It is not necessary here to trace to any large extent the career of Sir S. L. Tilley in the parliament of Canada; that belongs rather to the history of the Dominion than to a work which deals particularly with his connection with his native province. Only so much of his public life in the House of Commons will be dealt with as seems necessary to complete his personal history. Tilley continued to hold the position of minister of customs during the whole of the term of the first parliament of Canada. This parliament held five sessions and dissolved in the summer of 1872, the general election being in the month of July, upon which occasion he was reelected for the city of St. John without opposition.

{MINISTER OF FINANCE}

The second parliament met on March 5th, 1873. Eleven days before that time Mr. Tilley had become minister of finance, succeeding Sir Francis Hincks, who had resigned that office after holding it for more than three years. The advancement of Mr. Tilley to this responsible and influential position was very pleasing to his friends, and was received with satisfaction by the country generally.

The first confederation ministry of Canada resigned office on November 5th, 1873, under circumstances which are a part of the political history of the Dominion and need not be gone into in this volume, further than to say that, whatever basis there may have been for charges of corruption in connection with the Pacific Railway contract against other persons in the government, none were ever preferred against Mr. Tilley; nor did any one suspect or believe that he had anything whatever to do with the transactions which led to the resignation of the government. Prior to that event Mr. Tilley had been appointed lieutenant-governor of the province of New Brunswick in succession to the Hon. Lemuel A. Wilmot, whose term had expired. Every one felt that the honour thus bestowed upon Tilley was a most fitting one, for he was New Brunswick's foremost son in political life, and had reached his high position purely through his own ability and his own good character. That position he filled a greater number of years than any of his successors are likely to do, and it is admitted on all sides that no man could have performed the duties of the office more satisfactorily than he did.



CHAPTER XII

FINANCE MINISTER AND GOVERNOR

Mr. Tilley took up his residence in the old Government House, Fredericton, and he must have been struck with the changed aspect of affairs from that presented under the old regime, when lieutenant-governors were appointed by the British government and sent out from England to preside over the councils of a people of whom they knew little or nothing. Most of these former governors had been military men, more accustomed to habits of command than to deal with perplexing questions of state. They looked with a very natural degree of impatience on the attempts which the people of the province were making to get the full control of their own affairs. Under the old regime the governor was surrounded with military guards, and sentries paced the walks and guarded the entrances to the Government House. The withdrawal of the British troops from Canada before the lieutenant-governorship of Mr. Tilley commenced relieved him of any embarrassment in regard to dispensing with military guards and sentries; but all pretentious accompaniments of authority were foreign to his nature, and he always showed, by the severe simplicity of his life, that he felt he was one of the people, and that it was his duty as well as his pleasure to permit all who had any occasion to see him to have free access to him, without the necessity of going through any formal process.

{THE PROTECTIONIST TARIFF}

When Mr. Tilley became lieutenant-governor of the province, he was fifty-five years of age, and he seems to have thought that his political career was ended, because, by the time his term of office expired in its natural course, he would have reached the age of sixty, a period when a man is not likely to make a new entrance into public life. But circumstances, quite apart from any desire on his part, made it almost necessary for him to change his determination, and during the summer of 1878, when the general election was imminent, he found himself pressed by his old political friends to become once more the candidate of his party for his old constituency, the city of St. John. There was great enthusiasm amongst them when it was announced that he would comply with their wishes, and that he had resigned the lieutenant-governorship. The result of that general election is well known. The Liberal party, which had succeeded to the government less than five years before with a large majority in the House of Commons, experienced a severe defeat, and the Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, seeing this, very properly did not await the assembling of parliament, but sent in the resignation of the ministry, and Sir John A. Macdonald was called upon to form a new government. In the cabinet thus constructed Mr. Tilley resumed his old office of minister of finance, and one of his first duties was to assist in the framing of a new customs tariff which was to give effect to the principle, upon which the election had been run, of protection to home industries. This idea of protection had not been heard of in the Canadian confederation as the policy of any political party until Sir John A. Macdonald took it up about a year before the general election, but it proved a winning card and was the means of giving the new government a long lease of power.

