§ MR. CHARLESWORTHsaid, he rose to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if it is the intention of the Government to advise Her Majesty, in accordance with the petitions to Her Majesty in Council, from numerous municipal boroughs 401 and other places in the West Riding, for the better accommodation thereof, to remove the assizes for that Riding from York to Wakefield?
§ MR. WALPOLEThe question of the hon. Gentleman relates to a subject which excites immense interest in the West Riding; but before any decision can be come to on the claims of the different towns which desire the transference of the assizes to them, they must be all considered together at the same time. I am not prepared, however, to say that the Government has come to any decision on the subject.