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RAPE-AND INCEST. •
Jeueph Isksiesqu, of Meudwith, near Otley, in the
'stOod Charged with the commission
of a ape oitthsisereou'o. his !own daughter, a girl
fifteen years of age.
Grace Ingleson, the unfortumit.- duilAliter of the
Prisoner, stated, that on the 1 WI of July she %rut
with her father to cut tort*, at Hadlish, u distance of
six miles ; that on their return, her father had
thrown her down in the cart, an tens ithstauding
her crier, had perpetrated the foal and (lonia:um
crime of which he stood cliar4txl ; yet, whensthe
quettiosi Wily tint to her by the Judge, though aLc
was almost convulsed with agony by the recitation
of the transaction, she asserted, and persisted io it.
in the face of her own evitleure, and the repeated
adiaoaitina of the Judge to sp.nik the truth, that
the erime WWI committed with her own consent.
and Oat her father ueither itsed io!etier nor threat..
Every moment, while she Will girlilg her ..videttee,
sa:!tur:qed her es toward% her -father, with a look,
which, if he bail ally thing 11 Itn la about hint, must
have struck 'la:J.:yrs to Ins soul.
A person of the name of Robert fliellson, de-
that he via the crime commit (0. but as-lie
14 entirely deaf, lie could nut say a hethur the
dan4hter cried out or not.

The Jimlge, in his A.:drew to the Jury, slid, '
whatever suspicions they 'night lase, anal howevier
the strapictons might be, that the
unhappy %Tango. Grace luglesmi, had, to save a
&Os?* life, rhippresseil it material part of the
dreadful trammition ; yet as she had repeatedly de-
clare-el, upon her oath, that she was consenting to
the greut crime which had been committed, the
Jury could nut safely convict tie! Primmer.
Tim Jury accorditigly retorter! a verdict of Not
Quit,. Whim the Judge addressed the Prisoner
in the folbwviug terms :
" Joseph In:Orson, you have narrowly escaped
pitying the forfeit of your life to the offended laws
of your country. You are, there is too much rea-
son to believe, a very bad isms ; and if you do not
repress your wicked propensities, you will certainly
tertnimete your life at the willows : you ought to
he for ever ashamed of yoursell; and bide your
face from the view of your fellow-creatures."
The Prisoner quitted the ha:, amidst the general
exeeratioas of a crowded and imaliguant Court.
Witham Within, of Morley, in the \Vest Ridiug,
was chars,eat with strati n;, u piece or %vont leo cloth, sfi
jards in leilgth, at the Mixed Cloth Hall, at Leeds,
brio; the property of Isaac Ilitinsworth.
Mi. Iltywooo opened the ease, by stating that
this was a prosecution instituted by the Trus-
tees of the /lath to repress a practice, which, he
we. sorry to bay, 'ma of lkte much increased,
that of stealinreloth from tit Hall.
Mr. Isaac tisiii.worth stated, tint he was a
chithier, arid lived at Pudsey ; that he attends the
Leeds Cloth Hall, where he has a stand. He also
stated, that previous to the 19th of July, he hail
finer pieces ed ccrbeau-co/onicii cloth on his monde
one of which heel been removed, and which he al-
terwarcls saw in the Committee I:nous of the Hall ;
that his piece had his tia:uv sewed in it, ivs is usual,
and also his place of resit, tee, but that whets lie
saw it in the Coininittee-room, the mune was picked
out, with the exception of the letter R. and alsal his
phase of res.denee, with the exception of the letter
U. lie vow quite sure it was his cloth; among
Other marks at hod some shuttle-muck near the
end, which he particularly reuitanbered.
John Stead, keeper of- the Mixed Cloth Hall,
was next eituntineel. He stetted, that shout four
o'clock in 'll4 afternoon of Tuesday, the 111th of
July, he went througii the Nall to eve if all the
moth-cankers had absconded; found %Vileon, the
prisoiter, at hhrown stood, in Qnevit-street, he was
picking out a name from a piece. Witness ap-
prowthed without being • nediately perceived by
the Prisouer, but who,. as soon as he saw him. 'has-
tily threw the cloth together. Witness asked him
what business *lied to pier, oet the mark Pri-
soner said, it was to bow it in eta. Witno4 Uien
asked him what he should thini, if be took him be-
fore the Trustees? Prisoner, its reply, said, he
hoped he would not do so. Witness said, it .was
contrary to their laws fur any mated:on turf to pick
out his name from his piece. The 11 norm pro-
ceeded to state, that he took the piexe to the Com-
mittee-Room, where it was ideutitied by Issue
Ilainsworth.
