The Speaker acquainted the house, that he had received a letter from lord viscount Mahon, who had been returned for Wendover and Kingston; in which his lordship declared, that he had made his election to serve for Wendover. A new writ was ordered for Kingston, thus vacated.—Mr. C. Wynne brought up the report of the committee appointed to examine into the state of Criminal and Pauper Lunatics in Great Britain. The report was ordered to be printed, after a few words from Mr. Wynne, who said that it had been wished to include Ireland and Scotland in the measure advised by the committee, but that it had been deemed adviseable to leave any proposition on this subject, to be brought forward by those who were better acquainted with the circumstances of those two countries.—Mr. Huskisson brought in a bill for investing his majesty with the rights of the Sierra Leone company, which was read a first time.— Mr. Hobhouse brought up the report of the committee on the king's message, rela- 817 tive to the queen's house at Frogmore. On the motion for the second reading of the resolution, Mr. Adam signified his royal highness the prince of Wales's acquiescence in it. The resolution was then agreed to, nem. con., and a bill ordered accordingly.—A new writ was ordered for Rye, in the room of earl Clancarty, who, since his election, had accepted the office of one of the joint postmasters in Ireland.—A new writ was ordered for Rye, in the room of sir John Nicholl, who had made his election to serve for Bedwin.