§ Mr. M. A. Taylorsaid, that the subject to which he had now to draw the attention of the House was one of serious importance. The House was no doubt aware, that, excepting in cases where death ensued, under the present law, a stage-coachman who drove furiously, to the imminent; hazard of life and limb, could scarcely be punished at all; where a coach was over-turned, and the passengers were so injured that death was the ultimate consequence, the punishment upon the proprietors was only a fine of 10l., which might be mitigated to half the amount. Whatever might be done to improve the forms of stage-coaches, nothing could be effectual in diminishing the prevailing evil until the law applied more severely to the driver. By the measure he intended to propose, he did not mean at all to invade the common-law right of a passenger, who had received a personal injury, to proceed by action against the proprietors, but merely to inflict corporal punishment upon the drivers, in cases of wilful and Culpable negligence or misconduct; in short, that a driver might be indicted as for a misdemeanor, and punished by fine and imprisonment. He moved for leave to bring in a bill "for punishing criminally, Drivers of Stage Coaches and Carriages, for accidents occasioned by their negligence or misconduct."—Leave given.