Oh, ROBERT PEEL! Oh, ROBERT PEEL! How could you serve me so! I've met with Whig rebuffs before, But not a Tory blow. Then rising up in Parliament, He made a fierce to do With PEEL, who merely winked his eye, BEN wink'd like winking too. And then he tried the game again, But couldn't, though he tried; His party turn'd away from him, Nor with him would divide. Young England died when in its birth; In forty-five it fell; The papers told the public, but None for it toll'd the bell. 16.--AN EARLY PICTURE OF LORD BEACONSFIELD, AS BENJAMIN DISRAELI, 1845.] The Railway Map of England, No. 15, is one of Mr. Punch's prophecies that has become fact. It is in the issue of October 11, 1845, and refers to the precipitate influx of new lines just then taking place. To us, nowadays, there is nothing remarkable in this Railway Map, which might be mistaken for a genuine railway map of England and Wales; but in 1845, when this map was made by Mr. Punch, he no doubt intended it as a piece of satire. [Illustration: PORTRAIT OF THE RAILWAY PANIC. 17.--AT THE END OF 1845.] [Illustration: ANGLERS HEAR STRANGE THINGS. _Piscator._ "Are there any Barbel about here, Gov'nor?" _Host._ "Any Barbel about here!!--I should rayther think there was a few. Here's the picur o' wun my little boy ketched just hopposit." 18.--ONE OF MR. PUNCH'S FISHING TALES. 1845.] [Illustration: _Boy._ "MR. PESTLE'S OUT OF TOWN, MEM. CAN I GIVE YOU ANY ADWICE?" 19.--THE DOCTOR'S ASSISTANT. 1846.] [Illustration: THE LAST NEW RAILWAY SCHEME. Our modern projectors having exhausted the old world of railways above ground, have invented a new world of a subterranean kind, in which they propose to construct lines "under the present wide, leading streets of London" This is a magnificent notion for relieving the over-crowded thoroughfares, and at the same time relieving any particularly over-crowded pocket from its oppressive burden. The prospectus states that the thing "can be accomplished without any serious engineering difficulties." The difficulties, instead of being serious, will, we suppose, be merely laughable. If any great dilemma should arise, it will of course be overcome by a little jocularity. We understand that a survey has already been made, and that many of the inhabitants along the line have expressed their readiness to place their coal-cellars at the disposal of the company. It is believed that much expense may be saved by taking advantage of areas, kitchens, and coal-holes already made, through which the trains may run without much inconvenience to the owners, by making a judicious arrangement of the time-table. It will certainly be awkward if a family should be waiting for a scuttle of coals, and should not be able to get it until after the train had gone by; but a little domestic foresight, seconded by railway punctuality, will obviate all annoyances of this kind.