The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-01 00:00:00

!2,lgc 17th o 1 month
1

*
When any of these dates fall o 1 a Sunday, the mails will
despatched on the following day, with the exception of the India vi!
Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched the
Sup preceding.

ST. PETERSBURG.—The St. Petersburg letters contal°
nothing of interest beyond the ukase fur the new loan.
The Odessa dates are to the 19th inst., at which date it
is alleged, notwithstanding the recent statements in the
House of Commons, there was no blockade, and ships
were getting their cargoes as usual.
SUDDEN DEATH OF "A MURDERER IN BETHLEM 1100'
PlTAL.—Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. William
Payne, at Bethlem Hospital, on the body of Catherine
Smart, aged 74, a criminal lunatic, who died in the above
institution after an incarceratioe of thirty-one year mi•
From the evidence of Dr. Hoed, the physician, an
other witnesses, it appeared that the deceased was aw-
mitted to the hospital on tba 16th of December, 1823,
under the King's warrant- She was tried at the Old
Bailey for the murder of ner child, and acquitted on the
ground of insanity. Once the time of her admission she
had continued insane without any lucid interval. She
enjoyed uninterruci.ed good health up to March last,
when a disease ache heart was first discovered, and it
was anticipated that the deceased would die soddenly
In consequence of those indications she was seldom left
alone. She vas attacked with dropsy within a few days,
and a water bed was provided for her, but she suddenli
expired on Thursday morning. Her son had been to
see her several times since she had been there, but had
left London some time -ago, and, although two letters
had been sent to the place where he was supposed to be,
they had not reached him, and had been returned. Her
husband died some years ago. The jury returned a ver'
diet of natural death.
[ADvEnusEmENT.]--Holloway's Pills for Invigorating
the Weak, and Strengthening the Debilitated.—These
wonderful and efficacious pills are the only medicine
adapted to invigorate weakened constitutions, persons of
low and nervous habits, or those who are suffering from
bad digestive organs, or those whose health has become
deranged by bilious affections, disordered stomach, or
liver complaints. Those affected with coughs, colds,
asthma, or shortness of- breath, should have recourse to
these invaluable pills, as their mighty powers will be
found a certain and efficacious remedy for all these corn'
plaints, imparting, at the same time, strength, new life,
vigour, and buoyancy of spirits to the afflicted, and may
be taken with perfect safety at any period of life,—sold
by all druggists ; and at Professor Holloway's establish
ment, 244, Strand, London.

BIRTHS.

OF A SON.
On the 29th ult., at Teignmouth, Devon, the wife of the
Rev. John Vaughan Payne. .

OF A DAUGHTER.
On the 20th ult., at East-hill, Oxford, Surrey, the wife
of Captain Burdett, Coldstream Guards.

MARRIED.

- -
On the 12th of May, at Mahabuleshwar, Henry Roome,'
Esq., M.D , of the Bombay Medical Establishment,
youngest son of the late Major-General Fred. Roome, to
Marion Charlotte, daughter of,Henry Hebbert, Esq., Bow
bay Civil Service.

DIED.
On the sth May, at his residence, Pelham-dale, NeW
York, aged 63, James Hay, ESC!, third and youngest sou
)f the late James Hay, Eiri.p of Laxfirth, Zetland, N.B.
On the 26th ult., at 21, Lansdowne-place, Brighton, Be°
lecco, Gray, relict of the late Alexander Lang, of Over-
tie, Dumbartonshire, Esq.
On the 27th ult., at Holland, near Yeovil, Somerset-
kire, in his 80th year, John Batten, Esq., a Deputy-Lieu•
tenant for that county.
On the 28th ult., at Amwell-grove, Herts, Mary Ann,
thrd daughter of the late Thomas Edwards, Esq., of the
Crscent, Clapham-Common, aged 25 years.

LopoN : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNGOI .
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1121
krand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of
lilddlesex, Saturday, July 1, 1854.