The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-02-10
The Recent EIOpement in England.
Further Particulars

A paragraph among the foreign news by
late arrival, made brief mention of the
elopement of the wife of JOHN HENRY
GURNEY, with her footman. A Philadel.
phia correspondent of the New York Iri-
bune furnishes the following additional par.
ticulars:
Mr.. Quincy is the son of Joseph John
Quincy, the distinguished Quaker preacher
and philanthropist, well known by his ex-
tensive travels in this country, some years
ago, for the purpose of visiting the meetings
OF the society to which he belonged. The
latter was a brother of the well known
banker, Samuel Quincy, his sister was the
celebrated Elizabeth Fry, and his widow is
native of Pennsylvania. The family name
and character are thus familiar to thousands
in this country, who will be interested in
hearing some particulars of the domestic
desolation so hastily dispatched in the for
eign 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. P, cousin of Joseph
John, and was married to the husband she
has abandoned when she was only fifteen
years old. She is now twenty eight, and has
two children Her father at his death left
fortune of $5,00O,OOO-on half to her
children, and the income of the other half to
her during her life-the principal at her
death to 60 also to her children. In atldi-
tion to this abundance, her husband is also
very wealthy, member of parliament, and
maintains splendid city establishment and
several country seats. As man, a citizen,
a husband and father, perhaps all England
does not contain a better or brighter char
acter. He married for love, and was pas
sionately attached to bis wife, lavishing on
her every attention and indulgence which an
overlooking fortune and affection could
suggest as likely to contribute to her happi-
ness, without for a moment suspecting that
her loyalty to him had been alienated, until
he heard the blasting intelligence from her
own lips.
A young man, whose name is Taylor, had
been highly recommended to Mr.. Quincy as
groom or footman, to take charge of Mrs.
Gurney's horses, IS she was excessively fond
of equestrian exercise, and was accordingly
employed in that capacity. Taylor was an
educated man, of fine appearance and
pleasing manners, and three or four years
younger than his mistress. Thus thrown
often together, she conceived 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 as husband,
and only too indulgent, yet she had ceased
to love him; that her heart was with Taylor,
and that she had determined to abandon the
husband for him. The teDderest remons-
trance and intercession availed nothing to
lessen her infatuation. Friends end relatives
who were called in to plead with her 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 referred to, speak
of this sad event as having produced an ex.
traordinary sensation in England, where the
Quincy family has long been universally
known and loved. In this country, also,
where their virtues are as highly appreciat-
ed by very extensive circle, these parti-
culars will be read with equal establishment
and grief