Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-01-30
The Hon. Miss Mary Jones and the
Count de Wasaowski.
From the London Times Of December 80

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years of age, occupied apartments at "a
Ebury street, Pimlco. In the same house
there resided noble Pole, who styled him.
self the Count do Wnszowski, and gave him
self out as the son OF Prince Wittgenstein.
He was 2S years old. The Polish nobleman
calls himself professor Of science and Ian
guages, but in reality he lives by taking on
with ladies'. When he has done with one
lady he takes Oh with another" TIE Count
is the most terrible epouseur of the day. He
was engaged TO be married to the plaintiff in
"Swynfen v. Swynfen that was broken
off. Then he was engaged for four years to
q Miss Chadwick, but that engagement also
was brought to premature conclusion by
tie father upon the occasion of the Count'g
wishing to borrow $50. Then ne proposed
for Miss Romsey, then for her sister, and it
would appear for many ladies besides. In fact,
the Count got his living by this sort of thing.
The manner in which he opened the trenches
upon Miss Jones YVES as follows He attack
cd her maid with bouquets and letters, which
were to be delivered to her mistress. Miss
Jones resolved, il possible, TO put an end to
the annoyance-so the point was astutely
enough put by her counsel--by seeing the
defendant and demonstrating with him upon
his conduct. This was just what Waszkowski
wanted; once admitted, he vas sure Of vic
tory he had only to come on in the old style,
to rave about bis misfortunes-his exile--his
noble father-his succession to 100000 q
year when that noble father was gathered to
bis ancestors. Which of the points told
most with Miss Jones it is impossible for us
to say-G40,000 year is good round sum
the lady was AZ years Of age, the noble
Count but 29--a result followed.
The lady, who had sought the interview to
chide, remained to console tho defendant.
| Waszkowski, the exile, the noble heir to
100000 per annum, was to find rest upon her
bosom against the unkindly shafts of fate.
AS soon as the engagement was entered into,
or shortly aftcr,-it was very strange,-tho
! Counts remittances ceased to arrive with
! their foreaccustomed regularity. His watch
and chain disappeared, and in point OF fact
he was under the necessity Of borrowing GlUO
| from Miss Jones. In return for this he gave
| her his note of hand but, ignorant as he was
of our laws and customs, he drew it upon
penny stamp. When the question of settle
ment came TO be discussed the lady insisted
that all her money should be settled upon
! herself TO which the defendant objected.
| His system was, that "Wherc honor and
| affection subsisted marriage settlements were
not required TO this maxim in her turn
the lady objected, and so the marriage was
broken OF. When the rupture was final and
complete, the lady wished that the sum Of
money which she had lent to the plaintiff
should be returned TO he.; but this he was
unable or unwilling to do, and so the action
arose. The defendant pleaded set of, the
| particulars of which Included some curious
J items.
| In the first place, we end that the Count
! de Waszkowski was not attlred in such
manner as gave satisfaction to the lady.
Above all things, on that day which was to
be the happiest OF their lives she wished him
to look well Accordingly, by her direction,
end at her request, he proceeded to Messrs.
| Nicolps establishment and provided himself
with nuptial equipment at the cost Of GlO.
Again, and before the transaction connected
with the wedding suit, the Count had
equally at the plaintiffs request-proYided
himself with clothes from Messrs. Davies to
the value Of e27. Again, there was a charge
of Els los. fo- guitar bought by the Count
for Miss Jones, at her request. This guitar
as he himself stated, he bought in Clerken-
WELL did away with the guitar. | refuse
to say what have done with it, and don't
mean to tell" This was not enough. A lit
tie lower down in the particulars Of set-off
there is q charge which is somewhat remark
able. "To amount paid to pawnbroker by
defendant at request OF plaintiff to redeem a
watch and chain, the property of the deien-
dant, G2l." The defendant in fact up to
this point takes the charges Of money dis
bursod upon himself and his pleasures and
necessities, and coolly carries them to the
plaintiffs account. Then an item of dia-
mond ring for himself els los, follows, and
then items Of another character. This noble
Pole, the son Of Prince Wittgenstein, this
heir to 100000 year, for example, coolly
charges Miss Jenes with the cost Of we'd
ding ring bought "at her request" las with
a wedding cake at 60 2s., with a photograph
of his own noble features at five shillings.-
Such was the particulars of the set-off plead
ed by this dear chvarous creature in answer
to Miss Jones' demand for return of her
el00. When he was put into the witness
box and examined it was made apparent
by his own confession that he made trade
of this kind of pursuit. His own statement
was, that in the SwynGen matter he got G300
for the return of the ladys letters. II have
got money from many people; l have had
money from q great many ladies'" said Wasz-
kowski to the Chief Baron on Monday last.
"When ! have done with one lady take on
with another" VIII people ever take warn
ing by exposures Of this description 1t is
possible that ladies OF q certain position in
the world, and who may therefore be suppo.
sed to have seen something ofits ways, should
suHer themselves 10 pecoHe lne IAuSnluB
stocks aud dupes OF men who were probably
cooks or courers--if anything so honest-in
their own countries? 1t might have been
hoped that the increasing habit of foreign
travel wohd have done something in amend
ment of this form of folly. A very short run
upon the Continent, or a mere smatterng
sort of acquaintance with Continental life
might teach our English ladies that foreigr
titles-even when genuine-are very insult
ficient proof respectability.
J The best advice we can give our fair coun
try women for the future, when they comC
across one OF these interesting refugees, is t.
keep him at arms length until they have
ascertained from one of his own countrymer
of acknowledged respeetabllity the history o
J their new friend and his character.