Sir Leonard Tilley's speech in introducing the new tariff was well received and made a strong impression upon all who heard it. It was admitted, even by those who were opposed to the views he held, that he showed a great mastery of the details, and that he illustrated in a very clear manner the view that the country was suffering because the duties imposed upon foreign goods were not sufficiently high to protect Canadian manufactures.

It is not the intention of this volume to deal to any full extent with the career of Sir Leonard Tilley during his second term of office as minister of finance of Canada. To enter into that phase of his career would be to relate the history of Canada, for he was but one member of the government, and not its leader. It is admitted that, in respect to financial questions, Sir Leonard showed the same ability that had characterized his career during his previous term of office, and he was looked upon by his colleagues as a man in whose judgment the utmost confidence could be placed. At this time, however, his health began to fail, and the disease which finally carried him off developed to such an extent that he was told he must cease all active work or his days would be shortened. Under these circumstances, it became necessary for him to retire from the severe duties of his very responsible and laborious office, and on October 31st, 1885, he was again appointed lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, an office which he had filled with so much acceptance between 1873 and 1878. Sir Leonard Tilley continued lieutenant-governor during a second term, for almost eight years, or until the appointment of the Hon. John Boyd to that position. He was lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick for considerably more than twelve years, a record which is not likely to be equalled by any future lieutenant-governor for many years to come, if ever.

{SECOND TERM AS GOVERNOR}

There was no event of particular importance to distinguish Sir Leonard Tilley's second term as lieutenant-governor. The Hon. Mr. Blair was premier of New Brunswick during the whole period, and there was no political crisis of any importance to alter the complexion of affairs. The only event in connection with the governorship which is worthy of being mentioned is the change that was made by the abandonment of the old Government House, at Fredericton, as the residence of the lieutenant-governor. This building had become antiquated, and in other ways unsuitable for the occupancy of a lieutenant-governor, and its maintenance involved a very large expenditure annually, which the province was unable to afford. It was therefore determined that in future the lieutenant-governor should provide his own residence, and that the amount spent on the Government House annually should be saved. Sir Leonard Tilley built a residence in St. John, in which he lived for the remainder of his life, and the seat of government, so far as his presence was concerned, was transferred to that city. Sir Leonard Tilley was always on the most cordial terms with the various premiers who led the government of New Brunswick during their terms of office. He knew well the strict constitutional limits of his office, and was always careful to confine his activities within their proper scope. The lessons of responsible government which he had learned in his early youth, and which had been the study of his manhood, enabled him to avoid those pitfalls which beset the steps of earlier lieutenant-governors.

During Sir Leonard Tilley's last term of office, and after its close, he abstained wholly from any interference with public affairs in the Dominion, and although he still remained steadfastly attached to the Liberal-Conservative party, he gave no outward sign of his desire for their success. This neutral position which he assumed in political matters had the effect of drawing towards him thousands of his fellow-countrymen who, in former years, had been accustomed to regard him with unfriendly feelings. They forgot the active political leader and saw before them only the aged governor, whose venerable figure and kindly face were so familiar at social or other gatherings, or whenever work was to be done for any good cause. In this way Sir Leonard Tilley grew to assume a new character in the public estimation, and at the time of his death the regret was as great on the part of those who had been his political opponents as among those who had been his associates in political warfare. This was one of the most pleasing features of his declining years, and one that gave him the greatest satisfaction, because it enabled him to feel that he enjoyed the affectionate regard of the whole body of the people.

Sir Leonard Tilley throughout his life gave great attention to his religious duties. He was a devoted member of the Church of England, and his attendance at its services was constant and regular. For several years before his death he was connected with St. Mark's congregation, and no cause, except severe bodily illness, was ever allowed to prevent him from going to church on Sunday morning. On many occasions, when his steps had grown feeble and his strength was failing, it was suggested to him that he should drive to church, but he always replied that he would walk to church as long as he had strength left to do so, and that he would not have people harnessing up horses on the Sabbath Day on his account. This resolution he maintained to the end of his life. Sometimes, when he met an old acquaintance, as he toiled up the street which led to his favourite church, he would cheerfully greet him by saying, "John, this hill has grown steeper than it used to be," but he climbed the hill to the end, and the last Sunday he was able to be out of his bed he walked to church as usual. He also took a deep interest in all humane and philanthropic objects as well as in the great work connected with the spread of the Gospel. He was a constant attendant at the annual meetings of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and was a life member of that admirable association.

