The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-03 00:00:00

THE GROANS OF THE TALENTS.

The IP lais, poor souis ! lament and groan
At triumphs that any not their own; •
And at illuminations pout,—
Because their farthing rasMightts Out.

Mr. Pow'FAX, Coach -maker, of Old Bond-street,
lately'applied -a small quantity of the ,Royal Pa-
tent Anti-Attrition to a carriage belonging to
Major BLAIR, with which it ran to Dumfies, in
`Scotland,
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tibuaregkh t. o-Lzton, each tinge passiu
through itsi
return
through Bar
net the post boys and ostlers pretended rite car-
riage would not proceed 'without greasing ; but
Mr. POWE'LL Laving assured Major B. hemight
int l:loittt:
re
rely on it:
npyeorft,•
other application,
thepli cat -joonti,r
inieeyi'l‘lNs-iesltletivi
nocituhireiiitilgg-touched. The result proved the fact ;
and oa its arrival in London., the carriage wits
sent to 'Mr'. PowELL's who examined the wheels,
anti found the Composition 'in such a state as to
Warrant his declaring it would still, with the most
perfect safety) have travelled a considerable dis-
tarree.

A person entrusted with the receipt of taxes for
the parish'of. St.,Mary ;Magdalen, Taunton, ah--
scowled last week With nearly the sum of 4000/.
Ile occupied a large farm near that.town, and was
alw4s considered as an industrious and respecta..'
hie man. lie has kit property that will nearly
cover the deficiency: Tiie' fall (If grain, and the
extent of land he-rented at a long lease, it is sup.
posed, induced thii extraordinary conduct..

FltoJi 'I LI h; Cil

nAvousT's MENIonIAT

rContin tied from on Paper in ye;terday.]

" These drafts migbt-•be considered as assign-
ments upon the Bank of Hatnburgh. But as no-
thing short of abs.Olute necessity could justify
slich a measure, before ordering it, I called upon
Count de Gbaban fora statement of our expences

und witnts, According to the report by M. de
chabiln, and 'authenticated by my decree of the
13th of,December, the arrears of ,expenses froM
the Ist o!- July, 1813, and 'the sum wanted for the
month of November, amounted to 12,542,6G4
francs. The'enorinity of, this slim, and •the fur-
ther necessity of providing for the expellees of the.
-Artillery and lingineer department, and rue, los-
pitals, did not permit me to, hesitate longer, and
by my decree of the 2d November, 1 ordered the
sequestration of tile property of the -Bank to an--
swer for 48 millions due from
,the town.
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" I made another -effort to avoid, this painful
measure, by apprising the merchants, throiigh the •
commissioners ordered to put seals on the Bank,
that this measure would not he carried into ef-
fect, if they who'd engage to furnish monthly, the
sums necessary for the expences- of the• army.—
After a lapse of five days, two of the COMMIS.-
sinners, 'M. de Chaban and Count Hogendorp,
informed me, that the merchants were re-solved
not to take any engagement upon them, and that
no resource remained but to take possession of
the Bank. It was thus, that after exhausting all
other means, and using every effort with the mer-
chants to enable them to preserve the .Bank, their
non-compliance, and the necessity 'of the case,
compelled me to go on. 1 gaie to my Govern-
ment an account of the proceeding and its mo-
tives. The Commissioners who made the seizure
were men of rank and known character. They
Made regular minutes of every thing ; the amount
of property in the Bank, and the branches of ex-
.penditure to which it was: applied, were carefully •
recorded. The services to -which those funds
were applied consisted of the hospital depart-
ment, subsistence and pay of the French troops,
and of the civil administrations, and the conti-
nuation of the works of the artillery and engineer
department—works which contributed to prserve
25,000 men to the country. • TO ensure the regu-
larity of the application of the money, 1 gave or-
tiers, that tinder the superintendance of Cha-
ban, all the usual forms enjoined,by,the Treasury
should be observed, reserving to myself the right
of opening credits, according to the demands made.
All the payments made at Hamburgh may be con-
sidered as wade in the name-and on the account
of the Government, and it is for the Commis-
sioners 'of Finance, who stmeeedtd M. Chaban,
to account for the employment of the funds.seized

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in the Bank. Measures were taken to convert
the bullion into the coin of the country, which

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was done in the most intelligent manner, and
with the utmost probity. The Commissioners,
whenever, your Majesty shall call on them,. can
give an account of their administration. When 1
was undct thr occcasity of seizing on the Bank of
Hamburgh, the debt due, including the month of
November, exceeded twelve millions ; and when
was superseded in my command by the General
of Division Count Gerard, a part of the arrears
was paid. 1 had met all the expellees -of the ar-
tillery and engineets-; the pay was assigned to the
Ist of June ; and I left in the military chest of
the army-1,718,254 francs, 'which continued to
he applied to the,same uses. This summary will
give your Majesty an idea of the 'economy with
which the employment of about 13 millions found
in the Bank was regulated, deducting the sums
belonging to the king of Denmark, and the cha-
ritable institutions of the town, which were re-
funded by my orders." •