The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History Part 74

=Subercase, Lieutenant.= =F= In command at Lachine, on occasion of ma.s.sacre, 225; sent to island of Orleans to watch Phipps, 303. =L= Anxious to attack Indians at Lachine, 226. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Old Regime_.

=Suete.= =WM= A swamp, near Ste. Foy, 252.

=Sullivan, John= (1740-1795). Commanded northern army during Revolutionary War in 1776; served in Canada; and took part in the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, and Germantown. =Index=: =Hd= Lays waste Iroquois settlements, 151. =Dr= In command of American army at Sorel, 145. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Sullivan, Robert Baldwin= (1802-1853). Born in Bandon, Ireland. Came to Canada with his father, 1819, and settled at York. Studied law and called to the bar, 1828. Practised for a time at Vittoria, in the county of Norfolk. Elected mayor of Toronto, 1835. Appointed to the Executive Council by Sir Francis Bond Head, 1836. Served in the militia during the Rebellion of 1837. Appointed to the Legislative Council, 1839; member of the first Executive Council after the union of Upper and Lower Canada; continued in office under the La Fontaine-Baldwin administration.

Resigned office with his colleagues, 1843; defended the course of the ministry against Sir Charles Metcalfe in a series of letters in the _Examiner_, under the _nom de plume_ of "Legion." Again took office as provincial secretary in the second La Fontaine-Baldwin administration.

Appointed judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, 1848; judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 1850. =Index=: =BL= Enters into law partners.h.i.+p with Baldwin, 32; his character, 32, 77; president of the Council, 1841, 76; Baldwin's att.i.tude to, 80; member of Legislative Council, 83; defends the government, 130-131; remains in office under La Fontaine-Baldwin government, 133, 134; defends La Fontaine-Baldwin ministry, in Metcalfe crisis, 214; speaks before Reform a.s.sociation, Toronto, 223; in political controversy, 238, 243-244; provincial secretary, 284. =B= Writes series of letters, over signature of "Legion," on responsible government, 211; provincial secretary in Baldwin-La Fontaine government, 211; his address on resources of North-West Territories, 211; urges importance of British settlement of North-West, 211; and responsible government, 261. =Sy= Introduces union resolutions in Legislative Council, 209, 228; president of Council under union, 283; duties and salary, 334. =R= His connection with university scheme, 153. =E= Provincial secretary in La Fontaine-Baldwin ministry, 53. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Dent, _Upper Canadian Rebellion_ and _Last Forty Years_; Read, _Lives of the Judges_.

=Sullivan, William Wilfrid= (1843- ). Born at New London, Prince Edward Island. Educated at Central Academy and St. Dunstan's College, Charlottetown. Engaged for a time in journalism; studied law and called to the bar, 1867. Elected to the a.s.sembly; held office as attorney-general; premier, 1879-1889; chief-justice of Prince Edward Island, 1889. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_.

=Sully, Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de= (1560-1641). Trusted counsellor of Henry IV of France. =Index=: =Ch= False report of his death, 64.

=Bib.=: _Memoires, 1634-1662_.

=Sulpicians.= A Canadian order, founded by Jean Jacques Olier, in 1640, as part of the threefold religious settlement of Ville Marie. Named after Olier's parish of St. Sulpice, in Paris. After Maisonneuve had laid the foundations of Montreal, the Sulpicians built their Seminary, and became proprietors of the island, much of which still remains in their possession. They encouraged settlement on their seigniory, and in 1666, when Queylus was superior, granted a large tract of land at Lachine to La Salle. Among the notable members of the order in its early days were the Abbe Fenelon and Dollier de Ca.s.son, the latter the historian of the order. =Index=: =F= Religious order, come to Montreal with Maisonneuve, 42; work of colonization done by, 56; Frontenac friendly to, 74; seigniors of the island of Montreal, 97; their missions, 166, 168. =L= Four priests of the order come to Canada, 25; peculiarly devoted to the Virgin Mary, 85; build new chapter house, 90; acquire island of Montreal and seigniory of St. Sulpice, 108, 135; large contributions of, to work of evangelization, 136; parish of Montreal attached to, 175; send pet.i.tion to the king, 183; union with Foreign Missions of Paris, 221. =Sy= Incorporation of Seminary of, 255. =C= Their quarrel with Bishop Bourget, 80. =Bib.=: Dollier de Ca.s.son, _Histoire de Montreal_; Faillon, _Colonie Francaise en Canada_; Parkman, _La Salle_.

