obe_ on, 275; unfairness of, 275-276; effect of, on election, 276.

=Redpath, Peter= (1821-1894). Born in Montreal. Educated at St. Paul's
School there; engaged in business in his native town. Took a deep
interest in the improvement of Montreal and of its public institutions,
and particularly McGill University, of whose governing board he was a
member from 1864 to his death. Besides many minor donations to the
University, gave $20,000 in 1871 to found a chair of mathematics,
$140,000 for a museum in 1881, and $135,000 for a library building,
besides an endowment of $100,000 for the library fund, and $30,000 for
the museum fund. Removed to England in 1880, where he made his home in
the old manor house of Chislehurst. Mrs. Redpath made further donations
of $85,000 to the library. =Index=: =E= Signs Annexation Manifesto, 81.
=Bib.=: Dawson, _Peter Redpath, Governor and Benefactor of McGill
University_.

=Reed, Joseph.= =T= Deserts his party in New Brunswick, 18.

=Reform Alliance.= =Mc= Objects of, 495; Mackenzie attacks, 496; death
of, 497.

=Reform Association.= =BL= Founded in Toronto, with branches throughout
Canada, in 1844, 221; organizes series of public meetings to oppose
Metcalfe, 221; meeting at Toronto, 238; series of "tracts for the
people," 238.

=Reform, Parliamentary.= =Sy= Question of, in Britain, 25, 28, 32.

=Reform Party.= =B= Fight for responsible government, against Metcalfe,
21; under wise leadership of Baldwin and La Fontaine, 24; Convention of
1857 recommends representation by population, free trade, uniform
legislation for two provinces, and annexation of North-West Territories,
131, 217; Convention of 1859 considers relations of Upper and Lower
Canada, 133-134; arguments for and against Confederation, 135-138;
leaders of, consulted by George Brown as to Confederation, and the
coalition Cabinet, 156-157; inadequately represented in government, 159;
Convention of 1867, 208; against continuance of coalition ministry,
208-209; disintegration of, hastened by retirement of Baldwin and La
Fontaine, 262. =Sy= Its support of the policy of union of the provinces
acknowledged by Sydenham, 213. _See also_ Liberal Party.

=Regale.= =L= Dispute respecting, between Louis XIV and Pope Clement,
184, 201.

=Regina.= Capital of the province of Saskatchewan, and formerly of the
North-West Territories. Founded in 1882, and named by the Marquis of
Lorne (now Duke of Argyll), after Queen Victoria. It is the hea