INDEX

A

Allen, Hon. John C., solicitor-general, 183; opposes confederation, 228; becomes attorney-general, 233; appointed a judge, 235

Anglin, Hon. Timothy W., opposes confederation, 227, 233; differences with his colleagues, 236; resigns from the government, 237

Aroostook War, 135

Ashburton Treaty, 195

Assembly, House of, its composition and powers, 6; Wilmot's college bill introduced in, 51; its passage through the House, 52-6

B

Babbitt, Samuel, teacher of the Madras School, 147

Baillie, Thomas, retires with a pension, 116

Ballot Law passed, 189

Beckwith, John A., member for York, 250

Bernard, Lieutenant-Colonel Hewitt, secretary of the confederation delegations, 263

Blair, Hon. Andrew G., premier of New Brunswick, 280

Bliss, Hannah, mother of L. A. Wilmot, 3, 4

Botsford, Hon. Bliss, surveyor-general, 233

Bounties, disallowed by British government, 118

Boyd, Hon. John, lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 280

British North America Act, the, comes into force, 269

Brown, George, agrees to support confederation, 211

Brown, James, surveyor-general, 174

C

Campbell, Sir Archibald, lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 23, 27; refuses information to the House, 28; censured by the assembly, 29; dissolves the assembly, 29; opposes the civil list arrangement, 44

Carleton, Thomas, governor of New Brunswick, 5

Carnarvon, Lord, his interest in confederation, 264

Carter, Sir James, appointed a judge, 74; appointed chief-justice, 130; resigns the chief-justiceship, 235

Cartier, Hon. George E., minister of militia, 271

Casual and territorial revenue, see Crown lands

Chandler, Edward B., a delegate to England in reference to the Crown lands, 24; enters the government, 72; resigns, 76; goes to England on behalf of the Intercolonial Railway, 168, 196; confederation delegate to England, 262

Chipman, Ward, chief-justice, 74; resigns, 129

Church of England, its predominant influence, 7

Civil list, the, paid in part by the Crown land revenue, 21, 25; the Civil List Bill, 43; the bill passed, 47

Clark, Rev. Samuel, rector of Gagetown, 147

Colebrooke, Sir William, lieutenant-governor, 76; appoints Alfred Reade secretary, 76; censured by the assembly, 101

Confederation, 201, 202; proposed in Lord Durham's Report, 203; discussed in 1858, 205; not favoured by Lord Derby's government, 205; D'Arcy McGee's party visits the Maritime Provinces, 209; crisis in the government of Canada, 209, 210; Canadian statesmen at the Charlottetown conference, 217-19; the Quebec scheme, 222; unfavourably received in New Brunswick, 223-5; the general election of 1865, 226-9; defeat of, 231; recommended in the speech from the throne, 242; carried at the general election of 1866, 249-51; resolutions in its favour carried in the legislature, 260, 262; delegation sent to England to arrange details of, 262; delay in arrival of Canadian delegates, 263; meeting in London, 263; discussion of the terms of union, 264; Confederation Act passed by parliament, 265; the union of the provinces proclaimed, 269

Connell, Hon. Charles, postmaster-general, circumstances which led to his resignation, 191-2; member for Carleton, 231; becomes a member of the Mitchell-Wilmot government, 247; reëlected for Carleton, 249

Cook, Dr. Henry, 149

Council, executive, its composition, 48, 72; reorganized, 116

Council, legislative, 5; rejects the college bill, 52, 53; its obstructive character, 67; its conduct condemned by the assembly, 68; changes in its composition, 69; favours confederation, 244

Crane, William, a delegate to England with an address to His Majesty, 41

Crown lands, revenues from, 6; dissatisfaction with the management of, 18-21; used to pay the civil list, 21, 22; control of, made the subject of an address to the king, 23; a deputation sent to England, 24; the surrender of the revenues by His Majesty proposed, 25-7, 35-7; another address to the king, 37, 38; control of, surrendered to the province, 47

Custom-house system, imperial, discarded, 175, 176

Customs duties, 6, 16, 17, 18, 38, 39

D

DesBrisay, L. P. W., seconds Fisher's amendment to the address in reply to the speech from the throne, 244

Douglas, Sir Howard, lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 50, 51, 148

Dow, Dr., member for York, 250

E

Education, unsatisfactory condition of, in New Brunswick, 83-5; the Madras system, 86-8; Wilmot's speech on, 88-91

