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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1858.

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ON the TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the
URETHRA in all their :varieties and complications ;
with the Reasons why they so often appear Incurable, and
thus afford a pretext for the recourse to dangerous operations,
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CE-S-ENTA7'ION OF THE FUNERAL
CAB OF NAPOLEON I.

(From the Honiteter.)
The funeral car. of Napoleon arrived on Friday
morning in Paris. Gen. Sir J. Burgoyne, charged
by the Queen of England to proceed with it to the
Invalides and deliver it up formally, was in attend-
ance. At a quarter before one, General Count
d'Ornano, the governor, and his staff, descended
into the courtyard to meet Marshal Valliant, Minis-
ter of War. In a few minutes after, the English
general and Prince Napoleon, who had come from
Compiegne expressly for the occasion, arrived, and
the ceremony of reception took place in front of
the church, where the car had been placed. Sir J .
Burgoyne delivered the following address :
" Her Majesty the Queen of England being de-
sirous of offering to his Imperial Majesty a relic
which she knows to be interesting to France, has
charged me to bring to Paris, and to place at the
disposal of the Emperor, the funeral car on which
were conveyed to his first tomb the mortal remains
of the illustrious founder of the Napoleonian
dynasty. The admiration which I feel as a soldier
for the exalted genius and exploits of that great
warrior has caused me to' feel .the greater pleasure
at the choice which my gracious Sovereign has made
of me, for the accomplishment of this honourable
mission."

Prince Napoleon replied :—" General—l receive,
in the name of the Emperor, the precious relic
which the Queen of England has sent to him. I
receive it as a testimony of her desire to efface the
poignant remembrances of St. Helena, as a pledge
of the friendship which unites the two Sovereigns,
and as a proof of the affiance which exists between
the two nations. May this alliance long continue,
for the happiness of the human race ! May it
reserve for the future as great results as those which
it has already produced! lam charged by the
Emperor to inform you, General, that he particu-
larly appreciates the choice which the Queen has
made of you for this mission. We are happy to
have to thank one of those glorious chiefs of the
English army, by the side of whomwe have fought,
and for whom we have retained such a high
esteem."
The short ceremonial then terminated. The car
is to be placed in the Chapel Saint-Jerome, by the
side of the mortal remains of the great man which
had been conveyed on it to the tomb.

DENSE 'FOGS ON THE MERSEY.—SERIOUS COL-
LISIONS.--Ort Wednesday morning, at half-past six o'clock,
a fog gathered over the Mersey, and in a short time the
mist became so dense that it was with great difficulty the
Woodside steamers could effect a passage to the landing-
stage. The other ferry boats did not attempt to cross the
river. At a quarter to seven o'clock the steamer Prince,
which left Woodside with between 200 and 300 passengers,
came into collision with the ship Wallace. Whilst in the
act of reversing her engines one of the wheels of the
steamer,. which caught in the mooring chain of the ship,
was carried away, and it would have sunk but that it was
slightly supported by the pedestal bracket. A second col-
lision took place at half-past nine o'clock, with the Lord
Morpeth, another of the Woodside steamers, which ran into
the barque Lucy, which was anchored in the middle of the
stream, and outward-bound. The barque had some of her
planks started, and was obliged to put into the Coburg
Dock during the day for repairs... The. steamer sustained
no damage. The fog partially cleared off at eleven o'clock,
but on Wednesday evening, at eight o'clock, the mist again
thickened, and, as in the forenoon, the navigation of the
Mall but
was effected with great difficulty. At nine o'clock
the Woodside steamers had ceased • running.—
.Liverpoq 4(crcery,

SPORTING NOTES.

NEWMARKET AND LIVERPOOL.

