sembly, 1872-1894; leader of the opposition, 1878-1894.
Appointed chief justice of the Common Pleas Division of the High Court
of Justice, 1894. Knighted, 1896. Chancellor of the University of
Toronto. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; _Canadian Who's Who_.

=Merritt, William Hamilton= (1793-1862). Born in Westchester County, New
York. Came to Canada with his parents, 1796. Served during the war of
1812-1814; took part in the capture of Detroit and the battles of
Queenston Heights, Stony Creek, and Lundy's Lane. The principal promoter
of the Welland Canal, opened in 1830. In 1832 elected to the Legislative
Assembly; and in 1845 projected the Niagara Falls suspension bridge. In
1848 president of the Council in the La Fontaine-Baldwin administration;
in 1850 commissioner of public works; and in 1860 member of the
Legislative Council. =Index=: =Bk= Commands troop of cavalry at
Queenston Heights, 310. =E= Elected in 1848, 50; Welland Canal due to
his enterprise, 97; a member of the La Fontaine-Baldwin ministry, 97.
=Mc= President of Welland Canal, 265; sues Mackenzie for libel, 265.
=Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_; Merritt, _Hon. W. H.
Merritt_.

=Mesnard, Father.= =L= Death of, 11.

=Mesnu, Peuvret de.= =L= Clerk of the Sovereign Council, 158, 167.

=Mesplet, Fleury.= =Hd= Publisher of first books printed in Canada, 276;
founder of Montreal _Gazette_, 276; publishes scurrilous sheet in
French, and is arrested, 277. =S= Prints Simcoe's first proclamation,
80, 173.

=Metaberoutin.= _See_ St. Maurice River.

=Metcalfe, Charles Theophilus, Baron= (1785-1846). Born in Calcutta,
India. Educated at Eton. Resident of Delhi, 1811-1820; in 1820-1827
resident of Hyderabad; and member of the Supreme Council of India, 1827.
Provisional governor-general, 1835-1836; and lieutenant-governor of the
North-West Provinces, 1836-1838; governor of Jamaica, 1839-1842. In 1843
appointed governor-general of Canada, and held the position until 1845.
=Index=: =Sy= Did not believe that Sydenham was really in favour of
responsible government, 312; his reactionary policy, 313. =C= On the
union of 1841, 14-15; his high-handedness, 17; his political schemes,
18; constitutional battle with La Fontaine as to meaning of ministerial
responsibility, 97. =R= Ryerson's defence of, 126, 129-130, 163;
opposition to, 126-131; confers with Ryerson on popular education, 163.
=B= Reasons for his selection as governor, 18-19; Hincks on, 18-19;
ruptur