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London, England, 1822-12-14 00:00:00

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a character, and fully c the slathaeit of M. '
Crew as to the violent blew elle ed.
The Prisoner, !powerful allow,' aid that he was first ad- '
dressed by Mrs. Crew, who asked hist to accompany her,
bottle, mail only pushed her one side to get rid of her impor-
tunities. This statement, which afterwards appeared, by the
evidence of his ono fellow-servos', to be totally unfounded,
0.41.1 nut but separate his offence it the minds of all who '
heard il, as well as the Slagiatrate, who said there was not
the slightest grOunds for the smertioa against Mrs. Crew,
who appeared a very respectable middlenigeil woman.
Mr. l.avie atiended, and wished the affair to be comps-
niised ; but Mr. Earl, vestry clerk of the parish said, that
for the violent assault on the watchmen the pistialn, siis de-
termined to make an eases* of the Prisoner, and strost:ly
advised Mrs Crew on nu *eeriest to compromise the affair,
as •lie seemed inclined to do, if the Defendant would confess
the falaeh lof his assertion, which seemed to hurt her very
much. She however consented to act as the parish officers
should wish. the Prisoner was ordered to lad subatactial
bail on three separate assaults.
S. veils' butchers and green grocers from Lombard-court
and that neighbourhood were load five shillings and coats,
fee exerc:siug their worldly callings on the Sabbath.
li ATTON GARDEN.
ASilAbl.T WITH iorrewr TO COMMIT A RAPS.

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Josses larby, a journeyman tailor. was charged with corn.
spitting an assault on the person of Mary Duncan, an ink-
Festivity looking girl, only 111 years of age, with intent to
commit • rape.
It appeared that the Prisoner and potents of the child
•ccapied apartments in the same house. Last Monday
evening, at six o'clock, the child went into the Prisoner's
room an some hominess, when be took her from thence in his
„arms into his bed mum, and by force effected his purpose.
Through motives of delicacy to the child the charge of rape
was abandoned fur that of the assault, as stated above.
The Priioner was ordered to And bail to answer the charge
at the SeMIMI, or be committed.
UN lON. H ALL.
EXTRAORDINARY ►EMAL,.
A woman alcisit 35 years of age, with her face covered
with scam who possesses a host of same., bat who is bet.
ter known by the appellation of " TOM of Waterloo," or
" Waterloo Tom," was brought before B. Allen, Esq.
charged by the overseer of the parish of St. Mary, Bennosid-
aey, with practising impositions is t►at parish for the put.
pose of exciting commisrration mini obtaining alms.
This extraordinary woman is the widow of • private soldier
belonging to the 7th light dragonos, who fell i• this held of
Waterloo, and she, in she disguise of a soldier, stemma-
'tied her husband through all his campaigns, anti was near
him when hr was shot from his horse, upon which she in.
alertly mounted his steed, took his station in the ranks,
and fought courageously. She was the memo( saving the
life of the Captain of the company, by shooting one of the
French eurassiers at the monseat be was going to rut him
down with hi. sabre, by which courageous act she herself
was desperately wounded in the breast, and It was then
that her sex was Brat discovered. She was immediately
charged from the regiment, and has ever since received a
printout from Government fur her services, sod also •
weekly allowance from the Captain, who resides in
Slosne.street, for preserving his existence. O■ Saturday
nimbt last she was found sitting o■ the step of a door
in Bermondsey.square, shivering as if she was attacked with
the ague ; numbers of persons were collected round her, to
whom s►e ',Bird that she was in a state of pregnancy, and
laboured under the must urgent distress. Many persons
were induced to relieve her apparent situation, by adminis-
tering sonic pecuniary assistance. She was helped into a
public-house in the neighbosrbood, where she was treated
with the greatest kindness by the landlady, who plied her with
gin and water, and after some time her shivering fit ceased,
and she became guileful! of spirits. She was afterwards
taken to the parish workhouse, where sbe was admitted, and
remained therein till yesterday, receiving the parish allow.
once ; but on her being examined by the governor., and by
the medical gentlemen of the paris►, her story relative to her
being is the family way was discovered to be untrue. Upon
the examination of the latter gentlemen bee ease was eon.
sidered to be fabricated for the purpose of Imposing ort the
feelings of the humane. The governors, therefore, delivered
bee over to justice, to be dealt will. accordingly.
Mr. Bodkin, the Secretary, and two of the officers baster
ing to the Mendicity Society, who were in attendance, wait.
lug for t►e rase of Carrington to be called on, recognised
her to be an old acquaintance, and visitant at the Society's
office, and declared her to be au impostor, as far as regarded
the various diseases of which she assumed to be labouring
under ; bat he► story of her having fought at the battle of
Waterloo, they believed to be correct.
The Magistrate thought her • At subject for the society of
the Miller and his Nen at Brixton, and signiSed hi, iuteu.
floss of eroding her there for • little recreation,
Poor Tout appeared nut to like the idea of a:social fog
with the millers, and thought it hard that she should be au
dealt with after bleeding for her King and country. She
premised if she once more got her liberty never to he
troublesome again. However Tom's promises were known
too well to place any reliance in them, and sbe was forthwith
consigned to the miff for • month.