The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-12 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

SPANISII SLAVE Tit:Am.—Lord Palmerston's Bill for car•
rying into effect a treaty made between his Majesty and the
Queen Regent of Spain for the abolition of the Slave Trade,
recites the treaty, states the ratification of it to have taken
place in August last, and declares the expediency of carrying
the provisions into effect. For this purpose it is proposed,
among many other enactments, that the following shall become
law :
Officers, not below the rank of Lieutenant of the Royal
Navy, commanding ships of his Majesty, or of the Queen of
Spain, being duly authoriied, to have power to visit and search
merchant ships within certain limits.
All ships and vessels belonging wholly or in part to his
Majesty's subjects, which shall be suspected upon reasonable
grounds of being engaged in the traffic in Slaves, or of having
been fitted out for that purpose, are hereby declared to be,
and made subject to, search and detention by British or Spanish
vessels of war, subject to adjudication and to condemnation by
the judges and arbitrators of the mixed Courts.
His Majesty may appoint judges and arbitrators to decide
cases of detention.
His Majesty may appoint a secretary or registrar to the
mixed Court.
Persons givinn false evidence deemed guilty of perjury, and
punishable accordingly.
A bounty is proposed for every man, woman, and child slave ,
seized either on board a British or Spanish vessel.

SHETLAND SEAMEN'S FUND.—On the 3d inst. was ordered
to be printed a Bill to amend an Act to enable certain seamen
belonging to Shetland to pay certain sums of money payable
under that Act to the seamen's fund at Lerwick.

SALMON FISHERIES (SCOTLAND).—AS the Acts which have
before been passed have been found inadequate to the purposes
then contemplated, inasmuch as one close time is not suitable
for all the Salmon Fisheries and rivers throughout Scotland,
it is proposed by Mr. P. Stewart's Bill to amend the 9 Geo.
4., for the preservation of the Scotch Salmon Fisheries. The
titles of the clauses will indicate the objects proposed.
1. No Salmon Fishings during close times specified in sche-
dule ( A.) which is annexed to the Act.
2. For the observance of Saturday's slap.
3. For the regulation of Cruives.
4. Regulation of sluices of mill leads.
5. For the removal of dams and obstructions.
6. Inspector may examine Cruives, &c.
7. Appointment of Inspectors.
8. Duties of Inspectors.
9. Expenses of Inspectors.
10. Provision as to angling with the rod.
11. Penalty on not returning to the water salmon caught by
anglers in close time.
12. Meetings of proprietors to assess themselves for ex-
penses.

RIVER SHANNON.-By the return recently laid upon the
table of the House relating to the instructions given by the
Lords of the Treasury to the Commmissioners for the Im-
provement of the Shannon, we perceive that the Commis-
sioners were appointed by a Minute, dated 24th November,
1835, which was received in Dublin on the 30th of November,
and that the Five Commissioners assembled, and sworn in ac-
cording to the Act of Parliament, and proceeded with the
service on the 9th December. Several meetings on the busi-
ness took place between 30th November and 9th December, of
the different Commissioners as they arrived by degrees in
Dublin.

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY).

COVENT GAR

IEN MARKET.

There was a moderate supply to this day's market, and the trade
was somewhat dull at nearly last week's prices :
s. d. to s. 0.1 a. d. to a d•
Potatee (cwt.)
Ca' bages, White (12) 1 0 20 i Apples 1 6 5 9
Ditto tted 2 0 3 01 Pears
Ditto Savoy
Endive 1 0 2 0 Mushrooms 1 6 3 0
H.,rse ltadish(buncUe) 3 0 4 0 Onions 1 0 2 6
Celery 1 0 1 9 Sweet Oranges (100) . 5 0 10 0
Carrots Ll2buticlies) 4 6 7 0 Seville Oranges ........ 8 0 15 0
'Turnips
Colewortsor Greens... 6 6 7 6 Asparagus
Leeks • 1 0 1 6 Walnuts
For.Grapes(perlb.).... 010 2 6 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 4 0 6 0
English, Forced 1 6 4 0 French ditto
Filberts
Pine Apples (lb.)