The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-15 00:00:00

A PLEA FOR BEARDS.

A correspondent of the Weekly News, calling himself
MEr'ctili:)?.Y,, and, writing upon the abomination of
shaving, says :
" Why should men cut off what nature has given them for
use, comfort, ornament, and as a distinguishing characteristic
of their sex ? Is shaving a pleasing operation ?
" If the choice lay between two evils, something might be
urged in favour of the custom of shaving; but I do most
strenuously contend that the beard is a positive good. It is
useful, for it affords naturally what we are forced to supply
artificially—warmth and protection to the throat. If the
fashion of wearing the beard were to come in, we should
have no more sore throats. It is ornamental—if you doubt
it, look at Cardinal Bembo's picture—at the portraits of
Titian, Shakspere, Fletcher, Spurs er, Chaucer, Alfred, Plato.
I could name a great man who wore a beard, for every
hair which I painfully shaved off this morning. It sets
off the face as in a frame ; it gives dignity, and conveys
the idea of strength, decision, manliness, depth of intellect,
solidity—in short, everything may be said in its favour—
nothing against it. ' What! I hear a fair friend exclaim,
would the wretch have our husbands, our brothers, our
sons, and our rephews, wear nasty beards, and look like
Frenchmen ?' Certainly not, Madam; and one reason why
we should not look like Irenchmen is, that our beards would
not be nasty. If we ceased to shave, we should not cease to
use soap and water, and I will venture to say that the
English beard would be the cleanest, glossiest, handsomest
thing in the world. Besides, the beard which I advo-
cate is the beard given us by nature, in the form in
which she has caused it to grow. I would not have it
touched by the razor; let the scissors curtail and shape it
when too exuberant : but my cry . is, ' a bas the razor!'
You very seldom see a foreigner with the beard, the whole
beard, and nothing but the beard. Lie shaves off his whiskers,
or his moustache, or in some way or other manages to dis-
figure himself. Now, what I want is, the whole or none.
Once admit that the use of the razor may be advantageous
to some extent, and 1 am as far off my end as ever.
Dear Madam, you know not the pains of shaving, and the
.beauties of the beard.

"' This may be all very well for you,' observes a
juvenis imberbis ; ' but supposing you are not blessed
with a beard
.fit to be seen' ' Supposing, my dear
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young friend, you are not blessed with a handsome nose. . !,„
that any reason why others should cut off their respecottn
nasal promontories, whether they be well formed_
_r
of obonnour,
Surely no. I declare to you, sir, upon niy word.t.
h pleasure
if it were the fashion to wear no noses, I would
once submit to the pain of the operation
lt uagainst the
feature, if I could by so doing insure nvo's:
of ampwitating that
misery attendant upon the daily smooth-faced
The hairy Esau sold his birthright to
time would have the
f their beards, but
Jacob. The Jacobs of the amputattshe of the beard.
Esaus of these days divest the
sate for the sacrifice, so
they offer not, as a bribe to ceruPen
~
much as a mess of pottage______—.,—.......
mitisoedievr:s 0

---- , iiij-E.c, --2 The Right lion, the
.conmsenied to preside at a meeting of
efurtii
e important
iwri, 0 sub-
ject,
purpose,
-a
LordT
proprietors of the Ball of Commerce having
I.SIII3aUvoNrALS 01;
steoot consider
the ir large
raoboomv
liberally offered
. , will be held there on Wednesday, the
joined
inst.,
iect, merchants
,1n d
at, and dhparo,:tphihne-rus
lai4nedettliit'tollewing Members of Parliament have joined the
committee, of which Lord Wharncliffe is the president;—
Sir James Duke, Bart., Joseph Hume, Esq., Robert S. Ten-
nent, I:,q , John McGregor, Esq., Arthur Anderson, Esq.,
Juin, Williams, I, sq., William Scholfield, Esq., J. Lewis
Ricardo, Esq., and Jacob Bell, Esq.
A soldier of the 92d Highlanders, named James
Grandison, committed suicide, on Saturday last, at the bar-
racks, Kilkenny, by shooting himself through the head with
his own musket. It appears that the poor follow had sud-
denly received an account of his father's death, and that his
mother had been ill-treated at home by another son, and this
affected his mind.

