The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

APPOINTMENT 6.

Captain—A. L. Corry to the Firebrand steam-frigate,
to command the experimental squadron.
Commanders—ll. J. Matson (1843) to the Daring ;
Frederick Patten (1837) to the Osprey ; Robert Harris
(1841) to the Flying Fish ; I'. F. Birch to the Water-
witch ; -and Edmund Wilson (acting) to the Pantaloon.
Lieutenants—C. R. Johnson, to the Eclair ; 11. de
Lisle, additional to -the Alfred,; J. C. Bailey, addi-
tional to the Agincourt ; E. J. S. Cooper, R. }Awards,
and C. A. Isaacson, additional to the Caledonia. --
Mates—R. H. L. Warner to the Excellent ; L. F.
Pigott, to the Royal Yacht ; P. G. Nettletcin, to the
Eclair.

Master—ll. A. Moriarty to the, Vesuvius.
Surgeons—J. Maconchy to the Eclair ; W. Bland to
the superintendence of the Tasmania convict ship.
Second Master—E. 11. Garwood to the Pluto.
Assistant-Surgeons—G. A. Nicholls, M.D., to th©
Collingw•ood ; C. Hartman to the Eclair.
Midshipmen—A. J. Kingston and 11. M. Bingham
to the Eclair.

Naval Cadets—A. Ballinghall to the Illustrious ; S.
P. Townsend, to the St. Vincent ; and O. C. Symonds,
to the Eclair.

COAST G UAW:

Appointment—Lieutenant R. O'Brien to a station.
Removals—Lieutenant E. Hinnah, from Bnrn-
hamooery, to Ecclesbourn station, vice IL Jeston to
Bishopstone, vice Stoyle, retired through ill. health ;
Mr. R. Stap, from Appledore to Ilfracombe station, vice
Lieutenant J. Robinson, superseded • Lieutenant A. M.
Shairp, faom Port Rush tolAuckmithe station, vice Lieu-
tenant Stewart, superseded.

LATE SUICIDES of LORD STRAD-
BROKE'S GAMEKEEPERS.

Ipswicx, SEPT. 7.—The formal investigation relative
to the suicides of two of Earl Stradbroke's gamekeepers
has terminated without affording any authoritative ex-
planation of the motives which induced either of the de-
ceased persons to resort to self-destruction. Therefore,
beyond the reports already in circulation, the affair re •
mains involved in mystery.
Pursuant to the warrant of Mr. Sparrowe, the coroner,
a jury assembled at Benham,Lord Stradbroke's seat.
The first inquiry related to the death of William Easy,
aged fifty-four, the head gameketp(r, who shot himself
in one of the coverts, on Saturday, the 31st of August.
The only evidence adduced was that of the persons who
found the body, and who described the mode by which
he had- effected the suicidal act. The same witnesses
stated that for some time past he had been subject to
fits of despondency, and betrayed evident symptoms of
mental derangement, but no reason was suggested to
account for the change in the man's manner.
The jury accordingly returned a general verdict of
insanity.
The second inquest was on the body of John Cucksey,
aged fifty-six, one of Lord Stradbroke's assistant game-
keepers, who shot himself on Sunday, the Ist of Sept.
The evidence in this case was as follows
:
Richard Andrews deposed—l went on Sunday evening
last to call on a person named Ludlow, whose cottage is
close to that of the deceased. Whilst sitting at Ludlow's
I saw Cucksey (the deceased) enter his own house. llis
wife and three children were with him. I thought they
had been out for a walk. I think they had not been in
the house above two or three minutes when I heard the
report of a gun, and immediately after Mrs. Cucksey and
the children screamed violently. I entered the house,
and found the deceased lying on the floor. I saw that
he bad been shot. Hi; waistcoat and shirt were burn-
ing, and his wife was kneeling on the carpet alongside
him, trying •to extinguish the fire. The deceased ap-
peared to me to be quite dead. I saw a gun on the floor,
which had just been discharke.i. I can assign no motive
for the commission of the act.
surgeon, said—l was sent for
Mr. Long, of Wangford,
on Sunday evening last to attend the deceased, who, -I
was informed, had shot himself. - I got to the house
about eight o'clock. jig was quite dead. On examining
the body, I perceived a gun-shot wound under the jaw.
There was considerable hemorrhage. The shot must
produced instant death, for the contents of the girt].
have
ascended into the head. The deceased had been pre-
owing to a fall from his horse. I had Bt.:.
that morning and the previous day, when he com-
tevinoudiey
plained of being very low. lam of opinion that the
death of Easy, the other keeper, had ti very serious effect
upon the deceased's mind.
.I saw. that he was greatly
distressed about it.

Another witness stated, that when the deceased re-
turned home, he complained of being cold, and asked his
wife to get a fire. Whilst Mrs. Cucksey went into th©
yard for coals the fatal shot-was fired.

- It was stated that the gun was suspended from a beam
under the ceiling by two hooks or holdfasts, one of which
was found on the floor, and from the ceiling 'being low
person of the same stature as the deceased would pro-
bably havo touched the beam with his hat, which circum-,
stance raised a doubt ir. the minds of the jury that the.
gun might not have gone off accidentally.. They ac-
cordingly returned a v rdict to this effect—" That the'
deceased died from a gun-shot -uound through the head,'
but whether inflicted by his own hand, or the effect of;
sufficient evidence thereof did not appear to the
jurors."
The Coroner granted warrants for the interment of
the bodies, and the proceedings terminated. -
It is reported that another of the gamekeepers has.
since these disastrous occurrences. been placed under re-
straint, owing to the alarming excitement which they
have mated in the man's mind.

Lord Beaumont was married yesterday morning to
the Hon. Miss Browne, daughter of Lord Itilmaine.
NORTH LxNcAsmar.---The Tory candidate for the •
vacancy cleat-A by Lord Stanley's resignation is Mr. --
H. Talbot. Clifton, who has consented to act, if. elected,
as " warming-pan" for Lord. Stanley's eldest son? now ;
in his nineteenth year. -