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SALES BY AUCTION.

."able Copyhold Estates, Tottenham-court-road, Percy_
street, Charlotte-street, Goodge-street, &c.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
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At
t By WINSTANLEY and SONS,
h-4uart, on TUESDAY, the 19th, and WET)NESDAY
c..le 20th JON; at Twelve, in Fifty-two Lots, by Order
the Surviving Trustee of the late Felix Vaughan, Esq.
NUNDRy very valuable COPYHOLD
0 ESTATES, nearly equal to Freehold, being subject
till!Y to a small fine certain; comprising three Houses, on
North side of Percy-street ; three Houses and Tem-
;i'L,,il.adinbts, in Windmill-street : seventeen Houses, with Shops,
Lin
the Rising Sun and Red' Lion Public-houses,
ix. Lion Livery-stable:4, Wheelwright's Shops and Yard,
4Tottenham-court-road; ten Houses, in Kirkman's-
-1" ; three Messuages in Blue Bull-court ; four Houses,
poknodge-street ; eleven Houses, in John Street; six
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Stams 2151 Charlotte-street ; a range of Cow-houses and
1310.611, in Tottenham-mews; two Houses, and the
rrottei "se Livery-stables, in Cleveland-street; the esti-
-I,o,,Santial value nearly THREE THOUSAND
AL"'34B.
cr one undivided fourth•part of Percy Chapel, in
court:°tfe-street, and Whitfield's Tabernacle, in Tottenham-
S—. Yard, with a large piece of land adjoining, hitherto
as %Burial Ground.
viewed with permission of the tenants. Printed
tetiit""Lsra. With plans may be had, twenty-one. days pr.e-
hr, g the Sale, at the Rising Sun and Red Lion Public- Tottenham-court-road; of Messrs. Williams, Whit-
4ee' and Co., Solicitors, Lincoln's-inn ; Messrs. Men-
' Office of Works, Guildhall ; at the Mart ; and of
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and Sons, Paternoster-row.

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alitable Reversionary Freehold Estates, at Kingston, in
~4trl/43'', Stratford, Ilford, and Chingford, in Essex, Kent-
. 0a(1, Southwark, Smithfield, Aldg,ate, Bethnal-green,
''. on the Death of a Gentleman, in his 70th year.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
, the By WINSTANLEY and SONS,
VAt Mart, on FRIDAY, June 29, in Twelve Lots,
~I_,N. Valuable REVERSIONARY
v `101.43i ESTATES, on the death of a Gen.
tertian, now in Lis 7oth year ; consisting of the well-
called and nid-"tablished INN and POSTING-HOUSE,
called the CASTLE, situate in the market-place at King-
'ton in Surrey.
The old-established INN and POSTING-HOUSE, the
ANGEL, at Ilford, Essex,
Tio CROWN PUBLIC-HOUSE, in Smithfield.
„A genteel and compact RESIDENCE,W a estt Chingford.
-"th 10 Acres of Land.
the ix ROUSES, Nos. 1,2, and 3, 'Newton's-place, near
',Turnoi at Stratford ; and Nos. 26, 27 - •
, and 28, in
'lvo 13re4i%w.
fii A PIECE of GROUND, with BUILDING thereon,
l'tniniC part of the Roebuck Brewery, in the kent_road,
' °lltinvark.
a iko extensive range of SHEEP and CATTLE SHEDS
tia t' NS, with Arched Vaults, in Harrow-alley, Aidgatet
em tinge
of STABLING, COACH-HOUSES, SHEDS,
,8,11411 TENEMENT, in Black Horse-yard, Ahlgate.
b„:", large piece of vacant GROUND, and 15 Brick-
'l,,lt TENEMENTS, in Seven Step-alley, Ifoundsditch.
fol,"'„,° HOUSES, Nos. 48 and 49, Petticoat-lane; and
1 4.„tNEMENTS behind.
Ne liriek-built HOUSE, No. 24, Patriot-square, Beth-
,'llreen
vti, .'
'alvalo., 'ciPally let on leases; the present rents and annual
i: athounting to near SOOL per annum. The Land-
i redeemed on a large portion of the property.
1.1,,i4 he viewed by permission of the respective Tenants.
t, thottl Particulars will be ready for delivery 21 days prior
Sr:Sale, and :nay be then had of Mr. Arthur Clarke,
a+ It'°r Bishopagate Church-yard at the Castle, King
th"; the Yorkshire Grey, Stratford ; the Angel, Ilford ;
lti:N94, 'tie, Woodford ; the Crown, West Smithfield ; at the
' ; and of Winetanley and Sons, Paternoster-row.

