HC Deb 18 June 1806 vol 7 c736
Sir J. Sinclair

obtained leave to bring in a bill for altering and amending the acts of the 28th and 30th of the king regulating the number of passengers to be carried on the outside of coaches.—On the motion of Mr. Windham, the lords amendments to the mutiny bill were taken into consideration and agreed to.— Lord Folkstone stated that it would be in the recollection of the house that the sum of 40,000l. had been voted by them for paying the debts of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer. Among the sums voted by parliament, and unprovided for, since ordered to be laid before the house, he observed mention of the sum of 41,010l. paid to John earl of Chatham, and George bishop of Lincoln. He felt at a loss how to get at the fact of this appropriation of the public money, but he believed the best mode for him to pursue would be, to move, "that there be laid before the house a copy of the order for paying to John earl of Chatham, and George bishop of Lincoln, the sum of 41,010l." Ordered.