The racing at Newmarket will be long remem-
bered, for it is many years since the three October
gatherings furnished such an abundance of sport.
Thus late in the day, however, I am not going over
the beaten track which has been so well trodden by
every journalist; but I will take another path, and
show how the inhabitants amused themselves when
the real business of the meetings was over, and I
will describe the vagaries which were witnessed on
the heath. A variety of entertainments were pro-
vided to amuse the visitors, but in the race week, so
absorbed were turfites in the sport and the betting,
that they were almost total failures. Young ladies,
therefore, merely warbled their strains in the

Public-Hall each evening to a few noisy stable boys,
and even Sam Collins could not charm the people
from the Subscription Room to listen to his
" Limerick Races." In the intervals between the
races on the heath, however, " Joey Jones " exhi-
bited his eccentricities, and elicited shouts of
laughter. Now falling, in a well-simulated state
of intoxication, between wheels of carriages, and
now shouting, in answer to a steniorian offer to
take odds, " I know you would, you'd take the
roof off a house," or " you'd take anything
you could reach without a ladder," he was quite
the clowAlighe ring and to t ie admiration of the'
little boys. JOey, a hint to thee, thy humour is at
times right pleasant, and it really relieved the
monotony of the proceedings on the heath, but
remember to restrain thy wit within the bounds of
decency before ladies. Thou art a merry rogae,
and this hint may serve thee.
In the evening " Joey" was great at his soiree,
and he was surrounded by those " choice spirits"
who listed not of the doings in the room. In the
streets, too, he played many merry pranks, greatly
to the astonishment of the inhabitants, and to the

amusement of those persons who were aware of his
eccentricties. He astounded one poor fellow by
jumping into his cart, and immediately falling
prostrate, as if in a fit ; and a butcher's boy, with
a tray of meat, enabled him to play off more tricks
than a clown in a pantomime. During the week
Sayers and Paddock twice came into collision, and
one night a repetition of the recent fight for the
championship seemed inevitable. After exchanging
blows, however, the friends of the pugnacious
parties interfered, and Toni Sayers marched off
heedless of Paddock's invitation to him to strip and
have a " set to." Still, notwithstanding those little
"shindies," the town of a night was remarkably
quiet, and no damage was done to make the
inhabitants repent the presence of the race folk.
Indeed, it is surprising, considering the immense
number of all sorts and conditions of people in the
town, that so much order prevailed. Police-con-
stable Steggles scarcely found his duties increased.
It was quite amusing, on the days following the
meeting, to see the people " cleaning up." The
inhabitants made a general " turn
.out" to set their
houses in order for the winter months. Such a
cleaning and scouring were never seen, and char-
women could command any rate of remuneration
for their labours.

By the Tuesday the good folk of the town had
recovered their equanimity, and had settled down
to enjoy themselves, after contributing so much to
the enjoyment of others. In the evening of that
day a soiree was held in the Public Hall, which
was decorated with flowers, and which was filled
with the choicest curiosities, contributed by the
gentry of the town and neighbourhood. The
principal families of the town Were present. Mr.
E. Ball, M.P., presided. A gentleman from Lon-
don read a most appropriate and interesting paper
on literary institutions ; there was excellent sing-
ing ; and a band, composed principally of gentle-
men dwelling in the town,. played some of the most
popular music with considerable effect. It will be
seen, therefore,:that the inhabitants of Newmarket
can really take their thoughts from the stable and
the turf, and enjoy themselves in a rational and
intellectual manner. This soiree, too, was pro-
moted by the race judge—himself an excellent
musician ; and it- would, but for a domestic afflic-
tion, have had the assistance of the clerk of the
scales, who, as the - sailor in the farce would say,
can play the fiddle like an angel. The festivities
at Newmarket have not yet ceased, for the inhabi-
tants are now in all the gaiety and fun of their
November Fair.

But, now to business. Mr. Topham ought surely
to command success for his Autumn Gathering at
Aintree, for his enterprise and liberality in endea-
vouring to establish it cannot be too warmly ap-
plauded. He has issued a most attractive pro-
gramme, and there is really every reason to anti-
cipate a capital meeting. lam somewhat puzzled
how to deal with the probabilities, for little or
nothing is at present known res;ecting, the in-
tended competitors. Dawson may win the Aintree
Plate with either Broadlands or Buckthcirn ; his
most formidable antagonist will, perhaps, be
Convict. Thirty youngsters are weighted for the
Nursery, the most attractive names being Solomon,
Conjuror, Palm Leaf, and Willie Wright.
If Broadlands be brought out for the Sefton
Handicap I shall be inclined to trust him, but as
he is backed for the Cup he may be reserved for
that event, I shall, therefore,' select Ancient Briton
and Julia.

