ADDERLEY on Canada, 142.
Object of his pamphlet, 147.
Review of pamphlet, 150. On
policy of old and new colonies,
160
of colonies, 114.
Trade with, 118
American Colonization, two centres
of, Virginia and New Eng-
land, 2
American Republic, errors of, 48-
52. As an aggressive power,
108. Balance of power on
American continent, 110
Aristocracies in Europe, 140
Australia, responsible government
conceded, 44. Free-trade and
protection, 68-9. Trade of, 93-
4, 118, 122. Threatened, 130.
Trade of, and its protection, 175.
Defence of, 182-3. Volunteers
in, 192. People of, 193. Con-
vict question, 207. Marvellous
development of, 215. Compared
with United States, 217
BALANCE of power in America
and Europe, 110
Blackstone's division of colonies,
9-11
British America, 36. Loyalty of,
36. Confederation of, 47-56.
Meeting at Charlottetown, 47.
At Quebec, 48 (Appendix A).
Articles of Confederation, 48-
55. Compared with constitution
of United States, 48, 52. Evi-
dences of compromises, 50. Cen-
tral and local governments, 51,
53. Triple governments, local,
federal, and Imperial, 52. Le-
gislative Council or nominated
Chamber, little influence of, 53–
4. Power of the Crown to dis-
allow, 54-5. Composition of the
two Houses, 55. Lower Canada,
the pivot, 55. Trade of, 93-4.
Vast results, 94
British North America, volunteers
in, 192. Marine of, 200. Popu-
lation, trade, revenue, debt,
215, 257. Immigration to, 261
Brodie, W., on the claims New
Zealand has on England in na-
tive wars, 137. Colonial militia
better than English troops, 190.
English Government manages
native affairs, 190
Burgoyne, General Sir John. Basis
of England's calculations, 177.
Troops in Kingston, Quebec, and
Halifax, 178. Vote for a citadel
at Halifax, 178. Opinions on
Mr. Godley's views, 178. Ene-
mies opposed to old colonies, few,
178. Trifling expenses for Kings-
ton and Quebec, 178
Burke, Edmund, 39
CANADA.-Capture of Quebec,
37. Responsible government,
37-46. Resolutions of 1841, 37.
Conceded, 44. Effect of, 44-6.
The vacillating commercial policy
of England, 66. Revenue laws of
Canada, 68-75. Proportion of
customs in Canada and England,
73. Customs in England and
Canada, 75, 80. Could not adopt
free-trade, 82. Call for protec-
tion, 86. Its effect in peace and
in war, 87. Trade of, 93, 118,
122. A source of weakness or
strength to England, 95. Cha-
racter of population, 96. Proofs
of loyalty, 97. Defence of Ca-
nada is defence of Br. America,
110,123. Colonel Jervois' Report,
123. Debate on, in the House of
Commons, 123. Casus Belli,
come from the sea, and not from
colonies, 127. Position of con-
trasted with England, 130. Why
sending troops to, 134, 152, 173.
Paying troops in, 137. During
the American war, 141. Trent
affair, 142, 201. Abolition of
slavery in the States, what in-
fluence on Canada, 145. Military
spirit of, 148. Gladstone on,
149. Clergy, how paid, 154.
Lord Herbert on military force
in, 176. Position of, in war of
1812, 185. Earl Derby on, 201.
Growth of, in comparison with
United States, 217. Settlement,
37, 258. Defence, 255. Popu-
lation, trade, revenue, debt, &c.,
257
Canadian ministers, delegation to
the Home Government, 247.
Cape Colony, wars of, 136, 138.
Government responsible, 183.
Capital and labour in colonies,
115
Cardwell, Right Hon. Edward,
Colonial Secretary, despatch of,
on confederation and defence of
British North America, 125, 247
Carthage, its colonies, 26. Com-
mercial policy and government,
Casus Belli, whence they arise,
127
Charter governments, 10. Nature
of first, 18, 33. Last of, 33
Chatham, Lord, on the right of
Parliament to tax colonies, 63-
4-5. Profits to Britain from trade
of colonies, 114
Church, first in New England, 6.
Oath of supremacy in, attempts
to establish church, 21
Colonial governments, ancient and
modern, 18-35. Greek, 25. Ty-
rian, 25. Carthagenian, 26.
Roman, 27. Around shores of
Mediterranean, in Europe, in
America, 22-35. Contrast be-
tween ancient and modern, 28–
9. Portugal, 27. Spain, 30.
Holland, 30. France, 31. The
earth divided between Portugal
and Spain, 29–30. Disputes with
the Crown and Parliament, 33-
35. Parliamentary governments
in colonies, 36-46. Interference
with by Russell's ministry, 43.
