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Interior view of the Rotunda at the Bank of England

A view of Piccadilly Circus

with figures and horse drawn cart on the street

don't you wish you'd been there

The Man in Possession mb-height 3134 Punch asks'The Man in Possession', 1877. Russia is depicted as rowing her boat, loaded with gunpowder, at the lock gates of the Suez Canal. The lock is being guarded by a good, solid, British lockkeeper. This relates to the war recently declared on Turkey by Russia. Lord Derby, the former Conservative Prime Minister, had been in contact with Russia to express the Government's concern that the Suez Canal should not be targeted. Russia replied that, provided