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

BRANDING DESERTERS.—The following cif nyereference to the mode of branding deserters to be at;:is:, in future, has been issued from the Horse GO " Horse Guards, June 25, 1847.—Circular Memorsen —The mode of marking deserters by means of asth of strument, prescribed by the circular letter of the of4ll May, 1842, having been found ineffectual and eeir erased, the"Commander-in-Chief has, on the recota":oe dation of a board of medical officers, to whom the %be ject has been referred, been pleased to direct thal use of the said instrument may be discontinued, att"„gle, method of marking with needles be reverted to thr°,7o out the service. His Grace the Commander•in'neiel further desires that the operation of marking della-jer may henceforth always take place in the hospital, 013,:icl the superintendence of a medical officer, who will be le responsible that it is effectually performed, and that fif letter 'D' shall be indeliby impressed on the skin. ~, command of Field Marshal the Commander-in-03R', SINGULAR SUICIDE BY A MEDICAL GENTLEM,kI:jog On Friday night last an inquest was held at the /tt Sun Tavern, Old Kent-road, before Mr. William L'7olo and a respectable jury on the remains of Mr. en tb! Kennels, a medical gentleman, formerly a surgeon,2o 010 Royal Navy, but who had been in practice in 000101, Kent-road for some years. It appeared that some 131., ag), the deceased gentleman, who was a bachel?.:,;o9, about fifty years of age, had had an operation Peropo: on him, and since that period his manner and ta bee,' had undergone a considerable change. Sueh,_ll,a toial the effect which his affliction had had upon o'9oo cfr. that he discontinued his practice, and became adiss the recluse. On Wednesday night he retired to he t stab usual time, and on the following morning, beat to 4), o'clock, as was her general practice, his serlrd ed a cup of tea to his bedroom ; she fanc'e reare master was asleep, and, in consequence, Lot ti; from his chamber. At eleven o'clock she his room, and, after calling repeatedly, appracn; e bed and found that he was quite dead. b" cper" alarm, and two medical gentlemen made their loot' ance, who, on examining the deceased, found a "„et eud ing knife buried in his left breast. The instru% 00; tered the body about two inches from the IliP,P'll tb.; was buried to the depth of six inches, and such thavA force used in forcing it into the body, that scab, 00; two inches of the handle was buried in the fles served as a plug to prevent external hemorragte'tga medical gentlemen were of opinion that the deet" strument had passed through the heart, so thahteei must have been instantaneous. The jury, after ..trieitifte evidence of the above facts, and also of the ecce,l3ost,yl; exhibited by the deceased, returned a verdict belav had committed the act of self-destruction bY t himself while labouring under temporary insaniit/14 thai The Minister of Marine has just given orue bed 1 a careful examination shall be made of Ono. oysters lately discovered in the Bay of the e-of cutter has been sent to cruise off it, and to lint° 10 con) fraction which the English fishermen may Paris paper. BSI e bed; ALTERATION OF MILITARY UNIFORM of o.'t lieve we may confidently state for the informati°llo military readers, that the following alterations or OF. to be made in the uniform of officers of infantrk.oe ments:-1. Forage caps of royal regiments to black silk (oakleaf pattern) band, with 0.001.6 own badge instead of the present scarlet band. 2. The lt'co to •ty tkirts of the coats to be removed. 3. Gold leseoo.o worn on gi 4. Gold sash in full dress, plain crire rrisld undress. 4. trousers in full dress, and scarlet sori in undress. 5. Elack leather helmet, with hti cow ornaments and plume, instead of present challest' Service Gazette.