. A history of Canada and of the other British provinces of North America . eland and England, was established j and effortswere made to open up communication with the Red RiverSettlement. In 1857 a severe commercial crisis visitedCanada, from which she has not yet recovered, and which thecivil war in the United States has unusually protracted. In * Th« Honourable Francis Hincks, , fifth and youngest son of thalate R^ty. Dr, Hincks, of Belfast, Ireland. He established the TorontoExaminer newspaper in 1839, and the Montreal Pilot in 1844. He was ; Inspector General of Public Accounts,
. A history of Canada and of the other British provinces of North America . eland and England, was established j and effortswere made to open up communication with the Red RiverSettlement. In 1857 a severe commercial crisis visitedCanada, from which she has not yet recovered, and which thecivil war in the United States has unusually protracted. In * Th« Honourable Francis Hincks, , fifth and youngest son of thalate R^ty. Dr, Hincks, of Belfast, Ireland. He established the TorontoExaminer newspaper in 1839, and the Montreal Pilot in 1844. He was ; Inspector General of Public Accounts, and Premier of Canada;projected the Grand Trunk KaDway; and was appointed Governor-iu-Chief of the Windward Islands in 1855, and of British Guiana in 1862 he was created by the Queen a Civil Commander of the Bath. QtTESTioNS.—Who encceeded Lord Elgin ? What is said of his adminis-tration? For what was it noted? Mention the principal matters of publicjnterest. What is said of the Exhibitioii ? What occurred from 1855-60 T 198 HISTORY OF CANADA. IPabx m—186». 1858 the decimal system ofcurrency, with appropriatesilver and copper coins, wasintroduced. In the same yearthe 100th Regiment was raisedin Canada and sent to England,in addition to large subscrip-tions and a Legislative grant ^of $30,000 towards the Patrio- |tic (Crimean) Fund. In 1858, ^^after repeated attempts to fix t:!|lupon a permanent seat of gov- i|to||fiernment for Canada, the legis- jjM|l»(|lature requested the Queento select a suitable site. HerMajesty accordingly fixed upon ^Ottawa; and contracts wercisoon given out for the erectionof the necessary public build-ings there. In 1859-60 thestatute law of Upper and LowerCanada was consolidated byable commissioners appointedfor that purpose. The hand-some buildings for the Univer-sity of Toronto and UniversityCollege were also finished and occupied in 1858-60. The^^^^^^^^J^^^tT^fr^^^^*^ from St. Lambert. closing period of Sir Edmunds administration
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