The Earl of Malmesburywished to ask a question of the noble Lord opposite, as to the mode of distributing the Maundy money in future. He saw, by the vote of the House of Commons, that money had been granted to build up a Chapel for the soldiers, and to put in repair the Chapel at Whitehall. He was glad to see the grant, because for some years past the ceremony of distributing the Maundy money had been performed in a temporary building. The erection and pulling down of that building was a great nuisance to the tenants in that neighbourhood and a great cost to the public. He hoped that there would be no longer any reason for the continuance of such a nuisance, but that the Maundy money would be distributed in the Chapel.
§ Lord Duncannonsaid, that when the Chapel was finished, the Maundy money would be distributed there. While the military attended the Chapel, that was impossible; but now there was to be a Chapel built for them in the Birdcage walk, and as soon as the Whitehall Chapel was finished, it would be used for the purpose mentioned by the noble Earl.