§ SIR WILLIAM HOULDSWORTH) (Manchester, N.W.I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that no notice of the opening of the Assizes on the 3rd of May was sent down to Manchester till the 25th of last month, thus leaving only eight days' interval during which the suitors could give notice of entering causes for trial, whereas 10 full days notice is required by law, the consequence being that only two causes, which happened to have been set down previously, will stand for trial next Saturday; and whether it is in his power to take any steps to prevent a recurrence of the grave inconvenience experienced by suitors on this occasion?
§ MR. MATTHEWSI have communicated this question of my hon. Friend to the Lord Chancellor, who is now making an inquiry into the matter.