flu his cross-examination, he maid, the length of
a stand was about tt3 inches, and that the Storm-
Naeturairs, in shearing their cloth, frequehtly ea-
croached oil each other, mid that pieces were some-
times mislaid on a wrong stand, which at times
created some 'mistakes. IIX raid, he &mod two
filcea of white cloth ip the 1144 belonging to the
Prisoner. Witness produced the cloth Court,'
from which the Prisoner was picking tl.e mark ; it
was examined by the Postmasters anioeworth, who
identified it as his property, and the same piece be
had open at the Committee Room, and. one of the
four pieces he had on Iris stand previous to the loth
of July. The diameter of the Prisoner's stand
from that of Minuet's th was stated to be twenty-
four part's.
The Prisoner beige called mem for his defence,
inertly sad, ee I am not guilty."
On the part of the Prisoner, James Fox was
called, who stated. that 4:111e! of Wilsuo's pieces had
pin of the name pitikell
• Many most respectable Witnesses were called to
the Prisoner's character, who spoke of him, in the
highest terms, as en ttprib honest
bt, hoest man; persons
arr hod known him from a child.
His Lordship, after otatiug the evidence to the
Jury, said, that in all doubtful CAWS character
ought, to have the 'greatest weight ; bet where it
was clear, it could ayail nothing; its this respect
the Jury wooed weigh the evidence, sod if they
wig any roe-enable canoe of doubt, the very high
character given to the Prisoner, by a great number
of respectable persists, who lard known.hitu long
. and autiniately, ought to weigh ranch ; built could
not overturn positive and imexceptionahle testi.
runny. If the Jury holiest-, under all the
eireinnstaoces of theca's, that the Prisoner hod eta
intention of converting tise cloth to hi* owe ear.
they would acquit the Pra;aapper.; hilt if they could
not conclude thus, they mast find him
The Jury, without retiring, (guild the Prisouer
ruby.

NRSTREGLITEXT ROYAL ADINBLT4II
VOLy NI'EEI?S. . .
REGIMENTAL ORDER. • .
FDtaauttuti, JULY el, 1508.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Hope having dneetettrilajer
Hamilton to 'tipsily to the regiment, oli Beretsfield
yesteirluv, the approbation which Lieu-
eaut-Cletsentfl,ord% uicouut CS/thee:l ass pleaaed
to express of their whole appearauee, has.nothing
to add on that subject. ' Attu the bsesouraide tee-
tiwony which has been .borste of the. discipline of
the regitnentoby the distinguished officers who have
successively commanded the forces in Scotlaod,
any praise from the Lieotentuit-Colonel would be
p:i•suisiptuons as unnecessary...
'1 lie Lieutenant-Colonel is also satisfied, that it
is needless for him to use any urgualeuts. to keep.
'dive the noble zeal by which tee reginenit lute
hitherto been actuated. They have oily to look
abroad strantig the tuitions, to perceive the necessity
of their services; they have mile to look at home,
to receive their best reward iq ilse liberty and ludo.
peacleseee which the national• exactions hove pre-
seised, and in the teinsciousises, that they are d g
all they can to deserve the distinguished blessings
which Almighty God bus bestowed on this kind.
What's-JIM not we give; what would not the
noble Spaniards thtnisclers give, that . they were
as well prepared es vie are, to feria a rofCign foe?
Let then the• danger to which they are exposed,
teach iss.the necersity,.anti•coollim us in the reso-
lution, of contiutaing Our best ekes-boils to qualify
ourselves to anaintaie our indepeettence. Let tile
spirit of the Spaniards cootirus to us this impertaut
troth, thitithe.greatest evil whir4i Zito bred a
tieu-
pi! is subjection to a foreign jiike. it is 'hut to
frw.moishe shier a num, arrogaitirg• to himself ex•
clusieely the. nameofa patriot; its, that wus
in vain to expect the natiosili or V.urstpe• would re-
sist the 'trussed' Fraticei till their Wen; Ow them
a country ; and that ;even our own country wash
hardly worth lighting Tor. Spain, liovieeris think*
otherwise ;.end le Mich ha *.er fectiugie with aCo-,
vernment and • Ceshititution pribaps the'worst iib.
Eatopr, ac hat Ought to be our deleriuittatiohits
regard to furehi,,t subjec:inia ? TA live free or die.
