Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1860-01-28

The LAts EborEMEsi TX ENGLAND OF LAM
/ wirn'nKn FoorsAS.---A correspondent Of the
MY. Tribune writing from Philadelphia gives
the following account of a recent transaction
mentioned in the foreign news;
A paragraph among the foreign news by o
late arrival makes brief mention of the elope-
ment OF the wife OF John Henry Quincy with
her footmari. Mr.. Quincy is the sou Of Joseph
John Quincy, the distinguished Quakerprcach-
er and philanthropst well known by bis ex-
tensiye travels in this country, some years ago
for the purpose Of visiting the meetings Of the
Society to Which he belonged. The latter was
brother of the well known banker, Samuel
Quincy; his sister was the celebrated Elizabeth
Fry, and his widow Is II native Of Pennsylva-
mia. The family name and character are thus
familiar to thousands in this country, who will
be interested in hearing some particulars OF
the domestic desolstion so hastily despatched
in the foreign summary. Letters received here
by the last steamer have been shown to me,
which furnish full particulars of the case. The
fugitive wife was the only child of Richard
Quincy, Nj. r., cousin of Joseph John, and
was married to the husband she had abandoned
when she was only fifteen years old. She is
now twenty-cght, and has two children. Her
father at his death left fortune of SIS, 900, 900
-one half to her children, and the income of
the other half to her during her life-the prin-
cipal, at her death, to go also to her children
In addition to this abundance her husband Is
also very wealthy, n member of Parliament
and maintains splendid city establishmentand
several country seats As a man, a citizen, a
husband and a father, perhaps all England
does not contain a better or brighter character.
He married for love, and was passionately at
tached to liis wife, lavishing on her every at
l..t..
fortune and affection could suggest as likely to
contribute to her happiness, without for a mo-
ment suspecting that her loyalty to him had
been alienated, until he heard the blasting in
telligence from her own lips.
A young man, whose name is Taylor had
been highly recommended to Mr.. Quincy as a
groom or footman, to take charge of Mrs. Cur
ney's horses, as she was excessively fond of
equestrian exercise, and was accordingly en-
ployed in that capacity Taylor was an educn-
ted man, of fine appearance and pleasing man
ners, and three or four years younger than his
mistress. Thus thrown off together, she con-
cevcd u passion for her servant, of which her
husband did not entertain the remotest idea
until she openly avowed it to him, declaring
that though the latter had been faultless rs n
husband, and only too indulgent, yet she had
ceased to love him; that her heart was with
Taylor, and that she had determined to aban-
don the husband for him. The tenderest re-
monstrance and intercession awaited nothingto
lessen her niatuation. Friends and relatives
were called in to plead with her but made no
stronger impression and, leaving her children
without shedding tear, this infatuated being
abandoned as admirable home as woman ever
inhabited, and left England for the Continent
in company with her seducer. The letters re-
ferrcd to speak of this sad event as having pro-
duced an extraordinary sensation in England,
whore the Quincy family has long been uni
versally known and loved. In this country,
also, where their virtues are as highly apprc-
ciated by a very extensive circle these partcu-
lars will be read with equal astonishmcnt and
grief