The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-24 00:00:00

SUICIDE AT AVINGTON, HANTS.

An inquest was held at the village of Avington,
on Monday last, before J. H. TODD, Esq. coroner of
Hunts, on view of the body of a young woman, by
the name of Mary Bendle, cook-maid in the service
of the Rev. C. S. Bonnett, rector of that parish,
who destroyed herself by poison the preceding day.
No cause whatever could be certainly assigned for
the unnatural deed, the deceased never having con-
fided her secret to any one; but it was believed to
have arisen from the real or supposed inattention of
a young man, for whom she entertained an attach-
ment. Her disposition had always been melancholy,
and her apprehension dull, but not a single instance
could be adduced of mental alienation, nor such a
change in her recent
-behaviour as could justify its
presumption.

The Jury returned an unanimous verdict of" Feb°
de se," and the body was privately hurled in Avirig-
ton church-yard, without the rights of Christian
burial, at eleven o'clock the same night.
There have been five attempts at self-destruction
in that district, three of them proving fatal, within a
fortnight.

The Medical Profession will be glad to learn
that the Lectures of Sir ASTLEY COOPER have just been
published in a very neat volume, at a moderate price,
viz. Ss., containing upwards of 600 pages of close letter-
press. The fidelity with which they have been reported
renders them invaluable to the student. The Lancet says
The practical hints and cautions to be found in these
discourses will be valued so long as -Surgery•shali- be cul-
tivated as a Science."

NEW POLICE INSTRUCTIONS.

The following Provisional brztructions for the
different ranks of the Police Force are not to be
undersiood as containing certain rules of conduct,
under every variety of circumstances that may occur
in the performance of their duty; something must
necessarily be left to the intelligence and discretion
of individuals; and according to the degree in which
they show themselves possessed of those qualities,
and to the zeal, activity, and judgment they display,
on all occasions, will be their ehirns to future pro-
motion and reward.

It should be understood, at the outset, that the
object to be attained is " the prevention of crime."
To this great end every effort of the Police is to
be directed. The security of person and property,
the preservation of the public tranquillity, and all
the other objects of a Police Establishment, Avid
thus be better effected than by the detection and
punishment- of the offender, aft er he has succeeded
irfreottunitti,:ik the crime. This should constantly be
kept in mind by every member of the Police force,
as the guide for his own conduct. Officers and Po-
lice Constables should endeavour to distinguish
themselves, by such vigilance and activity as may
render it impossible for any one to commit a crime
within that portion of the town under their charge.
When many offenders are committed, it must ap-
pear to to the Commissioners that the Police is not
properly conducted in that Division; and the ab-
sence of clime will be considered the best proof of
the complete efficiency of the Police. In a Divi•
sion, where this security and good order have been
effected, the officers and men belonging to it may
feel assured that such good conduct will be noticed
by rewards and promotion.