Wilmot and Tilley

by James Hannay

• 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