{HIS IMPERIAL HONOURS}

The honours that Sir Leonard Tilley received from Her Majesty, in recognition of his great public services, were very gratifying to his friends as well as to himself, and when he was made a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George, in 1879, his temperance friends embraced the first opportunity on his return to St. John to have a banquet in his honour, at which he wore, for the first time in public, the insignia of the knightly order of which he had become a member. There was probably no public event in the whole course of his life which gave him greater pleasure than this proof of the attachment of his old friends.

Sir Leonard's last visit to England was marked by an extremely gracious invitation to visit the queen at Osborne, in the Isle of Wight. While he and Lady Tilley were sojourning at Cowes a message was sent summoning them to Osborne House, where they were received by Her Majesty in the beautiful grounds that surround that palace. The Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, with an equerry in waiting, were the only other persons present. After an interesting conversation they were permitted to visit the private apartments of Her Majesty, and the Prince Consort's farm.

Sir Leonard Tilley was first married in 1843 to Julia Ann, daughter of the late James T. Hanford, who died in 1862. By her he had seven children, two sons and five daughters. In 1867, he married Alice Starr, daughter of the late Z. Chipman, of St. Stephen. By this marriage he had two sons, Mr. Herbert C. Tilley, of the Imperial Trust Company, who resides in St. John, and Mr. L. P. DeWolfe Tilley, barrister, who is also a resident of St. John. These two sons, Herbert and Leonard, were the prop and comfort of his declining years and were devoted wholly to him to the end.

{LADY TILLEY}

Sir Leonard Tilley's second marriage was contracted at the time when he was exchanging the limited field of provincial politics for the wider sphere which confederation opened up to him in the parliament of Canada. It was a fortunate union, for it gave him a helpmeet and companion who was in full sympathy with him in all his hopes and feelings, and who was singularly well qualified to preside over his household, which, in his capacity of a minister of the Crown, had become, to a considerable extent, a factor in the public life of Canada. Lady Tilley had a high ideal of her duty as the wife of a cabinet minister and of the governor of New Brunswick, and was not content to lead a merely ornamental life or confine her energies within a narrow range. She saw many deficiencies in our appliances for relieving human misery, and with a zeal which could not be dampened, she sought to remedy them. The Victoria Hospital at Fredericton is her work; hers also is the Nurses' Home in connection with the Public Hospital in St. John, and the Reformatory for the care of bad or neglected boys, who are in danger of becoming criminals if they are not educated and disciplined when they are young. In every work of philanthropy Lady Tilley has always taken not only an active, but a leading part, and her position has enabled her to enlist in the cause of humanity the energies of many who, under other circumstances, might not have given their attention to philanthropic work.

Sir Leonard Tilley for many years had suffered from an incurable disease, which had been mitigated by rest and medical treatment, but not removed. It was the knowledge of the fact that his days would be shortened if he continued in active political life that compelled him to leave the government in 1885. For many years before his death the malady had been so far subdued that it gave him comparatively little trouble, but any unusual exertion on his part was almost certain to arouse it again to activity, so that he was prevented on many occasions from taking part in public functions which, under other circumstances, he would have been glad to attend. Still, he always contrived to take his daily walk, and few who saw him ever suspected that he was constantly menaced by death. For three or four years before his decease his strength had been failing, he stooped more as he walked, and it was evident that he was not destined to enjoy many more years of life. Yet during the spring of 1896 there was nothing whatever to indicate that the end was so near, for he went about as usual, and was able to preside at the annual meeting of the Loyalist Society which was held during the last week in May. On that evening he appeared very bright and cheerful, and he entered with much interest into the discussion of the details of an outing which it was proposed the society should hold during the summer. "Man proposes, God disposes." Sir Leonard had gone to Rothesay early in June to spend a few weeks in that pleasant spot, and he appeared to be in his usual health until the night of June 10th, when he began to suffer great pain from a slight cut which he had received in the foot. The symptoms became alarming and gave indications of blood poisoning, a condition due to the disease from which he had suffered so many years. On June 11th, he was taken to Carleton House, his town residence, and from that time the doctors gave no hope of his recovery. It was one of the sad features of his illness that his life-long friend and physician for many years, Dr. William Bayard, was unable to attend him, being himself confined to his bed by illness.

{LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH}

After Sir Leonard Tilley reached his home in St. John he never rallied, and he was well aware that his end was near. He was attended by Dr. Inches and Dr. Murray McLaren, but he was beyond medical aid, and therefore the people of St. John, for several days before the event took place, were aware that their foremost citizen was dying. The time was one of great excitement, for the general election was near, yet the eyes of thousands were turned from the moving panorama of active life which passed before them to the silent chamber where the dying statesman was breathing his last. The regret and sympathy that was expressed was universal, and in their kindly words those who had been his life-long political opponents were not behind those who had been his friends. Sir Leonard Tilley died at three o'clock on the morning of June 25th, the second day after the general election which brought about the defeat of the party with which he had been so long identified.

{HIS EMINENT SERVICES}

His death evoked expressions of sympathy and regret from all parts of the empire and from many states of the union. The letters and telegrams of condolence which Lady Tilley received during the first days of her widowhood would of themselves fill a volume, showing how widely he was known and respected. The funeral, which took place on the Saturday following his death, was one of the largest ever seen in St. John, and was attended by the Board of Trade, the Loyalist Society, the various temperance organizations, the members of the provincial government, and a vast concourse of prominent citizens. The services took place at St. John's Episcopal Church, and were conducted by the rector, the Rev. John deSoyres, assisted by the Rev. R. P. McKim, rector of St. Luke's Church, with which Sir Leonard had been identified in his earlier years. The interment took place in the Rural Cemetery. Many references to the decease of this eminent man were made from the pulpits of St. John and other parts of the province on the Sunday following his death, and all the newspapers had long notices of the event and editorials on his life and character. We may fittingly close this work by quoting a portion of what was said of him by the St. John Telegraph, a paper that was politically opposed to him for many years:—

"It is greatly to the honour of Sir Leonard Tilley that no scandal, public or private, was ever attached to his name. A consistent temperance man to the end of his life, he was faithful to the cause which he had espoused when he was young, and he enjoyed the confidence and received the steady support of a vast majority of the temperance men of the province, who looked upon him as their natural leader. His capacity for friendship was great, and his friends might be numbered by thousands, for he had a peculiar faculty of strongly attracting men to himself. This may be ascribed, in part, to the magnetism of a buoyant and strong nature, but it was more largely due to the extreme simplicity of his character, which remained wholly unspoiled by the favours which fortune had showered upon him. No man, however humble, had any difficulty in obtaining an interview with Sir Leonard Tilley; he was every inch a gentleman, and was, therefore, as polite to the poorest labourer as to the richest in the land. Such a man could not fail to be loved even by those who had been his most bitter opponents in former years, when he was in active political life.

"It is one of the drawbacks of this human life that the wise, the learned, the good, and those whom we most love and honour, grow old and feeble, fall by the wayside and pass away. So while we lament the death of Sir Leonard Tilley, we must recognize it as an event that was inevitable, and which could not long have been postponed. His lifework was done; his labours were ended; his active and brilliant career was closed; he was but waiting for the dread summons which sooner or later must come to all. The summons has come, and he has gone from among us forever. His venerable, noble face will no longer be seen on our streets, his kindly greeting will no longer be heard. But his memory will live, not only in the hearts of all his countrymen, but enshrined in the history of this his native province, and of the great Dominion which he did so much to create, and which he so fondly loved."



