The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-16 00:00:00

OMNIBUSES.

Mr. DAWSON asked the Secretary of State for the
Rome Department, whether, in the absence of any present
limitation of fares demanded by conductors of omnibuses in
the metropolis, it would not be desirable to place these
public conveyances under the same regulations as hackney
TillagT3; and, whether the Government would undertake
legislation with that object.
Sir G. GREY said that it would not be possible to adopt
thesame. regulations relative to omnibuses that were in
force m respect to hackney carriages. Omnibuses_ came
under the denomination of stages coaches, and. they went
long and stated distances, and there was. a regulation by which
the proprietors were obliged to lase inside the carriages a
list of fairs for the different distancesPm in their routes, and
they were not entitled to charge more than the price which
they specified.
EXAMINATIONS UNDER THE NEW CODE.
Lord R. CECIL asked the Vice-President of the Coun-
cil
on Education whether; arrangements had been made at
the Council Office for
the appointment of clerks and
deputy inspectors to assist in the examinations required by
the New Code ; and whether, before such appointments are
made, an estimate of the expense to be incurred on that
account will be laid before Parliament ?
Mr. LOWE said there had been no such appointment as
.
that alluded to by the noble lord, and was not anticipated
that any such would be required during the present year.
THE QUEEN'S COLLEGES.
Mr. HENNESSY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland,
-when he will lay before the house his scheme for reducing
the professorships in the Queen's Colleges, and appro-
priating to other purposes the grant now given tor main-
taining the libraries and lighting and cleansing the
buildings.
Sir R. PEEL said that the matter was being considered
by the proper authorities, and it would be necessary to have
a statute to give effect to the decision at which they might
arrive.

OMNIBUSES.
In reply to Mr. Gnirrizli,
Sir G. GREY repeated in substance the answer he had
already given on the subject.
Mr. GRIFFITH thought it would be desirable if the list
of fares were placed outside as well as inside omnibuses.
Sir G. GREY said all he could do was to inform the
house of the law on the subject.
TRANSFER OF LAND BILL (LORDS).
On tho motion for going into committee on this bill,
Sir H. CAIRNS moved that it be referred to a select
committee. He was desirous that the bill should pass this
session, but from its importance it was necessary that it
should pats in the most perfect form possible. It had
been, said that this measure was merely a permissive
"..il, but that was only true in a limited sense, and the
result of the measure in its present state would be to bring
aurro ding the Purchaser of an estate into conflict with the owners of
have to estates whose titles to their properties would
, be investigated. The result of this would be that
tnere would be
With the great, Fr Con (Hear.)
endless disputes
.and 1 iga I. • House,
from whom greatest to the
mended would be ourse he recom•
opinion of the Upper
moat conducive
he thought the c ,To
drew the attention of hceonducive to public icnttethreastt. ii
there
)3., members to the fact
was not an entire consrrence of opinion amongst the
members of the house to all the provisions of the bill ;
and he analysed at some
lowing clauses, . h _ hoe considered required con-
siderable alteration. H denied that there was
any identity between this bill and
the Encumbered States
Court in Ireland, from which it was said to have been de •
rived.
Mr. COLLIER said that if this bill were referred to a
select committee it would be strangled, for the house must
know from its experiencethat in the ease of any bill referred