The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-06 00:00:00

MARKETS—This Day.

HAY MARKETS.
SurruriELD.--Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 5s Od; clover,
do., £3 10s to £5 100; and straw, £ll2s to £1 16s per load.
Trade firm.
CUMBERLAND._Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 5s ; clover,
£3 108 to £5 108 Od ; and straw. £1 12s to £1 168 per load.
Both hay and straw sold steadily at full prices.
WHITECEIAPEL.—Meaaow hay, £2 Os to £4 58; clover
do., £3 10s to £5 108 ; and straw, .13,1 128 to £1 168 per load.
A steady deman

ORIGIN OF PETROLEUM.—In America an oil has
been for many years collected by the Seneca Indians
for medical purposes, chiefly as a stimulating embrocation ;
but the first discovery of a large supply was made in 1859, When a vein was opened in boring in search of a salt spring.
The supply was at first apparently inexhaustible : one well
alone is stated to have yielded 7,000 gallons per day, and
another to have discharged 100 gallons a minute. A large
part of that which was first produced ran to waste, from the
impossibility of procuring vessels to contain it ; so that,
eventually, the whole district became odorous with oil, the
very ground being sticky with it, and every object was
aontaminated. It was said that the oil was everywhere;
that it was tasted in the beer, and flavoured even in the
Whisky; that it might be smelt in the bread, and eaten in
the bacon; that the very sheets were oily; that the water
given you to wash in had a film on the surface, and that
the towel left an oily deposit on your face.-011 Trade
.Revues.
INDIAN WARFARE.--A correspondent of the St.
Paul (Minnesota) Press, writing from Camp Sibley,
Lower Agency, Minnesota, under date of November 7th,
gives some interesting particulars regarding the trial of the
Indians charged with having taken a prominent part in the
recent outrages. He says :—" The business has been des-
Patched with celerity, as many as 40 cases having been
tried per day in some instances. The prisoners were brought
in chained together by the feet, in pairs, in some cases
eight at a time, and the charges, which were preferred by
General Sibley, were read to them through the interpreter,
Antoine Frenier, and then, after being exhorted to tell the
truth and not equivocate, each was asked to the extent of
his participation in the outrages, and, if necessary, witnesses
were called against him. I should think that in at least two-
thirds of the cases the prisoners admitted that they fired,
but in most instances insist that it was only two or three
shots, and that no one was killed. In regard to the third,
who did not admit that they fired, their reasons for not doing
so were equally remarkable, and assumed a different shape
every day. One day all the elderly men, who were in the
vigour of manly strength, said their hair was too gray to go
into battle ; and the young men, aged from 18 to 25, insisted
that they were too young, and their hearts too weak to face fire.
The next day would develope the fact that go were writhingreatwasthenumin:
her and terrible the condition of those who
agony with the belly-ache on the top of a bighill.Asmall
party avowed that they had crept under a wonderfully
capacious stone (which nobody but themselves ever saw)
rinat
the battles of the fort, and did not emerge therefrom during
the fight sand a sufficiency of two small armies stoutly
and
called.
on the Great Spirit (Wakan-tonka) and the heavens
earth (patting the latter emphatically with the hand) to wit-
ness that they were of a temperament so phlegmatic, a dispo-
sition so unsocial, and an appetite so voracious and greedy
that during the roar of each of the battles at the Fort, New
like, Birch Coolie, and Woodlake, they were alone, within
billet shot, roasting and eating corn and beef all day I A
fiery-looking warrior wished the commission to believe that
he felt so bad at the Fort to see the Indians fire on the
whites that he immediately laid down there and went to
sleep, and did net awake until the battle was over. Several
of the worst characters, who had been in all the battles,
after they had confessed the whole thing, wound up by
saying that they were members of the Church I But the
greatest institution of the commission, and the observed of
all observers, was the negro Godfrey. He was the first
tied. His reputation was damning. It was said that he
lolled
battle and
than any Indian, and was the most brutal in
atrocity
oangthe brutal, and the bravest and foremost in
acquired the name of 0-to-cle (' He that kills
kuir) 911 account of the great number of his victirus.'!