INDEX



INDEX

A

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; reelected 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

Family Compact, the, 13, 110

Fees, on land grants, 14

Fenians, threaten to invade Canada, 240, 241; invade New Brunswick, 247; Doran Killian, leader of, 247; troops called out to oppose them, 248; their invasion a fiasco, 249

Fisher, Hon. Charles, member for York, 47; reelected for York, 102; moves a want of confidence resolution, 103; his resolution defeated, 111; enters the government, 116; defeated in York, 128; his services to the Liberal party, 154; moves a want of confidence resolution, 172, 173; joins the new government as attorney-general, 174; retires from the government, 193; reelected for York, 194; elected on the confederation ticket for York, 237; moves an amendment to the address in reply to the speech from the throne, 244; becomes attorney-general, 247; moves a confederation resolution, 257, 258; a confederation delegate to England, 262; elected for York in the first parliament of united Canada, 273

Fraser, John J., opposes confederation, 228

G

Gagetown, birthplace of Sir Leonard Tilley, 146

Galt, Hon. A. T., in favour of confederation, 205; minister of finance, 271

Gilbert, Thomas, advocates agricultural schools, 162

Gillmor, Hon. A. H., provincial secretary, 233

Gladstone, Right Hon. W. E., 199

Glenelg, Lord, colonial secretary, 42, 61

Glenie, James, an early Reformer, 13

Gordon, Arthur Hamilton, lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, opposed to confederation, 239; his change of views, 240; the confederation paragraph in his speech from the throne, 242; differences with his government, 242

Government, responsible, the demand for, 99-111; granted, 113-16

Gray, Hon. John H., 152; supports the government, 160; becomes a member of the government, 165; appointed attorney-general, 183; favours confederation, 227; elected for St. John County, 251; speaker of the assembly, 256; again elected for St. John in the parliament of 1867, 273

Gray-Wilmot government, formed, 183; defeated, 184

Grey, Earl, colonial secretary, on tenure of office, 113; disallows hemp bounty bill, 118

Grievances, committee on, appointed, 24

H

Hamilton, Peter S., his articles advocating confederation, 207

Hanington, Hon. D. L., speaker, 172

Hannay, James, his articles in favour of confederation, 207

Harding, James A., elected for the city of St. John, 167

Harvey, Sir John, lieutenant-governor, 47, 113

Hatheway, Hon. George L., opposes confederation, 228; joins the anti-confederation government, 233; retires from the contest in York, 250

Hazen, Hon. Robert L., on responsible government, 63; enters the government, 72; resigns, 76

Head, Sir Edmund, lieutenant-governor, 129

Hill, George S., member for Charlotte, 66

Howe, Hon. Joseph, a delegate to England in connection with the Intercolonial Railway, 107; advocates confederation, 204

Humbert, Mr., opposes responsible government, 64

Hutchinson, Richard, 234

J

Jenkins, William, teacher of the Gagetown grammar school, 147

Johnson, Hon. John M., solicitor-general, 174; confederation delegate to England, 262; opposes county courts bill, 267

Johnston, Hon. Hugh, enters the government, 72; resigns, 76

K

Kerr, George, member for Northumberland, 249

King's College, 49; its illiberal charter, 50; bill to amend it defeated, 52; passed, 56, 163; reorganized and becomes University of New Brunswick, 190

Kinnear, Hon. William B., solicitor-general, 116

L

Legislature of New Brunswick, called together in 1866, 256; its session of 1867, 266

Leonard, Samuel, 147

Loyalist, newspaper, its proprietors arrested, 75 (note)

M

Macdonald, Sir John A., chairman of the confederation delegation, 263; forms the first Dominion cabinet, 270

McClelan, Hon. A. R., chief commissioner of public works, 247; reelected for Albert County, 249

McGee, Thomas D'Arcy, favours confederation, 207; lectures in St. John, 207; brings a party to visit the Maritime Provinces, 209

McMillan, Hon. John, surveyor-general, elected for Restigouche, 231; becomes postmaster-general, 247

McPhelim, Francis, postmaster-general, 183

Manners-Sutton, Hon. H. T., lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, dissolves the House of Assembly, 180

Maritime union movement, 211-13; the Charlottetown conference, 215

Marriage laws, 14, 15

Meade, General, 249

Metcalfe, Sir Charles, governor-general of Canada, 74; his unconstitutional stand, 74; his views approved by the New Brunswick assembly, 74

Mitchell, Hon. Peter, member of the legislative council, 246; supports confederation, 246; called on to form a government, 246; forms the Mitchell-Wilmot government, 247; confederation delegate to England, 262; becomes minister of marine, 271

