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SOYER'S MODERN ARABIAN NIGHT,
being the Thousandth and Second Night of those Oriental
Entertainments in the Jewelled Garden of Alladin.
Mons. SOYER begs to inlorin the nobil t%, gentry, and public,
that having just o .talned ALLADIN'S WONDERFUL LAMP, he
will, through its magic Influence, present a continuation of those
Fairy Tales on FRIDAY, the 18th Mat To produce the extra-
ordinary effect of enchantment, the do rs will not open in the even-
ing until Nine o'clock. Carriages to enter at the first gate near the
Crystal Palace.
Single Tickers, 7s. 6d.; Double !ickets, 10s. 6d.

Tickets may be obtained at Mitchell's, Bond-street; Sams's, St.
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Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcourt.
Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commence at
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Admission. One Shilling.

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" La lah Rookh"—lmmense concentration of talent and attraction—,
new Fairy Ballet, entitled THE STAR OF 61,7,111 TY ; or, The
Imp of Fire, composed and produced by Herr Deulin, with entire
new scenery, by Messrs. Gray and Devignes —New Tableaux %%vents,
representing the Six Prize Meals of the Exhibition —New Chinese
Pagoda—Orchestra and novel Platform, 100,000 feet, brilliantly il-
luminated, and decorated with luminous flowers—Dancing al Fresco
to Bosisio's celebrated Band—W. G. Pell (the original Bones), De
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and Domestic Coy oms of the Bosjesmans, illu4trated b a Family of
that Tribe, on a new stage, with appropriate scenery—P otessor Tay-
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the Polychrome Palace, by Chevalier Mortram—A new and intricate
Maze—The Gpsey in her Tent—Shooting Gallery and Archery
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THIS DAY—a. Grand ,cottish Fete and Gathering by the same
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VISIT OF FOREIGNERS TO THE MIDDLESEX HOUSE
Os' CORRECTION. -On Monday, P. Thankeem Khan, the
Egyptian Admiral, and Syed Abdallah, with several ladies
and gentlemen and their suite, paid a visit to the Middlesex
House of Correction, Coldbath-square, for tha purpose of
making an examination of the arrangements of the interior
and of the prison discipline. The party was received by
Captain Chesterton, the governor, when they went over
the prison, accompanied by the chief officer. Having viewed
the different yards and the various offices of the establish-
ment, they left the gaol, expressing their approval cf the
various plans adopted for the reformation of offender, and of
the excellent means to promote the sanitary condition of
the prison A sew days pri vious M. Vanham, principal
officer of the Belgian police, with some French detectives,
also visited the gaol, when they inquired into the case of
the Geman who a short time ago was committed from Bow-
street on the charge of stealing articles from the counters at
the Crystal Palace, which were of trifling value. The ac-
cused was not known to them, and it was subsequently as-
certained he was respectably connected. As it has been since
supposed he had no intention to steal them, application was
made to Sir e, Grey, rho ordered his discharge.

GRAND ENTERTAINMENT IN LIVER-
POOL TO THE ROYAL COMMIS-
SIONERS..

