§ MR. FRASER MACKINTOSHasked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether permission to allow the Guildford Coach to pass through Richmond Park has been refused; and, if so, on what grounds, seeing that hackney carriages however loaded are permitted?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVRE, in reply, said, that the Park Rules made under the Parks Regulation Act of 1872 prohibited stage coaches, omnibuses, brakes, and wagons from entering the Parks; all other carriages were admitted. Under this rule the Guildford Coach was excluded.
§ MR. HEALYinquired why an exception had recently been made in respect to one class of vehicles, and cabs, however heavily laden, had been admitted?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVREsaid, that a careful examination of the Rule had convinced the authorities that the prohibition of cabs had hitherto been illegal, and they had accordingly been admitted. The prohibition, however, remained with respect to the other vehicles he had mentioned.
§ MR. FRASER MACKINTOSHasked whether the right hon. Gentleman would reconsider the Question?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVREsaid, he did not think it desirable that omnibuses 1789 and stage coaches should be permitted to enter Richmond Park; and it was not, therefore, in his opinion, advisable to alter the rules.