The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-28 00:00:00

ELOPEMENT.

We noticed in our lut week's paper that an
officer of the 35th Regiment had run off with the wife of a
baronet, residing in the north of Devon, under circum-
stances of a very disgraceful character. We regret to state
that there is no doubt of the truth of the statement; the
officer is Captain Berkeley, of the above-named regiment,
and hie unfortunate companion in guilt Lady Wrey, wife of
Sir Bourchier Wrey. It appears that this man is now with
his regiment, and still wearing her Majesty's uniform,
though it is currently reported that he will be obliged to
leave the army : and the lady, it is said, is in London. The
North Devon Jounsal of the 14th inst. in noticing the dis-
graceful circumstance, says Sir Bourchier Wrey, Bart., has
recently been staying at his marine residence in Barnstaple.
For some few weeks put, Captain Berkeley, of the 30th,
son of Sir George Berkeley, had been visiting at the house
of the honourable baronet, whose hearty hospitality is only
surpassed by high-minded and uasuspecting candour. This
town became agitated on Friday with the startling end
pitiful intelligence that this guest of the hon. baronet's—
the man who had been receiving his hospitalities—had
taken the opportunity of domestic intercourse thus afforded
to him, to draw from her conjugal duty the wife of his
friend ; that she had, in fact, that morning eloped with her
I paramour. They drove off, it would appear, about half-
past one that morning, to Barnstaple, and from thence to
I the Tiverton station of the Great Western Railway. Their
course from this point we are not curious to trace. Teat
this lady should have left in such a manner, and for such a
man, a home replete with all the earthly good that earthly
wealth can furnish, a husband dotingly fond of her, and
without a shadow of the causes usually assigned in such
cases, is an aberration of conduct only to be charitably
covered by a verdict of temporary insanity. Report says
that already has the dreadful hallucination passed away,
and reconciliation been sought. We give, of course, sim-
ply report, but it is highly probable that such is the ease,
as we know that such must be the course the moment the
mind recovers its equilibrium. Sir Bourchier returned that
UM, evening to Tawstock Court.—rlymoath Herald.

DIVIsIONs IN • RAILWAY COMPANY: We (Wol-
verAamptox Chronicle) hear that on Saturday morning last
Mr. Ackroyd, of Stourbridge, and Mr. George Robinson,
solicitor, of this town, while comparing a list of the proprie-
tarylof the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company
with the transfer books, made discoveries of a nature which
induced them to hare the books sealed up, and which, it is
said, are likely to cause a further resort to legal proceed-
ings. On Monday morning Mr. Geach, who is a director
of the company, Mr. It. Scott, Mr. Ackroyd, Mr. Collis,
and Mr. G. Robinson, met at the company's offices, and
demanded that the books should be delivered to them, as
they said, for further examination. Mr. Bill, Mr. Joseph
Walker, and Mr. Knox were, we hear, at the offices in the
course of the morning, and the further inspection of the
books was refused by Mr. Knox, no order from the board
of directors for that purpose haying been obtained, and
without this order the inspection could not, it was alleged,
be permitted. In consequence, Mr. Geach and his friends
sent for Mr. Hunter, foreman to Messrs. Chubb and Sons
(who required a written indemnity), and directed him to
open the safe containing the key of the closet
in which the books were kept. This was done, and
the safe containing the books opened. The books were at
first deposited with the police, but afterwards transmitted
to London. Colonel nogg and some of his officers were
called in, in order to prevent any breach of the peace.
This remarkable proceeding has given occasion for many
rumours.
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TIIE ROYAL DOCKYARD CORPS. DEPTFORD,
JULY 27.—The drill of the Deptford brigade of this corps
ceased for the season on Tuesday last, when the infantry
battalion, under the command of Major Moucbet (store-
keeper), was paraded for inspection, and afterwards cm.-
plead in the drills with carbines, at the field batteries, and
garrison guns, in the presence of the Colonel Commandant
of the Brigade (Captain Superintendent George B. Martin,
C. 8.). The artillery battalion, under the command of
Lieut.-Colonel Pears (master attendant), was inspected by
the Colonel Commadaal on the moires day.