On Saturday morning, pursuant to invitation, the
Royal Commissioners and Executive Committee of the
Great Exhibition of 1851, with many distinguished fo-
reigners, arrived in Liverpool, on the invitation of Wil-
liam Brown, Esq , the popular Member for South Lan-
cashire, for the purpose of accepting that gentleman's
hospitality on board the magnificent steam-ship Atlantic,
a floating palace of the new world, most appropriately
selected by I'4r. Brown to receive as guests the assem-
bled elite of the old world.
Besides the noblemen and gentlemen more immedi•
atety connected with the Exhibition, including the re-
presentatives of all nations, all the distinguished fo-
reiguers in England holding official situations were
invited, together with the Lord Lieutenant and High
Sheriff, the Mayors of the various towns of Lancashire,
and select personal friends.
The London and North-Western Railway Company
placed a special tri-an, free of charge to the foreign
visitors, at the disposal of the invited guests, the Royal
Cominissioners and other English gentlemen paying
excursion fares; but it was stated that even the fares of
the fereign visitors Mr. Brown had himself agreed to
defray.
-Alt tan o'clock a numerous company assembled on the
lauding stage at St. George's Fier, where a steamer,
specially engaged for the occasion, received the guests
for an excursion on the Mersey. After some little de-
lay the a..mpany were taken on board the America,
Captain Nett • Shannon, British- and North American
.royal mail steamer,-which'had just before left her moor-
ings in the Sloyne, on her outward voyage to New York.
Here they were received with the utmost cordiality by
'lr. Charles M'lver, the agent for the • British line of
mails,- assisted' by Mr. 'owlet, the respected manager of
that beanie. After Win rely inspecting the transhipment
et the mails 'from the 'Satellite tender to the America,
the distinguished company returned on board their ex-
cursion boat, when- a parting salute was fired from the
America, end she stood out gallantly to sea. The Com-
missioners were next conducted to Birkenhead and Wood-
side, and had an opportunity of viewing the evolutions
of many of the splendid yachts engaged in the race of the
Royal Mersey Yacht Club. The wind blew almost a
gale, yet the weather overhead wds remarkably fine, and
nothing Could exceed the delightful trip that this excur-
sion afforded.

After going on bbard the Atlantic, and inspecting her
truly magnificent accommodation, a floating palace in
every sense of the word, the company returned to Liver-
pool at two o'clock, for a respite, previous to the ban-
quet, appointed for five P.M. The following distinguished
individuals were among the guests present:—
Earl Granville, Marquis Guarzoui, Barons Von Parte
and Closen, Counts Kergolay, Cafarelli, L. Serveston
and Son; Chevaliers Pazzi, Lencisa, and. Perizzi; Sir
James Anderson, Mr. J. Locke, M.P., the Mayors of
Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington, Bolton, and Salford;
the Town Clerk of Liierpool; Professors Hulsse, Co-
rtdi, Herrmann, Tanner, and Zebi; Drs. Wemiz, Freid-
lacder, Sehaffbault, Steiabeis, Zimmermann, Say ffartb,
and Neill; Coloneli' Falconer, Crittenden, and B. P.
Johnson; Major Oxford, Captains Hamel, Gr.:ig, Evans.
Owen, and Howes; Commander Bevis, R N., Signor
Cull, Herr Vonn Viebahn, Don M. de la Sagra, the
Rev. E. Hull; MM. Wolowski, Rondot, de Beyne, Laz-
zari, Dodge, Villanueva, Schiedmayer, Stalschmidt,
Dutonrs (3), Buschek, Trellet, Alphonso, Ysasi, Peligot,
Bannerschinidt, D. Ellison, Noback, Kamensky, Balard,
West4nholz, Scherclmonger, Wilhelm, Groselith, Goes-
,ens, GossuLh, E. Z thrab, J. R. Lavanchy, Waterles,
Chevrenal, T. De la Rue, Mavrogaum and Bannastein;
Messrs. H. B. Davis (charg6 d'affaires), W. Rathbone,
sen., and jun. (Washington), Jackson, W. Jackon, T.
B. Horsfall, J. Benn, Boardman, J. B. Durham, George
Peabody, R. R. Simpson, F. A. Hamilton, George A.
Brown. J. Potter, Owen Jones, C. Holland, J. Pit‘Der-
mott, Fairbank,,Maxwell, Rowland Hill, Duncan, Pon-
celet, H. Forbes, Barclay, Mansfield. T. Baines, J.
Grantham, T. Ripley, C. Mllver, W. Nicol, Alexander
M.. Gregor Thomas Bailey, H. Cole, P. Ellison, H.
Tucker, E H. Baldock, W. Bird, J. E. Gurney, P. Gra-
ham, C. E. Rawlins, Baring, J. Aikin, jun., Charles
Gneylott, J. Rosson, W. Earle, and others.