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NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY.
Friday, June I.
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1. Lord. Francis Leveson -Cower—Bill for enabling the
Crown to grant sites for Public Buildings and Ceme.

teries.
2. Mr. Spring Rice—Bill to regulate the sale of Bread in

Ireland. v
8. Mr. William Lamb—Bill to alter and amend the Irish
Butter Acts.

Wednesday, June 6.
I. Mr. Home—Return of the Promotions in the Navy
since January last.
e. Dlr. Peel—Alteration in the law respecting Briefs in
Churches. _

Thursday, June '7.

1. Mr. Littleton—To move Resolutions for carrying into
effect the Report from the Select Committee for le-
sening the expences of Turnpike Trusts Bills.
2. Sir John Wrottesley—Production of a Letter relative
to advances from the Bank of England to Country
Bankers.

Friday, June 8.
Mr. Jephson—To alter and amend the Lawa relative
to Distresses for Rent, and give greater facility to
the obtaining of Replevins, and the Trial of Reple-
vin -C awes, iu Irelaud.

Mr. Sergeant CROSS then proceeded to recapitulate the
evidence. The case was one of a most extraordinary, cha-
racter. An afflicted father prayed for the restoration of
Lis stolen child, and a convicted imposter claimed that
child as his bride, and asked their Lordships to reward
him with the spoil which he had stolen. Those were
the parties contending at their Lordships' bar. The case
was one which, being uncommon, required an uncommon
reinedy. The difference between the law of Scotland and that
of England, with regard to the abduction of an heircs, was
that which made it necessary for the unfortunate father
in the present case, to apply to their Lordships; for though it
was commenced in England, had it been concluded there and
not in Scotland, one of the parties at their Lordships'
bar would have been immediately convicted of felony.—
The Learned Sergeant here proceeded to sum up the evi-
dence, commenting on the system of artful delusion which
Mr. Wakefield was guilty of to forward his purpose of poi.
sensing himself of the person and fortune of Miss Turner.
The Learned Counsel, after recapitulating the whole cir-
cumstances, concluded by imploring their Lordships.to in-
terfere, and rescue an innocent girl out of the accursed
grasp of a vile impostor, who had set the laws of God
and man at defiance, and to afford their protection to an
unfortunate familt, whose peace was destroyed by a com-
bination of the most extraordinary circumstances, all of
which occurred in two countries, over which their Lord-
ships jurisdiction extended ; for if they did not interfere,
the matter would have to undergo a long, lingering, and
expensive investigation before an inferior tribunal.

