The question of the removal of the Seat of Government having been decided in favor of Toronto, the cartoon affects to give a view of the removal itself under the similitude of a circus caravan. The figure upon the wagon in the foreground was no doubt intended to represent Lord Elgin, although no attempt was made to catch the likeness. The basket of eggs and the hen in close proximity are a sufficient hint as to the identity, Lord Elgin having been “rotten-egged” by a Montreal mob for signing the Rebellion Losses Bill.
Punch in Canada, November 29th, 1849.
CLOWN LOQUITER—HERE WE GO, AND HERE WE ARE.
Punch in Canada, November, 1849.
THE PUDDING AND THE WASP.
Mr. Henry John Boulton, M.P., for Niagara, was a somewhat prominent figure in the Canadian Parliament, in which he occupied an “independent” attitude. Toward the close of his Parliamentary career he was favorably mentioned for appointment to the Judicial Bench, but the honor was withheld, chiefly through the opposition offered by the Colonist, an influential paper published at Toronto.