F

Family Compact, the, 13, 110

Fees, on land grants, 14

Fenians, threaten to invade Canada, 240, 241; invade New Brunswick, 247; Doran Killian, leader of, 247; troops called out to oppose them, 248; their invasion a fiasco, 249

Fisher, Hon. Charles, member for York, 47; reëlected for York, 102; moves a want of confidence resolution, 103; his resolution defeated, 111; enters the government, 116; defeated in York, 128; his services to the Liberal party, 154; moves a want of confidence resolution, 172, 173; joins the new government as attorney-general, 174; retires from the government, 193; reëlected for York, 194; elected on the confederation ticket for York, 237; moves an amendment to the address in reply to the speech from the throne, 244; becomes attorney-general, 247; moves a confederation resolution, 257, 258; a confederation delegate to England, 262; elected for York in the first parliament of united Canada, 273

Fraser, John J., opposes confederation, 228

G

Gagetown, birthplace of Sir Leonard Tilley, 146

Galt, Hon. A. T., in favour of confederation, 205; minister of finance, 271

Gilbert, Thomas, advocates agricultural schools, 162

Gillmor, Hon. A. H., provincial secretary, 233

Gladstone, Right Hon. W. E., 199

Glenelg, Lord, colonial secretary, 42, 61

Glenie, James, an early Reformer, 13

Gordon, Arthur Hamilton, lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, opposed to confederation, 239; his change of views, 240; the confederation paragraph in his speech from the throne, 242; differences with his government, 242

Government, responsible, the demand for, 99-111; granted, 113-16

Gray, Hon. John H., 152; supports the government, 160; becomes a member of the government, 165; appointed attorney-general, 183; favours confederation, 227; elected for St. John County, 251; speaker of the assembly, 256; again elected for St. John in the parliament of 1867, 273

Gray-Wilmot government, formed, 183; defeated, 184

Grey, Earl, colonial secretary, on tenure of office, 113; disallows hemp bounty bill, 118

Grievances, committee on, appointed, 24

H

Hamilton, Peter S., his articles advocating confederation, 207

Hanington, Hon. D. L., speaker, 172

Hannay, James, his articles in favour of confederation, 207

Harding, James A., elected for the city of St. John, 167

Harvey, Sir John, lieutenant-governor, 47, 113

Hatheway, Hon. George L., opposes confederation, 228; joins the anti-confederation government, 233; retires from the contest in York, 250

Hazen, Hon. Robert L., on responsible government, 63; enters the government, 72; resigns, 76

Head, Sir Edmund, lieutenant-governor, 129

Hill, George S., member for Charlotte, 66

Howe, Hon. Joseph, a delegate to England in connection with the Intercolonial Railway, 107; advocates confederation, 204

Humbert, Mr., opposes responsible government, 64

Hutchinson, Richard, 234

J

Jenkins, William, teacher of the Gagetown grammar school, 147

Johnson, Hon. John M., solicitor-general, 174; confederation delegate to England, 262; opposes county courts bill, 267

Johnston, Hon. Hugh, enters the government, 72; resigns, 76

K

Kerr, George, member for Northumberland, 249

King's College, 49; its illiberal charter, 50; bill to amend it defeated, 52; passed, 56, 163; reorganized and becomes University of New Brunswick, 190

Kinnear, Hon. William B., solicitor-general, 116

L

Legislature of New Brunswick, called together in 1866, 256; its session of 1867, 266

Leonard, Samuel, 147

Loyalist, newspaper, its proprietors arrested, 75 (note)

M

Macdonald, Sir John A., chairman of the confederation delegation, 263; forms the first Dominion cabinet, 270

McClelan, Hon. A. R., chief commissioner of public works, 247; reëlected for Albert County, 249

McGee, Thomas D'Arcy, favours confederation, 207; lectures in St. John, 207; brings a party to visit the Maritime Provinces, 209

McMillan, Hon. John, surveyor-general, elected for Restigouche, 231; becomes postmaster-general, 247

McPhelim, Francis, postmaster-general, 183

Manners-Sutton, Hon. H. T., lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, dissolves the House of Assembly, 180

