The advisability of removing the bronze statue of the Queen from the Park had been under discussion in the City Council, and created considerable interest. _Grip_, in this Cartoon, took the liberty of suggesting a work of art to supply the place of Mr. Marshall Wood’s figure. The persons represented are, in the centre, Mr. A. Macnab, Police Magistrate of Toronto; on the right, Mr. Nudell, a popular Court official; and on the left, Alderman John Baxter, J.P. JUNE 21st, 1873. [Illustration: No. 4. LAW AND JUSTICE. A DESIGN RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED TO THE QUEEN’S PARK STATUE COMMITTEE.] NO. 5. “_The Huntington Business._” “Sir John courts enquiry” was the oft-repeated assertion of the Conservative newspapers, in view of the approaching session of Parliament at which the charge brought by Mr. Huntington was to be regularly tried. The Cartoon was meant to depict the gallant Knight in his “courtship” in such a way as to render the quoted statement “sorter Ironikal” as A. Ward would say. JULY 5, 1873. [Illustration: No. 5. THE HUNTINGDON BUSINESS. “SIR JOHN _COURTS_ ENQUIRY.”—THE _MAIL_.] NO. 6. “_The Overworked Ma(yo)re._” A palpable and surely a pardonable pun, seeing that its object was to pay a tribute to the official industry of the Civic Chief Magistrate for 1873—Alex. Manning, Esq. A branch of the Society of the Prevention of Cruelty, &c., had been established in the City shortly before the date of the cartoon. JULY 12th, 1873. [Illustration: No. 6. AN OVERWORKED MA(YO)RE. A FAIR CASE FOR OUR NEWLY-FLEDGED HUMANE SOCIETY.] NO. 7. “_Canada’s Laocoon._” An adaptation of the classical story of Laocoon and the serpents to the circumstances of some of the parties to what was already known as the “Pacific Scandal.” The persons represented are Sir Hugh Allan (to whom the charter was sold), Sir John Macdonald (by whom ditto), and Sir Francis Hincks. It is due to the latter gentleman to point out that, as indicated in the cartoon, he was merely _suspected_ of complicity in the matter, and most emphatically denied the truth of the allegation of his guilt, made in some of the newspapers. JULY 19th, 1873. [Illustration: No. 7. CANADA’S “LAOCOON:” OR, VIRGIL ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION. “Ecce antem gemini a Tenedo tranquilla per alta, &c.”—ÆNEID, BOOK II (_Freely Translated_) When lo! two snakes (perhaps from the Yankee shore), Together trail their folds across the floor, With precious scandals reared in front they wind, Charge after charge, in long drawn length behind! While opposition benches cheer the while, And JOHN A. smiles a very ghastly smile!—and— Everybody knows the rest!] NO. 8. “_Will he come to Grief?_”