The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-23 00:00:00

COPPER.

Act (5 and 6 Vic. c. 47) read; Motion made, and Question
put, " That the House do resolve itself into a Committee to
consider the Duties upon the importation of Copper, with a
view to their reduction or abolition." The House divided :

MINORITY-AYES, 19.
Ainsworth, Peter Ewart, William Stuart, Lord J.
Itaine, Walter Fielden, John Thornely, T.
Boyd, John Humphery, Aid. Tian, J. H.
Itrowne, W. APCarthy, Alexander
Buller, Edward Martin, Johu
Crawford, W. S. Moffatt, George
Duncan, George Morris, David
Eseott, Bickhaai Sandon, Lord

TELLERS.
Muntz, G. F.
Spooner, Richard

MAJORITY—NOES, 59.
Acland, Sir T. Granger, T. C. Rashleigh, William
Anson, Colonel Grey, Sir G. Rice, E. R.
Baring, F. T. Grogan, E. Russell, Lord John
Barnard, Edward G. Hamilton, G. A. Rutherford, A.
Bellew, R. M. Hawes, B. Scrope, G. P.
Bentinck, Lord G. Heathcote, G. J. Shell, R. L.
Berkeley, Captain Henley, J. W. Spry, Sir S.
Blake, M. J. Howard, P. 11. Stanton, W. 11.
Borthwick, Peter Labouchere, Henry Strutt, Edward
Buller, Charles Lemon, Sir C. Thompson, Ald.
Burke, T. J. Lindsay, Colonel, Tollemache, F. J.
Carew, W. P. Maule, Fox Turner, Edmund
' Clerk Sir G. Monahan, J. H. Vivian, J. E.
Courtenay, Lord Morison, General Vyvyan, Sire& R.
Dawson,F. V. Newdegate, N. Ward, li. G.
Duckworth, Sir J. Norreys, Sir D. Wood, Sir Charles
Dundas, Admiral O'Conor, Don Young, J

Ebriugton, Lord Palmer, G.
Esmonde, Sir T.. Pennant, Colonel TELLERS.
Forbes, William )'lumridge, Captain Tufnell, IL
Gladstone, J. N. Powlett, Lord W. Wyse, Thomas

The Observer of Sunday morning gave the part'
culars of the meeting at Dee's Hotel, Birmingham, of the
shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway Com-
pany, nearly to the extent of one of the Observer folio
columns, and which meeting did not commence at Dee's
Hotel until after two o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday,
and appeared in the Observer published at six o'clock on
Sunday morning. The ,Observer also gave an account of the
splendid Waterloo banquet, including the names of most of
the gallant surviving heroes present, with a summary ex-
ceeding one of the Observer folio columns; nearly two folio
columns of her Majesty's Theatre and the Royal Italian
Opera; a folio column of critique on the British Institution
pictures ; nearly two folio columns of the state of the funds
and prices of railways; the horticultural meeting at Chis-
wick on Saturday—the prizes awarded, and to whom ; Fox
Club dinner at the Trafalgar Hotel, Greenwich, on Saturday;
upwards of a column and a half of births, marriages, and
deaths ; five columns of miscellaneous advertisements, in-
cluding a folio column of public amusements for the coming
week. The Observer also contained twenty-six columns of
news, foreign and domestic, chiefly original. Price of the Ob-
server 6d. There is scarcely a Club-house, Institution, Library,
or News-room in all England, Scotland, Ireland, the Conti-
nent, East and West Indies, America, &c., in which the Ob-
server is not taken in, and frequently duplicate copies. The
extensive publication of the Observer commences at six
and concludes at ten o'clock on Sunday morning Monday
edition of the Observer, best adapted for the country and
abroad, is regularly published at four o'clock on Monday after-

no THE VALUE OF LANDED PROFERTY.—Yesterday
the freehold estate called South Ockendon Hall, situate
at a distance of about eight miles from Romford, Essex,
was disposed of by auction, by Mr. W. W. Simpson, at
the Auction Mart. It comprised, besides the residence,
above 668 acres, and it realised a rental of about 1,1701,
per annum, the present tenant, Mr. Sturgeon, having on
it one of the most perfect and pure merino flocksi in the
kingdom. It fetched 24,6201.
THE PORT OF LONDON.—ARRIVAL OF SHIrFING.
—The number of vessels which arrived in the port of
London from foreign ports during the past week was
216, the greater proportion of which were laden with
grain and provisions of various kinds, cattle, &c., the
production of the continental states of Europe.
SUICIDE UNDER SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.--A
man of the name of Stevenson, who resided at Cross
Stabbs, near Barrhead, committed suicide on Thursday
morning under the following
singularly painful circum-
stances The person in question, about twenty years
ago, was following some business at Leith, and was at
that time sentenced for a certain crime to be executed,
but through the sympathy and pleadings of a number of
individuals on his behalf, the sentence was commuted
to that of transportation. By some means or other,
however, he managed to escape after a period
of about two years. At this time he resolved, that
whenever in depressed circumstances, or otherwise unfit
to maintain himself, be would carry the sentence of the
judge into effect, which he did on Thursday last, while
under the effects of strong drink, by hanging himself on
a tree, with his own cravat, by the side of Thornly dam,
a few hundred yards from Glenfield. The wretched in-
dividual tied himself so low, that, when discovered, his
knees nearly touched the ground, which showed how
determined he must have been in the perpetration of his
wicked act.—Rertfrewshire Advertiser.
JOURNEYMEN CURRIER& BENEVOLENT INSTITU-
TION.—The first annual meeting of this institution,
founded for the relief of aged and infirm journeymen
curriers and their widows, took place yesterday evening,
in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, and was at-
tended by members of the trade. Mr. E. Grant pre-
sided and subscribed liberally to the objects of the insti-
tution, which, as it originated entirely among the work-
men themselves, and has met with the approbation of
their masters, will no doubt receive the success which it
merits. The subscriptions already collected amount to
L nearly 150/.