§ MR. HADFIELDsaid, he would beg to ask Mr. Attorney General, Whether the Government intend to make any, and what, alteration in the existing Circuit arrangements; whether such arrangements will be completed before the next Summer Assizes, and will include a Winter Circuit, and in what places; and whether, on account of its extent and population, Yorkshire, like Lancashire, will have the privilege of Assizes in three towns, and, particularly, whether the Southern section of the County, comprising the Wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, will be allowed the privilege of an Assize Town?
THE ATTORNEY GENERALsaid, in reply, that the alteration in the existing Circuit arrangements had been for some time under the consideration of the Government, and that some alteration should take place could not be doubted; but the difficulty was to determine upon the particular arrangements to be made. Various projects had been under consideration, and within the last few days a written statement had been received by the Lord Chancellor from the Lord Chief Justice and the two other chief Judges, containing important suggestions on the subject. These suggestions demanded the fullest consideration. Time had not been afforded for that consideration, and it was hardly likely that any arrangements would be completed before the next Summer Assizes. In this stage of the inquiry the other questions put by the hon. Gentleman were rather premature.