The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-11 00:00:00

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MRS. COBBETT.

This lady, who has so frequently been before the courts,
attended again. this morning and applied for a writ of
habeas corpus to bring up her husband, in order that he
might be discharged from prison, on the ground that the
case on which he was apprehended did not follow a judg-
ment. It would be necessary for her to state what had
taken place before Mr. Justice Hill at chambers. When
her husband last appeared before the court he did not dis-
cover that there was no judgment to warrant the ca sa.
He immediately proceeded to chambers to consult Mr.
Justice Hill upon the point. The attorney who opposed
her summons had no defence to make, but Mr. Justice Hill
suggested that the case should be adjourned in order that
the defendants might consult counsel.

Mr. Justice Hill denied that the suggestion proceeded
from him. He was asked to consent to a brief adjourn-
ment, in order that the summons might be amended, and
he did so.

Mrs. Cobbett indignantly complained that she was un-
justly kept two hours in an ante-chamber, and was not
lowed to go into the learned judge's room again. While
the clerk went away for a moment she slipt in to let the
judge know that she was there, but the judge ordered her
out again. If her case had been heard at two o'clock, as
it ought to have been, her husband would have been dis-
charged. Sho complained further, that the attornies on
the opposite side had come to the court and been guilty of
falsehood and perjury in swearing that they had 'a judg-
ment aganiat Mr. Cobbett, whereas they had not.

'he Lord Chief Justice said he was informed that there
was an order of Mr. Justice Hill in existence, and Mrs.
Cobbett's application ought to have been to set aside that
order.

Mrs. Cobbett said that Mr. Justice Hill had acted as
counsel for the other side. He said if it had not been for
the judgment he would have discharged her husband, and
if he had heard the case at two o'clock he would have been
compelled to do so. A forgery had been entered upon the
judgment book of the court, for a judgment had been
entered, whereas no judgment had been obtained. Her hus-
band had been imprisoned five years unjustly, and he ought
not to be detained upon the technical point of an amend-
ment to a summons. She trusted that their lordships would
grant a habeas corpus, and restore her husband to his
liberty. Their lordships discharged a murderer upon an
irregularity, and there could be no reason why the same
course should not be adopted with regard to her husband.
The Lord Chief Justice, having consulted the other
judges, said the Court felt bound to refuse the application.
Mrs. Cobbett—Then I must come again next term.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

THE E.kICI3RIDGE PROCTERSI' CASE.-KEMPE V. NEVILLE,

A new rule was moved for this morning in this case by
Mr. Edwin James, who contended that if it had not been
for the misdirection of Mr. Justice Erie, who tried the
ease, the damages for the plaintiff would have been larger.
The learned gentleman remarked that he was not aware at
present whether Sir F. Kelly intended to move for a new
trial on the part of the university authorities.
The Court deferred their decision.

CRIMINAL COURT—(this Day).

OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.)
THE LEATHER FRAUD.

The indictment for perjury against Lewis Robert
Poole, who, together with Ventris and Chapman, were
found guilty of conspiracy, was resumed this morning.
The case was proceeding when we went to press.

POLICE IN7ELLI9ENCE—(TMs Day)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OP ♦ C♦DaLAN TO ► PRO.
PESSOR.—Francis Burke, badge 9,152, cab 2,100, was
charged with being drunk and furiously driving his cab, to
the danger of his fare.
Professor Theodore Goldstucker, of University College,
said that the evening before, being unwell, he engaged the
defendant's cab, near Rathbone-place, Okford-street, and
told the defendant to drive him and a lady a few doors
beyond the Pantheon. At first the defendant hardly moved,
but suddenly dashed off at a furious rate; so much so
indeed, that the lady was fearful that the cab
would be dashed to pieces, and both of them seriously
injured. At length he succeeded in stopping the defendant,
and offered him 6d., the distance not being a quarter of a
mile, when the defendant demanded ls., telling him that
he had engaged him in Museum-street, which was not the
case. He then told the defendant, who got a crowd round
him, to drive him to the station, and he did so, but took
him through a number of back streets. He did not wish
to punish the defendant, but thought persons ought not to
be at the mercy of drunken cabman, and would be satisfied
with an apology.
Bentley, 55 C, said the defendant was drunk.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a gross case, and he should
deal with the defendant as he did with all cabmen acting
in a similar manner. He should fine him 40s. or eia weeks.
An apology from such a man was of no use.

WIND AND WEATHER REPORT.

This DAY, JJ
Birmingham, N.W.; thaw '
Bradford, S.W. ; thaw
Brighton, N.E.; frost, fog
Bristol, N. ; fog, frost
Cambridge, S.W. ; cloudy
Cardiff,' S.W. ; fog, frost
Chatham, W.N.W., light;
cloudy
Deal, S.S.W., fresh; frost
Derby, S.W. ; fog
Doncaster, N.E. ; dull
Dover, S., light ; cloudy
Dublin, E ; tine

dull,

Dundee, N:E.; frost
Edinburgh, W.; thaw
Falmouth, calm ; fog, frost
Glasgow, E. ; rain
Goole, N.W.; thaw
Gravesend, S.E. ; thick fog
Harwich, W. ; frost
Holyhead, S.W., light
breeze; cloudy

.N. 11, 9 A.m. '
Inverness, W. ; rain
Leeds, N.B. ; damp
Manchester, S.W. ;
thawing
Middlesborough, N.W. ; dul
Milford Haven, N.E. ; fine
Newcastle on Tyne, S. ; rain
Newmarket, S.W. ; fine
Norwich, N.W., light; frost,
fine
Peterborough, W. ; frost
Sheffield, N.W. • dull
Southampton, calm ; frost,fog
Stockton on Tees, N. 8.; thaw
Sunderland, NE.. ; thaw
Wakefield, S.E. ' • dull
West Hartlepool, S. ; thaw
Weymouth, calm ; fog
Whitehaven, S.; rain
Wolverhampton,N.W.; thaw
t York, S.E. ; thaw

WIGS.—The first wig noticed in this country
was worn by Henry VIII.'s fool--Saxon; and, as the actor
often assumed it, Hamlet says, " It offends me to the soul
to hear a robustious, periwig-pated fellow tear a passion
to tatters." In the reign of Charles I. long hair had
become fashionable at Court, and as all were not fur-
nished with flowing locks, art was called in to supply
the deficiencies of nature. Thus perukes were introduced,
arranged to flow over each shoulder and down the back ;
and so excessive did they become in size, that ten heads
could not have furnished sufficient hair for one of them.
The wig of Louis XIV. of France was so large that he was
said to rob the heads of his subjects to cover his own ;
and so great was the demand for hair in England, that in
1700, a young country girl received 60 pounds far her head
(Abair, and the grey locks of an old woman, after death sold
for 50 pounds. At this time the hair of the common domes-
tic goat was in high request, and the whitest wigs were
made of it. In Pennant's time, a good skin, well-haired,
was sold for a guinea. We do not know the cost of the
huge cauliflower wig of the great Grecian, Dr. Parr, which
was always conveyed, when duly powdered, in a special box
to the house where he was to bo received at dinner ; but we
are acquainted with the fact, that the charge for one of
these oppressors was sometimes forty pounds. The stuff-
gown men, as well as the wearers of silk at the bar, the
judges on the bench, together with bishops and archbishops
are all indebted, even now, for them to goat's hair.—Css-
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