MINT.—The total amount advanced from the con-
solidatedfund for the purchase of bullion for coinage from
from 1837 to 1850 inclusive is shown by an account now be-
fore the House to have been 3,518,019/., and the amount
paid into the Back of England in repayment thereof has
welt 3,30,8164
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AN ELOPEMENT.
Your readers will turn from this ipainful topic with more
interest to an affair of a less distressing character—viz., " an
affair of the heart," the worst result of which it is hoped will
lead to nothing more dreadful than matrimony, as the
" happy pair" have so completely baffled pursuit. As the
lady is possessed of a fair share of personal charms, is accom-
plished, and only eighteen years of age; sad as the gentle-
man is a son of Mars, and holds a lieutenant's commission in
one of her Majesty's regiments of the line, the matter is sure
to excite an interest with your fair readers, and I therefore
give the leading particulars which have transpired. Miss T.
is the daughter of a highly respectable merchant in the Man-
chester trade, and Lieutenant M'D— came into this neigh-
bourhood some months ago on the recruiting service. An
introduction having taken place, the parties fbrmed an attach-
ment, which led to an attempt some weeks since to pay a
visit to Gretna. The lady had attended church at the
church of the Rev. Hugh Stowell on Sunday afternoon, along
with her maid, and succeeeded in giving papa the slip, and
both of them entered a vehicle, with which the gallant
lieutenant was waiting. They were driven to Bolton, in-
tending to take the railway train to Carlisle, but an unto-
ward event marred the whole plot. The lieutenant's ser-
vant was seen taking a heavy carpet bag in the direction of
the rendezvous at Salford, when a policeman suspecting that
he had committed a robbery, took him into custody, and
sufficient knowledge of the matter got to the lady's father,
through the disclosures which the servant was compelled
to make, to put him sooner than was expected on the
track of the fugitives. He drove immediately over to Bol-
ton, a distance of ten miles, and learnt that he had
started. An involuntary exclamation of disappointment,
in which he mentioned his " poor daughter," however, led
to the discovery that his pursuit had resulted in some-
thing nearer to success than he had expected A per-
son whose heart had been touched on hearing there was "a
lady in the case," told him that a lady who had also been
too late for a railway train was at a neighbouring hotel, and
thither he went and had his child restored to him. It ap-
pears the lovers had arrived only two minutes too late for
the train. The lady was placed under strict surveillance,
and means were taken to put a restraint on the movements
of the gentleman. Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington
was written to, and the re.selt was that the lieutenant and a
brother officer, who had given some aid in the matter, were
ordered forthwith to join their regiments. Notwith-
standing the watchful eye which Miss T's friends have
kept upon her movements since this event, it appears
that faithful to her first impulse, she has again escaped the
cage. Yesterday morning she went " a-shopping" in the
town with a female friend, and so successfully gave her the
slip, that up to this evening not the slightest clue to the
direction of her flight has been obtained. There is reason to
fear that a knot has been tied ere this which is not to be
untied, though " father and mother, and a' should go mad."
Inquiries have been made in all directions, but pursuit was
out of the question, because the direction of the flight has
not been ascertained.—. Daily News.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent' visited the
Quee❑ and Prince Albert yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode but on horseback
yesterday morning,attended by Litut.-Colonel lion. Alexan-
der Gordon.

The Royal Family took their usual pony and walking ex-
ercise yesterday in the gardens of the Palace.
The Royal dinner party at • Buckingham Palace yesterday
ircluded her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke
of Norfolk, the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby,
Baroness de Speth, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phippa.
The band of the Coldstream Guard. was in attendance in
the Palace during dinner, and performed the following se-
lection

Overture, " Siege et Corinth" . .
Great Exhibi'ion Quadrille
Selection from the Serenata, " The Sleeper
Awakened"
• Valse, " The ,Fusehia"
Polka, " The Lily"
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the
Palace.
A deputation in reference to the Denbighshire police force,
including Mr. John Williams, M.P.; Mr. G. H. Whalley
(Pins Madoc) had an interview with Sir George Grey yes-
terday at the Home-office.
Mr. Charles A. Saunders had an interview with Earl Grey
yesterday at the Colonial-office.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Bailey, ht.P., Mr. Ellice,
and Mr. Laird, Birkenhead-dock trustees; and Mr. Aber-
❑ethy, engineer, had an interview with Lord Seymour yes•
terda~y at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods
and forests, in Whitehall-place.
The Mayor of Portsmouth and deputation had an inter-
view yesterday with Sir George Grey.
Colonel W. L. Freestun, DL P., had an interview with the
Right Hon. Henry Labouchsro yesterday at the office of the
Board of Trade.

Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue,
Mr. Pressly, and Mr. Timm had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his cfficial resi-
dence in Downing-street.
Captain W. C. Harris, chief constable of Hampshire, and
Mr. Compton had an interview with Sir George Grey yea-
terday.
Dr. Shier had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey.
Earl de Grey and Earl de Tabley had an interview yes-
terday with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office.
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence had a dinner party yesterday,
at his residedce, in St. James's Palace. The company com-
prised his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and a
select circle, including the Earl and Countess of Closter-
field, the Earl and Countess of Glengall, Lord Frederick
Gordon Hallyburton, and Colonel Hon. George and Mrs.
Anson.

Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-
office for the Governors of Canada and the other North Ame-
rican colonies, and also for the Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday.
An appeal " Barclay r. Hogge (the Glanalbyn), part beard,
was resumed and concluded. An appeal was heard, " Ge-
neral Steam Navigation Company r. Van Vlissengen" (the
13urgomeister liendekofer).

STATE OP TRADE AT NOTTINGHAM.—Lace—There
has been somewhat more doing in the warehouses the last
week, owing to the fact of a few Scotch and Irish buyers
having been in the market; but a corresponding busim",_
has not been met with by the salesmen of brown goods. 4"
Easter falls late this year, it is probable the demand for
spring goods may be retarded ; at all events the Germans.
will be later in the season before purchasing for Leilmlic_t_ail:
Hosiery—There is a good trade yet doing. in gloY.es ili"ar":
r although
t ghshoi
since.
cgi
in
of the various textile materials, and in fabricating these
there• tic ,i s andno alsot
thatf o r
anxioushose there
d e is
is rae moderatet
o a have
short demand,t-ibm
from the frames so fast as there washands complain of being
The drawer, pantaloon, and shirt
much business doing
the }'ear December 3241,,68r849, amounted
yarnvery sthhoisrtwoefekw.ork. There is not
entS in tb
fund udrinNg
sameel
i. ,pt:lrt4ioh,7desl4lll:ct°-
heee
being receipts
for general e nerf a l this
and
expenses
es:there
management.
2ttobleBT2,i4hlai92eor,B°
holic Bishop of
Dr. Briggs, the newly ap-
pointed Roman —at.
Beverley. took place on
Thursday, at the church of St. George, York.
. .
itnlocnidoefnrtaesz iedxepnecnev
Nothing is so burdensome to us as self-reproach ;
and we are always glad to cast a part of its load upon the
sliOulders of other people.--Eliza Cook's Journal.
THE PROXIMATE PROTECTIONIST MINISTR T.—
There is great joy in the Carlton Club, in the' prospect of
another heavy blow and great discouragement being given to
the Whig Cabinet, by the debate on Lord Stanley's motion
on Tuesday next. Whatever the numerical result may be,
the Protectionists feel assured that the debate will be most
damaging to Ministers. And the war which has thus early
cel.hn,73Botl.bf.e r which
oolfntsi ig t. 64,4701. went
BOUNTY.—The
t'ae: .nt: odTael hrt;
been commenced against the Whig Cabinet, is to be carried
on unremittingly, and with vigour, until it terminates in
their utter discomfiture. It is right, we should add, that so
confident do the Conservatives feel of their near advent to
office, that they have their own Cabinet in a state of read -
ties 3.— Advert/4er.

MURDER AND SUICIDE.—The Chelmsford Chro-
nicle, in a second edition, contains an account of a murder
and suicide which took place in that town on Thursday. The
parties were George Ponder and t.;tiarlotte,Parmeuter, buds
by
yleven in the morning, he ra-
ng at their room
of a rather advanced age, who, fora
Albonoguttima efoprastinoti,rghhtathdesbirnee been
on terms of improper intimacy.
they left the union-house, and hirtehdeiarnlaunpdsltoaridrs room of Mr.
coS
elaii.etl- ,
naol
'Thursday,ida answer
Nerai
enbrgo
door, which
he discovered was fastened. Altar an ineffectual trial for ad-
mission, he forced open the door, and Walked into their room,
on entering which he found—from the bed-post in the room,
hung the lifeless remains of the male suspended by a cord
round the neck. On looking around, he discovered a sight
aueftat ellrekd half:
upopcaoks upon
still more horrifying. Within the bed lay the wretched
female with her throat cut—her head being partly decapi-
bt,shwairtph pocketwhich
decapi-
tated, and all signs of life fled ; upon the floor, a short
ki nii sTense, e bnefr of from
whichth
the
unhappy wa cverd
man,
e withla. two sharp
the fatal deed was committed. It is supposed that the man
took the life of the female whilst sleeping, and then sacrificed
bia own.

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