... LONDON: FRIDAY, JUNFE 14, 1850. In the HounsE of LoRDs, last night, Lord MONvEAGLE moved for copies of letters and communications relating to the intended University Commission. The noble lord hoped the Govern- ment would be disposed to falter in their course, and wait until parliamentary interference was asked for by the Universities themselves. The Earl of CARLISLE replied that Government ...

... THE MINING AND MANUFACTURING DIS- TRICTS OF SOUTH WALES. ?? OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] SWANSEA-THE COPPER WORKS. LETTER XIV. re, In this Letter I purpose giving an account of the several processes of smelting and manu- re, facturing copper, as now performed at the largest establishments in this kingdom, describing the various classes of workmen as I found them in their labours; and making, as ...

... LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. CONTINjUATION OF THF SITTING OF TuESI.y, JeLY LFROM OtUR OW.N tIEPitviTER.] On the first article in the bill relative to thl Ires; which treats of the caution-nollc- inljourinals, 3!. CHARAXAULM presented as an amendmillent tlsat, jourcal Could appear unless with the signature and ?? personal responsibility of tile chic-f editor. Thle enacts5' of the law of Juily 1,q 12S2 ...

... IIPfUUAiL PARLIAM ENT. HOUSE OF CoMMDONS.-~TIURSDAS- iai petitions were presenrted agairirst Sunday labour in tile rsrii pol st-olice by, lord H-othaln, frorn the East Riding of York ole shire ;by Mr. Chiristo)llicr, from Lincolnsehire ;by tlie Alcock, fromt Senostl . Towvn ,and Wrrndsworth ;by Lor-d s0p Gaiwnv, from tire Pairish of Grove, in tila huiidred of Bia.'vt- ?? law ;'by Lord Marich, ...

... LIVERPOOL. rFROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] THE DOCK LABOURERS AND THEIR FAMILIES:- TIHE CHIP, GRIT, AND OAKUM TRADES. LETTER V. Next in numerical importance to the quay porters, or operative porters, whose condition I described in my last letter, are the dock-labourers of Liverpool. Their numbers are variously estimated at from 7,000 to 10,000 men; but as many of them act in the ...

... IRELAN D. nd DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING. ed [FROM OUR, OWN CORRESPONDENT.] )se at IMi PORTANT SALES OF ENCUMBERED ESTATES.- by The spacious apartment in the Rotunda, called the do Concert-room, was occupied yesterday by a numer de ous assemblage of a very miscellaneous character, on is- consisting of landed proprietors, merchants, tenant es farmers, and solicitors, attracted by the sale of the ...

... LORD MAIDSTO'E AND 41R. tIIGGIAN BOTHSA Ni J. [lWe have to apologise to the writer for de- laying the publication of the following letter, which reached us on the day of the date ; but, whilst fully acknowledging the right of our contributor to be heard in self-defence, we thought it best to give Lord Maidstone a prior opportunity of noticing our own remarks on his last letter. Not having ...

... P1RIiVTEJS' PENSION SOCIETY. The anniversary festival of this valuable society, which has for its object the relief of aged and infirm printers and their w-idows, wms yesterday held at the London Tavern ; Mr. Frederick Peel, M.P., in the chair. The cloth leaving been removed, after an excellent dinner, The Queen, Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family were ...

... To TIEM EDITOR OF THE; MORNING CHRiONICLE. SiR-Thanking you for the insertion of my previous letter, l I trust you will add another favour by tallowing ma a few more remarks through your influential paper on the often- Itreated subject of the Spanish Debt, The meeting to be lheld in the Ciy at an early (iay will take place underI anspicious circumstances ; we have just been startled by the ...

... IDPElRIAL PARLIA-MENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-TltIIsCnAY. On the motion of the llaruess of LA3NSDOWNE, tse Judgmentsireland Bill wai read a ,nrd time. The Earl of LONSDALE yrrcsgelted a petition fromn Barnsley against the Metropolitan Internionts Bill, and also a, etitiln from Dover praying that ulterations might be made ha the powers passccsed by the Board of Health. The Earl of CARLISLE said with ...

... METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS. [rItroM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] LETTE1R LIII. In my last Letter I commenced an account of the street performers and showmen. There are a large class of individuals, I said, who obtain their living in the open air. Some sell something-others perform or show something-others do something (as sweep crossings, deliver bills, hold horses, carry boards, &c.)-and others, ...

... LONDON: M ONDAY, Al Y 13, 1860. The late intelligence from Athens will have been received with a satisfaction only alloyed by the dis- agreeable reminiscences which must always hang over this episode in the history of the foreign policy of Great Britain. We have had to wade through a good deal of mire-but, thank Heaven I we are out of it at last. Neither are we quite insensible to the ...