The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-08 00:00:00

The late King► and yourself have frequently attended
to. these wishes, and ordered the Ministers to prepare..
the foundation of this important work. Many phins
were digested.- •.A tact quantity of materials are now
in the possession of the :Minister of the Interior, but
it is necessary that they should he so modolted, as
to agree with the customs and Wants of the country.—
It appears to me, that-this preparatory work ought
to be confided to3ooMmission chosen from such Peers
and Deputies ai have filled offices of the Administra-
tion, an& from the Members of your Council of State.
If-your Majesty should adopt this plan, I take the liberty
of propoSing the following Members :—MM. le ;.Baron
Portal, le Due de Brissac, le Baron Pelounier, le Comte tie
Breteuil, le Comte de Tocqueville, le Comte Chabrol
de Volvie, le Baron d'Haussez, le Baron Pelet de la Lozere,
de Lastourw,..le Baron Cuvier, Fumeron d'Ardeuil, de
Salvandy. Baron de Balzac, Secretary-General of the
Minister of the Interior, Will furnish to the Commission
the necessary documents, and will take a part in its deli-
berations. .

"I have the honour to he, &c.

" DE MARTIGNAC.
"Approved Feb. 28,.1828. "CHARLES."
FanNcH FuNns.—Rentes, Five per Cent. 104 f. 85e.
30e. ; Three per Cent. 68f. 90e. rbc. ; Rink Actions,
1,896 f. 25e,

FOREIGN Furrns.—Neapolitan Rentes, Cert. Fal. '751
50e. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 71ilf. ; Interminable Spaniel
-Annuities, 4Sif. ; Haytian Loan, 675 f. 677 f. 50e.

HALIFAX PAPERS.

Halifax Papers tO,the 10th, and St. John's (New Bruns-
wick), to the Ist ult., have been received at the North
and South American Coffee-house. By them it appears
that his Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir James
Kempt, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of his Ma-
jesty's Province of Nova Scotia and its dependencies, was
waited upon by the Council with an Address expressive of
their hest thanks to him for the happy accounts of the
state of that Province, in his speech at the opening of
the Session,in which the Revenue is stated to be'so pro-
ductive ,3 to enable them to diminish the floating and
funded debt of the Province. The Address then goes• on
to state that the steady improvement of agriculture, and the
rapid extension of commerce, afford the highest satisfaCtion,
blended as they are witty the liberal policy that has enkrged the
field of commercial enterprise. A regret is expressed that
the fisheries are still inadequate to furnish the requisite ex-
ports, and that large sums might, be beneficially expended
within the province in rewarding the industry of the in-
habitants, who are annually sent out to ,procure diese
staple articles, to the injury of the fishermen;the farmers;
and merchants of the Colony. The general establishment
of schools for the instruction of youth, the progress
made in the Shubenacadir Canal, the increasing" mining
establishments, are then mentioned, as showino., that the
resources of the province are daily developing that gradual
course. A very handsome testimony is then paid to his
Excellency; for the satisfactory report of the state of the
Militia,.andits effective state, in case the constitutional force
should at any time be called upon ; and this gratifying
address is closed with expressions of the sincere joy it
gives the parties to add their testimony to this correct pic-
ture, which is dated Feb. 2, 1829. To this an appro-
priate.and modest, hut short reply, was made by the Go-
vernor. A similar Address, couched in the same gratify-
ing terms, was also presented by the Members of the House
of Assembly, and a reply expressive of the gratification Sir
James Kempt felt that his public duties have met his Ma-
jesty's most. gracious approbation, as well as the apprecia-
tion of that How: The ChaMber of Comtherce have
published an able but long Report, which is extremely in-
teresting; and a Bill has been introduced into the House
of Assembly for the-improvement of the salmon fishery, and
curing and pickling the same.
The Mali fax Journal of the 4th of ,February says, we
never read with so much pleasure any speech delivered at
the opening of our Legislature, as that of his Excellency
on the present occasion ; it presents a no less pleasing than
trite picture of the rapid advances of this colony, in com-
merce, agriculture, and other important objects; a con-.
siderable diminution in the funded debt of the province,
a large increase of its Revenue, both in the Customs and
Excise departmentel the improvement of fhe public roads,
with the high sense of a loyal, well diflposed, and hippy
population, aV subjects of deep and serious congratulation,
and make us value more dearly the, Government under
which we live, a state which we seriously hope may not
be disturbed by any petty cavilling with the parent country,
from whose protecting care we derive the principal source
of our happiness and prosperity.

IMPERIAL PARLIAIVIENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 7.

In the absence of the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Eldon
sat on the Woolsack this morning, and heard appeals.
The Earl of Rosebary took the oaths and his seat as au
English Baron.
The Duke of Norfolk attended, for the first time, as Earl
Marshal.

The Earl of ESSEX presented a wtition from Leomins-
ter, for the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts.
Similar petitions were presented by Lortl Cawdor, from
PrestOn ; by Lord Rosebery, from ,Gloucester ; by Lord
Mere, from Stafford, Sudbury, ,Somerset, Hertford,, and
different others places ; 41 by Lord Delawarr, from
Cambridge."
The'Bishop of BATH and WELLS presented a petition,
from the. Archdeacon ancigeriy of that Diocese ,against
further concessions to the Roman Catholics. The petition,
was read at length in the motion of the Lord BishOp, „and
kid an the table.

Lord GREY presented a petition from the independent
Chapel at Hackney, for the repeal of the Test and Corpo-
ration Acts.

Mi. Scott, from the Chamberlain's Office, presented an
account of the expenses of that Office. • •
LordWiIARNCIIFEE said that during the last Session
of Parliament he had moved that an Address, be presented
to his Majesty, for the appointment of a Committee to en-
quire into the supply of water for the Metropolis.
thought the Noble_ Lord, opposite might be able to give

the Ilouse some information on the subject. • •
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE'said, that •a commis-
sion had been appointed, but that some difficulties arose as
to the amount of compensation, but that difficulty having
been overcome, the enquiry was going on.