On Wednesday I shall refer fully to the Cup
chances. At present my fancy points to Under-
hand, Special Licence, and King of the Gipsies ; of
these, my greatest partiality is decidedly in favour
of Mr. ?Merry's horse.
Nov. 8. A FRESH MAN.

ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL.
Gorsehill, Nelly, Satinstone, Rosedale, and
Target.

PROFESSOR BLACKIE ON MR. GLAD-
STONE'S HOMER.

In concluding a lecture on Homer and Homeric
poetry, delivered on the opening of his classes for
the session in the University of Edinburgh on Tues-
day last, Professor Blackie made the following re-
marks on Mr. Gladstone's "Homer and the Homeric
Age:"—" I think (he said) you are entitled to have
my plain and undisguised opinion on the merits of
this book, and I will give my opinion plainly and
without reserve. Mr. Gladstone is a learned, enthu-
siastic, most ingenious and subtle expositor of
Homer—always eloquent, and sometimes brilliant ;
but he is not sound. His method is often uncon-
sciously sophistical—for in conscious purpose he is
always as honest as in aim he is lofty ; his logic
is feeble, almost puerile, and his results arc not
seldom -worthless, -always suspicious. He errs
egregiously in the most important matters,
for two reasons— first, because l has not
the key of the position ; secondly, because his tac•
tical niovements, though full • of graceful dash and
brilliancy, are utterly destitute of sobriety, of cau-
tion, and even of common sense. I consider Mr.
Gladstone's book beautiful as a feat, but worthless
as an achievement; pleasant as a stimulus to the
dull, dangerous as a guide to the ignorant. Its
virtues and its vices may be shortly summed up in
one word—it is altogether and gloriously hobby-
horsical. The man who rides his hobby with such
a free and unlimited range as Mr. Gladstone is sure
not to write a stupid book—is sure to do consider-
able execution in the way of amusing, and it may
be also instructing, his readers. But he is pretty
sure also not only to make himself ridiculous, but
to indulge the dangerous habit of running down his
neighbours violently and attempting to bring all
the world despotically under the subjection of his
hobby. This Mr. Gladstone has done, and not by
halves. Still, his errors are those of a man whom,
while we reprove, we must admire ; and it would
ill become the professional scholar to receive with
other than a grateful welcome the accomplished
statesman who employs his leisure hours in plait-
ing wreaths for the brows of time-honoured bards,
even when the taste of the particular decoration is
more than questionable. The,ugh he has written
not the best book on Homer, there are few public
men in Europe so pure-minded, so quick-sighted,
and so highly-cultivated as Mr, Gladstone."

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.
The Royal Mail steamship Africa has arrived
from New York with advices from thence to the
27th ult. She brings 85 passengers and 400,000
dols. on freight.

Sir William Gore Ouseley set out on his mission
on the 27th in the Valorous. A Washington de-
spatch of the 26th states that Admiral Kellett with
the British West India squadron is to back Sir
William, should General Walker or any other
filibusters attempt to land in Nicaragua. The ad-
miral is instructed, upon application of the existing
Government of that Republic, to use his force
against the filibusters.
Another filibustering expedition under Walker
against Nicaragua is expected shortly to take place
under a commercial disguise. The general has by
circular notified that a steamer is to leave Mobile
on the 10th November for San Juan del Norte, and
that she will take any passengers and freight that
may offer.
Walker's movements arc regarded with much in-
terest at Washington, especially in diplomatic
circles, it being represented that he is well supplied
with men and money.
The yellow fever continued to prevail at New
Orleans and Charleston, but had nearly disappeared
from Charleston.