Monck, Viscount, governor-general of Canada, 265

Money grants, initiation of, 48

Montgomery, John, enters the government, 72; surveyor-general, 183

Morgan, Elizabeth, great grandmother of Sir Leonard Tilley, 145

N

Needham, W. H., member for York, 152; his ability and character, 154; opposes confederation, 228

Newcastle, Duke of, colonial secretary, 197

O

Odell, Hon. William Franklin, death of, 75

Odell, Hon. William H., postmaster-general, 233, 234

Office, tenure of, 57; Lord John Russell's despatch, 57; resolution of assembly thereon, 60

P

Palmerston, Lord, his government in office during confederation negotiations, 206

Parker, Hon. Robert, becomes chief-justice, 235

Parliament of Canada, its first meeting, 273

Partelow, Hon. John R., member for St. John County, 65; on money appropriations, 93; becomes provincial secretary, 116; his ability as a business man, 157

Peters, Colonel Harry, speaker of the assembly, 148

Peters, Susan Ann, mother of Sir Leonard Tilley, 146

Peters, William, grandfather of Sir Leonard, 146

Peto, Brassy and Betts, propose to construct New Brunswick railways, 167-9

Pickard, John, defeated in York, 237

Portland Railway Convention, 119; L. A. Wilmot's speech at, 120

Prohibitory liquor law, 176-8; its failure, 180

Putnam, Charles S., barrister, 11

R

Railways, European and North American, proposed, 168; its progress, 186; completed to Shediac, 187, 188; Intercolonial, building of, proposed, 168, 195; delegations sent to England to obtain assistance, 169, 196-8; discussed in parliament, 187; a meeting held in Quebec to consider the offer of the British government, 198; a committee is sent to England to arrange the terms of the guarantee but fail to come to an agreement, 199, 200; its construction secured by confederation, 264

Reade, Alfred, appointed provincial secretary, 76; his appointment condemned by the assembly, 79; the appointment cancelled, 80

Reciprocity treaty, discussed, 170, 171; bill passed, 175

Ritchie, Hon. William J., member for the county of St. John, 152; his great ability, 155; moves a want of confidence resolution, 160; complains of the conduct of the governor and the colonial office, 164; resigns his seat, 166; reelected for St. John, 172; joins the Fisher government, 175; becomes chief-justice, 236

Robinson, F. P., auditor of the king's casual revenue, 34

Russell, Lord John, colonial secretary, 53; on the King's College charter, 54; on tenure of office, 114

S

Salaries, official, 61; reduction proposed by Wilmot, 62

Saunders, Hon. John Simcoe, advocate-general, 34

Simonds, Hon. Charles, a delegate to England with the grievances of New Brunswick, 24; elected speaker, 160; resigns his seat, 166; again elected speaker, 183

Skinner, Hon. C. N., favours confederation, 227; member for St. John city, 251

Smith, Hon. Albert J., joins the Fisher government, 175; forms an anti-confederation government, 232; differences with the lieutenant-governor, 242; his government resigns, 245; moves an amendment to confederation resolutions, 260

Smith, William O., mayor of St. John, 149

Stanley, Lord, colonial secretary, 53; on King's College charter, 53, 54; on the Reade appointment, 80; on money grants, 92

Steadman, Hon. James, postmaster-general, 193

Steeves, Hon. William H., joins the Fisher government, 175

Street, Hon. George F., solicitor-general, 34; a delegate to England in connection with the Civil List Bill, 45