=Sulte, Benjamin= (1841- ). Born at Three Rivers. Served as a volunteer in the Fenian Raids, 1865-1866; employed in the Department of Militia and Defence, 1870-1903; president of Royal Society of Canada, 1904.

=Index=: =Hd= On Haldimand, 291-292. =Bib.=: Works: _Les Laurentiennes_; _Chants Nouveaux_; _Melanges d'Histoire_; _Histoire des Canadiens-Francais_; _Pages d'Histoire du Canada_; _Histoire de la Milice Canadienne_; _Bataille de Chateauguay_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Can. Men_; _Canadian Who's Who_.

=Sumner, Charles= (1811-1874). American statesman, and leader in the anti-slavery movement. Elected to Senate, 1851; chairman of committee on foreign affairs, 1861. =Index=: =B= Very favourable to Reciprocity Treaty, 226. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Sunday.= =S= Little observed in Simcoe's time, so far as transaction of public business was concerned, 198.

=Superior, Lake.= Area 31,800 square miles. Discovered by etienne Brule, in 1622. In the next quarter century the devoted Jesuit Fathers penetrated to the sh.o.r.es of the lake. Jogues and Raymbault preached the Faith at the outlet of the lake in 1641; Menard attempted a mission on the south sh.o.r.e in 1661; and a few years later Allouez explored most of the same side. Radisson and Chouart penetrated to the western end of the lake and beyond in 1661; and Du Lhut covered much the same ground in 1678-1681. From that time, the sh.o.r.es of the lake became familiar ground to missionaries, explorers, and fur traders. =Bib.=: Kohl, _Wanderings round Lake Superior_; Aga.s.siz, _Lake Superior_; b.u.t.terfield, _History of Brule's Discoveries_.

=Supreme Court of Canada.= Created by Act of Parliament in 1875.

Consists of a chief-justice and five puisne judges, who, also const.i.tuted the Exchequer Court until 1887, when the latter was separated. The first chief-justice was Sir William Buell Richards, 1875-1879; succeeded by Sir William Johnston Ritchie, 1879-1892; Sir Samuel Henry Strong, 1892-1902; Sir Henri Elzear Taschereau, 1902-1906; and Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, since 1906. =Index=: =Md= Bill for establishment of, shaped, 1868-1870, but not pa.s.sed until 1875, 151.

=Surprise.= =Dr= British frigate, arrival of, 137.

=Sutherland.= =WM= British frigate, with five other vessels, pa.s.ses up the river, 123; Wolfe on board of, opposite Cap Rouge, 166; his last proclamation from, 172; Wolfe's conversation with Jervis on board of, 175; signal given from, for movement of the army, 179.

=Sutherland, Thomas J.= =Mc= Plans occupation of Navy Island, 412; his lack of discretion, 412; starts for Michigan, 418; reaches Detroit, 427; meets Handy, 427; lands on Bois Blanc Island, 428; taken by Loyalists, 431; found guilty, but released, 431. =Bib.=: Dent, _Upper Canadian Rebellion_.

=Sutton, H. T. Manners.= _See_ Canterbury.

=Suze, Treaty of.= Signed April 24, 1629. Under its terms peace was declared between France and England; the former French possessions in America to revert to France. The conditions were not fulfilled until three years later. =Index=: =Ch= Signed by England and France, April 24, 1629, 183; ancient possessions of England in America given to France by, 213. =Bib.=: Hertslet, _Treaties and Conventions_.

