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GRAND JUNCOO-RIMAKANI.
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A special general meet "Oftlie.Proprieterg ~ If
Grand Junction Railway Siraslteld• ori Thittsthvi in
the Cotton Sale-room, Livirpnet --foi-the- pisiaie of
obtaining the sanction of flit-1'401'96.044m :464,an-
caster and Carlisle Railway Bill, now before l'arlia-
meat, to give power to make a railway from Lancas-
ter to Carlisle; towards which undertaking the
Directors had recommended the Company to contri-
bute 250,0001., the amount to be raised by the creation
of new shares. The - Chairman (John Moss, Esq.)
opened the proceedings, stating, that as to le pro-
posed subscription of this Company to the Chester and
Holyhead Railway, which they had been induced to
consider by being informed that a considerable an-
nual sum was to be paid by the Government - as for
public service, they retired from the undertaking
only when the certainty of making any such arrange-
ment had wholly ceased to exist. The Chairman de-
nied that he had ever applied 'for, or held a single
share in the Chester and Holyhead Railway.
In reference to a report, that, of late, he and the
other Directors had considerably reduced their shares
in the Grand Junction Company, the Chairman
added, " Almost every Director (myself included)
holds every share he did on the Ist of January last;
and the greatest number of shares which any
Director has parted with since that time, is ten. The
shares held by myself and my family would more
than qualify the whole Board twice over, and I have
no intention of reducing my interest in the concern ;
for I know no railroad whatever more deserving
of being considered a desirable permanent invest-
ment than the Grand Junction. The last and most
singular complaint which I have seen made against
us is, that we are are opposed to the improvements
going on and projected at Birkenhead.. In point of
fact, no such subject has ever been even enter-
tained by or mentioned to the Board, or to any
member of it, so far as I know—certainly not to
me." Captain Huish then read a report from the
Directors, recommending a creation of shares to the
extent of the 250,0001. to be supplied by this Company
towards the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, and re-
commended the Shareholders to embark 100,0001. in
it, but declaring that the Directors did not intend to
ask a vote on this occasion. The Directors also
announce, that they "purpose calling up the unpaid
portions of the new quarter shares in due course, as
the amount can now be advantageously applied to the
purpose originally intended, namely, the payment off
of the mortgage debt." With reference to the pro- _
posedline to connect Shrewsbury with the- Grand I, -
Junction Railway, the report states, that the expense
of a railway to Stafford or Penkridge will be consi-
derably less than to any point further south, while
the traffic will , certainly be greater, inasmuch
as Manchester and Liverpool, and all the
north, as well as the south, will be thereby
accommodated, and not the south only, as
would be the case if Wolverhampton were to be the
point. The Directors estimate the gross return' on a
. branch from Shrewsbury to the Grand Junction line
at Stafford or Penkridge, to be such as to justify them
in recommending their Shareholders to take a lease
of the line at 4/. per cent. on the cost of it (which may
be stated at 400,0001.), with a divisiou of any further
profit. between the lessors and lessees equally, as the
working expenses (undertaken by the Grand Junction
Company with their present establishment) would
be unusually low, and there would be a consideiable
accession of traffic to the main line. If the branch were
carried by an independent party to a point on the Grand
Junction farther south than Penkridge, the cost would
he much greater, and the probable profit would he
quite insignificant, because the working expenses
would then be at the ordinary high rate on short lines,
and the Liverpool and Manchester and north traffic
would be wholly lost. The Directors consider a
branch from Shrewsbury to their line at Stafford or
Penkridge to be essential ; and accordingly they in-
tend to arrange for having it brought before Parlia-
ment next session, whether the Wolverhampton Rad
Shre wsbury line be prosecuted or not. Resolutions were
passed adopting the report, approving the Lancaster
and Carlisle Railway Bill, and declaring that it is
for the interest of -the Grand Junction Company to
promote the constructien of a railway connecting
theirs (at Stafford or Penkridge) with Shrewsbury;
and the Directors were instructed to take the neces-
sary steps for a Parliamentary application next ses-
sion, subject to the appeal of a future general meeting
of Proprietors.: Other resolutions were passed as to
the creation of new shares, and the meeting then
terminated.—Manchester Guardian.

THORWALDSEN'S FUNERAL.
(Extract from a Private Letter.)
COPENHAGEN, MARCH 30.—The last solemn rites
over the remains of Thorwaldsen were celebrated this
day. "Never," says the Berlin Gazette, "has Copen-
hagen witnessed a solemnity in which all its citizens
exhibited so much sympathy and grief, and never has
the true Scandinavian spirit manifested itself among
the inhabitants of ali ranks and of all ages, more dis-
tinctly and more beautifully than on the present occa-
sion. The body lay in state yesterday, in the room
appropriated to antique works of sculpture in the
Thorwaldsen MUseum. Here the ceremony com-
menced this morning at eleven o'clock, with a dirge,
composed by Hoist and Kung, and executed by
all the students of the Academy of Fine Arts.