Late Mexican advices from a high source state
that Viadaurri had warned all Mexicans to leave
San Luis Potosi within twenty-four hours. The
Captain-General of Cuba had ordered two vessels
of war to Tampico to protect the Spaniards. Mira-
mon was about to march towards Tampico to attack
Garza.

The fifth overland Californian mail, with ad-
vices to the sth ult., arrived at St. Louis on the
evening of the 26th, five hours before its time.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Transactions on the New York Stock Exchange continue
fully as large as noted by last arrival, while prices have
advanced and continuo to tend upwards. Foreign ex-
changes were fairly active, and rates steady. On London,
1091 to 1091, bankers only asking the outside figure. On
Paris 515 to 5 121. Bank statement was generally re-
garded as satisfactory ; it gives evidence of increased depo-
sits. The sales of cotton were to a fair extent, and closed
firm upon the basis of 12i cents for middling upland. The
flour market was heavy for common grades, which were
easier, while the higher grades were unchanged ; wheat
was active ; barley steady ; oats in good demand ; pork was
in active demand, and closed on higher rates ; beef was
steady; prime mess was nominal ; hams were dull ; cut
moats were quiet, and prices unchanged; butter was steady;
freights were firmer and tended upwards.

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE,
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.

Last night the Liverpool, New York, and Phila-
delphia Steamship Company's screw steamship City
of Baltimore, Capt. Leitch, arrived in the Mersey
from New York with direct advices thence to the
23d ult. The City of Baltimore brings the United
States mails, 50 cabin, and 138 steerage passengers,
and 368,196 dollars in specie. On the 23d October,
off Sandy Hook, passed the barque Mejo, bound in-
ward ; on the 29th, in lat. 45.45 N., lon. 54.10 W.
passed a steamer bound west, supposed to be the
Fulton; on the 31st in lat. 49 N., lon. 45 W., passed
two steamers bound west, supposed to be the Royal
mail steamer America from hence, and the screw-
steamer from Bremen ; on Ist November, in let.
53 42 N., long. 35 36 W., passed a screw steamer
bound west, ship rigged, with funnel abaft main-
mast ; and on the sth, off Crookhaven, passed the
barque Empress or Express, bound in.
A Washington despatch of the 22d says :—" It
is understood here that Sir William Gore Ouseley
will leave for Central America to-morrow. The
treaties he is instructed to negotiate, drafts of
which have already been prepared, will be entirely
satisfactory to our Government. It was desired
that our treaty should be first concluded and rati-
fied, in order thatthc English treaty might be made
to harmonise with it; but as delay with us was in-
evitable, it was thought best for Sir William to
proceed with his mission, and secure by negotiation
that stereotyped article in recent treaties—' All
other privileges granted to the most favoured
nations.' This would secure perfect equality, and
any want of harmony can be afterwards corrected.
Lord Napier, who has returned in fine health from
his northern tour, will leave again to-morrow to
attend the Richmond Fair."

A despatch announcing that Vice-President
Breckinridge had written a letter urging Douglas's
election, has created great excitement in Washing-
ton.