=Sweatman, Arthur= (1834-1909). Born in London, England. Educated at Christ College, Cambridge. Headmaster of h.e.l.lmuth College, London, Ontario, 1865-1872; rector of Grace Church, Brantford, 1872-1876; archdeacon of Brant, 1876-1879. Succeeded Dr. Bethune as bishop of Toronto, 1879; and in 1907 elected archbishop and metropolitan, and primate of all Canada. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; Dent, _Can. Por._; Mockridge, _The Bishops of the Church of England in Canada and Newfoundland_.

=Swiss=. =Hd= Their bravery, 7, 8; take up lands in English colonies, 9; scheme to form them into a regiment, 9.

=Switzerland=. =Hd= Dangerous situation of, 4.

=Sydenham, Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, first Baron= (1799-1841).

=Sy= Represented (as Charles Edward Poulett Thomson) city of Manchester in House of Commons, 2; his liberal views, 3; birth, 4; enters office of his father's firm at St. Petersburg, 5; introduced to best society there, 5; returns to England, 6; foreign travel, 6; linguistic acquirements, 6; returns to St. Petersburg, 7; visits central, southern, and eastern Russia, 7; spends part of winter at Vienna, 8; his journals, 8; death of his mother, 8; yields to prevalent mania for speculation, 10, 14; adopts new economic views, 12; becomes a.s.sociated with philosophic Liberals, 13; candidate for representation of Dover in Commons, 13; incurs heavy expenses, 14; elected, 15; votes for reduction in duty on corn, 15; his view of politics, 16; his speech on the Navigation Acts, 17; advocates ballot and repeal of usury laws, 18; supports repeal of Test and Corporation Acts, 18; a believer in free trade, 18; moderate in his views, 19; suffers from gout, 20; spends winter in Paris and meets many able men, 20; speaks on parliamentary reform, 21; on the national system of taxation, 22, 23; recommends income tax, 24; made vice-president of Board of Trade, and treasurer of navy, 25; tariff reform and vested interests, 27, 29; takes little part in framing Reform Bill, 28; but devotes much attention to the public accounts, 28; negotiates commercial treaty with France, 29; his excessive labours, 30; elected both for Manchester and for Dover, 31; elects to sit for Manchester, 31; an advocate of commercial freedom, 33-38; great dinner given to, at Manchester, 37; his views on banking, 38; on the corn duties, 39; on free trade, 41; president of Board of Trade in reconstructed government, 43; Greville's description of, 43, 44; returns to office with Melbourne (1835), 46; re-elected (over Gladstone) for Manchester, 48; a departmental worker rather than an active politician, 49; description of, by Thomas Raikes, 49; makes commercial treaty with Austria, 50; founds school of design and promotes international copyright, 51; provides for regulation of railway charters, 53; collects statistics, 54; Lord Melbourne's estimate of his abilities, 56; accepts governor-generals.h.i.+p of Canada, in preference to chancellors.h.i.+p of the exchecquer, 57-59; instructor for Canada in principles of responsible government, 83; his tact in dealing with that question, 104; makes important changes in draft bill for reunion of provinces, 124; news of his appointment received in Canada, 129; appointment not acceptable to all parties, 129-132; Reformers of Upper Canada disposed to favour him, 133; article in _Colonial Gazette_ on his mission, 136-141; his views on question of French nationality, 137; on parties in Upper Canada, 138; on responsible government, 139; his instructions, 141; Lord John Russell's letter accompanying instructions to, 141-144; large discretion intrusted to him, 144; sails in frigate _Pique_ from Portsmouth, 147; arrival at Quebec, 147; his reflections on s.h.i.