THE BANQUET.
At half-past five the company sat down in the magni-
ficent dining saloon to one of the most sumptuous repasts
ever provided on shipboJrd. The chair was occupied by
the worthy host, Mr. Brown; and the vice-chair by Cap-
tain West, the commander of the ship. The whole was
under the management of Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo
Hotel, to whom it did pelt credit. Of the wines it
would be impossible to speak in too high terms of com-
mendation; the most choice vintagas of all kinds were
cell eted and set before the guests in liberal profusion,
and ample justice was done to Mr. Brown's princely
hospitality. As soon as the cloth was removed,
The CHAIRMAN rose and said that, as Englishmen, it
always afforded them the highest pleasure to testify
their loyalty, by drinking as the first toast upon all fes-
tive occasions the health of an illustrious lady who was
not more ennobled by her high station as Sovereign of
these realms, than in her private position as a wife and
a mother. He therefore gave " The Queen, the Duchess
of Lancaster."
The toast was rapturously received, and the national
anthem sung by a party of professionals, who sang also
several glees in the course of the banquet.
Mr. BROWN next proposed the health of the illustrious
Prince who had been the oriAinator of that Palace of In-
dustry, which had been the means of bringing to this
country so many distinguished foreigners, and enabled
some of those strangers to meet together, although from
all parts of the earth, in the bonds of concord, and for
the advancement of science, and human progress. He
proposed the health of "Prince Albert, Albert Prince of
Wales, and the rest of the Royal family."
Glee—" What shall he have who killed the deer?"

The Haremem, in proposing the-next toast, it
was due to the governor of a most enterprising and in-
ce!ligent people, whom we find in every quarter of the
gleho—under the burning sun of Ethiopia, or pursuing
tee whale in the arctic regions—of whom the eloquent
Burke had said there was no sea but had witnessed their
roil, and no country but had beneficed by their presence.
I was due to the governor of such a people that his
name ehould be received with honour on an occasion
like the present, when they were assembled in a vessel
built in and bearing the flag of that country to which he
alluded. If that people could do so much in the gristle
of tali it youth, what might be expected from them in
the bone of their manhood? He proposed " The Presi-
dent of the United States," and begged to associate
therewith the name of Mr. Davis, chargé d'affdres for
that country.—(Loud cheers )
Mr. DAVIS, in aeknowledgiug the honour done to the
President of his country and to himself, could have
wished that the task had devolved on some one higher
in the diplomatic circle, but he knew that their Presi-
dent would look upon a fete like this with pleasure, and
with gladness upon the restoration to service of this
gallant ship, whose accident last winter had spoken de-
solation to many a home, and carried sorrow to thousands
of hearts on the other side of the Atlantic.—(flear.)
They had been told that the products of America were
meagre in the Crystal Palace, but let those who said so
come and look at Liverpool—let them look into the
docks and warehouses, as the loyal Commissioners and
others had done that day. Let them see what produce
there was from America, and the ships floating on the
Mersey tinder her flag, and they would behold what the
the descendants of Englishmen had done in so short a
time, and what vast obstacles they must have encoun-
tered and overcome since they separated from the mother
country.—(Cheers.) He would not detain them longer,
as the worthy mayor of Liverpool was anxious for their
company that evening, but conclude by thanking Mr.
Brown for proposing the health of the President while
sitting under the American flag, and the company for
the handsome manner in which they had received the
toast.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. BROWN next proposed, " The Health of the
Royal Commissioners," who had, by the exercise of a
good deal of personal exertion, and all their influence,
endeavoured to assemble the company on this occasion.
Song—" Be peace our guiding star."
Earl GRANVILLE begged to thank them, on behalf of
the Royal Gine nussiouvre, and on his own part, for the
handsome manner in which they had received the toast.
There is in the Exhibition (said his Lordship) a model
of Liverpool, which is daily surrounded by thousands of
anxious and gratified spectators; but Mr. Brown, not
satisfied with that, like one of the merchant princes of
whom this country might justly boa-t—a merchant
prince in every sense of the word—one of those who
had brought Liverpool to what it is—resolved on giving
our foreign guests an opportunity of visiting the town
itself, and of partaking of this magnificent repast in a
Transatlantic steamer.—(Cheers.) It was most appro-
priate that men who were assembled to promote the arts
and industry, and to forward the comforts of mankind,
should meet in a vessel of this sort. The idea was most
happy, and showed how absurd it is to prophecy that
anything is impossible in the present day. Mr. Davis
had reminded them that they were under the American
flag; he might say they were meeting in the middle of
Liverpool on American ground.—(Loud cheers.) It
was a subject for rejoicing that this occasion had given
Mr. Davis the opportunity of making those happy ex-
pressions of opinion in regard to the two nations which
they had just heard. his Lordship next referred
to the various matters connected especially with
the town and trade of Liverpool, that had
comewhether
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fdeirdr
endo t
to cl atihme
any thanks for the committee from the
decision, for
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ne they
thathad might
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people of Liver-
that it would have done any good for Ireland, they knew
Liflu:l;fd.pr.,;:oc:o E coming .d)to t itkheoi s
have great weight in altering the conclusion at which
arrived.people of Liverpool had an objection to
Gthue
It was not fur him, ho said, to com-
plainheing " blown up, but he would not say too much lest
yftptdderß
that the
be should alarm their southern neighbours as to the re
moval of the magazines to their vicinity.—(Laughter and
cheers.) Referting to the progress made by the port of
Liverpool, the noble speaker said that it, the reign of
George 111. the extent of docks was not more than some

