The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-28 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 4s Od ; clover
do., lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £llO5 to £1 18s per load.
Supply moderate—trade dull.

CUMBERLAND..—MewIow hay, £2 Os to £4 4s ; clover,
£3 10s to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 188 per load.
A slow demand.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to LI 4s; clover
do. £3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 18s per load.
Trade inactive.

COAL r
Prima of Coal per. Ton at

.ARKET.
the close of the market.

s. d.
Buddle'sWest Hartley 14 3
Byass's Bebside West
Hartley....l4 3
Lainbert's West Hart-

a. d.
Hastings Hartloy l4 3
Wylam 15 6

Walls End.

ley 14 3
Davison's West Hart-
ley
North Pelton Ga 5..... 13 3
Carway and Duffryn
Anthracite 2O 0
Carway and Duffryn
Malting 22 0
Holywell 15 6
Ships at market,

K elloe
Russel's Hetton 15 0
Braddyll'a Hetton 15 3
Tunstall l4 0
Hartlepool.. l6 3
South Hartlepool... l4 6
Trimdon Hartlepool l6 3
Framwellgate 14 6
South Hetton 17 3
118 ; sold, 54.

THE BLOCKADE OF GALVESTON.

(Front the _Tondos Gazette of last Evening.)
FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 27.
It is hereby notified that Earl Russell, her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has re-
ceived from her Majesty's Minister at Washington a de-
spatch, dated Washington, Feb. 6, 1863 (of which the fol•
lowing is an extract), enclosing a copy of a note from Mr.
Seward, dated Feb. 5, respecting the blockade of the port
of Galveston :

" I have the honour to enclose a copy of a note which I
received at two o'clock this afternoon from Mr. Seward,
stating that the blockade of Galveston was ' resumed imme-
diately, and will be continued until further notice.
Department of State, Washington, Feb. 5, 1863.
MY LORD,—As opinions may be entertained by mer-
chants interested in trade to the Port of Galveston, in
Texas, that the blockade of that port by a United States
naval force may, in consequence of recent events in that
quarter, have been interrupted, I have the honour to ac-
quaint you, with a view to obviate embarrassments to neu-
tral commerce, which might be occasioned by such opinions,
that the blockade was resumed immediately, and will be
continued until further notice. Although due notice of
such resumption will probably have been given by the com-
mander of the blockading squadron to vessels which may
attempt to enter Galveston, it its deemed advisable to com-
municate a similar notice to your lordship.—l have, &0.,
(Signed) W. H. SEWARD.

The Lord Lyons.

Course of the Exchange—Yesterday.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 17i
Antwerp..
Brussels — 25 40
Hamburgh — 13 6t
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine -- 1191
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh
Berlin
Madrid .
Cadiz
Leghorn ..
M
C•enoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto

49
48i
25
25 i 6254
25 52i
25 66
25 674
265!
24
52!

11 15;
11 17/
11 la
25 46
25 45
13 n
25 22i
25 47±
25 50
1191
11 95
11 95

491
491
25 571
25 57}
25 571
25 60
25 621
25 621
521
52i

A LONG-LIVED RACE.--Died, on the 19th inst., at
140, Mount-pleasant, Liverpool, aged 101 years, Mr.
David l‘l'Vey, late of Workington. The deceased was a
native of Cumber, Ireland, and was cousin to the late
Bishop Ward, of the Isle of Man. The family of which he
was a member wero remarkable for longevity, his maternal
grandmother having lived to the age of 103 years, his
mother to 100 years, and his sister, the wife of Mr. Isaac
Fletcher, yeoman, of Pardshaw, Cumberland, to 92 years;
his brother, who was present at his funeral, is now nearly
90 years old.
SUITS OF WAR FOR JAPAN.--Mr. Pruyn, the
American Minister in Japan, has taken an order
from the Government in Japan to get built for that Go-
vernment two steam sloops of war, of 24 heavy guns each,
and one steam gunboat also with heavy guns, He wa
also to procure a rifling machine and field battery of six
guns. But on the arrival of these orders at Washington
Mr. Seward has written back to state that cannon cannot
be cast fast enough for the wants of the Federal service,
and therefore that part of the order cannot be executed, and
that Mr. Pruyn is to say to the Japanese Government that
his service in this matter must be entirely of an unofficial
character, The order has been handed to an agent,