+pboard, 147, 148; sworn in, 149; his proclamation, 149, 150; address of the Quebec Committee of Trade, 152; meets Sir George Arthur at Montreal, 153; his task, to place Cabinet government in Canada on stable basis, 179, 187; forced to exercise an unusual measure of political control, 188; opposed by ultra-Tories and ultra-Radicals, 189; consults with Chief-Justice Stuart of Lower Canada, 191; summons Special Council of Lower Canada to consider question of union, 192; proceeds to Upper Canada, 195; describes navigation of the St. Lawrence, 196; arrives at Toronto and takes over government of province, 197; his significant reply to address of Toronto corporation, 198; calls for a return of revenue and expenditure of province, 198; describes condition of things in Upper Canada, 200-203; speech on opening of Upper Canada Legislature, 203, 204; thought too sympathetic with French-Canadians, 205, 233; carries union resolutions in Upper Canada Legislature, 203-210; his personal influence very marked, 210, 211; acknowledges support given to him by Reformers and moderate Conservatives, 213, 214; reports to the colonial secretary on the state of Upper Canada, 215-226; unpopular with French-Canadians, 233; decides to attempt settlement of Clergy Reserves question, 238; his message on the subject to the Legislative a.s.sembly, 245, 246; secures pa.s.sing of bill, 248; is non-committal on subject of responsible government, 249; his report on session to colonial secretary, 250, 251; goes to Montreal to meet Special Council, 253; describes situation in Lower Canada, 253-255; proceeds to Nova Scotia, 257; reports on situation there, 259-263; fails to antic.i.p.ate full action of responsible government in the colonies, 263, 264; visits New Brunswick at request of Sir John Harvey, 264; returning to Canada, visits Eastern Towns.h.i.+ps, 265; tour through Upper Canada, 265-268; well received everywhere, 267; proposes to fix capital of united provinces at Kingston, 268; not so popular in Lower Canada, 269; notified that royal a.s.sent had been given to Union Act, 271; raised to peerage as Baron Sydenham and Toronto, 272; his strong desire that Union Act should provide a munic.i.p.al system for Canada, 273-275; favours Kingston as seat of government, 281; authorized to proclaim Union, 282; appoints 10th of February, 1841, as date, 282; becomes from that date governor-in-chief of united province, 282; issues proclamation to people, 282; issues writ for general election, 282; his sympathy with French-Canadians, 284; changes electoral limits of Montreal and Quebec by attaching suburbs to adjoining counties, 285, 286; unable to give French-Canadians representation in his Cabinet owing to their rooted opposition to union, 288; supported by moderate Reformers, 291; his difficulty with Baldwin, 294-296; much aggrieved by Baldwin's action, 299; his a.n.a.lysis of the Legislature of 1841, 303, 304; his belief in theory of responsible government, 312, 313; his efforts to improve financial conditions, 315, 320; promises in speech from throne Imperial loan in aid of public works, 320; his views on emigration, 321; his satisfaction over pa.s.sing of Local Government Bill, 325; interest in public works, 326; his plan for a bank of issue, 327; plan not suited to Canadian conditions at the time, 329; partial adoption of, many years later, 330; reorganizes public departments and Executive Council, 331-335; takes part in extradition and boundary negotiations with the United States, 336; serious illness, 337; sends resignation to take effect on close of session, 338; his confidence in the solidity of his work, 338; his absorption in his work, 339; receives Grand Cross of Bath, 340; meets with fatal accident, 341; his fort.i.tude in suffering, 342; his last words to the Legislature, 342; his high opinion of Lord John Russell, 343; his death, 343; buried at Kingston, 344; eulogy of, by Dr. Ryerson, 346, 347; by Joseph Howe, 348, 349; general support given to his ideas by home government, 350; his special qualifications for his work in Canada, 352-355; gradually gains favour with French-Canadians, 355; his administration marks transition from the old system to the new, 356. =B= French-Canadians complain they are outraged by, 15-16. =E= His character, 2, 14; appointed governor-general to complete the union and establish responsible government, 26-29; his qualities, 29; his death, 30; his ca.n.a.l policy, 96-97; his proposed settlement of Clergy Reserves, 156-157. =C= Sent to Canada to carry out some of Durham's recommendations, 12; his character, 12; att.i.tude towards Canadians, 12; secures approval of union scheme, 12-13; persuades Upper Canada to modify conditions of union, 14; wins the elections, 15; his const.i.tutional battle with La Fontaine as to meaning of ministerial responsibility, 97; asked to disfranchise French of Lower Canada, 99.

