The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-01 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1829.

CONTRACT FOR MALT.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL, May 30, 1829.
THE Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital
do hereby give Notice, that on SATURDAY, the
6th of June, at Eleven o'clock, they will be ready to receive
Proposals from such Parsons as may be willing to contract
for supplying
GOOD PALE MALT 4.00 Quarters.
FINE PALE MALT 5O Quarters.
AMBER MALT 50 Quarters.

Printed Forms of Proposals, and particulars as to
quality, period of delivery, &c., may be obtained at the
Steward's Office.
No Tender will be received after Eleven o'clock •n the
day of treaty, nor any noticed unless the party, or an agent
fur him, attends.

Proposa!s are required to be agreeable to the printed
forms above-mentioned, and the word "'Tender" must be
written on the address •f each, other wise no regard will be
paid to them.

TIAIE GALLERY of the SOCIETY of
PAINTERS in WATER COLOURS, PALL-
MALL EAST, is NOW OPEN, every day, from Nine
till Seven.

Admittance, IL—Catalogue, Sispenoe.
CHARLES WILD, Sec.

This day was published, in One Vol. 12in0., price Ss. boards,
DEUTSCH ES LESEBUC ; or, Lessons
in German Literature, divided into Four Parts,
containing :—Part I. An Interlinear, Literal, and Fire
Translation; Parts 11. and 111. A Literal or Free Trans-
lation on the oppweite pages; and Part IV. A Translation
of the most difficult Words and Phrases at the bottom of
each page.
By J. ROWBOTHAM, F. Ast. S.L.
_ _

Author of a German Grammar, a French Grammar, an
Algebra, and a Key, &c.
Printed for W. Joy, St. Paul's Church-yard, and the
Author, Marlhorough-place Academy, Walworth.

MIDDLETON HALL, BRENTWOOD, ESSEX.
TO LET UNFURNISHED, at the con-
venient distance of Eighteen miles from London,
A DELIGH f FUL RESIDENCE, with good garden, hot
and green-houses, &c. stabling fur ten horses, double
coach-house and other conveniences, and with or without
Ten Acres of Land. The situation is elevated and peculi-
arly eligible and healthy, coaches pass to and from town
daily at all hours, within a mile of Lorel Petre's kennel,
and within reach of several other packs of hounds.
Fur particulars, apply to Mr. blerringham, solicitor,
Brentwood ; Mr. G. Capes, solicitor, No. 5, Raymond's-
buildings, Gray's Inn ; or Gillow and Co., 176, Oxford-
street, London.

NEW WESTERN MARKET.

A market is about to be established in the north
of Marylebone parish, for the supply of hay, fruit,
and vegetables, to the inhabitants of the western
part or the metropolis. An area of 340 by 320 feet,
situated on the north side of the Portman estate,
is marked out as the spot. The exact site
of the market is 100 yards from the Edgeware
Road, between Portman-place and Lisson-grove,
and is bound by Carlisle-street, on the west, Salis-
bury-street on the east, Church-street on the south,
and Princess-street on the north. An open space
will be left on the north side of the market, for rho
sale of hay, which will admit of two rows of waggons.
The vegetable and fruit market will consist of neat
brick-built dwelling-houses and shops; externally, a
space will be left behind the houses as a yard, arid
an internal market will be formed beyond the yard,
to consist of sheds or shops merely, without d,‘ ell-
ings. A very considerable space will thus be left
in the centre of the market for the sale of such
articles as may be pitched it+ the open air without
injury, as the internal area will not be covered
For the convenience and cleansing of the market, a
fountain will be raised in the middle of this space.
The centre building of the north front will be a pub-
lic-house. The principal entrance of the market
will be from Church-street, on the south ; kit there
will be other entrances on each side. It is not in-
tended wholly to exclude butchers, but they are not
to be allowed to kill beasts of any kind within the
market. The ground upon which this market is to
be built has been purchased by Mr. Wilson, who is
agent to Mr. Portman ; and it is his intention, we
understand, to take upon himself the whole of the
speculation attendant upon this undertaking. The
erection of the buildings, &c. will be under the direc-
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tion of Mr. Parkinson, who is the architect and sur-
veyor to this enormous estate, which consists of
261 acres, all, with the exception of five or six,
built upon, and principally covered with large and
respectable houses. The ground upon which Covent-
garden market stands measures about 210 feet by
300, so that the new market which we believe is to be
called " Portman-market," will be considerably
larger than our largest London markets. It is un-
accountable that a metropolis like London should
depend almost entirely upon one market for a supply
of fruit and vegetables, for though there are markets
where these articles are to be found mixed up with
other commodities, we believe there is not one in or
near London devoted as Covent-garden is to the pro-
duce of the soil. There can be no doubt, therefore,
but that there exists almost a necessity for a further
supply, nor can there be much doubt of this new
speculation being a successful one.—Observer.

PRICE 71).

ON SMOKING AND SNUFF-TAKING.

The most polite consumers of tobacco are the
snuff-takers. This habit, (which, it must not be
imagined, has been a prevalent custom from our
earliest acquaintance with tobacco), originated in
France about a century and a half ago, and be-
came a fashion about the time that Louis the
14th aimed at universal conquest, by endeavour-
ing to extend the French language and Gallic
manners throughout Europe. That it was par-
tially prevalent in Queen Elizabeth's time, is
however very clear from some passages in
Shakspeare. (Vide the description of the fop
in Henry the 4th.) The fashion, then, having
originated at Versailles, where the ladies and
gentlemen equally adopted it with a view of dis-
playing at once a brilliant ring, a handsome
snuff-box, and a fine hand, the jewellers and perfu-
mers instantly availed themselves of the occasion
to promote the taste of snuff-taking as widely as pos-
sible. I am not going to defend this practice, which
like every other pastime or indulgence, innocent
in itself; may be carried to that extreme, as to
be injurious or disgusting to,society ; but 1 am
ready to defend it from the attacks of those
" fire and fury" " darkness and devils" censors,
who confound the custom with the abuse. Let
these censors say what. they will, a snuff-box is
a powerful social weapon, and has untied the
tongue of many a frigid, purse-proud, unap-
proachable Englishman in a stage coach, which,
like the tail of our native mastiff, would never
• have wagged, if you had not given him some-
thing. Sterne found a pinch of snuff an intro-
duction or passport to the most agreeable and
refined society in the public walks and theatres
of Paris, and, in this respect, the fancies and
humours of our Gallic neighbours are as readily
tickled, through the nose, now, as ever they
were in that day. The late Dr. Harington
used to say, that there was a kindly and bene-
volent feeling in the " petimusque damusque
vicissim" interchange of It appee and Lundifoot,
and if the waistcoat or frill was a little begrimed,
he used to say—" no matter—it is
" Non indecoro pulvere sordidus."
Tried in the crucible of such a man's mind, and
coming out " unhurt by his philosophy," the
practice of snuff-taking may bid defiance to all
the fumes and fret of bilious censorship. The
late Lord Stanhope reckoned loss of time as
one of the evils of snuff-taking, and calculated
that an inveterate wmff-taker consumed two en-

tire years out of forty, in taking out his box,
snuffing up the powder and blowing his nose,
besides incurring a great extra expence in the
same period, for washing pocket-handkerchiefs.
In answer to part of this allegation, I can say,
with some confidence, that were it not for the
stimulating properties of the said dust, much of
the two years would he equally sacrificed in the
arms of Somnus.
Smoking, I am afraid, I shall find a much

more refractory subject, and if I defend it at all,