Star.
London, England, 1826-11-21 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVAI.F.
Mrs. Lushington, on Saturday evening, at her house in Down-
ing-street, from her sea: in Kent ; Sir Robert and Lady Wigram,
in Connaught-place • the Marquis of Lansdown, in Berkeley.
square, from liowood Park, Wilts; Lord and Lady King, in
Dover-street, from Oakhim, Surrey ; she Earl and Countess of
Hardwicke, in St. James's-square, from Wimpoie. Cambridgeshire ;
Sir John Harrington, in Berkeley-square, from Richmond; Lord
Althorpe, from Holkham, Norfolk ; Lady Cremorni, in Stanhope-
street, May-fair, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Tynti, in Grosvenor-
street, front Richmond ; Lord and Lady W. Somerset, at the Duke
of Beaufort's, Grosvenor-square, from Mrs. Tynti's, Richmond;
Earl Talbot, at the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury's at Rich.
mond ; Sir John Shelley, at Jordan's Hotel, &. James's-street,
from Sussex ; the Marquis and blarchioness of Downsbire, from a
tour, and Captain Lumley, from Brighton, at Read's Hotel, Lower
Grosvenor-street ; G. Heneage, Esq. M.P. from Hainton Hall,
Leicestershire, and W. Brummell, Esq. from his seat near Colches-
ter, at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-atreet ; Lord Brudenell,
from Brighton, Sir M. Lady, and Miss Chninteley, from Easton,
Lincolnshire, and Colonel Craddock, from a tour, at Fenton's
Hotel, Jermyn-street ; J. A. Stewart, T. Stewart, and G. Stewart,
Esqrs. from Paris, and W. Legros, Esq. from Herb, at the loyal
Hotel, St. James's-street ; Sir A. and Lady Christie, from Chat-
ham, Captain Mildmay, from Hampshire, J. Browne, Esq. from
Ireland, and J. and A. Montgomery, Esqrs. from the ontinent, at
the Burlington Hotel ; his Excellency Baron &lernald, the Swedish
Ambassador, from the. Continent, Lord Carberry, from Ireland,
Sir 1). and Lady Gould, and Miss Lovett, from their seat in Hens, at
the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-atreet ; Sir J. and Lady Sewell, in
Cumberland-st. Portmaniquare, from Wick Hill House, Brachnell,
Berks; the Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, a t Cholmondej
ley House; the Countess Dowager Poulett, at Hyde Park-corner ;
Sir John de Bourg, in Connaught-place; Admiral Sir Christopher
Cole, in Piccadilly; Sir George Warrender, Bart. in Whitehall.
place; Captain Cochrane, of the 7th Dragoon Guards, in Picca-
dilly, from Thames Ditton; Captain Sewell, of the 13th Regi-
ment, in Conduit-street, from Dublin; Lord Saye and Sele, in
Lower Berkeley-street, from Belvedere, in Kent ; Mrs. and Miss
Sykes, in Brook-street, from Paris; ilonel and Mrs. Norris, in
Park-street, from Cheltenham • the Countess of Farnham and
Baron Sanderson, in Piccadilly, from Calton Hall, Litchfield ;
Rev. W. Money, in Bryanstone-square ; Colonel and Mrs. Price,
in Montagu-square • Captain Hickman, of the 6th Inniskillen Dra-
goons, from Dorchester, in Piccadilly ; Major and Mrs. Prior, in
Baker-street, from Brighton; Captain Bulkeky, at the Knights.
bridge Barracks; Captain Lyon, of the 4d Life Guards, in Pice./..
dilly, from a tour; Major and Mrs. Newton, from Tenby, in
Wales, to Baker-street.

CRIM. CUN.

WSDS V. 110111 VIS.

Saturday, ROBERT SAVAGE, Esq. Assessor, and a
respectable Jury, assembled at the York House, Bath,
for the purpose of assessing the damages in this case,
which was an action for criminal conversation with the
plaintiff's wife. The defendant had suffered judgment
to go by default. Damages were laid at 50001.
Mr. F. WILLIAMS, with whom was Mr. SMITH,
stated the case for the plaintiff, a respectable solicitor,
residing in the city of Bath. The Learned Counsel,
after alluding to the principal facts of the case, dwelt
with great animation upon the serious nature of the
crime of adultery. “For my part," said Mr. Williams,
44 whenever a case of this description comes into my
bands, be the situation of the offender high or low—be
the offence fashionable or act fashionable, I will never
fail to hold up this crime to public odium and execra-
tion." He could not imagine any character more truly
despicable than that of a shameless adulterer, who
meanly stole to the fireside of his neighbour, drinking
his wine, and robbing him of his domestic peace. Per.
haps, however, it would be asserted by the Counsel on
the other side, that Mr. Webb had not treated his wife
with proper attention, and that she was an abandoned
character, therefore her husband could not fairly claim
any damages for the loss of the services of such a wo•
man. With respect to the first assertion, he had evi-
dence the most satisfactory and respectable, to shew
that Mr. and Mrs. Webb, up to the unhappy affair, had
lived together in the utmost harmony and happiness ;
and as to the latter, was it manly, was it generous, in
the man who had rioted in the bosom of his victim, to
turn round and reproach her with that which had made
her a wretch and an outcast till the grave should cover
her ? But if she had been guilty, did that lessen the
guilt of the defendant? What was the answer of one of
the Learned Judges, when such a plea was offered in
mitigation? 66 What !" said he, •6 because my wife is
criminal, is a person to be allowed to make her still
more so with impunity ? Does her character at all'
lessen the guilt of her seducer ? No, it does not; and
I hold his conduct equally unpardonable in the sight
both of GOD and man." After a few other general
observations, the Learned Counsel proceeded to call
witnesses.

The principal evidence of the adulterous connection
was Mr. Edw. Webb, the son of Mrs. Webb, a young
man of about 18. From his testimony it appeared,
that on the Bth of December last he and his father went
to Box, a village near Bath, on some necessary business.
The day proving wet, they returned to Mr: ebb's
house on Sion-hill much earlier than usual. Mr. Hebb,
sen. remained down stairs; whilst his son went upstairs,
where he heard the noise of creaking boots, and found
his mother in the drawing room much agitated, and
busily engaged in locking the bed-room door. There
was wine and fruit upon the table. The youth suspected
what was going on, but his mother entreated him not to
say any thing to his father, " as he would make such a
noise about it." The young man, however, did go to
his father, to inform him of the circum,tance, and in
the mean time the de endant Hooper (an entire stranger
to Mr. We'oo) and another person of the nadir of
Smallcombe, who bad been enjoying themselves in the
drawing too u with Mrs. Webb, retreated to a brd•roon.