=R= Comes to Canada, supported by Ryerson, 122; his policy, 122; draws up resolutions on responsible government, 123-126; his influence on political life, 131; interview with Ryerson, 163; his death, 163. =H= Visits Nova Scotia, and discusses political situation with Joseph Howe and other leaders, 68. =P= His views as to political situation in Nova Scotia, 24; requests La Fontaine to enter Draper ministry, 72; referred to by Papineau, 171; his aim in bringing about union of the Canadas to crush the French-Canadians, according to La Fontaine, 174-175. =BL= In period of reconstruction, 50; sent to Canada as governor-general, 59; his previous career, 59; becomes Baron Sydenham and Toronto, 59; takes over government, and lays his plans before the Special Council, 59-60; his special project the union of the Canadas, 60-61; visits Upper Canada, 61; appoints Baldwin solicitor-general of Upper Canada, 63; his att.i.tude towards responsible government, 64-67; union project, 67-71; describes a journey in Canada in 1839, 74-75; summons Legislature, 1841, 75; appoints Legislative and Executive Councils, 75, 83; correspondence with Baldwin as to personnel of Cabinet, 79-80, 81; succeeds in carrying on the government, 85; on the luxurious surroundings of colonial legislators, 86; absent from meeting of the Houses, 86; his speech from the throne, 89; his public policy, 90; his views as to his const.i.tutional position, 97-98, 137; legislation as to munic.i.p.al government, 100-105; the resolutions on const.i.tutional government, 109-111; his death, Sept. 19, 1841, 111; Turcotte and McMullen on, 111-112; his character, 111-112; referred to in La Fontaine's speech, 128; changes boundaries of const.i.tuencies of Montreal and Quebec for political purposes, 146; this and other legislation of his repealed in 1842, 146-147; on responsible government, 161, 162, 163; dissatisfaction with his selection of Kingston as capital, 180; his instructions, 230; and Ryerson, 241; his application of the const.i.tutional system, 274; munic.i.p.al legislation under, 299. =Mc= On state of province, 406; would not have fought against rebels, 407; praises Reformers, 407; opposition from Family Compact, 407; gives responsible government, 409; surprised people had not rebelled sooner, 477. =Md= Advocate of responsible government, 17; his death, 17; secures pa.s.sage, by a.s.sembly, of Act secularizing Clergy Reserves, 1840, but on being sent to England, it is disallowed on technical grounds, 59-60. =W= His despatch to Lord John Russell on the Executive Council, 113. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_; Scrope, _Memoir of Life of Sydenham_.

=Sydney.= An important seaport of Nova Scotia; formerly the capital of the colony of Cape Breton. Founded in 1784, and the seat of the local government until 1820, when the island was united to Nova Scotia.

Incorporated as a town in 1886, and received a city charter in 1904.

=Bib.=: _Nelson's Ency._

=Sydney, Thomas Townshend, first Viscount= (1733-1800). Entered Parliament, 1754; lord of the treasury, 1765; war secretary, 1872; and home secretary, 1783. The office of home secretary then included the colonies. =Index=: =Dr= Secretary of state, discusses with Carleton future of Canada, 224; his correspondence with Carleton, 242; succeeded in colonial office by Grenville, 248. =Hd= Du Calvet's pet.i.tion to, 284-288; Haldimand's intercourse with, 310, 315, 322, 326, 337; speech to, 327. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Syndics.= =F= Local representatives without votes, provided for in first council, 37.

