The Express. — 1865-09-11 (London, England)

MILITARY SUICIDE.—About hat past 2 o'clock el Baarday a loud report of a musket was heard is tits I& eampasent of the Military Train ea Woolwich when it was discovered that a sergeant of the oar= William Beaus, of No. 23 troop, had committed add . No ream can be atsigned for the rids act other thas his bed bees somewhat addicted to intemperance sad MI been treated for delirium trentesr. It likewise spews lid be had boss reeestiv is charge of the camp roareatiossami sod bed bees removed in medical charge. He was a 11M time pat under stoppages for debt. Since his raters 5 hoopla' his habits were remarkably abstemious, sad bls friends enteardeed hope. of his thorough teformatine. Os Saturday mombag at a quarter past 6 o'caek, be preassid os ditty, and returned at I p m. at which hour he died with his brother sergasets at their mean, ad was is god health sod spirits. After dinner he took a single gin d porter at the canteen, and on his return to ha rooks he found Ire. Driscoll, the wife of one of the mit vales, there, who had brought home the mess washing, sal offered to milt bee is slating each man'. to its people place as the beds. This she declined, stating that lit always misled her. He then disappeared noootiord into 0 small apartment at the end of the room called the room, loaded one of the mess evbwes, sod shot himself through the brad by pointing the arossle in hie smelt. Death was instantaneous. Officers and men rushed to Re spot on hearing the report, but sasistaoos was of no oil The tudortusata man bore a good character in the milf, meat. He joined the Military Train is 1857 a Tolosa* tU from the 10th Hamm and was nearly 22 years in army. Hs wee unmarried. SUICIDE OP A UNITED SPAM OITIcWIL---011 Friday last • very determined set of suicide was Wila. mitred at one of tbs lone in Helloed. A gentleman wosing the uniform of as officer of the United States army anima is the town es Tuesday evening last, and agaged a bud it one of the hotels. Here be remained far two or three dr" sod on Friday morning received two letter, whi=o takes to lam is bed about 9 o'clock. His followed in about a quarter of an hour. was be w—itTlisW eli). to be out of bed sod engaged writ* what he jokilnif was his will. Os the arrant enteriog the room • Ham before nose, the unrtunate rational' 1r as lona dot through the boart. the pistol still retained in his gra la ?. is supposed that he got into bed almost loamediatta masa left the room, and, after pulling the curtain eat Piehdy rand the bed, pieced the marls of the add touthing his left breast end fired the fatal shot, holdieg pistol underneath the bode...llo)m in order to suffer the report. The deceased geotlem in loft a note on the &leap table addressed to the landlady. and requesting bar to communicate the occurrence to his frieoda, at the ms. ; time mestioitisg the anise of some highly respects* families is the neighbourhood. One of them—a /emir man from Liseela—oune over and ideetifld the bed m ' I that of Mr. Freak Hasseldise, a Bateau% is the United States army. The desesesd, who was very respectably tested—his late father having bold the pada of stesets. la the Sheffield amid Rotherham Bask—winonly 21 fees age, sad bad served far too years wader Gummi floarana in the late American war, where he was a medal far tie mdlaary. At tie invossi which wen held oa the body is Saturday, it come out in widow., that the youog PO* ma had been engaged to a lady of very good positios . England. but that he had lately been refold by her it is sanniend that he received a letter from her oa 610 meruieg of Fridge, whisk beamed the eeamiawa+d thi rash sot. ROAXIXOTHEPOLICE —This stupid species of pre& Beal litchis (rays tbe ClonasdChronicle) hes becomesarsl popular amongst a certain ekes of persons in Water( Os a moat Sunday, while two partite of the polo, flea diffi rat rations, were at difisrest Rata oitholie pMmo of wombip, by a praosoorted arragemest,essamnsicatiese of the moat apparent faithwortbiness were maga * the isesstables is thew to basten to Riltarry The oomtnewiestios est forward that a man OM police who had been ordered in that dhatim YBO morniag had ban set upon by an ovearbelssing of Faissa,thst the life of ea bad been shady MI ihmillt and that two throe others had flea to as adjoisielloti Awe they erre besieged. One of the seas ea hi tom to Mrs out, to the peat alarm sf the &salamed to the spot indicated. The ether.a 9.4.-114 prudence, left without takiag his men Marna without a& tissue/ set the protease% melba, ef me athwea lte wave at bath Os arriving wham he expiated his islingeneed Inethese, be bad willing to sot bawl kllowtoashihis sad pasty.  P"'  ~~  TkIR FOLIC'S Ct.)