With the fall of the Derby administration in England, ended the opposition from that source to the Canadian demands. But Hincks, who had firmly vindicated the right of the Canadian parliament to legislate on the matter, now hesitated to use the power placed in his hands, and declared that legislation should be deferred until a new parliament had been chosen. The result was that the work of framing the measure of settlement fell into the hands of John A. Macdonald, the rising star of the Conservative party. The fund, after provision had been made for the vested rights of incumbents, was turned over to the municipalities.
FOOTNOTES:
[3] Instructions to Governor Murray, Canadian Archives of 1904, p. 218.
[4] Professor Shortt in the Canadian Magazine, September, 1901.
[5] Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America. Methuen's reprint, pp. 125, 126.
[6] The Globe, July, 1851.
CHAPTER VI
BROWN'S FIRST PARLIAMENT