The Chancellor of the Exchequer mentioned twelve hundred thousand pounds.

The chiefs of the opposition replied that to vote for such a grant would be to vote for the permanence of the present military establishment: they were disposed to give only so much as might suffice to keep the regular troops on foot till the militia could be remodelled and they therefore proposed four hundred thousand pounds.
The courtiers exclaimed against this motion as unworthy of the House and disrespectful to the King: but they were manfully encountered.

One of the western members, John Windham, who sate for Salisbury, especially distinguished himself.

He had always, he said, looked with dread and aversion on standing armies; and recent experience had strengthened those feelings.

He then ventured to touch on a theme which had hitherto been studiously avoided.