Then independent of my fleets, I've planned some palaces and streets, Th' expense is small--some paltry millions; But lo! the pyrotechnicalities, And gin and gingerbread hilarities, With all the hornpipes and _cow_tillions. If, after this, I hear complaints, I swear, by all the priests and saints, New taxes must your spirit humble, If VANSITTART[33] can find _one_ out, (Which once I heard the rascal doubt), Unless you're tax'd whene'er you grumble." [Footnote 32: The revolving Temple of Concord.] [Footnote 33: Then Chancellor of the Exchequer.] On the 11th of October, the _Temple of Concord_ was sold, and the following is a contemporary account of its sale: "The _Temple of Concord_, was on Tuesday, _knocked down_ in ninety-one lots by Mr. Creaton. "The sale commenced with the _flag-staff_ on the top of the _Upper Temple_. The brokers viewed it as a common piece of _fir_, which might be converted into excellent _firewood_, and it was knocked down at 14s. "Four _rainbows_, in spite of the scriptural allusions which they drew forth, produced only £4. 3s. "Eight _Vestals_ were sold for £14 8s. "Eight pair of _Ionic Columns_ coloured to imitate Sienna marble, produce £21 8s. 6d. "The _Doric columns_, of which there were sixteen pairs, painted in imitation of porphyry, averaged £1 12s. 6d. per pair. "The four _pyramidal pillars_ (shaped like Cannon) ornamenting the corners of the first platform, were purchased by an individual, with all their appurtenances, for £16 9s. "The _Cornices_, doorways, &c., with the inscriptions, on which Mr. Creaton sported many patriotic remarks, went off as follows:-- £ s. d. The Regency (_proh pudor_) 0 7 0 Peace Returning 0 7 0 Europe rescued 0 8 0 Strife descending 0 8 0 The Triumph of Britannia 2 10 0 The Golden Age restored 3 10 0 The Sceptre of the Bourbons restored 3 3 0 War desolating the earth 3 3 0 Frederick and Blücher 2 12 6 Francis and Schwartzenberg 2 12 6 The Regent and Wellington 3 0 0 Alexander and Kutusoff 2 15 0 The Arms of England and France 2 2 0 " Austria and Holland 2 0 0 " Russia and Prussia 2 0 0 " Spain and Portugal 2 0 0 "The mechanical fountains, which are eight in number, sold for £10 16s. "The sale of the exterior of the Temple of Concord concluded at five o'clock. It produced the gross sum of £200 2s. 6d. We should be glad to know what was the prime cost of the materials used in this structure, as well as the sum expended in preparing and setting them up."