few hundred yards, while now they extended over four
miles,' and will soon reach five; at Ahe firmer period the
population was only 86,000; now. it is over half a mil-
lion. 'He did not advert to this in glorification of any
portion of the British empire, but as they had seen in
the Exhibition the collection made by Mr. Archer, of
samples of all the produce brought to Liverpool from
the different parts of the world, tlifl had to-day, through
Mr. Brown's hospitality, beheld the ships that bring that
produce, the warehouses where it is placed, and were
now enabled to form some opinion as to the connexion
of the prosperity of Liverpool with the peaceful progress
of the civilised nations of the earth.—(Great cheering.)
In conclusion, his Lordship bore testimony to the ala-
crity and cordiality with which the distinguished fo-
reigners had co-operated in all matters connected with
the duties of the Royal Comts,isioners, and resumed his
seat amid loud and protracted applause.
Mr. BROWN, in proposing the next toast, said the
Noble Lord had only expressed what the whole nation
felt, that the foreign commissioners had met us with a
cordiality the most cheering, and as this was not the
first, so he hoped it would not be by many the last, time
they would have the happiness of meeting on occasions
like the present before their departure from this coun-
try. Ho proposed " The Foreign Commissioners,"
which was drank with all the honours.
M. ZUHRAB, the Turkish Commissioner, said, that al-
though there were many gentlemen' present connected
with the toast far more competent to acknowledge the
honour than himself, he must be permitted to say he felt
highly flattered at the selection made by their worthy
hooey-end- in tia-own name, and on behalf of the rest of
the foreign commissioners, he tendered his warmest
thanks for the manner in which the had, received their
names. He would say that those of isplantioyfaavaytho
had returned, had left England With ~'-is tieigjoipression'
of admiration for the illustrious Prin6i - -origi-
nated the Palace of the Industry of all Nsttiona--;for ;it
was the work not of a day but of an age--and of admira-
tion also of the great nation which had SO' aplendidly car-
ried out the original thought. 5
Mr. BRoWN next proposed " The Executive Com-
mittee," which was drunk with much applause, and ac-
knowledged by
Mr. COLE, who observed that he should have felt deep
regret that the Executive Committee had not a better
representative than himself on this occasion, were it not
that he was enabled to let their foreign guests into a
secret they would not otherwise have known. He must
tell them, then, that they were in no small degree in-
debted to their worthy chairman for the existence of
the Great Exhibition.—(Hear, hear.) Yes; for as in
the moral, so it is in the physical world, there is a con-
tinuous system of cause and effect, and as that. Hon.
Gentleman was a most zsalous supporter of the system
of penny postage, the system introduced by the gentle-
man on his left(Mr. Rowland Hill)—(Vociferous cheer-
ine)—so from penny postage sprang increased commu-
nication, and this mainly contributed to the erection of
the fabric they beheld with . admiration.—(Cheers.)
They had in the Crystal Palace a sample of a Belgian
post-office. Instead of mere posts in the streets•the
Belgians had turned them to practical account, and as
it was not well to be too sluggish in carrying on im-
provements, and as one good turn deserves another, and
as the Exhibition was owing to the penny postage—
(Hear, hear)—he was now enabled to announce that the
favour would be returned.—(Loud cheers.) An associ-
ation had been formed for the purpose of carrying on an
intercommunication between nations, and already many
foreign Ministers, including those of France, Austria,
and Prussia, besides Lord Ashburton, and, he might add,
their worthy chairman also, had joined it with a view
to impress on all the Governments they represent the
advantages of intercommunication, by means of a much
easier and better mode of transit. The prospect was
good, and he trusted the object would speedily be ac-
complished.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN rose and said that as the Mayor of
Liverpool had invited a very large party at the Town-
hall to meet their guest, he must travel a little out of the
order of the list of toasts to enable his Worship to meet
those whom he had invited; he would, therefore, without
preface, propose " The Mayors of the southern division
of Lancashire, who have favoured us with their company
to-day,"

