§ MR. BARRANasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If he will state what number of prisoners from each of the three ridings were indicted at the last Yorkshire Assizes held in the city of York; and, whether, if he finds 174 that by far the largest number of prisoners comes from the west riding, he will direct that in future the Assizes for the county of York shall be held at Leeds?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS,in reply, said, he found that the number at the last Yorkshire Assizes was as follows:— West Riding, 27; East Riding, 2; North Riding, 9. As to holding the Assizes in future at Leeds, he would consult the learned Judges upon the matter before the next Circuit.