Index : Louis Joseph Papineau Eragovernor-general Of Canada 27 His Prejudice Against

French-Canadians, 28; suppresses Le Canadien, and sends its
contributors to jail, 28-29; advises that bishop of Quebec be deprived
of appointment of parish priests, suspension of constitution of 1791,
union of Upper and Lower Canada, and confiscation of Sulpicians'
estates, 29, 159; his administration, 30-31. (General Brock era) Governor-general and
commander-in-chief, 90, 91; distrusts French-Canadians, 91; changes name
"Brock's battery" to "King's battery," 94; his hesitation as to issuing
arms to French-Canadian militia, 102, 103; gives his reasons, 103; his
speech at opening of Legislature conciliatory, 104; cancels commissions
of Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Panet and others, 105; dissolves Assembly,
116; popular with the Anti-Canadian party, 116; calls for
reinforcements, 118; uses military labour in road making, 125; dissolves
the Assembly, 127; seizes Canadien newspaper and arrests its
proprietors, 127; makes other arrests in Montreal district, 128; his
proclamation defending British government, 128; sends Ryland to London,
129; expresses very unfavourable opinion of French-Canadians, 129;
praises Legislative Council, 130; releases Bedard, 145; breakdown of his
health, 147, 155; gives his favourite horse "Alfred" to Brock, 156;
leaves Canada, 156; appearance and character, 156. (Lord Elgin era) His shortcomings
as a colonial governor, 1, 19. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) His "blundering patriotism" as
governor, 17. =Bib.=: Rattray, The Scot in British North America;
Dict. Eng. Hist.; Dict. Nat. Biog.; Morgan, Cel. Can.; Christie,
History of Lower Canada.

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