Dr-ank with all the honours.
The Mayor of Liverpool (JonN BENT, Esq.) thanked
them not only for drinking his health op this occasion,
but for the opportunity thus afforded him of offering on
behalf of the Town Council and the inhabitants of Liver-
pool their cordial welcome to the Executive Committee,
the Foreign Commissioners, and the jury of the Great
Exhibition, at this hospitable table. Though Liverpool
could not boast of any such variety of productions as
those concentrated in the Crystal Palace, he hoped the
gentlemen who had visited them to-day had seen much
to admire in this great and groiving emporium, and that
an active and honourable rivalry might arise to promote
the arts and sciences, and, under Providence, the good
will and friendly intercourse of all nations.—(Loud
cheers.) He regretted that the shortness of the time
would not allow more opportunity for him to entertain
and receive them as he could wish at the Town-hall, but
he would be happy to see them even if but for a short
time.

His Worship retired amid general cheering.
The next toast was " The healths of Mr. Paxton and
Mr. Fox;" in introducing which Mr. BROWN said he
had almost committed an by saying that if the
Crystal Palace contained nothing but itself, that would
have been sufficient to attract their distinguished foreign
guests to this country. lie therefore propcsed " The
ealths of ti'e gentlemen who had designed and con-
structed it."—(Cheers.)
Mr. LocKE, M.P., being called on by the chairman,
on behalf of Messrs. Paxton and Fox said he was sorry
such a task had been left in such hands, but he supposed
it was because he was in some degree connected with a
profession of the same character as one of those gentle-
men. In Liverpool, where they Eee floating in the dock
such magnificent ships as this in which they were, all
might judge of the progress made its such a builOang as
the Crystal Palace. If he had words he would pro-
nounce an eulogium on those two gentlemen for their
respective merits in that great work, the design of
which is so chaste and the execution so perfect that it
is a marvel among public works. He had always a
pleasure in recording the merit of those engaged in the
same profession as himself, and therefore felt pleasure in
acknowledging the honour they had done to Messrs.
Paxton and Fox.—(Cheers.)
Mr. BROWN then proposed the health of " The Jury
of the Great Exhibition," who had been most anxious to
do justice to all parties, but they found from the multi-
tude of good things brought before their notice, that
their task was almost insurmountable.
The toast was acknowledged by Dr. HERRMANN,
who spoke in the German language, and made an elo-
quent address.

