The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

A girl named While was brought before Sir P.
LAURIE charged by a Mr. Pledger with having acted
in a most disorderly manner in the neighbourhood of
his house, and with having attempted to extort
money from him.
Mr. Pledger as he was going towards home on
Saturday night happened, on account of the slipperi-
ness of the pavement, to fall in Leadenhall-street.
The defendant and some other girls happened to be
near the spot, and they apparently with great kind-
ness helped him up. They then asked him to give
them a drop of gin, a petition which he could not
reject. He accompanied the ladies to a gin-shop,
and they had sixpennyworth amongst them, for
which he of course paid. He then walked towards
home, but he found that the defendant was after
him, and as soon as he got to the door Miss White
told him that she had seen five shillings in his hand,
and that she must have it. He, however, was de-
termined that although he had treated her to gin
he would not treat her to any thing else, and she,
upon finding him resolute, kicked up a most dis-
agreeable row, upon which he charged her as a dis-
orderly.
Miss White, after having admitted that the com-
plainant had treated her to gin, declared that he had
entertained other intentions towards her, and that
upon their going into his shop, he showed clearly
what those intentions were, as he wanted to put out
the gas.—(Laughter.)
Sir PETER LAURIE asked the complainant
whether the dispute really arose from the attempt to
put out the light ?
Mr. Pledger denied the accusation.—." I have,"
said he, " daughters of my own as much women as
the girl is, and surely I could not be such a fool as
to go to my own house with a girl of the town."
The girl positively asserted that the gentleman
became " obstropulous" and kicked up the row
himself, because she did not like the dark.
Sir PETER said he should dismiss the case, but
he hoped Mr. Pledger would go no more into gin-
shops with girls of the town.

Mr. Pledger really could make no such promise,
as it was his weakness to be kind-hearted.—(Laugh-
ter.)
Sir PETER advised him at all events not to be in
a hurry when a strange lady was in his company, to
put out the light.—(Loud laughter.)
Amongst several other persons who were brought
up, charged with offences committed while in a state
of intoxication, was a genteel-looking man, named
While. He had followed a servant-girl in the street,
and was even pursuing her into her master's house,
being hot with the Tuscan grape, on the preceding
night. The reception he met with, although suffi-
cient to cool an ordinary lover, gave an additional
impulse to his tenderness, and he did not appear to
be aware that he was an unwelcome lover, until he
found himself in the arms of a watchman.

He stated to Sir PETER LAURIE that having
just arrived from France, and being able to afford
it, he had ventured to take an extra glans, which
settled his head. lle did not meditate any thing
criminal, but merely overflowed with spirits.
Sir PETER supposed Mr. White overflowed
with gin, and asked him whether he had seen people
in France running after servant giria, and con-
signed, in their drunkenness, to the protection of the
police?—The defendant certainly had seen such
things in France.
Sir PETER—What I amongst Frenchmen ?
Defendant—No, I can't say I have; but I saw
plenty of Englishmen and Irishmen drunk, and stag-
gering after the girls there.,,(l...aughter.)

• Sir PETER said that when he was in France he
observed that the French formed very honourable
exceptions to the list of drunken and disorderly.
" I suppose that upon your arrival," said Sir Peter,
" you took to gin No," said the defendant,
" I fancied the ale. I had so much French. wive,