The Sun. — 1842-07-15 (London, England)

THF. MAYOR'S BANQUET. boy to lend him a knife to cut his boots with, as they hurt his 1 corns. The boy let him have a knife, ard he cut a hole in one clia This banquet given by the Mayor, G. W. Franklyn, Esc' to Esq., boot, and then in the other. While making the hole in the se.. his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and the 1 coed boot he cut his finger. In a few minutes afterwards he guished members of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society, took place at the enchants Hall, King-street. It I caught the boy round the neck, and said he would murder him, M' 'and began cutting Inns under the lip. The boy struggled and got was of the most costly and recherektdeseription, served throughe away rrom him The prisoner then struck bins on the chest twice with the knife, and inflicted two slight wounds. He af*sired the out on a massive service of silver, and silver iKilt ihsloanteo Among the distinguished individuals terwards brandished about nife in a very clangerous neon of by their presence were—His RoyalYllll;hness the Duke ner. He was then taken to filepolice-station. The boy, upon examination, was found to have been a•en sever el wounded of Cambridge, his Grace the Duke of Richmond,h hish GfiraCe below the tip. ,e prisoner was a total strangertothe oy, Eearlsonoi b the Duke of Beaufert, the Marquis of Downs ire,et Edward Everett, Envoy of the United States ; thof Ivor 1 with whom he had never before exchaneed a word. Ducie, Essex,llehester, and Somers; the Marquis On behalf of the prisoner several witnesses were called, who Chtaeveil.:l;ell.ln(sisei..r: 11 a person of the most excellent character, and of the most kind ter ; Lords John Somerset, Charles Bcaucler , ' gave a history of the prisomk from his infancy. Ile had been and Portman; the Rev. the Dean and Canons; Ft . 1 and huniane disposition. In October las', upon a very strong hers of Parliament for the city ; Henry Handley, asq., dsrit of the Agricultural Society ; and the gentlemen of the recommendation of his then master, a tailor in London, he was Council, &c. Pr 1 , and draper at Taunton, where he conducted himself with ex• taken as foreman by a person of the name of Hayden, a tailor 1 oAtter the cloth had been removed, the MAYOR rose anc, posed, in appropriate terms, " The Queen," " I'he ),uoevel,l "His H- ' became quite an altered character, took to drinking, kept very treme propriety until the month of April, when he suddenly Dowager, and the rest of the Royal Family," Highness Prince Albert," which were drunk with the usual irregular hours, and appeared to hale lost his realton. He left marks of respect and loyalty. Taunton without saying a word to any one, leaving his mendy The MAYOR again rose and said, he had the honour to proand clothes behind him, and he was not heard of again until he pose the health of the illustrious Prince who sat on his right went into the shop and committed this outrage. A surgeon hand.—(Cheers.) He considered that his Royal Highness who saw him immediately after this transaction stated that he had paid a very great compliment to the city. Of Bristol. It wai many years since a member of that illustrious house had been believed the prisoner to be of unsound mind. in Bristol, and he trusted that his Royal Highness would lie- Ihe Jury acquitted the prisosier, on the ground of insauity. -: lieve that the citizens of Bristol were a loyal and devoted