E. G. Wakefield then advanced to. the' bar, and said,
that when he was this morning called to that House, he
understood it was for the purpose of speaking in support
of the petition which had been presented in his behalf to
their Lordships. He did not expect that he would be
called upon to answer the statements of the Counsel op-
posed to him, but merely to ahew reasons why the Bill
should not pass, and to give a true account of all the facts
connected with the case. To the Bill itself he did not
mean to offer any.
.opposition ; all that he objected to was,
its passing on ex-parte statements, without bothlparties
being heard. He had formerly congratulated himself that
the Bill had been introduced into the House, because he
expected a fair opportunity would be afforded him of
bringing forward the evidence which heretofore he bad
not been permitted to do. The Bill contained heavy cri-
minal charges against him; it stated that he had used
fraud, imposition, and intimidation, in order to induce
Miss Turner to marry him. He then referred to the con-
viction against him, and stated that two bills of indict-
ment had been preferred against him in August, but
which were not tried till March last. The indictments
contained ten counts, on five of which he had been ac-
quitted, and on five he had been convicted. None of the
counts on which he had been convicted charged him
with fraud upon his wife, consequently he was not
guilty of the offence stated in the Bill. He had to
complain that the charge of fraud was not brought to a fah:
trial. A charge of force was also preferred against him,
but the Judge at the trial without hesitation passed from it.
A great deal of evidence had been heard against him, some
of which bore hard upon his condnet,•and though he had
a great many witnesses who could disprove some it, Mr.
Baron Hullock (who sat at the trial) refused to hear them.
In particular, he had several witnesses who could repel the
charge of fraud upon his wife, some of whom had been ex-
amined, but would not be heard upon that point. His
witnesses had been conveyed twice to Lancaster, and his
object now was to obtain leave from their Lordships to have
them examined before them, and he hoped they would in
their wisdom allow him the same opportunity and facilities
of examining them, which were granted before inferior tri-
bunals. It would, perhaps, be difficult for him to procure
the witnesses' attendance on the score of expense, as he had
already expended nearlyB,oool. in conveying them twice
from France -to Manchester. He was so ignorant of the
forms of proceedings before their Lordships, that he threw
himself' entirely on their justice; but he would beseech
them to allow all the facts to be disclosed. He had no
doubt he could prove that his wife had been induced to
marry him, solely out of motives of love and affection, and
he could repel the charge of subornation of perjury made
against him. He then referred to a case, that was tried
some years ago in Dorsetshire, where the accused were
charged with carrying away a young lady by force, and
afterwards marrying her, and so strong was the impression
made by the witnesses for the prosecution, that the
Judge at the trial would not sum up the evidence, and
the prisoner was convicted. Soon afterwards, however,
some of the witnesses were convicted of perjury, and the
lady herself, under circumstances which might. be easily
imagined, was obliged to fly the country, to avoid a similar
conviction. If the House was determined to pass this Bill,
surely it insist be on grounds of public expediency ; and he
would ask if it would not be better, 'if not for his sake, at
least for Mr. Turner's own sake, that the whole truth
should be known. It had been suggested to him, since he
came into that House, that it would be better for him to
give their Lordships a short sketch of what his witnesses
would be able to prove, and though totally unprepared
beforehand, he thought it best to comply with that sugges-
tion. He then produced a printed pamphlet, out of which
he read what the innkeepers and waiters on the road could
say, all of which went merely to shew that Miss Turner
had been sometimes in good humour and laughed ; that
she did not appear to be under any retraint, and that Mr.
Wakefield behaved with great politeness towards her.
In the course of reading this evidence, Mr. Wakefield
was interrupted by
Lord DELAMERE, who thought that it was quite irre-
gular for their Lordships to hear what Mr. Wakefield read
at present. If they were determined that the witnesses
themselves should be heard, he conceived that it was quite
unnecessary to hear their evidence at present.
Lord ELDON said that it was absolutely necessary that
Mr. Wakefield should state to their Lordships what he
proposed to prove, before they could determine whether his
witnesses should be heard or not.—(Hear, beat. )--lie
himself had read the whole evidence at the trials and had
formed an opinion, but whether that opinion would he ulti-
mately adopted by their Lordships or not, he conceived it
to be their duty in the mean time to hear what was pro-
posed to be proved.
Mr. Wakefield then proceeded to read, from a printed
pamphlet, the evidence adduced for the defence at the trial
in Lancaster, but' in so inaudible a voice that he was
scarcely heard. When he concluded, he said that it was
incomplete—a mere sketch. It did not contain the
third part—certainly not the half of what his witnesses
would be able to prove. These witnesses were scattered
through various parts of England, some were in Scotland,
and some in France. It was therefore impossible for
him to collect all the matter which they were in a
condition to prove. In fact, he did not come there to-day
prepared to enter into any details; he did not expect
that any explanation would be gone into. The prayer of
his petition was, that he might be at liberty to enter his
opposition to the further progress of the Bill; and the
course he intended to pursue was this—to state, in the
first instance, his objections to the Bill, and after-
wards to produce evidence to substantiate those ob-
jections. In the mean time he proposed to cross-exa-
mine the witnesses against him, and particularly the
lady herself, and to rebut by his own evidence such
parts as were untrue. He abstained in the present
instance from cross-examining the witnesses for the
Bill, in order that he Might more conveniently re-
but it at a future time. As he was not, however, allowed
sufficient time to procure them, he would withdraw his
opposition to the Bill, and allow it to proceed upon what
must be considered as purely exparte evidence, which,
if it accorded with the statement
.of the Learned
Counsel who opened the case, would be false. However,
he had no remedys although, if he were afforded the same
opportunity of producing his witnesses that he would have
in a criminal court, he felt confident that he would suc-
cessfully oppose the Bill.
Mr. Wakefield then retired.

