Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-01-10
DUBLIN INsoLvENT COURT Nov. s.

| DUBLIN INSOLVENT COURT, Nov. s.
! - THE BARON Won uoFFMAH.
The case OF the Sca,onian B4ro.,, who figured :
good deal in the hall rooms OF DnbLn, md IN ,lis
p oeeedinss Of the lnsohenl Court i,s,ng bee,
! called on, go
M Commissioner Burrowes addressed himself I,
lady, who had on former occasion, appeared a.
witness on behalf ofthe Baron, and inquired OF h e
! w'h thai peculiarly vi emphasis 10y winch he n
us 'nsn'shed, whether she had "A lcuer winch
'"e Baron had sent 10 him (,he COMMISSIONER our
por'"g 10 be written from Frankfort, Icy tue Coun.
sesI OF o"ooi, The mother OF the Baron The lad,
81" "at she had seen the letter. 90 rlaye ,ou,
Madam, sad MIR. Bnrrowes, 90 read ,bat mart of Al
ia WHICH the Countess that she is coming TO Ire
and with twenty thousand ducats, and that she wishes
Ne sou, the Baron, To MAINTAIN station proportion
Ell 10 his rank, aud 10 marry an Irish lady ;" -
nave my Lord, was the reply. 80 Aud you. NJ I'd. IN
nave a"l 10 hs person Ell0 of Your dnug hier for.
| Mhe did So SAID The lad, &c Good God
| Madam, said AIR. Burrowes, " Have Won no f,,en,
| ~ the world 10 give YOU advice i"-Ihe Commits.
s'oher then stated, tLat the Ban had ed I,
nun letter. ln that letter the writer srenuoust,
exhor ed the Boron To nar,van E,oIish woman :.
r. n'd NO doubt OF the object of ns transmission -
aie "opeu the warning lie had given would not be
without avail.
MI Huband, as Counsel for the Baron, then en-.
| 'e'eu nio his defence He regretted thai 50 much
Ph'hue hh been annexed to the Bsrohs case, which
f,er az was oil an ordinary description. Lord
Comhrnere, the commander of The Forces had
oeeE "fo45bi jowG as special witness (; and al,
means had been res0ned To ia order 10 give uoior,e
y 10 tins case. The Baron had not contracted a debt
!" 'his country and was the object Of The releut
less persecution OF an American Jew who had de-
'fanded The Baron. The whole course adopt.d to-
""oH he DhrOr :" as most illiberal. Counsel had
instructed &" ask him the painful que stiuns
Wnelhef ne pad not attempted 10 suicide I.
whether lie had not been taken zip in America AS a
~ NV anu o'ier heterogeneous equally tOriuring
AID unJus', had been asked of him No one in,uut.-
"uh upon hun had been established. He had mn-
sen made inquiries III London TO ascertain whether
we baron WAS IA correspondence with the bankers
VIZ" "hom he stated that lie was ia communication,
a'd he iound II was the fact. Mr.. Holland then in
sisted, with much ability, thar his case fell within the
JuTlsdictiom OF the corr.
Mr.; Shell, DIS Counsel for the American Jew, OPP
poSeu 'he bar"ns damage. He insisted Iint til
CoII bad no jn' sdciion. The statute of james
Iei""'e to bankrups, contained a special provision
| respecting aliens There was no such provision IN
thr I1soivent AcI where the creditors of run,
IWed eyond the realm The certificate woud uut he
g''hied without notice 10 them. Tie principal ere.
u"o's o. 'He Baron lived beyond The Atlantic, and
a n'u 40 '"sn'zance OF HE proceedings. The Baron
n"d nee9 discharged IN The Unied States within the
las Tour years had he been discharged in Leland
w" n '"e '"s h'e years, he could petition for
h's ihe 'uon wnh success and Mr.. Shell, IN the
case OF Il" American creditor, relied upon the apaIo
gy L lac Bar0ns case fell within the section which
provides, ih1T Il The insolvent lived beyond his
meaos;h lie should be Ien,anded for two years Il an.
