The Sun. — 1847-07-13 (London, England)

BRANDING DESERTERS.—The fell Owing circular, in terS to be adopted reference to the mode of branding doer Horse Guards:— in future, has been issued from the - ___n a by means of an in-The mode of marking deserters I be of the sth of " Horse Guards, June 25, 1847.—Circtdar mem"' "sinstrument, prescribed by the circular on the recommen • erased, the Commander-in-Chief has, to whom the sub dation of a board of medical offeers2 d to direct that the ject has been referred, been Please'discontinued and the May, 1842, having been found ineffeectu.al and easily use of the said instrument may be, revertedi to. through' alfuert: doer out the ser vice. 11 is Graee t.. 0 h Commander in-Chief ion of marking deserters place in the hospital, under e • al officer, who will be held the superintendence of a to may henceforth always tsic smireasrkthinagt twhiethonpeeerdi li et s be. per!ormed, and that the responsible that it is effectua! y ca impressed on the akin. By letter •D' shall be inife!iby:he 1 ['Commander-in-Ch. f" command of Field Marsha A MEDICAL GENTLEI/le . SINGULAR SUICIDE III! _.t was held at the R"— Oa Friday night last an Wine` rod, before Mr. William Carterag Sun Tavern, Old Kent- the remains of Mr. ta { and a respectable jar on. :4-formerly a surgeon en Kenrick, a medical genderin the been in practice in the Old ißoyal Navy, but who baa it appeared that some ,Kent-road for some years. who was a bachelor, months ;ago, the deceased gentiernalhad an operation performed and ;about fifty years of age, had Ariod his manner ardrfmiteed on him, and since that pe, ,_ _hange. Such .h tembdionr 'had undergone a considerable en n had had •ad the effect which his afliictio . that he discontinued his practice, and became a sort of night he mired to bed at the pcluse. On Wednesday ,foilowing mo • instal time, and on the 1 • s !lung. at tans t ra practice,his servant o'clock, as was her r use , bearoom i she fa • timed took a cup of tea to asleep, eleven and in conse her master was - (pence, retired eleven o'clock she a • from his chamber. At .ae.l gain went to his room, and, after calling repeite"d4d.apnroached his bed and found that he was suite made Shes gave an alarm, and two medical tl gehne deceased, their appear. ance,. who, on examining tb t The found a dissecting knife buried in his left reas . instrument entered the body about two inchesinches, from the nipple, and was buried to the depth of six and such was the force used in forcing it into the body, that more than two inches of the handle was buried in the flesh, and prevent external hemo served as a plug to The medical gentlemen were of opinion the fatal instrument had passed through the.... heart, so that death must have been instantaneous. The jury, after hearing evidence of the above facts, and also of the eccentricities exhibited by the deceased. returned a verdict " That lie had committed the act of self destruction by stabbing himself while labouring under temporary insanity.. The Minister of Marine has just given orders that a careful examination shall be made of the bed of oysters lately discovered in the Bay of the Seine. A cutter has been sent to cruise off it, and to note any infraction which the English fishermen may commit.— Paris pfiyer. • - .