The Express. — 1864-07-05 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OD A COLDSTREAM GUARDSMAN.  An inquiry was held by Mr. William Payne, coroner for the City of London, last night. at the Semen's Heed Tavern, Camomile street, City, ompeeting the suicide, under very extraordinary circumstances, of Edward Henry Hawkins, aged 24 years. Sergeant John Saunders, of the Ist Battalion of the Coldstream Guards, mid that the deceased was a corporal in that corps, but he had been Mooed to the make. For some time past be was quite altered in his manner, sod be would sit and cry two boars together, because he was disappointed about • young woman. He used to neglect duty and absent himself from barracks without leave. He was confined in barracks as • punishmeot, and he got extra drill, and was reduced to the ranks on that account. On Thursday night last be absented himself from Wellington Barracks without leave. Oa Saturday wham heard of his death. He had been five yearn in the regiment. Mary Ana Stetter., • young woman apparently about 20 yearn of age, deposed that she woe in the service of • gentleman's family residing near Repot's:park. She knew deceased for two years, and he was paying his addresses to her. Lately he became very jealous. On Sunday week they had • violent quarrel when they met ; and the next day she seat him a letter, in which she wrote—"l will never walk with you again." That letter preyed on his mind, and she met him by appointment on Friday last. He was much excited, and he said be would kill her. He said, " You shall never go back to your I home again," and he pulled out • knife, and drew it across her throat. The knife did not cut her. Witness said she would forgive him if he was not so cruel. He then proposed that witness should stay with him, and that they should destroy their lives together. She agreed to his proposal that they should take a room sad bay poison and die together. He went and took • room at the Saracen's Head Hotel, on the third floor. Than (con. tinned the witness), we went out in the evesiog to buy poison. We went to • chemist's in the City, but Ido not know the name of the plain. I remained outside the shop while he went in and purchased two dream of evanide of Kameda= The chemist said to him, "Be earful of this, fee it is poison." Deemed answered, " I know that, I want it to clean the gold lace of my uniform." We then returned to the Semen's Head and oat in the parlour for an hour talking. We thee went upstairs to the room. He then took oat the little box containing the poison and pre me • portion about the size of • bean and kept • piece the same size himself. He said, " I am truly sorry I have kept you from your place. It was all through my foolish temper. He then ' put the poison which he had into his mouth, mad I did the same with what he had given me. He fell upon the door, bat 1 vomited out what I had taken. I took • pillow off the bed and put it under his head. There was then a knock. ing at the door, and he said, " Mary, make no noise until I am dead." The servant called out, " What noise is that— ' what fell r I said to her, "He has *sly been drinking." I knew it was ponce. The girl came in for the light, sad food him dying one the floor. An alarm was mimed, and the police came. Mary Aon Lewis said that rho was servant at the Seraceo's Head. On Friday night, at 11 o'clock, as she was going up to deceased's room for the light, according to custom, she heard • fall. She saw deceased lying on the door, and asked what was the matter. Last witness replied, "Do not mind ; he has only had some drink." Witness saw he was dying, and she no down and told what she saw. Mr. F. Gordon Brown, M.R..C.5., said that he was called in to the deceased, and found him expiring on the door, and death supervened an A poimi-oradable took from deceased's pocket • box labelled " poison." It ioncyanide of potassium. From 3to 5 grains of that poison was sufficient to destroy life, nod deceased had taken • drachm. He believed that if the young womaa bad taken as much she would have been killed too.  The Coroner having summed up, The jury returned ► verdict •That deceased poisoned himself .bile in a state of unwound mind," and they requested that the Coroner should reprimand the young woman Mary Ann Stetter*, for her 000 duct in the affair.  The young woman, who wee much affected. was accordingly mild in, and severely censured by the learned coroner for haviog committed the serious °deem of having agreed with the deceased to commit suicide.  The preceediega thee terminated.  The 2nd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards leave the Wellington Barracks, St. James's, today, for • month's duty at the Camp at Aldershott. The Italian journals state that an " Ecce Homo" hes jail been disewered in an establishment of Jesuits at Milan, to which picture war adapted a curious mechanism by which the eyes opal.' be made to move.  The probability of an early attack by the Danes en the omits of Germany hes determined the Princess Rosa of Prussia to lame the Isle of Bogen, when she had intended to remain several weeks.  A letter from St. Petersburg says :—" The magnificent appearance of the crops in all the agricultural districts of Russia hare caused a fall of prices in the markets of the country. The stocks are so large, both in the warehouses and in the hands of the growen, th►t Russia is guarant.-ed from famine, even should them be bad crops for two or three years. This *bandeau" and the low prim of grain, permit the exportation on exceptionally &vowed& conditions. Likewise the prices of alcohols have fallen so considerably during the last few months, th►t Ramis may now compete in that article with Hamburg. This idea is entertained of exporting spirits on a large scale."  At a meeting in the large had of St. Bartbolomew's Holmdel on Thursday lad. Mr. Fred's', Carpsoter Stay, P.R.S., was presented with • superb Cperges for which nearly 3001. had been subscribed by some of his colleagues and past and present pupils, to testify their high estimation of his character, and sinews regret at his retirement after long and faithful services as surgeon to the hospital, and as as. of the must succeeds' teacheas of the day is surgery and pathology. Mr. St ey sow tempi« the position- of President of the Royal Cagle of %rpm of Region&