§ SIR WALTER B. BARTTELOTasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If his attention has been called to the fact that the Assizes throughout England have been fixed a fortnight earlier than usual; that this will have the effect of clashing with the Quarter Sessions which must be held on a certain week as fixed by Act of Parliament; that in several counties the Quarter Sessions will have to be adjourned, the courts being occupied by the Judges and the Bar, and that many officers of the county will necessarily be in attendance at the Assizes; and, whether he can give any hopes that this inconvenient state of things will be altered in the future, particularly as it is presumed a gaol delivery will be made at the Assizes whatever the nature of the offences may be?
MR. ASSHETON CROSSI am aware of all the inconveniences pointed out in the Question of my hon. and gallant Friend, and I have been in communication with the Lord Chancellor on the matter. He is at the present moment consulting the Judges about it; and if my hon. Friend will ask the Question again on, Monday or Tuesday, I hope by that time to be able to answer it.