Stu Casuntes AGAIN.—A cad named Death was accused at the
Mansion- house, on Wednesday, of striking an officer, who interfered to prevent him from seeing home a gentleman who had drunk more wine than he could convenien tly carry without assistance.- Sir C. S. Hunter—" What an awful name von have got, defendant ! Why don't you change it ? There are plenty of names in the world, and I'm sure you'll be allowed to give up your's, without getting an act of Parliament for it." Death—" Pledse you, my Lord, I an't ashamed of my name. Yom Lordship never heard of any one of my name yet that was hanged." Sir C. S. Hunter—" No It is after people are hanged they take your name ; and I'm sure that's quite time enough." The officer said he believed the cad's name was not Death. Sir C. S. Hunter—" Perhaps he bus taken his present name as a sort of penance, to remind him constantly of what he well deserves But, upon my life, I would get rid of it. You can easily take the name of Smith, or Jenkins, or any other respectable name." Death—" No, please _you, my Lord, I don't choose to charge it ; I never had cause to be ashamed of it." Sir C. S. Bunter—" Upon my word, then, 1 believe that is more titan you can say of your life, 31r. Death." The officer said that the defendant was a very violent fellow. Sir C. S. Ilueter—" Aye, then, if he doesn't take very good care, he'll meet with as violent a name- sake. I say, Mr. Death, if yeu don't take more care of your life, it will soon be too late for you to cull yourself any thing else." Death was, upon his promise to reform his life, and Legging the officer's pardon, permitted to depart. " It is necessary to observe," adds the reporter, " that Sir C. S. II unter has made up more disputes by his jocular pin liner and excellent temper, than any of those Aldermen Will put « scriwtv face upon terry trifle." The trifle of which the fellow was suspected was a design of picking the gentleman's pockets whom he preteeded to assist. Think of Death attacking a man's purse instead of his person ! It was enough to make the Recorder jocular. TUB ILLUMINATIoSS.—We thought that the parties who had suffered from the mob on this occasion had made up their minds to the loss ; bat it appears that some of them are still without that loge which heaved' nil things, even it glazier's bill. At the Petty Sessions, en NVednesulay, seve- ral cases were heard ; but as in no one was there the slighthst proof of felo- nious intention on the part of tl:e mob, the Recorder and Abiermen who presided felt themselves impelled to dismiss them :Ill. The Mar- quis of Londeederry is determined to take the sense of the Lords on his broken windows; and for that reason, they still remain, we hear, in the same rent and tattered condition that they exhibited the morning after the illumination. He will, we suspect, like the rest, get nothing but his labour for his pains.
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