'Times' on direct and indirect tax-
ation, 83. On political and moral
effects of income-tax, 84
Colonies, so numerous and varied
that no rigid rule can be laid
down for all, 56-7. Duty of,
in defence, volunteers, 58. No
British colonies conquered, none
involved England in war, 58-9.
Will England go to war on co-
lonial questions? 58-9. Character
of colonial population, 59. Vo-
lunteer system, 59-60. Classifi-
cation of, 89. Source of weakness
or strength, 95. Expenditure on
colonial account, 98. For what
purposes, 99. What advantages
to colonies to remain part of the
empire, 111. What to mother
country, 113. Field for emi-
gration, 115, 121. Colonies
England's best customers, 118,
120. Trade with, 120, 122.
What binds them to England ?—
is it interest, 129.
Sons of enter
army and navy, 131. Teachers
of constitutional government,
132. Do they draw England
into war, 133. Why Democratic,
140. Modern colonies differ from
the old in their policy, 147.
Imperial policy and colonial
opinions, 155. Imperial interests,
how represented in colonies and
colonial in England, 156. Policy
of old and new, 160. Why old
colonies refused English troops,
160. Demanded troops to be
placed under their own control,
any why, 163. Feared Parlia-
ment, and never submitted to it,
164. Troops in, 99, 173, 176.
Colonies often denuded of troops,
177. Moral and social tie with,
the valuable one, 180. Obligation
to defend, 186. Barracks in, 182.
Position of old different from the
new, 183. Never attacked by
great armies of civilized Powers,
184. French troops in Canada,
few, 184. England's foreign po-
licy and defence of colonies, 193.
Effect of sending soldiers to, 193.
Future of, 195-222. As allies,
196. As maritime States, 200.
Loyalty of old colonies, 203–7.
British America and Australia,
207. Basis of union with Eng-
land, 208. Trade of, 215. In-
dependence of, 216. Growth of,
217. As fields for surplus popu-
lation of England, 214. Relation
of old colonies to England sug-
gests basis of union, 221. In-
fluence of commerce in home and
foreign policy, 222. To England
would belong chief advantage of
such union, 222. Immigration,
261
Commerce, influence in the policy
of the nation, 222
Commercial policy, Carthage, 26
Commercial monopoly of Por-
tugal, 29. Of Holland, 31, 61.
Of England, 34. Navigation
Acts of 1651 and 1763, 62-65.
Effect of, 65. Modifications of,
66. Free-trade in England, 67,
72, 75. Earl Grey on free-trade
in colonies, 70. Instructions to
Governor of New Brunswick, 71.
England and Canada, 75. Eng-
land raises two-thirds of reve-
nue by indirect taxation, and not
one-sixth by direct, 76. Foreign
produce pays £24,000,000 at
British ports before admitted to
British markets, 76. Gladstone
on free-trade and revenue, 77-9.
New countries without manu-
factures, in war, 87. Protection
and free-trade in Australia, 68-9.
In Canada, 86
Commonwealth of England founded
the restrictive commercial policy,
62
Confederation of British America;
its population, area, resources,
212-15. Trade of, 215
Confederation of old colonies, from
1643-1790, 12-18. Objects and
nature of, 12. Assumed the
functions of an independent go-
vernment, 13. General Congress
in 1765, 13. Continental Con-
gress, 14. Second Congress from
all the States, 15. Articles of,
ratified, 16. Defects, 16, 17.
New constitution of United
States, 17 (Appendix B). Con-
federation of British America,
47-56
Cost of colonies, 89-128. Report
of Committee of House of Com-
mons, 89. For navy, 94. 'Times'
on, 150.
Cost of defence, how
to be borne, 157. Mr. Merivale
on, 158. Duke of Newcastle on,
159. Earl Grey, 159.
DECLARATION of rights, 13,
Democracy in the first colonies, 4,
7, 8, 22
Derby, Earl, on attitude of Canada,
when British flag was insulted,
201
Disraeli on the defence of Canada,
126
Dufferin, Lord, on the loyalty of
Canada, 2021
ELLIOT, F., importance of
Halifax, garrisoned for Im-
perial purposes, 191
England, colonial policy of, 56-61,
Responsible for foreign relations,
57-8. Fears cost, and com-
merce, 59. England, agricul-
tural and manufacturing, 87.
Which has the chief influence
in causing war, England or
her colonies, 133. English and
French policy, as a peace po-
licy, 135. Has tried to es-
tablish her institutions, civil
and ecclesiastical, in colonies,
139. Relations to slave-holding
States, 146. England and France,
149. Colonial policy, 151. The
power of England and her colo-
nies united, 198. If not united,
whose fault; 200. Basis of union,
208, 221. Position of old colo-
nies, 221
Erskine, Rear-Admiral, evidence of,
on maintaining garrisons, 192
FRANCE, colonies of, 31. Policy
of, in Europe and America,
134. As a peace policy, 135.
Navy of, 199
Franchise, extension of in England,
and its effects upon her colonial
policy, 211. The class that
would dictate policy of the em-
pire, 211. In England and the
colonies, how it differs, 209.
