ined at, 183-188, 229, 230; erected by Haldimand for
accommodation of naval officers, 195; description of, 195, 196. =Bk=
Residence of Governor Simcoe at Niagara, 57.

=Naxouat.= =F= Governor Villebon of Acadia establishes himself at, 327.

=Needham, William H.= =T= Elected for St. John, 10, 18; character, 12,
86-87; refuses to resign his seat, 24; candidate in York County, New
Brunswick, 86; elected for York, 95; defeated in York, 108.

=Negroes.= =Dr= Disputed property in, at close of war, 216. _See also_
Slavery.

=Neilson, John= (1776-1848). Born in Scotland. In 1790 came to Canada,
and in 1797 edited the Quebec _Gazette_. Member of the provincial
Assembly for Quebec County, 1818. In 1822 one of the delegates, with
Papineau, sent to England to oppose the union of Upper and Lower
Canada; and in 1830 went on a similar mission. Member of the Canadian
Parliament, 1840; and Speaker of the Legislative Council, 1844. =Index=:
=Sy= Proprietor of Quebec _Gazette_, and member of Special Council of
Lower Canada, his opposition to union, 193, 194, 211, 234, 309; opposed
also to responsible government, 211; continued opposition to Union Act,
287; the real leader of the French-Canadians in 1841, 295. =P=
Proprietor of Quebec _Gazette_--supports Papineau in his opposition to
proposed union of Upper and Lower Canada in 1822, 46-47; sent as
delegate to London, 46; persecuted by Dalhousie, 55; again sent to
England with French-Canadian petition, 63; Papineau's friendship for,
67; Papineau's letters to, 67-68; deserts Papineau because of his
violent attitude towards government, 86; loses his seat in Assembly,
102; attacked by Papineau, 169. =BL= Supports Papineau and popular
party, 20; moves amendment against Act of 1840, 96; his amendment voted
down, 97. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Christie, _History of Lower
Canada_; Dent, _Last Forty Years_.

=Nelles, S. S.= =R= Graduate of Victoria College, 143.

=Nelson, Horatio, Viscount= (1758-1805). Born at Burnham Thorpe,
England. In 1770 entered the navy; in 1794 served under Lord Hood in the
capture of Corsica; under Sir John Jervis at the battle of Cape St.
Vincent, 1797; and in 1798 defeated the French fleet in Aboukir Bay; in
1801 destroyed the Danish ships and batteries at Copenhagen; at the
battle of Trafalgar Bay, 1805, overwhelmed the French and Spanish
fleets, but his own life was sacrificed. =Index=: =Bk= His victory at
Copenhagen, 24-31; ignores signal to cease firing, 28.