The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-21 00:00:00

CLEARED OUTWARDS.

The Sandbach, Bispham, for Demerara ; Brutus, Dawson,
Africa; Mary White, Garrington, Sierra Leone ; Wilmot,
Drenning, New Orleans; Barbadian, Barbadoes ; Bee,
Morris, St. John's, N.B.

TELEGRAPHED.
Off Voct Nant, inward bound, the Anion, from Genoa ;
Charlotte, Quebec. Wind S.W.

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The disposal of the furniture belonging to the Prin-
cess Polignac, at Ham, has terminated says the Gazette
de Picardie, after three days' sale, during which crowds
pressed with avidity to the chambers in which the Princess
had passed so many solitary hours, in a dwelling to which,
for six years, the poor have constantly turned with an eye
of hope, certain of relief. Each was desirous of possessing
something that had belonged to the Princess, and, conse-
quently, every article went at a high price. Some water-
coloured drawings, executed in the fortress by the captive,
were the objects of strong co'tnpetition, as were the articles
of his furniture. The produce of the sale, which was gene-
rously given to the poor, amounted to 3,500 francs.

SNUFF-TAKING.—It is curious to see the various
modes in which people take snuff. Some do it by little fits
and starts, and get over the thing quickly. These are epi-
grammatic snuff-takers, who come to the point as fast as
possible, and to whom the pungency is every thing. They
generally use a sharp and severe snuff—a sort of essence of
pin's points. Others arc all urbanity and polished demea-
nour ; they value the style as much as the sensation, and
offer the box around them as much out of dignity as bene-
volence. • - Some take snuff irritably, others bashfully, others.
in a manner as dry as the snuff itself, generally with an
economy of the vegetable ; others with a luxuriance of ges-
ture, and a lavishness of supply, that announces a moister
article, and sheds its superfluous honours over neckcloth and
coat. Dr. Johnson was probably a snuff-taker of this kind.
lie used to-take it out of his waiscoat-pocket, instead of a
box. There is a species of long-armed snuff-taker, that per-
forms the operation in a style of potent and .elaborate pre-
paration, ending with a sudden activity. But smaller and
rounder men sometitheseattempt'it. He first puts his head
on one side ; then stretches forth the arm, with pinch in
hand ; then brings round his hand, as a snuff-taking ~IQp-
liant might his trunk ; and, finally, shakes snuff, head, Lod
nose together, in a sudden vehemence of convulSion. His:
eye-brows all the while arc lifted up, as if to make more
room for the onset ; and when he has ended, he siraws him-
self back to his perpendicular ; and generally proclaims the
victory he has won over the insipidity of the previous 019-
merit, by a snuff and a great " Hah ! "—Leigh Hunt.

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POWERFUL MUSICAL BOXES, in woad
cases, 12 inches long, by 5 inches wide, each playing Four Airs, witlr
the mechanism finished in a very superior manner, are offered for
Five Guineas each. Also a few of the same description, with
Sis
Airs, price Seven Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Working
Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London.
N. B. The small musical boxes, inches long, continue selling
in tin cases, price 19s. each, or in composition shell cases, at 09'7

8111 Tll S.
On the 20th inst , in Hamilton-place,, the Hon. Mrs. Ge°rge
Elope, of a daughter.
On the ltith inst., at Mallow, county Cork, the wife of Wilijant
Milliken, Esq., of a son.
On the 19th inst., the lady of L. Goodman, Esq., Cambridge-
terrace, of a son and heir.

MARRIED.
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On the 20th inst., at Trinity Church, Marylebone, William, the
eldest son of Matthew Needham, Esq., of Linton Firs, Nottingham Pt.
shire, to Camilla, second (laughter of S. Bosatiquet, Esq., of tipper
Harley-street, and of Din,eston Court, INlenmouthshire.
On the 16th inst., at Albridge, Somersetshire, the Rev. Fiancia
Jenne., D. C.L., Head Master of King Edward's School, Birrnillr
ham, and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, to Margaret, 0111
child of H. Symons, Esq., of Axbrid

D/ED.
On the 18th inst., in Upper Brook-strect, Mrs. O'Giady, sister
of the late Viscountess Barberton.
On the Bth inst., at Onslow-terrace, Bror»pton, aged 84, Janet
relict. of Mr. D. Thomson. trt
On the 18th inst., at Connaught-terrace, Miss Mary Wade,.
her 79th year.
On the 18th inst.; at Eaton-square, S. 131aeknore, Esq., aged 74:
On the 16th inst.,- aged 81, Mr. John Bott, of Well-stri"'
Cripplegate.
On the 15th inst., aged 21, Anne; eldest daughter'of J. Coven"
try, Esq., of Burgate House, Hants.
On the 17th inst., in Upper Harloy.,strcet, Louisa Henrietta*
youngezt daug of P. Hadow, E.
On the 16thhter inst., at Wallington Rectory, Iferts, aged 82, Elisa-
beth, wife of the Rev. T. Sisson, A.M.
On the 18th inst., at Hither-green, Lewisham, cged 38, Lieut.
Robert Lester Parkinson, R.N., second son of J. Parkinson, Egli
of Sackvillc-street.
On the 17th inst., at Chelsea, an
17, Charles, only survivng
child of the late C. Mande, Es
On the 18th inst., at West q.
Drayton, Middlesex, aged 929 MI%
Joseph Tienielin, for above forty years a. respectable inhabitant ot
Piccadilly.
London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No•
119, Strand, at ne Sun Office, No. 112 Strand, in the county
of Midalewx.— Wednesday, December 21, 1636.