After this, the Reverend Dr. Claussen delivered
a very beautiful and appropriate 'oration upon
the extraordinary abilities and genius of the dee
ceased. The coffin was then taken down and placed
in the hearse, during which the members of the Ita-
lian Opera, who were placed in Thorwaldsen's studio,
performed a cantate in Italian, written by Speratti, and
composed by Hoist, and when the hearse moved slowly
away the students of the Academy of Fine Arts sung
another beautiful plaintive song from the balcony Of
the building. The mournful procession was headed
by two of the most eminent members of the Academy
of the Fine Arts, followed by about eight hundred
students ; after them came all Thorwaldsen's
countrymen—all the icelanders now residing here
—and then, almost without exception, all the
artists in the city. The plain open coffin
came next, simply ornamented on one side
with a beautiful carving of the Fates, after a
design from the great master's own hand, and a
design representing Victory on the other. On the
coffin were placed interwoven branches of palms and
cypress, but none of the numerous decorations be-
longing to the deceased sculptor. On the canopy of
the hearse was placed one of the last and most beau-
tiful works of the great artist, Hope leaning on an
anchor. Next came, immediately after the corpse, as
chief mourners, all the members of the Academy of
Fine Arts, headed by their President, his Royal High-
ness the Crown Prince, followed by all the other
Royal Princes, and a great number of the principal
officers of state, officers of the army and navy, and
upwards of 8,000 citizens of all classes. All the
streets through which the procession passed, from the
Museum to the church of the Holy Ghost, were lined
en espalier with the different companies of trade, with
their colours and ensigns covered with crape, and
they themselves in deep mourning. The streets,
from the church of the Holy Ghost to
that of Notre Dame, where his last resting
place was prepared, were lined in the
same manner by the different regiments of the garri-
son, and the whole distance from the Museum to the
Notre Dame (about an English mile) was, according
to the ancient Scandinavian custom, strewed with
white sand intermixed with juniper leaves. At the
entry of the church his Majesty the King, in deep
mourning, received the corpse, and after the coffin.
had been placed on a ctahteafarleqquueiemwhiwcahs
phearfderbmeeend
one of Thorwaldsen's most
etacttwedhicfohrwthasatwprlitrrnsbe,y
intimate friends, the celebrated Adam Oehlenschlarger,
and composed by Glaser. The Bishop of Seeland,
the Right Rev. Dr. Tryde, then performed they
funeral service, and delivered a most eloquent oration;
after which the coffin was consigned to its last abode,
during which time the students, amounting to seve-
ral thousands, who had not found admittance into the
interior of the church and had placed themselves in
the churchyard, sung a hymn, also written and com-
posed for the occasion. Her Majesty and all the
Royal Princesses occupied the royal pew during the
whole of the ceremony."
The bells of' all the churches in the capita tolled
from eleven till two o'clock, and when the procession
came in sight, the " Dead March" from Saul was
performed.
As was anticipated, Thorwaldsen has left nearly all
his property, which is more considerable than was
supposed, to the museum that bears his name.
A monument upon a most magnificent scale will be
erected to his memory, at the public expense, for which
subscription lists have already been opened, headed by
his Majesty, with the munificent sum of 25,000 dollars.

We are happy to announce that, in the winter of
1840 or 1841, Captain Edward Hight, in the command of the
Lady Raffles, a large ship, bound to Van Diemen's Land,
with convicts, at the entrance of the British Channel fell in
with a Russian merchantman, the Comilla, with a crew, con-
sisting of the captain and sixteen men, whose vessel had
sprung a leak the previousnight, and was then in a sinking
state. With much difficulty, and the loss of a boat (it being
bad weather), Captain Higlit succeeded in getting them all
on board of his ship ; thus preserving from destruction'
seventeen of his fellow-creatures. This philanthropic conduct
having been represented to the Emperor of Russia, he hes
thought proper to mark his esteem of this gallant and
humane service by presentina Captain Hight with n gold
medal, with the inscription " For saving those who were in
peril," and the riband of the order of St. Ann of Russia, to be
worn round the neck. Captain Edward Hight, we are proud
to say, is a native of Doyen—Dery Chronicle,
BOGNOR.—This town has for some time past be-
come mach agitated from the conduct of the clergy,
who, in despite of the known sentiments of many of the
inhabitants, have thought proper, under the plea of a
renewal of obsolete customs, to adopt in the morning
service forms so highly offensive, that some of the con-
gregation feel obliged to leave the church during the- service, whilst others are precluded from going thither
—a course persevered in by the Vicar, in defiance of the
earnest and affectionate 404 treaties pf the chief of his
panshioners.