10 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1797. 
infulted by what had fallen from 
the noble Lord, fent him a chal- 
lenge a few days fince; on which 
a meeting took place in the Phe- 
nix Park, where each difcharged a 
cafe of piftols. The Duke was 
azed by a ball in the fide, and 
d Blaney had part of his hat 
fhot away by the fire of his antago- 
nift. The feconds then interfered, 
and an amicable explanation took 
place. — The Duke De Fitz-James 
became indifpofed fhortly after, 
and was politely vifited by Lord 
Blaney. The latter nobleman 
ferved on the continent, under the 
Duke of York, and received a flight 
wound in one of the engagements 
in Flanders. 
At Mr. Trumbull’s fale of pic- 
tures, Mr. Weft made feveral pur- 
chafes for the King. Among thefe 
were Deijenara and the Centaur, 
38s]. A Landfcape, with figures 
znd cattle, by Berghem, 9451. and 
the Virgin, Chrift, and St, John, 
by Raphael, 8921. The whole col- 
lection, containing 91 pictures, fold 
for 8,217]. 17s. 
On Friday evening, about feven 
o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out 
im a warehoufe near the Old Dock, 
Liverpool, belonging to Mr. Wal- 
ton, which, with the whole of its 
contents, confifling of a large quan- 
tity of manufactured coiton goods, 
was totally destroyed in about two 
hours ; but, by the very great exer- 
tions of a number of gentlemen, 
and others, aided by the affiftance 
of the firemen, the adjoining drug- 
warehoufe of Meffis. Welfh and 
Sinclair, the roof of which had at 
one time caught fire, was preferved, 
with hitle damage. 
Mr. Colquhoun, in/his Treatife 
on the Police of the Metropolis, 
ftates, that there is a clafs of female 
fharpers, who drefs elegantly, per- 
fonate women of fafhion, and even 
go to St. James’s.—“ The wife of 
* a well-known fharper, now upon 
“ the town (fays he) is faid to have 
“appeared at court, dreffed in a 
“ ftyle of peculiar elegance, while 
“‘ the fharper himfelf is fuppofed to 
** have gone in the drefs of a cler- 
“‘ gyman. According to the infor- 
“‘ mation of a noted receiver, they 
** pilfered to the value of 17001. on 
“the King’s birth-day, in 1795, 
“ without difcovery or fufpicion.’” 
Sir Godfrey Webfter obtained a 
fentence of feparation againft his 
wife, in Doctors Commons, on 
Thurfday, for adultery with Lord 
Holland. The charges upon which 
the divorce was founded, and to 
which L. Webfter made no defence, 
were in fubftance as follows :— 
“ That Sir Godfrey and Lady 
Webfter, in the beginning of the 
year 1795, were at Florence, to- 
gether with their three children, 
and that.Lord Holland vifited them, 
in common with others, until the 
month of February, at which time 
Sir Godfrey had occafion to return 
to England, in confequence of the 
death of Richard Vaflalil, Efq. his 
father-in-law, leaving Lady Web- 
fter behind him, who, from being 
with child, could not travel: —That 
Lord Holland continued his vifits 
to Lady Webfter during the ab- 
fence of Sir Godfrey, who did not 
return again to Florence, but re- 
mained in England: That Lady 
Webfter made feveral excurfions in 
the abfence of Sir Godfrey, to Pa- 
dua, Vienna, &c. &c. in whith fhe 
was accompanied by Lord Holland; 
and in June 1796 they arrived at 
Cruxhaven, on their way to Eng- 
land: That they lived together at 
the fame inn at Cruxhaven for fix 
days, Carrying on adulterous inter- 
courfe, and took their paflage home 
of 
