§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
§ THE EARL OF DEVONmoved the second reading of this Bill. The object of the Bill was to divide the County Palatine of Lancaster into three districts, and to appoint a prothonotary to each. Originally there had been only one, when the assizes were held at Lancaster, but since the establishment of the assizes at Liverpool and Manchester this had been found very inconvenient. The general scope of the measure had been long under the consideration of the Duchy, and the proposed arrangement would greatly facilitate assize business.
§ Motion agreed to: Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.