MR. GATHORNE HARDYsaid, he would beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether any Bill will be introduced, during the Session, to divide the shrievalties of Yorkshire and Lancashire or either of those counties?
§ MR. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN, in reply, said, a Bill had been prepared for dividing the shrievalty of Yorkshire; but the question of doing the same for Lancashire having been raised, it was thought better to defer the introduction of the Bill until it should be decided whether it was desirable that it should be made applicable to both counties.