Maritime union movement, 211-13; the Charlottetown conference, 215

Marriage laws, 14, 15

Meade, General, 249

Metcalfe, Sir Charles, governor-general of Canada, 74; his unconstitutional stand, 74; his views approved by the New Brunswick assembly, 74

Mitchell, Hon. Peter, member of the legislative council, 246; supports confederation, 246; called on to form a government, 246; forms the Mitchell-Wilmot government, 247; confederation delegate to England, 262; becomes minister of marine, 271

Monck, Viscount, governor-general of Canada, 265

Money grants, initiation of, 48

Montgomery, John, enters the government, 72; surveyor-general, 183

Morgan, Elizabeth, great grandmother of Sir Leonard Tilley, 145

N

Needham, W. H., member for York, 152; his ability and character, 154; opposes confederation, 228

Newcastle, Duke of, colonial secretary, 197

O

Odell, Hon. William Franklin, death of, 75

Odell, Hon. William H., postmaster-general, 233, 234

Office, tenure of, 57; Lord John Russell's despatch, 57; resolution of assembly thereon, 60

P

Palmerston, Lord, his government in office during confederation negotiations, 206

Parker, Hon. Robert, becomes chief-justice, 235

Parliament of Canada, its first meeting, 273

Partelow, Hon. John R., member for St. John County, 65; on money appropriations, 93; becomes provincial secretary, 116; his ability as a business man, 157

Peters, Colonel Harry, speaker of the assembly, 148

Peters, Susan Ann, mother of Sir Leonard Tilley, 146

Peters, William, grandfather of Sir Leonard, 146

Peto, Brassy and Betts, propose to construct New Brunswick railways, 167-9

Pickard, John, defeated in York, 237

Portland Railway Convention, 119; L. A. Wilmot's speech at, 120

Prohibitory liquor law, 176-8; its failure, 180

Putnam, Charles S., barrister, 11

R

Railways, European and North American, proposed, 168; its progress, 186; completed to Shediac, 187, 188; Intercolonial, building of, proposed, 168, 195; delegations sent to England to obtain assistance, 169, 196-8; discussed in parliament, 187; a meeting held in Quebec to consider the offer of the British government, 198; a committee is sent to England to arrange the terms of the guarantee but fail to come to an agreement, 199, 200; its construction secured by confederation, 264

Reade, Alfred, appointed provincial secretary, 76; his appointment condemned by the assembly, 79; the appointment cancelled, 80

Reciprocity treaty, discussed, 170, 171; bill passed, 175

Ritchie, Hon. William J., member for the county of St. John, 152; his great ability, 155; moves a want of confidence resolution, 160; complains of the conduct of the governor and the colonial office, 164; resigns his seat, 166; reëlected for St. John, 172; joins the Fisher government, 175; becomes chief-justice, 236

Robinson, F. P., auditor of the king's casual revenue, 34

Russell, Lord John, colonial secretary, 53; on the King's College charter, 54; on tenure of office, 114

S

Salaries, official, 61; reduction proposed by Wilmot, 62

Saunders, Hon. John Simcoe, advocate-general, 34

Simonds, Hon. Charles, a delegate to England with the grievances of New Brunswick, 24; elected speaker, 160; resigns his seat, 166; again elected speaker, 183

Skinner, Hon. C. N., favours confederation, 227; member for St. John city, 251

Smith, Hon. Albert J., joins the Fisher government, 175; forms an anti-confederation government, 232; differences with the lieutenant-governor, 242; his government resigns, 245; moves an amendment to confederation resolutions, 260

Smith, William O., mayor of St. John, 149

Stanley, Lord, colonial secretary, 53; on King's College charter, 53, 54; on the Reade appointment, 80; on money grants, 92

Steadman, Hon. James, postmaster-general, 193

Steeves, Hon. William H., joins the Fisher government, 175

Street, Hon. George F., solicitor-general, 34; a delegate to England in connection with the Civil List Bill, 45

