The Sun. — 1847-07-12 (London, England)

BRANDING DESERTERS.—The following cArcn._.ol reference to the mode of branding deserters to be swirr., in future, has been issued from the Horse Guar.dpue "Horse Guards, June 25, 1847.—Circular nip —The mode of marking deserters by means of Psth of strument, prescribed by the circular letter of 111 Doff May, 1842, having been found ineffectual and ',flea' erased, the Commander-in-Chief has, on the recolta'-ob. dation of a board of medical officers, to whom the ject has been referred, been pleased to direct Oft.; tao use of the said instrument may be discontinued, all" b. method of marking with needles be reverted to throolkei out the service. His Grace the Commandepin-C,bpita further desires that the operation of marking desellser may henceforth always take place in the hospital, Utid the superintendence of a medical officer, who will be ovh". responsible that it is effectually performed, and that letter 'V shall be indeliby impressed on the skin. Pi command of Field Marshal the Commander-in-Chief. SINGULAR SUICIDE BY A MEDICAL GENTLEMAN/ On Friday night last an inquest was held at the Risief, Sun Tavern, Old Kent-road, before Mr. William Carr and a respectable jury on the remains of Mr. Geode Kenrick, a medical gentleman, formerly a surgeon ioxfa Royal Navy, but who had been in practice in the t'4o, Kent-road for some years. It appeared that some Inoli:„(1 ago, the deceased gentleman, who was a bachelor. nA about fifty years of age, had had an operation perforron-r on him, and since that period his manner and temper had undergone a considerable change. Such haaniitl• the effect which his affliction had had upon his "t of that he discontinued his practice, and became a s°, tao recluse. On Wednesday night he retired to bed ta"0i00 usual time, and on the following Maning, at toy o'clock, as was her general practice, his serve het: a cup of tea to his bedroom ; she faneieretjelo master was asleep, and, in consequence, 'OOOO from his chamber. At eleven o'clock she againvred hi' his room, and, after calling repeatedly, approa"„e 00 bed and found that he was quite dead. She ga'neAP alarm, and two medical gentlemen made their artroot• ance, who, on examining the deceased, found '314 ote ing knife buried in his left breast. The instrutoreP, otia tered the body about two inches from the oiPP s tb° was buried to the depth of six inches, and such Iv° ton force used in forcing it into the body, that 17$°re "I°l two inches of the handle was buried in the o.esh'l'Plie served as a plug to prevent external heraorrsq,4l,lio' medical gentlemen were of opinion that the t'doito strument had passed through the heart, so must have been instantaneous. The jury, after earl. must evidence of the above facts, and also of the eece,o,;;fit be exhibited by the deceased, returned a verdict had committed the act of self-destruction by St'', himself while labouring under temporary josas,liTs The Minister of Marine has just given oro-rbed of a careful examination shall be made of the ine, oysters lately discovered in the Bay of the Se noy io cutter has been sent to cruise off it, and tonotetioit! fraction which the English fishermen may co Paris paper. We be;