support of the clergy, were its main advantages. It did so well that in the early 1870s it was ranked among firms with net assets of $25,000 to $35,000. The company’s advertisement in the Quebec

was part of the editor’s responsibility to see that the paper, while backing Laurier editorially, did not antagonize advertisers, the clergy, interest groups, or voters. Dansereau, as Laurier’s adviser

drastic reorganization of the Church of England: election of two more bishops and triennial convocations in which the clergy and laity would share power with the bishop. At the same time he submitted a

led directly to Gallicanism. The debate had a strong nationalist character and deeply divided the Quebec clergy. Simultaneously, other religious controversies arose over such issues as the New Brunswick

by the people,” and relations between him and his clergy had become strained. Alleging that the air of his native land would do his health good, and that financial matters particularly required his

. As a bishop, he developed a reputation for moderation, “accepting a diversity of views among his clergy,” according to historian Lewis Gwynne Thomas, favouring neither the strongly evangelical nor the

Morin* government formed in October 1851. The previous year he actually came into conflict with La Fontaine by advocating the secularization of the clergy reserves; he worked on bills to reform

allocated forever “to the founding and upkeep of this Seminary and Clergy.” All products of “all the lands of the said country of New France” would be tithed. The settlers’ protests forced Bishop Laval

Genealogical sketch of the Nova Scotia Eatons (Halifax, 1885); Acadian legends and lyrics (London and New York, 1889); The Church of England in Nova Scotia and the tory clergy of the revolution

advertisers, but Edwards encountered considerable hostility from the clergy because of his excessive drinking and his frequent comments about liquor. During his two years at High River, he invented the

the assembly that they had “put the screws on” the government by threatening to oppose it in votes on the clergy reserves issue unless the duty was reduced. In 1853 he used his influence with Francis

of it at Clover Hill. He retained close contacts with the clergy in Toronto and from about 1852 acted as the bishop’s secretary. When the construction of St Michael’s Cathedral began in 1845 he

American cities – had begun as the work of social reformers, women, physicians, and members of the clergy, only later being taken over by the government. In June 1915 Fortier took part in the

first bishop of Arichat,” Innes Rev. (Glasgow), 6 (1955): 107–24. Mason Wade, “Relations between the French, Irish and Scottish clergy in the Maritime provinces, 1774–1836,” CCHA Study

to the government from leased crown and clergy reserve lots. Under an ordinance of 1787 the sheriff became responsible also for summoning grand jurors to hear criminal cases in the Court of King’s

during the 1820s, on such issues as the alien question, the clergy reserves, and the partiality of justice, Hillier, like Robinson and Strachan, became more deeply involved in the fundamental workings of

(1894); 4 (1900); General Synod, Year book and clergy list (Toronto), 1892–1912. Norman Edwards, “The railways of Moosonee,” Northland ([Schumacher]), 29 (1972–73), no.2: 19–20

. Despite the royal instructions there were as yet no well-defined procedures for granting lands or laying out the clergy and crown reserves, nor were the fees to be paid established. Not until the

masterpiece he wrote in the Lac Saint-Jean region in 1912–13, which has been appropriated by the Catholic clergy and the political right. Hémon had embarked

exist between the Episcopacy and the clergy of Ontario and the Ontario Government.” Jamot showed special concern for the welfare of the thousands of men