 215; meeting of Toronto Board of Trade, 216; Reform convention of 1857 advocates addition of territories to Canada, 217; scepticism as to value of country, 217, 218; Brown speaks in favour of extension of Canada to Pacific Ocean, 219; negotiations with British government, 220; Macdonald's testimony to Brown's services, 221 P Parties, political, in state of transition on Brown's entry into parliament, 69; reconstruction on defeat of Hincks-Morin government, and formation of MacNab-Morin government, 77; the new government described as a coalition by its friends and as Tory by its opponents, 77; gradually comes to represent personal influence of John A. Macdonald, 78; the Baldwin Reformers, 78; opposition gathers under Brown, 78; alliance between Upper Canadian Reformers and Rouges, 78 Peel government, its attitude towards responsible government in Canada, 13; Gladstone's eulogium on, 14; misunderstands Canadian situation, 14; controversy with Governor Bagot, 16; regards Bagot's action as a surrender to rebels, 16, 17; appoints Metcalfe, 17-19 Preferential trade, abolished by repeal of Corn Laws, 31; complaints from Canada, 31; the _Globe_ defends British position, 31; Lord Elgin condemns imperial protection, 32 Prison commission, Macdonald charges Brown with falsifying testimony and suborning prisoners to commit perjury, 87; scene in the House, 88; Brown moves for a committee of inquiry, 88; unexpectedly produces report of commission, 88; proceedings of committee, 89; Brown describes abuses revealed by commission, 90; the incident embitters relations between Brown and Macdonald, 91; Brown delivers public address on prison reform, 91, 92 Prohibition, advocated by the _Globe_ in 1853, 75; discussed in legislature, 75; drinking habits of Canada in early days, 75, 76