The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-29 00:00:00

SHIPPING-THIS DAY,

LONDON, Aug. 29.—Wind at noon, N.W.,
and fine. light breeze,

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, August 28—Haaket, froze Malmo—Merle, from
Dominica—Alma M., from Sulina—Speculant and Wan-
derer, from Archangel—Prins Carl, from Soderham—
Artamatea, from Cardenas—_Summa, Cloud, from Nantes.

Arrived, August 29-11Tagdalaiae, from Bordeaux—
Hero, from Jamaica—Lionne and Furet, from Gravelines—
Mondego, from Wydah—Thames, from Pugwash—Heela,
from Ghent.

DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed, Aug. 23—Victory, from Rangoon, for Antwerp
—New Whim, of Portsmouth, C3mbeline, Guide, of
Poole, Hero, of Weymouth—all from the -West, for the
North.

Passed, Aug. 29 —Phail /slinden, from Taganrog, for
linn—Sphea, from Q uebec —Cigna; from Bilboa---both
for London.

Anchored—Nova Contra, of Cardiff, for Porto—Hastings
for Swansea—both from Llndon.

THE CHOLERA IN THE LINCOLNSHIRE FENS.—
We understand that the dreadful malady, Asiatic
cholera, has made its appearance in the Lincolnshire Fens
and proved fatal in several caves, oaring, it is said by the
medical men, to the long-continued drought which has
caused the drains to become little better than stagnant pools,
tiY unpleasant and unhealthy
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where it has made the greatest devastation.
SHOCKING D EATIL—Oa Saturday evening last,
a man named George Whiting, a plumber in the
employ of Messrs. Samuda, iron ebipbuilders, of Poplar,
who resided at 23, Wes,-terrace, Alanchester-road, Cubitt's
town, expired at Woolwich under the following circum-
stances appears that on Friday last the deceased, who
was a foreman, had been superintending some work on
board the iron cased ship Prince Albert, built by Messrs.
Samuda, and now under completion at Woolwich dockyard.
On leaving the dockyard the deceased became the worse for
liquor, and yielded to the advice of his companions to re-
main at Woolwich rather than proceed home at a late hour.
Lodgings were obtained at the Globe Tavern, Church-
street ; but about ono o'clock on Saturday morning a police-
man on duty saw the deceased either fall or jump from the
chamber window to the pavement beneath. He was imme-
diately removed to the tavern, and attended by Dr. Stuart,
who had sustained such injuries to his head that he expired
after lingering about 14 hours.

STATISTICS OF THE RUSSIAN CITURcu.--The
Union Chretienne, which always contains interest..
ing information about the Russian. Church, gives us in a
late number the matter of the report of the Holy Synod for
1861, which, according to custom, was presented to the
Emperor. There are 477 convents of men, numbering 5,648
monks, and 4,879 novices ; and 137 convents of women,
numbering 2.931 nuns, and 7,669 novices. There are 59,165
consecrated buildings for worship, and others are being
built. There are 87 bishops, 37,950 priests, 12,444 deacons,
and 63,421 other clerics. With the addition et. the
ecclesiastics en retraite, the number of secular clergy
amounts to 126,164, The orthodox population, omitting
those in the army and navy, 52,031,650, of those 35,612,978
communicated at Easter. In 1861, 9,605 converts to Russo-
Catholicism are claimed ; 5,519 Raskolniks, 1,019 Roman
Catholics, 40 Armenians, 536 Lutherans, 8 of the Reformed
persuasion, 427 Jews, 579 Mahometans, and 1,457 Pagans.
—Chia ela Review.

DEATH FROM FRIGHT.—The daughter of a
tradesman living in St. John's, Worcester, died from
the fright of seeing the bodies of a man and woman,
who had committed suicide, taken out of the Severn.
The young lady had been attacked will' consumption.
She was pe.ssicg over the bridge at the moment the
bodies were being lifted out of the river, Fear so operated
on her delicate frame that she died a short time after the
scene.

BISHOP COLENSO.—The .Natal Mercury says,
Bishop Colenso has declared his intention to return to
Natal after his petition to her Majesty has been replied to,
The same paper says that a friendly and sympathetic note
fro Garibaldi to Colenso has been published,