Street, Hon. John Ambrose, attorney-general, 161

Street-Partelow government, defeated, 173

Sutton, Richard, 249

T

Tilley, James, grandfather of Sir Leonard, 145

Tilley, Lady, 284; her charitable work, 285

Tilley, Samuel, great-grandfather of Sir Leonard, 143

Tilley, Samuel Leonard, birth and ancestry, 143; at the Madras School, 147; at the grammar school, 147; removes to St. John, 149; enters a drug store as clerk, 149; becomes a total abstainer, 150; begins business on his own account, 150; elected to the House of Assembly as member for St. John, 152; resigns his seat, 166; reelected for St. John, 172; becomes provincial secretary, 174; defeated on the prohibition question, 183; again elected for St. John, 185; a delegate to England in regard to the Intercolonial Railway, 196; a delegate to Quebec to consider the offer of the British government, 198; second delegation to England, 199; at the Quebec conference, 219-22; defeated in St. John city, 231; resigns with his colleagues, 232; declines to form a new government, 247; becomes provincial secretary, 247; reelected for St. John city, 251; his efforts for confederation, 252; his ability as a speaker, 255; supports the confederation resolutions, 258, 259; confederation delegate to England, 262; presented to Her Majesty, 266; becomes minister of customs, 272; elected to parliament for St. John city, 273; made a Companion of the Bath, 274; his standing in the House of Commons, 274; becomes minister of finance, 275; elected to the second parliament, 275; appointed lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 275; resigns the governorship, 278; again becomes finance minister, 279; introduces a protectionist tariff, 279; again appointed lieutenant-governor, 280; resides in St. John, 281; his simple habits, 281; his popularity, 282; a member of the Church of England, 282; made a K.C.M.G., 283; his marriages, 284; visits Her Majesty at Osborne, 284; his children, 284; suffers from an incurable disease, 285; his last illness, 286; death, 287; funeral, 288; tributes of respect, 288

Tilley, Thomas Morgan, father of Sir Leonard, 145

Trent affair, 197

U

United States, their attitude towards Canada, 254

V

Vankoughnet, Hon. P. M., a delegate to England in regard to the Intercolonial Railway, 197

W

Wark, David, his bounty resolutions, 118

Watters, Hon. Charles, an advocate of confederation, 226

Weldon, Hon. John W., speaker of the assembly, 65; on money grants, 94; appointed a judge, 236

Wetmore, Hon. A. R., opposes confederation, 226; opposes anti-confederation government, 243; reelected for St. John city, 251

William IV., objects to alienation of Crown lands, 22; dismisses the Liberal government, 37

Williston, Hon. Edward, solicitor-general, 247; reelected for Northumberland, 249

Wilmot, Benjamin, first of the name in America, 3

Wilmot, Hon. Robert Duncan, 152; his change of principle, 156; supports the government, 160; becomes surveyor-general, 165; reelected in St. John, 166; becomes provincial secretary, 183; opposes confederation, 227; dissatisfied with the government, 235; resigns in January, 1866, 236; forms a new government with Mitchell, 247; reelected for St. John County, 251; confederation delegate to England, 262

Wilmot, Lemuel, grandfather of L. A. Wilmot, 3

Wilmot, Lemuel Allan, birth, 2; ancestry, 3; education, 10; studies law, 11; his interest in politics, 11; his knowledge of French, 12; an officer of militia, 12; elected to the assembly for York, 31; takes his seat, 32; his eloquence, 33; zeal for reform, 34; on custom house salaries, 38; a delegate to the colonial office in connection with provincial affairs, 41; arranges terms with the British government, 43; second delegation to England, 46; reelected for York, 47; engaged in the reform of King's College charter, 49-52; bill rejected by council, 52; resolutions thereon, 54; the college bill passed, 56; proposes a reduced scale of salaries, 62, 63; nominated for the speakership, 66; reelected for York, 66; becomes a member of the government, 72, 73; resigns in consequence of the Reade appointment, 76; his reasons, 77; advocates improved schools, 88; in favour of free schools, 90; an advocate of the initiation of money grants, 91, 94-7; bids farewell to the House, 102; reelected for York, 103; his speech on the want of confidence resolution, 103-11; becomes attorney-general, 116; his oratory, 119; at the Portland Railway Convention, 120; his views on railway legislation, 126; opposes the Shediac Railway, 127; his bill for the reduction of salaries defeated in the legislative council, 127; decline of popularity, 128; appointed a judge, 130; Fenety's estimate of, 131; appointed lieutenant-governor, 133; his religious views, 133; as a lecturer, 134; takes part in the Aroostook War, 135; his love of flowers, 136; illness and death, 137; character and achievements, 137-9

Wilmot, William, father of L. A. Wilmot, 3; a Baptist local preacher, 10; member of the House of Assembly in 1816, 10

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