th-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

Protection,
beginning of agitation in Canada, 231;
opposed by Brown, 232, 233

R

Rebellion in Canada (1837),
causes of, 11;
remedies proposed, 12

Rebellion Losses Bill, 34;
disturbance occasioned by, 35;
burning of parliament buildings at Montreal, 37;
mobbing of Lord Elgin, 37

Reciprocity,
abrogation of treaty of 1854 one o