§ Sir T. Fremantlethen rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill for establishing a central asylum for Criminal Lunatics, and to amend the Acts relating to Lunatic Asylums in Ireland. The right hon. Baronet stated that a Committee of the House of Commons had sat some years ago on this subject, which had drawn up a very elaborate Report, and made many important suggestions and recommendations upon it. Those recommendations had been embodied in the Bill he proposed to introduce, the principal one being that it was inexpedient to confine criminal lunatics in gaols and other places, as at present, and that it would be infinitely preferable to build a special asylum for that unfortunate class of persons. The hon. Baronet, after a few words on the minor provisions of the measure, moved for leave to introduce his Bill.
§ Leave given, the Bill brought in, and read a first time.
§ House adjourned at half-past twelve.