The deaths in Savannah on the 20th were five,
none of which were from yellow fever. At New
Orleans, on the 21st, the deaths from fellow fever
were 41.
We have Leavenworth. dates of the 20th instant.
A report of the Lawrence Company had ruturned
from the South Platte Mines, bringing news to
Sept. 20. Their accounts fully authenticate the
existence of gold all along the South Platte, having
prospected everywhere with fair success. Most of
the miners were seeking winter quarters at Bent's
and St. Vrain's forts. The returned party designed
wintering at Lawrence, where tkey were tendered
a public reception. They will return to the mines
in the spring with a large outfit. Numbers con-
tinue to leave here with the intention of wintering
along the road.
The Salt Lake mail, with dates of 25th Septem-
ber, reached St. Joseph on the 16th. Sixty trains
hail passed Fort Bridger up to the 22d ult., 20 were
met on the Sweetwater, and eight more north of
the crossing of the Platte. Snow was encountered
east of Fort Laramie. Two companies of cavalry,
returning via Pike's Peak, were passed on the Big
Blue. Judge Eekle was met on the Big Sandy.
Col. Wilson was at O'Fallon's Bluff; "progressing
finely. The Indians were numerous but peaceable.
It was thought that several trains would be
overt2ken by snow in the mountains, and much
suffering was anticipated. Business was very brisk
at Salt Lake. Trains were constantly arriving
from California with provisions. There was good
feeling between the Mormons and Gentiles. The
former speak in high terms of Governor Cumming.
Gcn. Johnston's command consists of 7,000 to 8,000
men, including troops and employes, all of whom
were consolidated in one grand encampment, and
would remain together during the winter. There
were also about 4,000 at Fort Bridger, under Col.
Cambray. Col Morrison, of the 7th Infantry, had
arrived at Camp Floyd.
The examination of parties charged with traffick-
ing in slaves on board the ship Haidee has been
postponed without date.
Deputy Marshal Rynders left New York in the
City of Baltimore, having in charge Jacob Egbert,
arrested under the extradition treaty for commit-
ting forgeries in Bavaria.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, OCT. 22, 6 P.M.
'The Europa's mails from England to Oct. 9, which were
delivered hero this morning, are anticipated by a later des-
patch, by four days, from the Galway steamer at St. John's,
Newfoundland. The publication of this news, which,
financially, is probably the most buoyant we have yet re-
ceived, had the effect to further stimulate our Stock Ex-
change, as well as to increase the anxiety of private money
lenders to employ their surplus means even at the lowest
rates of interest now prevailing on demand loans. The dim •
count brokers aro doing but little to-day in the way of
mercantilebills. Most of the good paper offered is taken up
at bank. The stockbrokers get money, on call, at from 3
to 4 per cent.
The exchanges for the European packet sailing to-mor-
row were done to-day at 1091 to 110 for bank bills. on Lon-
don, and 109 i to 1091 for merchant bills. Francs are
cheaper, ranging 5.161 f. to 5.121 f. to the dollar.
The market for railroad shares has improved materially
during thetweek. The transactions have been large in New
York Central Shares, Chicago and Rock Island, and Galena
and Chicago. Few are yet quoted above par, viz., Panama
119 to 1191, Now Jersey 129, Newhaven and Hartford 1171
to 1181. Michigan Southern Guaranteed Stock is quoted
531 to .54. Stonington 69, Delaware and Lackawanna 25
to 30, Macon and Western, 78 to 80, Pennsylvania Central
86 to 87. Since the close of last week New York Central
has improved 1, Reading I, Hudson River 11, Michigan
Central Michigan Southern 1, Panama 1, Illinois Central
31, Chicago and Rock Island 21.
The sales in cotton embraced about 1,000 bales, closing
without change in prices. A private despatch from Mobile,
received yesterday, quoted middling cotton at 111 and
freights at 15-32. Flour was in good supply and prices
under foreign advices per Europa were heavy, and common
grades were easier, while the higher class of brands were
unchanged. Sales were made.to a fair extent. Wheat was
heavy and lower, but with more inquiry at the decline.
Corn was heavy and cheaper. The sales embraced Western
mixed at about 621 e. a 621 c., and prime yellow do. at 71c.
Pork was less buoyant and active, with sales of mess at 16
dols. 3.5 e. al6 dols.. 49e., and primp at 14 dole. 10c. Beef
was steady. Sugars are without change of moment, with
sales of about 400 hhds. Cuba at rates given in another
column. Coffee was steady, but quiet. Tho firmness of
freights to Liverpool was maintained, with rather more
offering.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 22.—Cotton active; sales to-day
11,.500 bales at 111 e. to 11/c. for middling ; the sales of the
week sum at 50,000 bales, and the receipts 60,000 ; the
stock is 173,500 bales, against 104,500 last year; the re-
ceipts up to the present time, as compared with those of
last year, are 90,000 bales ahead.

A REASONABLE GUESS.—A tipsy Irishman, who
was leaning against a lamp-post as a funeral procession
was passinK by, was asked who was dead ?. " I can't ex-
actly say, sir," said he, "but I prentnle it is the Algernon
hi the offal.'