Street, Hon. John Ambrose, attorney-general, 161

Street-Partelow government, defeated, 173

Sutton, Richard, 249

T

Tilley, James, grandfather of Sir Leonard, 145

Tilley, Lady, 284; her charitable work, 285

Tilley, Samuel, great-grandfather of Sir Leonard, 143

Tilley, Samuel Leonard, birth and ancestry, 143; at the Madras School, 147; at the grammar school, 147; removes to St. John, 149; enters a drug store as clerk, 149; becomes a total abstainer, 150; begins business on his own account, 150; elected to the House of Assembly as member for St. John, 152; resigns his seat, 166; reëlected for St. John, 172; becomes provincial secretary, 174; defeated on the prohibition question, 183; again elected for St. John, 185; a delegate to England in regard to the Intercolonial Railway, 196; a delegate to Quebec to consider the offer of the British government, 198; second delegation to England, 199; at the Quebec conference, 219-22; defeated in St. John city, 231; resigns with his colleagues, 232; declines to form a new government, 247; becomes provincial secretary, 247; reëlected for St. John city, 251; his efforts for confederation, 252; his ability as a speaker, 255; supports the confederation resolutions, 258, 259; confederation delegate to England, 262; presented to Her Majesty, 266; becomes minister of customs, 272; elected to parliament for St. John city, 273; made a Companion of the Bath, 274; his standing in the House of Commons, 274; becomes minister of finance, 275; elected to the second parliament, 275; appointed lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 275; resigns the governorship, 278; again becomes finance minister, 279; introduces a protectionist tariff, 279; again appointed lieutenant-governor, 280; resides in St. John, 281; his simple habits, 281; his popularity, 282; a member of the Church of England, 282; made a K.C.M.G., 283; his marriages, 284; visits Her Majesty at Osborne, 284; his children, 284; suffers from an incurable disease, 285; his last illness, 286; death, 287; funeral, 288; tributes of respect, 288

Tilley, Thomas Morgan, father of Sir Leonard, 145

Trent affair, 197

U

United States, their attitude towards Canada, 254

V

Vankoughnet, Hon. P. M., a delegate to England in regard to the Intercolonial Railway, 197

W

Wark, David, his bounty resolutions, 118

Watters, Hon. Charles, an advocate of confederation, 226

Weldon, Hon. John W., speaker of the assembly, 65; on money grants, 94; appointed a judge, 236

Wetmore, Hon. A. R., opposes confederation, 226; opposes anti-confederation government, 243; reëlected for St. John city, 251

William IV., objects to alienation of Crown lands, 22; dismisses the Liberal government, 37

Williston, Hon. Edward, solicitor-general, 247; reëlected for Northumberland, 249

Wilmot, Benjamin, first of the name in America, 3

Wilmot, Hon. Robert Duncan, 152; his change of principle, 156; supports the government, 160; becomes surveyor-general, 165; reëlected in St. John, 166; becomes provincial secretary, 183; opposes confederation, 227; dissatisfied with the government, 235; resigns in January, 1866, 236; forms a new government with Mitchell, 247; reëlected for St. John County, 251; confederation delegate to England, 262

Wilmot, Lemuel, grandfather of L. A. Wilmot, 3

Wilmot, Lemuel Allan, birth, 2; ancestry, 3; education, 10; studies law, 11; his interest in politics, 11; his knowledge of French, 12; an officer of militia, 12; elected to the assembly for York, 31; takes his seat, 32; his eloquence, 33; zeal for reform, 34; on custom house salaries, 38; a delegate to the colonial office in connection with provincial affairs, 41; arranges terms with the British government, 43; second delegation to England, 46; reëlected for York, 47; engaged in the reform of King's College charter, 49-52; bill rejected by council, 52; resolutions thereon, 54; the college bill passed, 56; proposes a reduced scale of salaries, 62, 63; nominated for the speakership, 66; reëlected for York, 66; becomes a member of the government, 72, 73; resigns in consequence of the Reade appointment, 76; his reasons, 77; advocates improved schools, 88; in favour of free schools, 90; an advocate of the initiation of money grants, 91, 94-7; bids farewell to the House, 102; reëlected for York, 103; his speech on the want of confidence resolution, 103-11; becomes attorney-general, 116; his oratory, 119; at the Portland Railway Convention, 120; his views on railway legislation, 126; opposes the Shediac Railway, 127; his bill for the reduction of salaries defeated in the legislative council, 127; decline of popularity, 128; appointed a judge, 130; Fenety's estimate of, 131; appointed lieutenant-governor, 133; his religious views, 133; as a lecturer, 134; takes part in the Aroostook War, 135; his love of flowers, 136; illness and death, 137; character and achievements, 137-9

Wilmot, William, father of L. A. Wilmot, 3; a Baptist local preacher, 10; member of the House of Assembly in 1816, 10