§ MR. BADEN-POWELL (Liverpool, Kirkdale)asked Mr. Attorney General, If he can inform the House whether the Lord Chancellor has come to any decision in reference to the representations which were made to him by the deputation which waited upon him in reference to the Continuance Sittings Bill in the Provinces?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir CHARLES RUSSELL) (Hackney, S.), in reply, said, that he had received from the Secretary to the Lord Chancellor a communication to the effect that he had seen the Judges since the deputation on this subject attended in London, and, with their Lordships' assent, he had it in contemplation to alter the existing Rules by removing the restrictions which limit the facilities of trial in Lancashire. The Lord Chancellor had also under consideration, and hoped to be able to provide a scheme, by which the administrative business of causes proceeding in the District Registries of Manchester and Liverpool might be prosecuted locally and not necessarily in London.