The Sun. — 1850-09-03 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF COLONEL 10146. Chl rVoint e Lahore lh.clreestearyesn:c_e,to this melancholy event, tb It was believed that the storm in his mind bOd b.ltri: ,over, that he was more comp and he had, ,wit,iiii 0 ef rnicrs of his detio, expressed his firm detert6l/.6",-°airP iLlgriieg his command, and couriing the fuellruritll3ol re: was to have presided on Friday at 3 i ells: quests, but was reported sick. Ile chatbum frat servants on that day to give him an account cf ot little :le ttv tele era tl ulyrddayue to them, and went to bed at 6 lw.inse'oloelt en shsour. Coi Band Colonel King He was called by his bearer about 45,_.,, • morning, and replied b 3 wished to,llcertica a reportlim'r' Shortly lifter the man at the Pan6,_edi, of was found extended on his bed. .4,esilb day befroo'im, put lan end to his existence with a pistol losloofoof g"ing into his room the lifeless 0,_;101 rnjwiatiser only. Several letters were saw, qu'Vril teo th° which he is supposed to boo, ..... oderia' Chief re; amongst them, one to the C0ra.,'11600,01, a, iwlhich has been duly forwarded to his r",e• by Colo' with' , onattolni.sa jaotrhsotlea. intimation that a copy had been 030 be dne'lvoKlviendg,to I 1 I caved rel • be reb aud which copy would be forwarded ,iilles correspondent b hew, in the absence of Lieutenant-Colonel Doherty, On the same subject the Delhi s, Labor° Steuart." command of t , , 0, o serves— " I n•iw tido oa . proceed to give you all the parlie 0 fee i gather of the late Colonel King's deatb. not ° dead in his bPer r 91. ed yesterday morning, the contentsuP 00 b his head . completely blown sway by `ho bis 01°111 #1 der i. is only) ot a pistol, which he bad placed in. ..), not t supposed, and fired. The hand was ° r of' the skull . k ,tue on the wall behind, and bruise theideckf Gazette i co tejeed about. The pistol must have been overfortati arodep?ort was heard about three oclock b theni ote° omtoawnnethl.e,sreacthtse body was was Lieutel3B7'''''ll° 1.11; oa ovienridnigcAt hooefuse. The first:Europ° lv. AgthOfFe' the nr aujoining ifittpnhoaeoa renteredmorning used previous to his shooting who bed, subject pre v ious to o' s chits d° erbadtitetaru';l:iYwisre:lfhelf.; abusive langaa , him, and said 13 " ',vet a court of • • t.,e to the court-martial of the stddeietioulti oy,o the 1) owing him by a native in the city here, a°,,ni, 0; 118.0 strartyedevening previous to destroying bd;:e3snd‘rt;r3l to have written letters to tbe h„,l4ll't Chief, Sir Walter Giltert, slid efficers of I " 04 I d,, so. contents have not transpir, d, nor I fear at; 00100 e, One eircorosta, ce annnyed n u so. men of ' the P°lo,oo til: l'here wss a fight at the theate) Drpop9.P the Artillery and the Dragoeng. 011 , i i coaco': of the b usiliers broken, and :smatter receiveL_sids e' anon of the brain from being thrown over taupogoo 0 a cruel cowards. andi cu ui si Ve theatre, The Artilleryman bad called the and JO, private to be vl9 diag a court'e.- hint' aailrtotgneitntige,r:suovewriyogtragic afis,,,,arot 04 so worded in the charges as el" oratir the •,• co .00 personal character of that soldier iften officer. The Colonel was buried, yesterdsl rau mill cbh.raliv,teerinats? trade military honours. There should i, bof ilieir fee wheren(,t s ,tehne.s e I%,srt nu-err:in are, are which?they' .r, e court, fire ~-t ' the Wi , ~„' tell of „or n so unhappily tarnished by ou They way clear up the c!iadi'le-bc 0,, y cites taw; e s."