The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-05 00:00:00

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Richmond
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Monmouth
Manchester Autumn 2l
Newmarket Ist October 25
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Newmarket Houghton 22
Worcester

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Shrewsbury
Leamington Hunt l9

Mr. Lawrence Oliphant, M.P., on America.

Mr. Lawrence Oliphant, M.P., delivered an address at
Stirling, on Tuesday night, upon the position and pros-
pects of the United States, whence he has just returned.
He said that England wished to see the principles of
liberty and constitutional freedom spread far and wide
over the earth in every form ; and, as far as his
experience of men and nationalities went, in point
of religious liberty and education the Americans
were ahead of us and the whole world. Such
being the case, if there was anything that could be con-
ceived more deplorable than another for the interests of
humanity, it would be a war between these two coun-
tries. Any Government which allowed fixed questions of
law or honour to remain unsettled between the American
people and ourselves incurred a very serious responsibi-
lity. If the proposal made some years ago by the
American Government, at Paris, were adopted—that all
commerce upon the high seas, even though sailing under
the belligerent flag, should be sacred ; in fact, that men-
of-war should only attack men-of-war and not merchant
ships—we, as the largest carriers in the world, should be
the chief gainers. One of the most important measures
for the securing of our peaceful relations with America
would bo the Confederation of the British North American
provinces. He felt assured that if the Alabama and
fishery questions were satisfactorily disposed of, and the
North American provinces confederated, we might look
forward without apprehension to an uninterrupted period
of friendly intercourse with America; and, on the
other hand, he could not disguise the apprehension that
so long as these three measures remained in abeyance the
duration of peaceful relations hung upon a slender thread,
which the slightest strain might snap.

DECLINE IN PRICES.—Though the prices of
most of the necessaries of life are still high, it is certain
that they have considerably declined within the last year.
The following table was compiled for Hunt's Merchants'
Magazine :
Breadstuff s Jan. '6O. Jan. '63. Jan. 65. Dec. 16., '65.
8 $
W Flour, bbl 430 605 16 00 720 to 765
Rye Flour, bbl
Corn Meal
Wh't., W. Mch, bu 150 153 270 235 265
Wh't., Chi., Spring 133 222 160 185
Rye Northern
Oats, State, bu
Corn, Western
Cotton, Mid. up ll 63i 120 49
Hops, per lb

Naval Stores.
Spr. Turp. gal
Corn, Rosin, N
C., per bbl 165 10 50 28 00 675 700

Provisions _ _ _
Pork Mess. bbl. l6 371 14 50 43 00 28 621-29 25
Beef, rep'kd, bbl 950 13 00 20 50 14 00 —l6 50
Lard, per lb lOl 10 23 17 171,
Butter, Ohio,
Butter, State
Cheese, per lb ll 12 20 17 19
Tallow lOl 101 18 13i— 14
Wool. coin. fleece,
per lb
The average fall is about fifty per cent.—Tribune.

Dr. Kinkaid, of the American Baptist Missionary
Society, after a residence of thirty-five years in India, is
compelled to leave his field of labour, and is on his way
to America.

BARNUM IN PARIS.—Mr. Phineas T. Barnum,
the "Prince of Humbugs," is in Paris, evidently on the
look-out for curiosities to astonish the Western world. it
is stated that his recent work " Humbugs of the World" is
to be translated into French by M. Bernard Derosne, a
late believer in the Davenport Brothers.
IMPORTANT CIRCULAR.—Copies of Circular No.
6 from the United States Surgeon-General's Office, con-
taining important information relative to the treatment of
diseases, amputations, and gun-shot wounds by the sur-
geons of the national army during the rebellion, have been
sent to eminent professors of medical colleges and promi-
nent medical men in the United States and Europe. It is
stated by competent judges that this is a more valuable
and elaborate work than the surgical history of the famous
Crimean war.