The Sun.
London, England, 1813-03-31 00:00:00

The Gazette of last night contains the official
notification of the blockade of the ports and hai -
hours of New York, Charleston, Port Royal,
Savannah, and the River illississippi, in the
United States of America.'

r We, have also extracted from the Ga,,ette the
"official details of the capture of the Castle of
Ritzebuttcl, and the batteries 'at:Cuxhaen, by a
detachment of British troops from 'Heligoland,—
It will be seen from theie dispatches, that the dis-
position of the people of Hanover hai been cot.-
' rectly stated, or rather, perhaps, understated; in
our preceding accounts. They bad -every where
&splayed the British colours and G. It. upon their
habitations. On theWesera considerable numher of
the inhabitants assemblitd, and took the strong and
important battery land works at Bremerlee. These
and other instances prove decidedly the sP:rit and
determination of the Llanoverians, and skew how
eagerly the opportunity.i,a seized of throwing off
the remnant. of French oppression.
Accounts of a similar nature have been brought
by the Charlotte pilot boat, which arriied yester-
day front Heligoland. The whale country be-
tween the Elbe, the Weser, and Ems, was in the
undisturged possession of the Russians, and no-
thing was to be beard ,but the joyous buzias of

the inhabitants on the coast : vessels were arriving
hourly at Heligoland with provisions and other
articles.

the House of Commons, in Committee, com.

Ineneed yesterday the examination of .evidence
on the gnestion relative to the renewal of the
Charter 'of the East India Company. The 'first

witness ommincti was, a Gentlenutu of much cele

brity, Mr. WkaltEN HASTINGs, called on the part
of the Company. Lord MONNoirrit wan after-
wards examined ; and the [louse pioceedjs again

this claY.
In the Lords ti Select Committee has been ap-
pointed to hear Counsel and examine Witnesses
on the same subject, to which the Petition of the
Conspany, and all the Petitions presented against
the monopoly have been referred:

It has been' justly observed that the refusal of
the 'Spanish Ecclesiastics to promulgate in their
churches the Decree for the. abOlition of the in-
quisition, ought to make those who arc disposed
to annul, all restraints upon Popery reflect on its
character, and on the danger of removing those
restraints. One of the most offensive, oppressive,
and degrading institutions of Popery was the Ingni-
sition, and what can be thought of those who are
anxious for its revival 3 Must they not with reason
be considered as weak, ignorant, and lost in pitia-
hle bigotry 3 Without, however, presuming to
judge pt the principles of the Memberi of that Re-
gency which the Cortes, have dissolved, s'i may
fairly,venture to believe that those. who have been
appointed to succeed them have more enlightened,
minds, or at least, have a more decided character,
• and are more likely to support measures calculated
for the deliverance of the country, and the im-
provement of its Government. Yet the Mornirkg
Chronicle, which has a wonderful facility in ac-'
,:tiring; a knowledge of characters, his already.
disco ,rered that the Cardinal BotraßoN is a person
of neither talents nor energy, and it ninst depend on
the cittolict et. of his colleagt,2s what shall be t'he
s.pirit and activity of his overument,- it would be
very tArange indeed if rite Cortes, having dismissed
the former Regeney for want of energy, it not of
talent', should have.placed at the head `of the new
government a man dystitate of spirit and activity.
limit it enough that tbe Cardival is a tionalsoN,
Ithd that he is not so higotted a Catholic as to
wish to 4ee Popery revived in all its powers, for
its advocates to depreciate his, character, anti
" prognosticate predictions" against iris. Govern-
ment.

WINDSOR, ATARCII 30.--Yesterday anvil to-day
rrincewies Aut;IATA SCPHIA Came out 'of the
(;title, anal rode on horsebScic for about two Lours
for the first (irne since the death of the Duchess ($f
I'a.l) N SU .•

The Quy,Eltt,-illilitteYsOi 11,LIZANP,Ttt -find 'MARY
t an airiag rrogniore Lodge ...and Ckmittens.
Preparntions nre malting in Kt. George's Cita-.
tor the funeral of the Duchess of KnuNswicK.
A pw ty of the 7th ilmsars arrived to-flay to es-
tort the prOCCS,dOII to-ntorrow from Bedfotit to
this