=Tache, Alexandre Antoninus= (1823-1894). Born in Riviere du Loup, Quebec, and educated at Quebec and Montreal. In 1845 volunteered as a missionary to the Indians on the Great Lakes, and in the same year ordained to the priesthood. Founded several missions, schools, colleges, and convents in the North-West. In 1853 became bishop of St. Boniface, and in 1871 made archbishop. =Index=: =C= His missions, 69; warns government of trouble with half-breeds, 70; his visit to Rome, 70; recalled to placate half-breeds, 70. =Md= Warns Sir Georges Cartier of trouble in North-West, 157-158; on causes of rebellion, 240. =Bib.=: Works: _Sketch of the North-West of America_; _Vingt Annees de Missions dans la Nord-Ouest_. For biog., _see_ David, _Vie de Tache_; Benoit, _Vie de Mgr. Tache, Archeveque de St. Boniface_; Dent, _Can. Por._

=Tache, Sir etienne Pascal= (1795-1865). Born in St. Thomas, Quebec.

Served during the War of 1812-1815. Studied medicine, practising until 1841. Entered Parliament, and in 1848 became commissioner of public works. Held the position of receiver-general from 1849 to 1856.

Appointed to Legislative Council, 1856; subsequently elected Speaker; shortly after became premier, with John A. Macdonald as attorney-general and leader of the lower House. In 1858 visited England; knighted by Queen Victoria; appointed to the honorary rank of colonel in the British army, and made an aide-de-camp to the queen. For a few months in 1864 became premier in conjunction with Macdonald, but on the defeat of the government retired from public life. =Index=: =C= Replaces Morin in Liberal-Conservative administration, 33; with Cartier, induces Grand Trunk to extend line from Quebec to Riviere du Loup, 49; intrusted by Lord Monck with duty of forming a Cabinet, 68; alliance with Upper Canadian Conservatives, 99. =BL= Chief commissioner of public works, in second La Fontaine-Baldwin ministry, 284; in a.s.sembly for six years (1841-1846), held office of deputy adjutant-general, given seat in Legislative Council, 284-285. =E= Chief commissioner of public works in La Fontaine-Baldwin Cabinet, 53; his historic saying as to British supremacy in America, 56; a Liberal leader in Lower Canada, 109; receiver-general in Hincks-Morin government, 113; retains same office in reconstructed ministry in 1853, 126. =B= Challenges Brown to publish Cardinal Wiseman's pastoral in the _Globe_, 44; said to have advised Roman Catholics to oppose secularization of Clergy Reserves, 48; forms ministry, 1864, 149; leads coalition government, 159; presents case for Confederation in Upper Chamber, 169; his death, July 30, 1865, 189; his character, 189; his prejudice against the Rouges, 200. =R= Introduces Separate School Bill, 230. =Md= Takes Morin's place in the Cabinet, 74; forms administration with Macdonald, 1856, 80; failing health forces him to resign, 83; induced to leave his retirement, and form another administration with Macdonald, which lasts only a few weeks, 90-91; chairman of Confederation Conference held at Quebec, 104; his death, 122. =T= His government weak, and defeated in 1864, 69; delegate to Quebec Conference, 76; president of Conference, 77. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_; Taylor, _Brit.

Am._

=Tadoussac.= A town in Saguenay County, Quebec, situated at the confluence of the Saguenay River with the St. Lawrence. Founded in 1599 by Chauvin, and visited by Champlain in 1603 and 1609. In the days of the early French colonists, a centre of the seal fisheries and the fur trade. =Index=: =Ch= Champlain arrives at, May 24, 1603, 10; derivation of name, 10; early date at which fis.h.i.+ng vessels resorted thither, 59; seat of the fur trade, 119; Recollet mission at, 167.