It the French Coke has proved insitppoitabie to
. the Spaniard, himself the subject of a despotic no-
seritment, what woitid it be to the free-hom Bri-
ton, the subject of the happiest Congitutinii which
has ever been exemplified. on earth? lnisteusl,
then, of abating in our zeal, let in. redouble our
efforts ; inasmuch as every day's. esperionce of
Freest:li tyranny tells as more forcibly what it is we
fight tor, what it is are tight against.
With regard to our ftwie plait:lll4r estublishment,
we tire now called upon, in the most imperious
manner, to litand to our colours. • The law* lately
pmised must affect our recruiting.; and therefore it
Wountev the duty of every gentleman now in the
tegument not 16 quit it, or slacken in his atteiid-
twee, bat fioun absolute necessity. Culler every
disatlvautege, however, it is to be hoped, that the
noble spirit of the citizens of Edinburgh will el-
ver butt( r to moulder envoy a regiment, which is
justly the pride of Scotland; and which, it meat
be remembered, restored peace and order, coati-
, dcnce cal security to the country, within a few
weeks after this capital had become the sad of a
rebellious self-committed Convention.

If we cannot now hold out privileges and exemp-
tions to those who enter our rooks, at: hold out the
purer honour um! the lei 4.3er credit. A Volunteer
must uow stand fornunl prowler character than
ever; serving from patriotism only, without- even
the suspicion of being influenced by interested
motives. Ittlying on the spirit of your fellow-eit
anis to complete your ranks, you have resolved to
°aniline your services An the present terms', and
Wader our old name of .. The First Royal Ellin buigh
Volunteer Iteiriment." Such contidente cannot Le
disappointed; and the time is now come, when every
mon capable of beurin4 arms, who does not !turn
the use of them, ought to he made ashamed to chew
his face in wseiety.
The Lit:loaning-Colonel, during the interruption
of the ordinary extri.i4e, earne.tly recommends to
the 'semivowel. of the regiment to make parties for
ball practice; for enrich purpose a quantity of
bull cartridge wilt he given to every gentlemiiii who
applies fur them to the Older I 0 1111 l his
company, who is i!inicted to wake arrangements
with his eompany aceordinuly.
Some time after this, of which due notice will be
,given, the Lieutenitiit-Colonel will call out each
company separutely far that purpo.e.
By order *Me I..ieutenaut-Coloner cornmsnding,
BAIN WWI?.

Capt. aril Adjut. list Reg. R. E. V.
On Wednesday lust cause on fir trial, at Rork-
before the non. Mr. Justice fliereru, and
a special Jury. the I°9g-contested cause between
the Rev. Eibwerd Aubrey, the owner of the beech
woods, iu the parsh. of slistuldedon, its the county
, of 8411:11,4, rkputid, and the Churchwarden% and
Overseers o parish, Defeuihints. l'bis was '
an action brought sigieuswt the Deliodants for a
distress, mule 9n * Pleiutig; under a warrant
from two of Nix IJziesiy7s Jskstietiv of the l'essee.for
the county of Burls fur non-payment of poor's-
Wes, eliggeff an him iiiceopett of ins beech wood.
land, in this pariek awl sus for the purpose of
trying whether the owners of beech woodlaud.• itt
that pa:ibis, were not habit; to be rated-for chew tie
the rphef the pour ; wh4u it bring clearly proved
that the woods us question were not saleable under-
woods, and that bards, according to the custom of
the count.;,-,, was timber ; the Jury, under tsaritttigill of the I..earised Judge, gave oi feed's* for
the Plaiuhtf. upon all the issue. as the•cituaK.
Law and •repeatedly have husband*, mothers,
and all other people alseose, excin'ined against
4.3.4letissa.sts declared that lie would"
reeved permit. bus daughter or his wife to waive...-
No dansw, indeed, teuds more-ta turn the heads of
women, and inflame their sense:. Assother Immo-
venienee attends this dance, which is like4v to be
more noticed by ladies thou all our moral rellees
lions; it is, that no dance more impairs their fiat-
tures, fatigues their organs, or et:castor* snore dis-
tressing accidents. Oftlais, the folios/lug sad in-
stance haispeued last week y 01111.1; married lady
101 the child she was,uursing, to run into. the vor-
tex of a Neils& 4er blood supl-her nailk•llew up to
her send; she had time to say no more thaw 6, am
not will," and fell Acadia the anus of her partsscr.
—(Bordeoux Paper.)