§ MR. RICHARD SMYTHasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether, in consequence of the action recently taken by the Board of Governors of the District Lunatic Asylum of Londonderry and by the Board of Guardians of that Union, the Lord Lieutenant will withhold his sanction for the erection of a new asylum for the city and county of Londonderry?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS - BEACHThe Board of Governors of the District Lunatic Asylum of Londonderry proposed some little time ago to erect a new asylum, their existing asylum being very much overcrowded. They have, however, lately rescinded that decision, and the Lord Lieutenant does not at present propose to recommend to the Privy Council to sanction the erection of a new asylum for Derry, but to inquire whether the present asylum might not be enlarged.