=Tait, Sir Melbourne McTaggart= (1834- ). Born at Melbourne, Quebec.

Educated at St. Francis College, Richmond. Studied law in Montreal, and graduated B. C. L. at McGill University, 1862; called to the bar, 1863; practised at Melbourne and afterwards at Montreal. In 1882 created Q.

C.; in 1886 became a fellow-in-law in McGill University; in 1887 appointed judge of the Superior Court of Quebec; in 1894 acting chief-justice; and in 1906 chief-justice. On the completion of the sixtieth year of Queen Victoria's reign in 1897, knighted. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; _Canadian Who's Who_.

=Talbot, Thomas= (1771-1853). Rose to the rank of colonel in the British army, and for a time attached to the staff of Governor Simcoe. Resigning his commission, obtained in 1801 a grant of 5000 acres on the north sh.o.r.e of Lake Erie for the purposes of a settlement, and devoted himself to its development. Brought out a band of colonists from England, and others followed. Port Talbot became the centre of an ever-widening region of cultivated land, until before his death twenty-eight towns.h.i.+ps had been settled as the result of his efforts. =Index=: =S= Aide-de-camp to Simcoe, 177; returns to Ireland, later returns to Canada, and forms a settlement in western Ontario, 178. =Bib.=: _Six Years in the Canadas_.

For biog., _see_ _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Dent, _Can. Por._; Taylor, _Brit.

Am._ _See also_ Coyne, _The Talbot Papers_ (R. S. C., 1907).

=Talbot Settlement.= _See_ Talbot, Thomas.

=Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice, Prince de= (1754-1838). French statesman. =Index=: =Bk= Foreign secretary under Napoleon, 81. =Bib.=: For biog., _see_ works of Taine, Mignet, Bastive, Lamartine, and Guizot.

=Tallon, Major.= =Bk= In command of 3d Brigade, 247.

=Talon, Jean-Baptiste= (1625-1691). Born in Picardy, France. Held offices in the intendancies of Bordeaux and Lyons, and intendant of Hainant from 1661 to 1663. In 1663 intendant of New France. During his administration in Canada, was the first to build s.h.i.+ps in the colony; opened up trade between Canada and the West Indies; established the first brewery in North America; and developed cod fisheries along the St. Lawrence. In 1668 left for France, but returned to Canada in 1670, and resumed the intendancy. In 1672 returned to France, and for several years held high positions in the king's household. =Index=: =F= Intendant, 51; character, 54; att.i.tude to the clerical power, 55; labours for the prosperity of the country, 55; recalled at his own request, 60; instructed to guard against ecclesiastical encroachments, 69; secures permission for Recollets to return to Canada, 72. =L= Appointed intendant, 51; arrival of, 79; his zeal for settlement of the country, 79, 80; his high character, 81; takes steps to develop St.

Maurice mines, 82; sends Perrot to visit western and northern tribes, 82; promotes explorations of Jolliet and Marquette, 82; recommends de Queylus to Colbert, 107, 135; to counterbalance influence of Jesuits, brings out Recollet Fathers, 109; obtains decree permitting sale of liquor to the Indians, 113; styled the "Canadian Colbert," 113; his exertions for the good of the colony, 114-116; returns to France, 143; his reports prejudice mind of Colbert against clergy, 170. =E= His seigniory of Des Islets made a barony in 1671, 181. =WM= Montcalm marries his grand-niece, 5. =Bib.=: _Memoire sur l'etat Present du Canada, attribute a M. Talon_ (Quebec Lit. and Hist. Soc., _Hist. Doc._, 1st ser., 1840); Parkman, _Frontenac_; Garneau, _Histoire du Canada_; Faillon, _Histoire de la Colonie Francaise_; Bibaud, _Histoire du Canada sous la Domination Francaise_; Ferland, _Cours d'Histoire du Canada_; Miles, _Canada under French Regime_; Kingsford, _History of Canada_; Colby, _Canadian Types of the Old Regime_; Roy, _Intendants de la Nouvelle France_ (R. S. C., 1903); Chapais, _Jean Talon_.