Mr. Grimsditch was then sworn, and in reply to ques-
tions from the Lord Chancellor, said that he had served
Edward Gibbon Wakefield with a copy of their Lord-
ships' Orders, on Monday the ?let: instant. He had
since given him notice that the order for the second read-
ing of the Bill had been discharged, and that it was fixed
for this day. He at the same time served him with a
copy of the Bill itself.
As soon as the witness had retired,

The LORD CHANCELLOR addressed the House. Ile
was anxious, he said, to make a few remarks upon what
had fallen from the person (E. G. Wakefield) who bad

lately left the bar, and particularly as to that person's re-
quest of a postponement. He had likened the proceedings
before their Lordship to those in a criminal Court of Justice.
The Noble Lord would follow up the analogy, and show bow
far the individual was warranted in saying that a crimi-
nal Court would grant delay. When a party applied
to a Court of Justice for thewpostponement of his case, it was
the invariable rule that he should establish two facts. If the
absence of witnesses were the ground of his application,
it was incumbent on him to show that he had done all in
his power to procure their attendance, and he was likewise
bound to show that the evidence of the witnesses so absent
was material to his case. Now, what was the conduct of
this individual ? On 21st May he was served with a copy of
the Bill, and since that time, which was now ten days,
he had taken no steps to procure the attendance of one
single witness. It was a remarkable circumstance
in this case, awl one deserving of their Lordships'
attention, that Wakefield, from the previous proceedings,
must have been fully apprized of the charge against him.
He must have been loug since in the full possession
of all the details ; and though he had this notice, it did
not appear that he took pains to procure evidence.
If, therefore, he likened the proceedings before their Lord-
ships to those of a criminal Court, he completely failed in
showing that in a Court of Justice be may be allowed de-
lay. He complained that he had no opportunity of cross-
examining the witnesses. He was here, and it was
optional to stay or withdraw. He heard the evidence
of the principal witness against' him, and now says
that he did not cross-examine her, upon the shallow
pretence that he was anxious to wait until lie had
witnesses in :readiness to rebut her evidence. But sup-
pose he had cross-examined her, what a powerful case he
might have made out. If there were any parts of the evi-
dence to which he objected, lie could have come for-
ward with an . affidavit that he had witnesses to
contradict it, and then he would have obtained a post-
ponement. The Noble Lord, although it was umieces-
sary, wished to make a few observations as 'to the other
parts of the case. He had heard the evidence read by Wake-
field, and from the most careful consideration which be
had paid to it, he felt himself bound to say, that if received
at 'their Lordships' Bar, it • would not in the 'slightest
degree shake their judgment or induce them to reject the
Bill.—(Loud cries of hear, hear.)—What was the nature
of the proposed offence ? It was, that the marriage
was celebrated b y consent ; but was not that consent
obtained by the most atrocious fraud ? It was also said
that the young lady was in good spirits after the marriage,
but was it inconsistent or extraordinary that this young lad)
after consenting to a marriage from the duty she owed to
her parent—after she had performed an act which she be-
lieved would rescue her beloved father from: perils
and distress—was it, he asked their Lordships, unusual
or extraordinary, that after doing this she should profess e
certain degree of cheerfulness and content during the six
days she remained in the company of this man?—(Hear.)
But let their Lordships mark what followed. The very first
moment she perceived a fraud had been practised upon
her, the current of her feelings took a different turn
and she upbraided him with having acted like a brute, and
with grossly deceiving her.—(Hear, hear.)--If their
Lordships were to take all which they had heard
read to them, would it, he asked them, furnish
an answer to the Bill ? Indeed, so sensible was the indi-
vidual himself of this, that he did not propose to rest his
case entirely, on the evidence read, but threw out a
conjecture that he had other evidence which he would be
enabled to produce. Under all these circumstances the
Noble and Learned Lord thought there should be no
postponement.
Lord REDESDALE was of the same opinion.

The Earl of ELDON also thought no further delay
should be granted, and that their Lordships should
proceed on the information which was now before them.
The question now before their Lordships, was whether
by legislation the marriage should be made null and
void. The Noble Lord, after stating his opinion
that the marriage ought to be annulled, commented at con-
siderable length on the nature of contracts in general,
and said that force and fraud had always been held a
sufficient ground of voiding a contrast. The Noble Lord
said, that he had read the evidence which Mr. Wakefield
said he would produce, and felt himself bound to declare
that it did not furnish sufficient grounds of opposition to
the Dill.

A conversation ensued, in which several Noble Lords
took part, and, finally
The Bill was read a second time, and ordered
to be committed to-morrow at five o'clock. It
was also arranged that the Bill should be printed, and the
discussion on the principle of the Bill take place at a future
stage.
Lord SPENCER presented a petition from Northamp-
ton, against the Corn Laws.
The House then adjourned.