§ LORD EDWARD THYNNEsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether, as the Police prevent cabs from plying in Pall Mall, he will give instructions to the Metropolitan Police to enforce that system throughout the Metropolis?
§ SIR GEORGE GREYsaid, in reply, that this order was issued in consequence of the obstruction caused by the great 1314 number of cabs plying for hire between Waterloo Place and St. James Street. At the same time, three new cabstands had been established in the neighbourhood. There was a law applicable to the whole metropolis, by which the Police were required to summon all drivers plying for hire when not on a stand.