The Sun.
London, England, 1830-03-16 00:00:00

tud Austria in the internal affairs of France."'
['his the Gazette places among the inventions or
des of the day.
The Madrid Gazette, of the 4th inst. contains twt
iecrees: one prescribes that henceforth the interest of the
consolidated national debt shall be paid half-yearly, on the
let of April and the let of October, but at first one
quarter is to be paid on the Ist of July, and another on
the Ist of October. The second decree converts into ca-
pital all the interest and annuities in arrear upon the con-
solidated debt become due between the time of the crea-
tion of the sinking fund and the 31st of December last,
And declares that this new fund shall bear interest at five
per cent., to commence from the Ist of April, 1831. The
Royal Vales Consols of January, May, and September,
are quoted for that day 45a, 45i, and 45; the Non-Con-
sols, 13 ; the interest on the Vales, 5i to 5/-; the Con-
solidated Debt without interest, 5i ; Bank Actions, 19i
double piastres each.

German Papers of the 10th instant have been
received this morning, by which it appears that
the Danube rose three feet and overflowed its
banks, in consequence of an accumulation of
water caused by thaw. The reduction of in-
terest on public debts seems to be the order of
the day throughout Europe. The consequences
must be ultimately beneflCial to all, though par-
tially injurious to some, at least for a season :

WEIMAR, MARCH 1.

An ordinance of the Grand Duke published to-day,
with the assent of the States of the Duchy, invests the
whole public deLts into bonds, bearing four per cent.
interest, payable to the holder. The new bonds are of
the value of 1,000, 500, 200, 100, 50, and 25 dollars,
and the interest is payable half yea!ly, on the let August
and the let Oct.' Guardians and public bodies must
cement their stock into the new bonds. Private persons
who decline doing this will be paid their stock, with in-
terest, to the Ist. Oct. this year. By this and other
measures the whole debt will be paid off in 41 years.

MUNICH, MARCH 5.

It is said that the Kin.. will go to reside for a time in
the island of Ischia, for' the perfect recovery of his
health. The climate of th it idand, which is at a short
distance from the coast, is very mild and salubrious.
o ENNA, 3IARCH 4.

On the lst instant, at two o'clock in the morning, the
Danube, which had heen greatly swelled by the channel
having been blocked up by the ice, and also by two
days' thaw, rose three feet above the dams of the Bugetten
Aue and the Angarten, and overflowed not only those parts
of the city, but the whole Prater, the Leopoldstadt, &c., so
that houses which had always remained dry at the usual
breaking up of the ice,as long as we can remember,were laid
five or six feet under water. In the arm of the Danube that
divides Leopoldstadt from the city, the water ro:se higher
than at any time within 100 years, and with such rapidity
and violence that the safety boats, which had long been
kept in readiness, were carried away by the mattes of ice,
and the precautionary measures taken by the Magistrates
were for the most part rendered useless. Many of the
tenants of the ground-floors had scarcely time to 'take re-
fuge in the alleys, and several persons, the number of
whom is not yet known, perished, with a number of cattle.
The water has now subsided a little, and every effort is
made to relieve the sufferers, in which the authorities are
animated by the example and co-operation of their
Imperial Majesties, of the Crown Prince, and all
the Archdukes, who are actively engaged on the spot in
endeavouring to relieve the distress. A Committee is ap-
pointed to enquire into the damage, and the Emperor has
given 40,000 florins and the Empress 12,000 to meet the
most urgent claims. All the dangers of this dreadful
winter are however not yet over, nor do we even know the
extent of the damage already done. If the ice in the Isar,
the Inn, the Ems, and many smaller rivers that flow into
the Danube should break up before that in the latter is
gone, we shall be exposed to further danger.
VIENNA, MARCH s.—Metalliques 1031 ; Four per
Cent. ditto 97i ; Bank Shares 1319, 1313.