=Tanguay, Cyprien= (1819-1902). Born in the city of Quebec. Graduated at Quebec Seminary in 1839, and ordained priest 1843. In 1860 removed to St. Germain, and instrumental in building the cathedral for the diocese of Rimouski, as also the college and convent in that diocese. Entered the service of the Canadian government in 1865, and for some years connected with the statistics branch of the Department of Agriculture.

In 1867 went to Paris to report on the French archives bearing on Canadian history. In 1883 received the honorary degree of Litt.D. from Laval University, and in 1886, being one of the original fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, received the Confederation medal from the Dominion government. In 1887 visited Europe and reported on the historical archives. Subsequently created a _Prelat Romain_ by the pope.

=Bib.=: _Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadiennes_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Can. Men_.

=Tanswell, J.= =Hd= Schoolmaster at Quebec, 234.

=Tarieu de Lanaudiere, Charles.= Member of an old French family, originally of Guienne; settled in Canada about 1665. Commanded a part of the Canadian militia at Carillon, in 1758; remained in Canada after the conquest, and became aide-de-camp to Dorchester; served against the Americans in 1775, and accompanied the governor to England. Afterwards appointed a legislative councillor, and deputy postmaster-general for Canada. =Index=: =Dr= In command of militia, 187; offered to settle his seigniory with freeholders, 255. =WM= Canadian officer, sent to prevent landing at St. Paul's Bay, 89.

=Tariff.= =BL= Increased in 1841, 99; and 1842, 147; on agricultural products, and live stock, 189; Act of 1849, 292, 302.

=Tarleton, Sir Bonastre= (1754-1833). Born in Liverpool. Educated at Oxford University; and joined the army in 1775. In 1776 came to America as a volunteer with Cornwallis, and became major in Colonel Harcourt's Regiment of Dragoons. Given command of the "British Legion" or "Tarleton's Green Horse," and with this force was in constant action against the enemy. In 1780 met and severely defeated Colonel Burford's detachment at Waxhaw Creek; arrived at Camden in time to complete the rout of General Gates's left wing; and overwhelmed the army of General Sumter at Fis.h.i.+ng Creek. Badly beaten by the American force under General Daniel Morgan at Cowpens, 1781. In 1782 returned to England, and promoted to colonel; from 1790 to 1812 a member of Parliament; in 1817 made lieutenant-general; and created a baronet in 1818. =Index=: =Dr= Commands British Legion, 202. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Taschereau.= =Bk= Arrested, 127; discharged, 128. =C= Claims liberty of the press, 95; sent to jail, 95. =P= Name struck off militia list by Sir James Craig, 28; sent to jail, 29; released, 29.

=Taschereau, Elzear Alexandre= (1820-1898). Born at Ste. Marie de la Beauce, Quebec. Educated at the Seminary of Quebec; subsequently travelled throughout Europe; and in 1837 entered the Grand Seminary at Quebec. In 1842 ordained to the priesthood in his native parish. In 1847, while attending the sick and dying immigrants at Grosse Island, stricken with fever. In 1854 went to Rome, and in 1856 received the degree of D.D. In 1860 elected superior of the Quebec Seminary, the appointment including the rectors.h.i.+p of Laval University. In 1871 consecrated archbishop of Quebec, in succession to Archbishop Baillargeon. In 1872 founded the Hotel Dieu du Sacre-Coeur at Quebec, and also instrumental in restoring the church at St. Anne de Beaupre. In 1886 created cardinal. Towards the end of 1894 retired from the administration of his diocese. =Index=: =C= Disapproves of appeal of _Le Parti Catholique_, 82-83. =L= Attributes establishment of first brotherhood of Holy Family to Father Pijard, 86. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can.