§ Lord Ashleymoved 1104 the Second Reading of the Lunatic Asylums and Pauper Lunatics Bill.
§ Sir J. Grahamobserved, that he had already expressed his decided opinion that the period had arrived when the management of lunatic asylums ought to be compulsory. In ten years parishes would find themselves great gainers by the change. The interest on the money advanced, he apprehended, would be the same as on Exchequer Bills.
§ Bill read a second time.
§ House adjourned at half-past twelve.