SIR JAMES SCARLETT.—He has neither
tire, nor energy, nor eloquence, nor passion, nor wit, nor
humour, nor pathos. His excellence consists in tact in
the management of causes. It is ♦ain to expect from
SCARLETT a single observation calculated to ins!ract the
understanding, to delight the fancy, or to touch the heart.
Even though the subjects admitted, be could not indulge
wide, enlightened, or philosophical reflection. He thinks,
he can think, only of plaintiff and defendant ; he wants a
verdict, and nothing but a verdict. He is eternally the
same ; his sympathies seem deadened within him ; the mis-
fortunes and sufferings of his client cannot di rert him from
his accustomed course ; the exposure of unexampled vil-

lainy cannot fire him with honest indignation. He is a
composition of art—there is nothing natural about him.
His voice is measured within a certain compass, his actions
tutored ; and sooner might one expect melodious music
from an owl than en ebullit►on of natural feeling from
the lips of SCA RLETT. I attended the trials concerning
the liberty of the press, of which the Attorney-General
would needs be thought a zealous defender, imagining
that, possibly, on such an occasion, I might hear some-
thing diluent and luminous; but no, the opening
speech, as a piece of oratory, was thin and feeble, deli-
vered in the usual soft and unimpassioned tone; the only
difference perceptible in his manner was, that it had in-
creased in arrogant familiarity with the jury ; he gave
them to understand that their verdict was expected. His
reply to Mr. ALMA NDER'S defence was insolent and un-
feeling; and I own I could hardly repress the burning in-
dignation I felt when I heard such a man venturing to
confess his hostility to the press, and expressing his deter-
mination to regulate it in all its branches, per►odical and
otherwi e.—Dublin Literary Gcerette.

STIRLING, MARCH. 11.—The imposing j
ceremony of the consecration of a Bishop of the Scottish
Episcopal Church took place here on Sunday last, in the
chapel of the Right Rev. Bishop GLEIG, Primus of Scot-
land. The . chapel, though well filled, was by no means
crowded. The Right Rev. Bishops GLitio, of Brechin ;
JoLty, of Moray ; SKINNER, of Aberdeen ; and Low,
of Argyle, having taken their places by the altar, the Rev.
Mr. JONES, of Cambridge, read prayers ; after which the
Rev. Dr. RUSSELL, of Leith, preached a very chaste and
elegant discourse. At the conclusion of the sermon the
mandate for the election was read, and also the reply of
the Clergy of the diocese of Edinburgh, appointing the
Rev. JAMES WALKER, D.D , Professor of Divinity, as
their Bishop. Dr. WALKER was then presented to the
Primus, Bishop CrLigto, for consecration, by Bishops JOLLY
and SKINNER ; and the oaths of allegiance and the
King's supremacy having been administered by Cmtatzs
ALEXANDER MOIR, of Leckie, Esq., one of his Majesty's
Justices of the Peace, the ceremony was conducted by the
Primus according to the received form of the Scottish
Episcopal Church, which is the same as that of the Church
of England. The election of Dr. WALKER to be Bishop
of Edinburgh, in the room of the late Bishop SA NDFORD,
was unanimous, and has given universal satisfaction.

MATTHEW MURRAY, gamekeeper to Sir
JAMES GARDENER, who, we stated some weeks ago, had
accidentally shot Mrs. Scorr, wife of Mr. WM. SCOTT,
mason, Craikhaugh, Esis'e Mu'r, wes lodged in our gaol
here last week, on suspicion that there were some culpable
circumstances connected with it.—Dumfries Journal.

On Wednesday last, as the Misses NICHOL-
sox, of Great Paxton, and Miss ROBERTSON, of St. Neot's,
were taking an airing, the horse suddenly took fright at
Eyneshury, and after furiously galloping over the bridge
into St. Neot's, he proceeded down Huntingdon-street,
when the driver, from the sudden springs which he made
to enter a gateway, fell from his seat, and the horse, run-
ning up against the houses, met with a check at the corner
of a house, which broke off the shafts and liberated him-
self, leaving the affrighted ladies behind in the carriage.
We are sorry to say the coachman is much hurt. The
ladies met with a most miraculous escape, in the carriage
not overturning.—County Chronicle.
We are happy to be able to confirm, in the
fullest manner, the accounts we gave of the improvement
in the state of trade three weeks ago. Since that period,
there has been a very large business constantly doing in
manufactured goods, the chief descriptions of which have
more or less advanced in price. The general opinion
seems to be, that stockasniairtehlt weig havehterno evwte) prospecthra,nth
they have
of
at least
been
nfo
a fair spring for
several years,
trade. Notwithstanding, also, the
statements which the gentlemen, whose theory it is that
the country is going to ruin, make, as to the immense loss
at which our foreign business is done, we find that mer-
chants are still very far from being tired of hearing it.
There is a vary extensive foreign demand for cotton manu-
factured goods. The unusually late continuance of the
stoppage of the Elbe from frost, has prevented yarns from
participating much in the improvement that goods have
experienced ; but an active purchase of them is not at all
likely to be much longer delayed.—Manchester Guardian.