Tho' with a load, it may explode, And you may all be _un_done! And find you're going _up to heaven_, Instead of _up to London_."] The road steam carriage was such a novelty, that people hardly knew what to make of it, so a Select Committee of the House of Commons upon it was appointed, who reported thereon to the House on October 12, 1831. The conclusion of the report was as follows:-- "Sufficient evidence has been adduced to convince your Committee-- "1. That carriages can be propelled by steam on common roads at an average rate of ten miles per hour. "2. That at this rate they have conveyed upwards of fourteen passengers. "3. That their weight, including engine, fuel, water, and attendants, may be under three tons. "4. That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable inclination with facility and safety. "5. That they are perfectly safe for passengers. "6. That they are not (or need not be, if properly constructed) nuisances to the public. "7. That they will become a speedier and cheaper mode of conveyance than carriages drawn by horses. "8. That, as they admit of greater breadth of tire than other carriages, and as the roads are not acted on so injuriously as by the feet of horses in common draught, such carriages will cause less wear of roads than coaches drawn by horses. "9. That rates of toll have been imposed on steam carriages which would prohibit their being used on several lines of road, were such charges permitted to remain unaltered." On August 20, 1832, we hear of a steam carriage, constructed by a Mr. Hancock, intending to make an experimental trip to Windsor, and coming to grief at Dachet. In November and December of the same year we learn that a steam carriage, constructed by Captain Macirone and Mr. Squire, was running about Paddington, and that "the jolting was not much greater than an ordinary stage coach." In the _Times_ of April 25, 1833, we read of a "STEAM OMNIBUS.