The following toasts were severally given and duly
responded to: Success to the undertakings of all men
of letters and science, engineers, and mechanics, whose
heads and whose hands have added immeasurably to the
social comforts of mankind." " Peaceful commerce,
may it ever flourish, to carry religion and civilisation
into the remotest corners of the world."
M. WOLoWSKI (France) responded in an elequent
speech in the French language, which was repeatedly
et-leered. He said there was a double necessity imposed
upon them of cultivatii,g the peaceful arts—the march of
commerce and of population. The Exposition of In-
dustry must have a considerable effect in promoting the
material, moral, and political progress of mankind by
leading to a fraternity of the people, and the spread of
education and peace.
•' The Armies and Navies of the Great Nations of the
Earth; may they ever meet 113 friends, and not as foes,
to co-operate for some great public good."
Colonel B. P. JOHNSON (America) said, as ono em-
ployed i❑ the defensive service of his country, he trusted
that the pre,ent assemblage of nations would lead to
the result propounded i❑ the sentiment they had adopted.
Ho might say that the army and navy of the country he
belonged to never again desired to be called on to meet
those of other nations in war, and he hoped the time had
arrived when " the nations should not learn war any
more."

" The World's Commercial Fleet; may it continue to
navigate the ocean free from war's alarms, and add t•
the prosperity, the happiness, and the social comforts of
the illialtill race."

Chevalier LECCISCA (Sardinia) claimed for his coun-
tryrnan (Columbus) the honour of discovering two
worlds where only one was known to exist previously.
That was a part of the destiny of science, end the
friendly meeting of nations must be both a cause and a
consequence of its progress.
Mr. BROWN then gave " The Health of Captain West,"
who had so courteously received the guests on board his
ship.—(This was received with loud and general cheer-
in;;, and "three times three for Captain West in his
own cabin," were given with great enthusiasm.)
Captain WEST replied, in a breaf but pithy speech, in
which he expressed the honour and pleasure he felt at
meeting so distinguished a company on board the ship
which he had the good fortune to command.
Earl GRANVILLE proposed " the Health of their
worthy Host," in neat and appropriate terms, cha-
racterising the banquet as at once magnificent and un-
ostentatious; to which
Mr. BROWN replied in a short but effective address, in
the course of which he stated that he trusted the Crystal
Palace might hereafter bo truly called the Peace Palace' •
and referring especially to Liverpool, he said that in the
reign of Charles IL it had but titteen little boats on the
Mersey, none of them more that 150 tons; in the reign
of Queen Anne the first dcel was built where the Custom-
house now stands, and for half a century its progress was
but slow. At the beginning of the present century the
town received 28,000/. a year in dock dues; now they
received half a million ainuz.lly. At the commence-
ment of the century the ducks covered only about
200 acres of water spate; now, as they had heard,
they were many miles in extent, and had cost
more than ten millions stieling. It it was asked how
Liverpool had thus rapidlyprogressed, he would inform
them, for the benefit of tlieir stranger guests. wales
supplied her with copper,
r,iron, and feud, Northvvich
with salt, Birmingham withhardwarF, Macclesfield with
silk, Sheffield with cutlery, Leeds with cloths, Bradford
with stuffs, and coals from everywhere. He hoped only
that those nations whose representatives were around
him, would teke from Eegleid those articles which she
could supply cheaper than hey could.
.otherwise procure
them, and give us in returl those things which we re-

quire for our own country. That was the true principle
of commerce, and he was happy to have had an oppor-
tunity of expressing to them his opinions as a British
merchant. and to see them as guests at his table.
" The Press, which enables us to make progress in all
the civilised arts of life, by faithfully recording the dis-
coveries and passing events of the age," was then given
from the chair, and briefly but happily acknowledged by
Mr. MACDONALD, after which the company returned
ashore to partake of the Mayor's hospitality.
Upwards of 900 guests had assembled at the Town-
hall, where the evening was terminated both happily
and brilliantly.

