The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-30 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTULIGEII'CE.

GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived—Earl of Aberdeen, steamer, from Hamburg;
Aurora, steamer, from Valentia ; Orion, steamer, from
Antwerp; City of Delhi, from Calcutta.
Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, Dec. 29—Kate Walters, from Auckland ; For-
tunato, from Galatz ; Helena and Queen of Commerce, both
from Alexandria ; Channel Light, from Rangoon; Aurora,
from Rio Grande; Sunbeam, from Montreal; Rapid, from
St. Michael's ; Neva, Lord J. Russell, and Blonde, steamers,
from Dunkirk.

Arrived, Dec. 30.—Rhine, steamer, Concordia, steamer,
and Leopard, steamer, all from Boulogne ; John Bull,
steamer, from Havre; Waterloo, steamer, from Rot-
terdam.

Sailel.—S.D. Thurston, forßangoon ; Vigilant, steamer,
for Calais ; Florence, steamer, for Rotterdam.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning

The Waterloo, from Leghorn, for Hull, caught fire
during last evening, and was totally destroyed; the cap-
tain and crew were saved, and landed here.

The Washburn, from Shields, for Rouen, has bean sup-
plied with an anchor and 45 fathoms of chain, in lieu of
others lost during the gale of yesterday.
Wednesday Morning.
Passed (in tow.)—Pegasus, from Woosung, for London.
Anchored—Esperanza, schooner, from the north, for the
west.

The mortal remains of the late Sir R. Mayne
wore interred to-day in Kensal- green Cemetery.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday night a gentle-
man named Smith was killed at the Shrewsbury Railway
station under most painful circumstances. The deceased
had just previously taken tickets for himself and his
mother and sister, and while waiting for the train on the
platform his foot slipped, and he fell under another train
that was just leaving the station. When picked up he
was found to be dreadfully injured, and he died while
being carried to the infirmary.

THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD.—The special
commissioners appointed to examine this road report by
telegraph to the Secretary of the Interior that the Central
Pacific Railroad, except two bridges, now nearly finished,
is well and substantially built from Sacramento to Wads-
worth, on the Truckee River, a distance of 189 miles.
The grades and curves are within the limits, and the loca-
tions aro satisfactory. The rails weigh 56 to 64 pounds
to the lineal yard. The ties aro of sound timber,
and are of full size, and are laid at the rate of
2,400 to the mile. The tra,Fk is firmly laid, and
ballasted ; the culverts and bridge foundations are of
heavy granite masonry. The bridges are of Howe's truss
pattern, well framed and ironed. The tunnels are 16 feet
wide. About 20 miles on the summit of the Sierras are
covered with snow-sheds. Passenger trains can run from
15 to 30 miles per hour safely and smoothly. The equip.
ment of rolling stock, engine-houses, and machine-shops
is fully equal to the demands of the traffic. Seventy-nine
locomotives are running on the road and eighty more are
on the way. On the new portion of the road along the
Humboldt Valley the cross-ties, bridges, and rails aro up
to the standard. There are a few minor defects—not of
vital importance—in culverts, drains, width of embank-
ment and ballast, but these can be remedied at small cost
when the hurry of pushing forward the road is over. I
Heavy trains of rails, ties, and fuel are running safely
to the extreme end of the road, 445 miles front Sacra-
=Lento.