pedred by his schedule, that he had in Ireland sx
pended E7G0 per YEAR and IN all thar lime he had
received Only Gi99 from his Sclavonian possessions
lit bad borrowed from young lady the sum of
'-FtV' "no hdu pledged rs SFCuTIty for this debt
Jew worthless trnkeis, together with pair Of spurs
WINCH reminded one Of THE inventory of tive Conner
C0pa'H. he (Alr. SheiD should be sorry 10 nro-
nounce The Baron an ImposIor The Baron FeId,-
manu- Won Hoffman might resemble Ferdinand Count
dihom m nothing hui III name. Peradyen,u,e he
IS - real Sclavonian Poentate and indeed if he be
al mat he represents hlmsef he deserves ali the pity
winch he has met among The softer sex but what
IL his account Of himself! He isone Of the first Nobes
OF Hungary he seduces n nun, shoots her former
oS e, escapes from fortress, becomes Abide Camp
to Butcher, IS wounded at Water loo sails from Ham
hurgh TO JON he Pdtriois, spends IA year upon ,be
SP"n'sh Main without being able to land IN the scene
" "'Fa'e Is snip wrecked, arrives at the United
o'"'es' contracts with Jew To build houses loses all
h's money and diplomas Of nobility IN The liver Hn.
sou, used OF forgery, discharged under ,,e
IhsoIVen' Act passes pTonissory note 10 ihe jew
HES before II falls due, Liverpool goes to
Ban, and iheuce proceeds TO Edinburgh, and he
comes the associate Of Sir Waller Scott Tins by tie
way; - The most curious part of his history as ie
Baron has ibus been the means Of discovering " the
Great Oukn"wn." Sin Waiter Seoul the Baron
AYERS, Offered hIa Gl 200 for an account of his nd
ventures, 10 usr them his next Novel There is
noh'"g 40 Az tie prose or poetry OF the lIusrious
DH'""f' winch, ~ pOim OF novelty, can match with
'hiS astonishing I"ct ScOichnI%n and above all
-"ch Scotchnsn, lander suciI heap of silver C,,
tie appalling rea.ii'es recorded by this itineran b.
r'n or WoItt, upon hearing his incident n his
own ne, vii himself eHclaim'' Prodipiuus ~
But let us follow hm TO Dublin. lie considered la.
adventures above AL price add, esoying 10 he
ihe commenlnOr Oi is exploits and feeling that
wv 'fihl Ol ~" hCOeNf '1cHe exutrpd
de, lined The offer Of the WHY Caledonian and sci
sal for The Green Isle" He appears ~ The streets
"i the Hihernim metropolis covered with German
OG'T, 'nd with lrish diamonds, Gle fitting enblems
4" us AUTHENTICITY aud holds himself or US the
Sr'W Hungarian Baron Ferdinand Won HoGnan
f,"r' OF S"oni Here he Is, Without single crpden
iiai Oh his ri"h-1 hOu the evidence Of his authrt-
Gciy-d st'1e Of any solitary circumstance 10 give
= shadow ui likelihood, Iathns Of POSSIBILITY TO his
poHenions annunciatioBs Of hiaiself But can any
person, IN whom The power of the heart does rot 81.
p'rsrde the office Of the Understandings listen for an
instant wuhOu dertiOn 70 these pertentous eyeuts
Could not the Baron have ubttined from, GERMANY
eV ~ the interval OF lis imprisonment some means
! % autheuHrAiion ~ e iru", be SAYS, t,at he j.
bassbed, aud that his kindred decline To rtt. hin,
W ID gle proof 20 exc his yerifcsiion OF him.
sell ye 70 IS singular HAT he Austrian An,bas,ador
s'O"d tecine iogivc him certificate even hispuilf
lhe bHron has played upon the fond credninv NJ a
womat through The medium Of miserable lab, Ics-
| ton he should be- remandrd for the fraud which he
musl Iiips have committed, 10 urning the prepostcr-
Gus and ameniable generosity Of an ania1e aud CON
huIeg gir inlo fie meaas Of foul and disgraceful
livelihood
Mr.. Commissioner Burrowes stated that IL the Ba.
roo was opposed by the young l,dy with whom tbis
debt hid becu Contracted he should not hesitate Tor
/ az Instant 20 reminding him. lie had dOubs as TO
h' question OF jurisdiction and should postpone hs
oeci'D0n e1Hl ibc 18th of tIs month. tie could not
lofpe"l however, from giving a solemn sdmonition
Hbeh he trusted, WAS not yet 100 lste those whose
confidence mgbl lead them Gar as3ray. Tie fct pify
Tor I've decisions Of generous nature, ard was tea