BOULOGNE AND AMIENS RAILWAY.
A notice was posted in the Stock-Exchange on Thurs-
day from Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, London agents
to the Boulogne and Amiens Railway, that an agreement
was signed on Wednesday at Paris between the boards of
that company and the Northern of France for an amal-
gamation, which is to be submitted to the approval 'of
the respective shareholders. The terms are briefly"as
follows —The Northern takes the Boulogne line, with all
its advantages, and assumes all its obligations. In return
the 75,000 original shares of 201. each are to be ex-
changed for bonds of the Northern Company of a like
sum, bearing interest at the rate of 3 per cent., or 12s.
annually, payable half-yearly, such bonds to be paid off
off at par, all within a period of seventy-five years, and
so may each year, according to lot. The sinking fund
which will be allowed will extinguish about 200 bonds
the first year, more the next, as the interest on these
then ceases, and so on until all are paid off in the stipu-
lated time. The interest will only commence from the
Ist instant, but the Boulogne holders will receive for
thei-Mit8414111.--(44*44-wiuktityo44o4l4l4' .
a 'b lad &tie the'lrlioleirs'
sive pro tine o "c.
of the Northern Company as security, for thirty-eig t
yedrii. By that tinie a large portion of the shares 'will
be paid 'off, and the revenues of the.BoulOgne line will
be amply sufficient to secure the interest and repayment
of the rest. It has been agreed, however, that if the
concession of the Northern line be extended, the semi-
rity of their whole revenue is to be given for the en-
tire term of the concession. The general bearing of
this arrangement is considered to be such as will
command the unanimous assent of the shareholders of
both companies. The Boulogne will receive more than
twice the interest their line has produced as an inde-
pendent 'undertaking, and the repayment of the shares
at the full value originally subscribed is assured on the
fullest security. The Northern, on the other hand, ob-
tain the only link wanting to put the whole interna-
tional communication in their hands, and get posses-
sion of a line which, however unproductive it may
hitherto have been, cannot fail, when worked conjointly
with the whole line to Paris, to command a great and
increasing business. Now that the useless competition
between Boulogne and Calais will cease, both will be
rendered available to the fullest extent of their re-
sources; the English traffic will have every facility by the
shortest way, and the injury which the Northern and
Boulogne both received from the competition of other
and less convenient routes will no longer be possible.
The Northern will, besides, have an additional advan-
tage from the long lease of the Boulogne (ninety-nine
years). By giving up a portion of it, they may rea-
sonably hope to obtain an extension of the lease of
the main line from its present duration to an average
of 75 years, and thus far diminish their annual allow-
anon to the sinking fund, as to be able very considerably
to increase the divisible profits. It may be observed
that the present agreement differs moat materially from
the indefinite one which was attempted about a year
since, and which was properly rejected by the share-
holders. It secures every Boulogne share being even-
tually paid off at 201.; while in that they were to be paid
off at 81., and it gives considerably more interest, be-
bides guaranteeing it clear of any contingencies. It is
plain that although the Boulogne line will be very valu-
able to the Northern, it is so dependent on the main
line that it would have been difficult, under the most fa-
vourable circumstances, to have earned while working
as an independent undertaking as much as is now se-
cured, and the shareholders, therefore, owe gratitude to
their directors for having steadfastly maintained their
interests until such a result could be brought about. The
Northern Company have no less reason to congratulate
themselves; and, at the same time, the public will be
benefited, since the adjustment will tend in a very im-
portant degree to facilitate the international communi-
cation.— Times.