=Constitutional Reform Society.= =BL= Organized in Upper Canada, July 16, 1836. =Dr= William Baldwin, president, Francis Hincks, secretary, 42; its programme, 42. =Cook, Dr. Henry.= =T= Tilley in his service, 7. =Cook, Captain James= (1728-1779). Served in Canada during siege of Quebec, 1759. Discovered New Zealand, 1769, and New South Wales, 1770. In his famous voyage of 1776-1778, explored the north-west coast of America. Returning the following year, murdered by the natives of Owhyhee or Hawaii, in the Sandwich Islands. =Index=: =D= At Nootka, 14; motive of his voyage to North-West Coast, 17; his skill, courage, and endurance, 19; search for North-West passage, 19; his voyage of 1778, 20; refits his ship at Nootka, 20; names the Sound, 20; denies existence of Fonte's and De Fuca's channels, 21; discovers and names Prince William's Sound and Cook's Inlet, 21; visits Unalaska, 21; sails through and names Bering Strait, 21; reaches the Arctic, 21; killed by natives, at Sandwich Islands, Feb. 14, 1779, 21; his narrative published, 1784, 21. =Bib.=: _Voyage to the Pacific Ocean._ For biog., _see_ Besant, _Captain Cook_; Laut, _Vikings of the Pacific_; _Dict. Nat. Biog._ =Cook River.= =D= Named by Captain Cook, 21; Captain Douglas there in 1788, 27, 28. =Coote's Paradise.= =Bk= Early name of Hamilton, 52. _See also_ Hamilton. =Copenhagen, Battle of= (1801). =Bk= Description of, 25-31; bombardment of, and capture of Danish fleet, 106. =Coppermine River.= Rises in a small lake, a little west of long. 110°, and south of lat. 66°, and after a course of 525 miles flows into Coronation Gulf, on the Arctic coast of Canada. It was discovered by Samuel Hearne, 1771; and subsequently visited by Sir John Franklin, 1821; Sir John Richardson, 1848; and later travellers. =Index=: =D= Discovered by Hearne, 51. =MS= Discovered by Samuel Hearne, 3, 31. _See_ Hearne. =Bib.=: Hearne, _Journey from Prince of Wales Fort to the Frozen Ocean_; Franklin, _Journey to the Polar Sea_; Richardson, _Arctic Searching Expedition_. =Coquart, Claude-Godefroy.= Jesuit missionary. Accompanied La Vérendrye on his Western explorations, 1741, but got no farther than Michilimackinac. His letter, quoted by Margry, throws an interesting light on La Vérendrye's explorations. =Coram, Joseph.= =T= Runs for St. John County as Anti-Confederate, 85; a leading Orangeman, 86; defeated in St. John County, 109. =Corbière, Captain.= =WM= Killed in battle of Ste. Foy, 264. =Corlaer.= _See_ Schenectady. =Index=: =F= Indian name for governors of New York, 253. =Corn Laws.= =Sy= Their repeal advocated by Poulett Thomson, 37, 40, 52. =B= Their effect on Canadian industries, 15, 31, 32. =Cornwall Canal.= =BL= Construction of, provided for by government in 1841, 98. =Bib.=: Keefer, _Canals of Canada_ (R. S. C., 1893); Mme. L. N. Rhéaume, _Origin of Cornwall and Williamsburg Canal_ (Women's Can. Hist. Soc. of Ottawa, _Trans._).