The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-14
The HARDNESS Won Beck.

Lord beaumont in The House Of lords on the 2Sth
nit i'll rising presents petition from Constant Dera de
Maroda observed that the petitioner native Of
pesh in Hungary and that shortly after arriving In this
country he became acquainted with q lady who had
borne the of Baroness Won Beck and who had be-
come known the auhorcss of work narratng certain
events in the Hungarian war. That work extremely
successful and the publishers prevailed the lady
write another She engaged the petitioner who IL seemed
wos Of good family in Hungary, but in needy circtm
stances her secretary and prospectus drawn
the work That prospectus printed letters
introduction were furnished TO tue Baroness Won Beck
and the petitioner for presentation in Birmingham and
other towns a tour the country having been
Deldtd for the purpose OF obtaining subscriptions The
noble lord then went on TO relate tho well known crcum
stances tending the OF the Baroness Beck, at
the house Of Mr.. Tinda i'll birmingham charge of
having obtained Of H. 4s under false prctences
preceded TO animadvcrt upon the condact Of the
magistrate, and the parties who pro ecuted the
sion lie concnded that, under the circumstances,
summons and not warrant should have been issued BY
tho magistrate and that hr matter should have been
treated as civil and not a' criminal proceeding it
said there was sometbing written against Mr..
Pnlszky in the poor ladys former book but that
Tor civil proceedings at his suit l.ear hear The
whole affair was so monstious that he hardly knew
whether most to condemn the parties who ad instructed
Mr.. Toulmin Smith The barister. who hnd conducted
the prosecution the barrster himself for the
which he had done IT, Or the magistrate who had issued
the warrant the officers who had executed IL bar
bsrously. (iGcar, hcar) Ic really hoped some Inquiry
would be instituted into the and means taken
TO maj se magistrates that such things could not be
permitted 20 pass with impuny. (iicar, hear)
The London Times Of the st inst in editorial article
= Madame Won Becks death was the
result Consider for moment what the facts of
the when dcnadcd Of all irrelevant matter IT
presented to them woman " no had published popu
lar literary to Birmingham to collect subscr
tions for second production Of the like nature She
successful in her efforts and did procure subscriptions
from several quarters She called herself the Baroness
Beck At this moment down came intelligence from
London that she was not n Baroness all but plain
Mrs hay, let possible Miss. IT was moreover,
stated that mt previous period OF her career she he'd
acted police spy in the Hungarian service during the
Il ,htIsf tnp In nnnhf fhut
concerned the merits Of the question: the question might
just wei, have that In April Of the prtsous year
the poor lady bad Leghon bonnet and blue veil,
therefore sho Of instant
II merely idle TO ssy shat the Birmingham magistrate
who signed the warrant in ignorance Of the
turc Of the professional person had been des
patched expressly from London TO lay before their
ships full statement Of the deception pracsed by the
unfortunate woman, and to make the most Of all the
grayaiiDg circumstances ctcd with It, There was
pl MY Of time for Ieoctonample opportunity for dis
cussjoD The victim ENGAGED and could not escape
tho hands Of her literary their coadjutors n
| Birmingham. Upon such state Of facts the warrant
gn,d, and the unfot who lad been 81
weak as to place confidence in the cunningy dcysc IA
les Of Englh hospitality seized in hof enterai
drawing she hauled OFT to Jail thou a sfC
hsd been acoinmon maleactor burglar, muricrcss
N Is scarcely necessary for to dwell upon tho ony o.
that long night the closing Of tho ragcd
,hc following day Suffice IL to say that her psrsecu
In baked OF the full f.utiu Of tdei
iceprce she died suddenly in the chant of wha
is called the justice with a poccm graz q upo
her sboDder AMI her spir escaped 70 other regions
where II Is to be eupposed thst literary rivals and Dir
nne han mag trAtes cannot Trouble yoor wf,ndert
more,
nut tho accusation IL not only acAinstihe Birmingham
mspistratce. Dir. George Dawyon, Mr. r,udal Mr rou
| min srih Mr.. louis Rn,aulh auG u rud Mrs uulR
by are ro'tor'' einoia eech Ia his or her degrees
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