Volume 23 - Section XII - ElectricCanadian.com

calje Metcalfe on effect of Sydenham s:concessions, 114 ; dangers of control ofexecutive by legislature, 114-15; assumptionof role of patriot governor, 115-16 a;conflicton patronage and reservation of bills,116-17 ; governor s successful appeal toelectorate, 117 ; statements of governor andcouncil, 118. Under Elgin: division ofBritish opinion on responsible government,119; Elgin s practical solution of constitutional difficulties, 119-20; inauguratesparty government, 120-1 ; self-governmentnot incompatible with imperial government,122 ; governorship brought within limits ofconstitution, 123 ; Elgin on usefulness anddignity of constitutional governor, 123-4 ;governor accepts responsibility in treatmentof bills, 125-0, 127 ;the function of constitutional governor in safeguarding homeauthorities from colonial resentment, 126 ;governor begins to absent himself frommeetings of executive, 127. After Elgin :validity of decisions in absence of governorquestioned, 127-8 ;Sir Edmund Head onpractice of governor absenting himselffrom the meetings of the cabinet, 128-9 ;governor as constitutional sovereign, 129 ;practice of constitution, 130 ; proposal toseparate executive and legislative functions, 130 ;extension of Canada s powers,131-5 ;control of civil list conceded, 131-2 ;use of French as an official language, 133 ;colonial control over tariff, 133-4 ; number ofbills reserved and number withheld fromroyal assent (1836-46), 135; evolution ofresponsible government under Union, 99-101.See also Constitutional Act ; Federal Constitution under Government.Cook, Captain James (1728-79), British navigator. Guides Wolfe s expedition in StLawrence, 1 280, 21 24 ; surveys Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, 24 ;sent to discoverNorth-West Passage, 24 ;his instructions,25 ;discovers Nootka Sound, 26 his ; reception by natives, 27-8 ; surveys coast, 8 847,21 28 ; attempts to locate North-West Passage, 28-9 ;effect of his voyage on fur trade,242 ; murder of, 29.Cook, John (b. 1836). Member of Protestantcommittee of Council of Public Instruction,Quebec, 16 491.Cook, Joseph. Schoolmaster at Red River(1833), 20 425.Cook Lake, Hoar Frost River. Surveyed byCaptain Back, 4 686.Cook, M. Holstein cattle imported by, 7 658.Cooke, Samuel (d. 1795). Anglican clergymanin New Brunswick (1785), 11 209.Cooke, Thomas (1792-1870). Roman Catholicbishop of Three Rivers (1852-70), 11 108.Cooley, Ebenezer. A grantee of township ofMurray, 17 44.Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson (b. 1831). UnitedStates representative on Joint High Commission, 6 135.Cooney, Robert. Describes Miramichi conflagration, 13 197 ;on the forest as aperishable resource, 14 616.GENERAL INDEX 39Trader crushed out by HudCooper, James.son s Bay Company, 21 83 ; member ofcouncil of Vancouver Island, 97 ;firstharbour master of British Columbia, 147 ;sketch of, 104.Cooper, Lieutenant-Colonel. Superintendent ofIndian department, Lower Canada, 4 723.Cooper. Conducts school at York (1798), 18279.Copper Indians. Their meetings with Hearneand Alexander Mackenzie, 4 671, 673.Copper Mountains. Copper deposits of, 22656-7.Coppermine River. Hearne s journey on, 4669-73 ;Franklin on, 680-1 ; descended bySimpson and Dease, 689 total ; length anddrainage area, 22 642 ; copper deposits of,656.Copyright. Paramountcy of imperialment in legislation on, 6 222.parliaCoquihalla River. Simon Fraser at mouth of,4 663.Corbeil, Father. On coureurs de bois, 15 70.Corbett, G. 0. His arrest and forcible release,19 59-60, 64.Corinthian. (1) Canadian Navigation Company s steamboat, 10 539. (2) Allan liner,10 607.Corlaer (Schenectady). Dutch establish trading-post at, 2 451 n.Cormick, W. D. Secretary of first fair at NewWestminster, 22 538.Connie, J. A. Organizes schools amongGalicians, 11 292,Cormorant, H.M.S. At Victoria, 21 90.Corn Laws, British. Provisions of act abolishing, 5 214-15 ;effect of abolition in Canada,216-24.Cornell, Joseph. Baptist pioneer of Bastard,Leeds County, 11 361.Corning, Erastus. Director in Great WesternRailway, 10 395.Cornwall, Clement Francis. Member of councilof British Columbia, 21 176 ; lieutenantgovernor(1881-87), 205, 209.Cornwall Canal. Its construction, 10 512-13.Cornwall, Township of. Settled by loyalistScottish Presbyterians, 17 25 ; its incorporation, 18 424.Cornwallis, Edward (b. 1712), governor of NovaSeotia (1749-52). As soldier and citybuilder, 13 81, 82 ;his commission, 14 437-440 ; disregards his instructions, 440 ;andthe Acadians, 13 93.Cornwallis Land. Explored by Penny andRoss, 5 303.Cornwallis, N.S. Raided by privateers, 13 219.Corona. Toronto-Niagara steamboat, 10 553.Coronation Gulf, in north-east angle of Mackenzie district, N.W.T. Richardson at, 4 684.Corsican. (1) Canadian Navigation Company ssteamboat, 10 539. (2) Allan liner, 10 607.Corte Real, Gaspar, Portuguese navigator.Explores Greenland, 1 23 ;fate of his secondexpedition, 24.Corte Real, Joao, 1 23.Corte Real, Miguel, 1 23 ;disastrous voyage of,24-5.