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
Closing
Share Railways Paal Price. Business don/
100 !Atlantic &St Lawrencr all 67 89
Bom.,Barodadz.Cent In 6 100 1015 1055 1011 51 xn
t I Gu. 5 per cent........
20 Do. Ncw , . . 2
205 Buffalo and Laxelluron all 55 53.
10 Do. Preference .... all 74 8}
100
Buffalo,Brant,&Godria 100 77 80
6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
100 Do. do. July 1, 1873, 100 78 75
100 Do. do. June 1. 1874 100 73 76
at Clcutta.&S.Eastn.(Li,) 100 103 105 108} xn
at Cape Town & Dock Scril 100 108 109
stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 105 1( 6 1051 xn
stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 1065 1075 107} I xn
20 Do. do. G Ext..... 5 1 lip xn
20 Do. do. H do. .. 2 f fp an
stock Gram. Trunk of Cana& 100 22 23 221
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 74 76 75
100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. all 69 66 655
100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr.' all 34 36
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 48 52
100 Do. do. 1867.. all 34 36 35
100 Do. do. 1872.. all 34 36 35
stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 105 108 105/ 651 xn
20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 1 lip
20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 f 1.5 p xn
stock Gt. South.of India (Lim
guaranteed& per cent. 100 1035 1045
205 Gt. W. olCanada Shares all 12} 13 121
205 Do. New 18 8 75d
100 'Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 98 100
100 Do. 55 P.C. do. '77-8.... all 91 93
10 (Indian Branch Limited I 2 id jp 24
stock Madras guar., sp.c. .. 100 103 101 1035 xn
stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 97 99
stock Dc. d 0........ 100 93 25
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 an
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Bnds. 100
50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 53
100 Do. 7p. c. 51ortg-. Bds. all
20 Newßrunswick & Cands
Class A Capital Share all 3 5
20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. all 3 5
N.Rl.C'da 6pc tat pppppf bds 100 83 85
stock Scinde (100 104 106
at Do. Delhi .. lOO 103 104 xn
( ,Do. do e, 2 #j p 24 xn
20 Do. Punjaub 15 5 p 15f
st Do. Do. g,e; , 100 1035 1044 xn
stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 100 99 101 xn
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIEN.
j Can.Oov. 4.c.Ja. &July
1877-54 100 1055 1065 1055 6 xd
I Do. 6p. c. Feb..ts Aug. 100 106 108
I Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108
I Do. sp. e. Jan.&July. 100 97} 971 97} xd
I Do. 5 Inscribed stock' 100 115 97
' Cape G.Hope, 6 p c. 1873 100 10i 110
Do.Ap & Oct 1880 100 111 113
Do. 1890; 100 112 114
Do. Jan. & July, Ml..' 100 111 113
Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100
N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1044 1054 xd
Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.; 100
N. S.W. G 09. 5 p c.,1866 100 994 1005
Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 994 1005 991
Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 995 99} xd
New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 108 110
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.
sterling., 1875 lOO 1105 106
Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 108 110
S.Aus GBp.c.lB7B.&up ' 100 109 111
- Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100
- Do. io 6 o.c. An.&o3t.. lO.O 19} lO9l 1091 110
BRITISH MINES.
2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 fp
Cliflord Amalgamated — 21 23
Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 500 510
East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 53 65
1 . East Clogau Gold Ltd ss. p ip
East Caradon 1 2.14.0 44 45 451
East Carn Brea... 3.0.0 11 115
E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.19.0 3} 3/
Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) 574 15 17
Great South Tolgus l7s 7 74
G. Wheal Vor (Halston) 40 6 65
Grenville 6.15.9 45
Elerod's-Foot 8.12 48 50
Hingston Downs 4.1.0 2; 24
Lady Bertha
Margaret (tiny Lelant 05 40 42
Marke Valley..
4 tifyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 21., 4ds pr
New Set in .. 191 145 166
North Downs 25 2} 2/
Bassetallo_lan; . 25 3
_qorth Wheal Crofty
Par Consols (St. Blazey li 5 6
20 l'rovidence(UnyLelnt) 10.6.7 .1 43
South Caradon(St.Cleer, 14 385 395
8. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 2} 21
Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1'-.9 90 95
IStray Park
5 {Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 44 I
10 Tin Crort 9 13 It
—,; West Basset (Illogan) ll 13 14
I,wlVesCtasteatdoonn 'eke a. r. d. )
45 75
22856
22985
Wheal Basset (Mogan, 51 774 825
Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 474 625
I wWhheeaakKuidttyot(tU.Lelant)
22..100..68
01 8101
Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 15 18
!Wheal Seton 585 240 250 2471 50 471
Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 7 165 175
Wheal Union 3.13. 51 6}

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Gt. Western (Perks & Hants Ext.), 4.} per cent., rd., 98
London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 961
Midland Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 1413

LINES LEASED AL' FIXED RENTALS.
Lancaster and Carlisle, 208
Nottingham and Grantham, 96&
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8
Bahia and San Francisco (Urn.) gua. 7 per cent., 211
Great Luxembourg, 146
N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent. (lim.), 21 3
Recife and San Francisco (lim.), gust. 7 per cent., 181
Royal Danish, 16
Sambre and Meuse, 101
San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 10
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 231 4
FO REIGN MINES.
Dun Mount. Copper Min. Co. (lim.),
Port Philip, 12 :
St. John del Rey (lim.), 556
Yudanamutana of S. Australia (Um.), 36 I

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Agra and United Service (Pm.), 93
Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (1irn.),201
Australasia, 704
Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 0;
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 21 201
Eng., Scot., and Australian Chartered, 214
London, B. Ayres, and R. Plate (lim.), 6 ,
London Chartered Bank of Australia, 271
London and County, 381
Ottoman Bank, 33 21 i—Ditto, new. 71 1

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MERITORIOUS CONDUCT
—At the monthly meeting of the Council of the
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce yesterday Captain Brown,
of the British ship Trebolyan, was presented through the
chairman with a gold medal for himself and three silver
ones for the officers of his ship, by the Queen of Spain, for
ihnagvitnhgeturesocnubedoa3rsdeemaE, officers and crew, of the Spanish
greatest kindness, ultimately u ttom,watheelyn that vessel was on fire, keep_
ship Reyna del 0
ands
atvreearytinhgeavthye
own at great risk: asl tshheirpe was smeawruitnnh
running
landing them at St. Helena.
humane act was perlormed by Captain
The gallant
Br
at the time.
Algeria,haatakof the 30th ult.,
The Echo of Setif, in
back in
indn agyma
houri lde r , it
changed into large flakes, which, in half a
&Lys :—" A great change
weather here. Snow commenced falling two place in the
t
the form of sleet, and the weather then becoming
com-
pletely covered the ground. In the evening the
ceased falling, and a sharp frost took place in the night, thev
ice being in some places two-thirds of an inch thick. Snow
again commenced falling in the morning and still con-
tinues. This change of weather will have a favourable
influence on the crops."
Although the precise day is not yet fixed upon
for the marriage of his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales, we are enabled to state that this important event
will most likely take place at the latter end of the month
of March.—Court Journal.

The three packages belonging to the Baroness
Blucher and Lady Augusta Bruce, which were lost en route
to Osborne, were found on Tuesday in one of the carriages
at the Waterloo statioa,-004 4ToirnaL