Seventy per cent. of population
in colonies owners of the land
they vote on, 209. In England
the reverse, 209-10. Demand
in colonies to raise the qualifica-
tion, 211. In England to lower
it, 210. Complaints as to the
class that dictate the policy of
the empire, 211
Franklin, Dr., 16. In House of
Commons, 34, 63
Free-trade in England, 67. (See
Commercial Policy.) In the ab-
stract, 76, 81. Gladstone on,
77-9. A policy and not a truth,
84-5
GARRISONS, 90. Defence of,
182. Halifax same as Malta
and Gibraltar, 182, 191. Cost of
troops in, 185. Effect on colonies,
185. Admiral Erskine's evidence
on, 192
Gladstone, Hon. W. E., obligation
of mother country, 178. What
system best, 179. Old colonies
and Canada, 179. Military spirit
in Canada, 179. In old colonies,
180. Ignorance of colonial affairs,
180. Moral and social tie the
valuable one, 180. Colonies safe
while England is supreme at sea,
181. Old colonies and new, 181
Gladstone on free-trade and re-
venue, 77-9. Who pays malt-
tax and customs, 79. ~ False po-
sition, 81
Glenelg's, Lord, despatch to Sir
Francis Head, on rights of local
governments, 1839, 43, 72
Governments, 4, 5, 9, 10. Repre-
sentative, 2, 3. Provincial, pro-
prietary, and charter, 9-11. Co-
lonial governments, municipal
only, 10-11. Difference in Mas-
sachusetts, Connecticut, and
Rhode Island, 12. First general,
in colonies, origin of, 14, 15.
First American, independent of
Parliament, 18. Relation to the
Crown, 18. Repealed common
and statute law, 19, 20. Repu-
diated Acts of Parliament, 20.
Disputed authority of King's
Commissioners, 20. Represen-
tative, 22-28. Self-government
in Europe, 25. Colonial govern-
ments, nature of, 25-35. Re-
sponsible government conceded,
44. Effects of, 44-6. United
States and British America, 48-
52. Republics of America, 49.
Blunders in government of old
colonies, 56. No one rigid rule
applicable to all, 56-7
Godley, J. R., evidence of, on
duties of Imperial and colonial
Governments, 187-8. Recom-
mends Sir W. Denison's plan and
Earl Grey's policy, 187, 189
Grenville, Lord, 64
Greek colonies, 25
Grey, Earl, on paying troops in
Canada, 137. On wars at the
Cape and in New Zealand, 138,
182. Obligation to defend colo-
nies, 181. Grounds of such de-
fence, 182. Barracks and garri-
sons in colonies, 182. Australian
colonies, 182. Responsibility of
England for wars at the Cape and
New Zealand, 183. Old colonies,
831. Effect of withdrawing troops
from New Zealand, 184. Old
colonies never attacked by armies
of civilized Powers, 184. Troops
cost little more in colonies, 185,
Canada in 1812, 185. In a war
created by our colonial relations,
185. Profits of Dutch colonies,
186
ARTINGTON, Marquis of, on
H
the defence of Canada, 123
Herbert, Lord, on keeping a mili-
tary force in Canada, 176. Op-
posed to Mr. Lowe on keeping
troops in colonies, 176. Troops
in colonies in time of 176.
peace,
Colonies often denuded of troops,
177
Holland, profits from colonies, 186.
MANSFIELD, Lord, on right of
franchise, 65
Maryland, first province of the em-
pire, 32. Its acts not subject to
Confers
veto by Crown, 32.
titles of honour, 32
Merivale,Herman (Under-Secretary
for colonies for twelve years), on
responsible government, 45. On
effect of navigation laws, 65.
Defence of commerce, 93. Colo-
nial expenditure, 91, 98. On
uniform rule as to defence of
Different
colonies, 172, 174.
position of several colonies, 172-
3. For what purposes troops are
kept in colonies, 173. Case of
Canada, 173. Confederation of
North American provinces, 173.
Occupation of Vancouver's an
Imperial object, 174. An evil of
administration, 174. No conclu-
sion to be drawn from one colony
as a guide to another, 175. Na-
tive affairs should be controlled
by colony, 175. Trade of Aus-
tralia and its protection, 175
Mills, Select Committee of 1861, 89
Monck, Viscount, Governor-General
of British North America, des-
patch of, 245
NAVIGATION ACTS, 20. Of
1651 and 1763, 34
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