The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-04-22 00:00:00

MR. MAYER'S JEWELLERY FOR THE GREET

EXHIBITION.

•
If Liverpool has no treat manufactures to boast of no
contributionssilks, no cottons,the
ochry
st awoollens,
„is by no
palace;
r h
hd ew
tifac"
undistinguished in many of those branches of wan
ture which require peculiarly the greatest manual an
artistic skill, combined with taste. Her patent -
watches are celebrated throughout the world. Her cbrS'
nometers vie in excellence with those of the best looker!
agi
in the metropolis.' Heinautical instrument makers s
rsinithlr
her opticians are excelled by none ; and her silve
ar
and jewellers, whether in the excellence of their'workt
their taste in design, and the extensiveness and splendor
of their stocks, may fairly be classed as high
cb
London, or any other city in the world. Tn this bran
are, to swell II::
of art and trade the merchant princes of Liverpool bate
certainly no need to go out of their own town for orbs'
bilss
merits of the person or the table, however costly, w fa
they have in it such establishments as Hausburg
Mayer's, Wordley'i, Dismore's, and others of like ex.
cellence.
Amongst the specimens of the goldsmiths' and jewellers_
art, which will adorn the great exhibition, we venture !a°
predict that none will exceed, if indeed any will equal, 1.
beauty, exquisite workmanship, and value, some sPec;:f
as those °I
mens which are about to be forwarded by Mr. MaYer'L
Lord-street. These consist of a dozen suits of jewel
comprising crosses, armlets, brooches, &c. Any one
these specimens are worthy of royalty itself ; and !a
could pity, for his pocket's sake, if it is not a very "1
one, the yielding and indulgent father, whose Wife (3'„
'daughters get a good glance f t them. To ourselves, mid"
learned in the value of precious stones and diamonds, an
the cost of elaborate setting, it is difficult to give a per'h
ference to any one, or two, over the rest. If we were w_
exercise our untutored Last. we might probably select dor
least costly ; and if we were to be directed by greed t
might possbly make the same mistake: Mr. 318 Ye
himself, however, to whose kindness we have been i°:-
debted for a private view of the collection, rests his boil"
of bringing down to Liverpool the prize in this depart
ment upon a necklace with a cross, dependent, formed Qf
rubies and diamonds, and a bracelet of splendid carbuncles
and diamonds. The former is a mcst chaste and beatlti"
ful ornament. The latter is gorgeous in style, and els'
borate in workmanship beyond description. Mr. Mager
is also a competitor for the prize to be given by the Gold'
smith's Company for silver articles; and has nearly coon
pleted several fine specimens of workmanship and taste of
design. Air ongst these is a large circular salver, wit!
allegorical fiaures, representing her Majesty the'Quee'
attended by Concord and public security, presenting
laurel wreath to . the genius of industrial Arts, whose
varied productions are laid at her feet. Around the group'
in raised Egyptian characters, is an inscription—" Beg;
land consecrates to immortality the illustrious names et
Victoria and Albert, and the memorable year 1851." 11
appropriate border is allegorical of the four quarters
the globe, and the representatives of the various comm
cial nations bringing their productions to the World
Fair.

The whole contribution we believe has cost Mr. Miler
£5,000.

FATAL MISTAKE

(Abridged from the Carlisle Journal.)

We have to record one of the most lamentable occur"
rences that have ever fallen within cur observation in 019
neighbourhood, resulting in the loss of a valuable life.
the prime of manhood, by the hands of a clergyman '9,
the Church of England. The scene of this catastrophe i=
Walton, a village about three miles north of Brampf-na'
the victim one of the most respectable and respected Ye&
men of the district, and the unfortunate cause of the death
the clergyman of the parish.
The occurrence took place at a late hour on Wednesday
night, end a visit to the scene on Thursday has enable
us to collect the following particulars :
The deceased was Mr. William Armstrong, of Sorbg
Trees, in Beweastle, a large farmer and considerable len
owner, about 38 years of age, married, and having t7O
children. He was a man highly respected in his neigns
hourhood, openhearted, generous, and hospitable. '-'0(
Wednesday he visited Brampton, for the purpose 4
making arrangements for the completion of the pure for,
of some property which he had recently bargained do
It was market day ; and, meeting with a number of friego
from different parts of the country, had drunk some, in.
freely, and when he left Brampton (about eight o'elac^tie
the evening), was apparently the worse for liquor. '-of
was on horseback, and proceeded homewards by 14.
Cambeck-bridge and Walton. At the inn at Can3ue'eu
bridge he had stopped and had more drink about elev in
o'clock at night, stopping about a quarter of an holrie.
company with two friends. All three left the Puuror.
house together, and Mr. Armstrong soon cantered .00
ward, leaving his friends behind, and was not again

alive. se
We now remove the scene to the parsonage-housek,
Walton, about a mile from the public-house at Carnbech
bridge. At Walton, a little beyond the parish chat.:
the road diverges in three different directions, leading °'
the extreme left to Walton-mill, in the centre to Bell'
castle (the homeward road of the deceased), and on the
right to the parsonage-house, occupied by the Rev
Joseph Smith (the incumbent) and his family. °
distance between the Bewcastle-road and the parsonegii
road is about 40 yards. It was now about half-past of
o'clock, and a fine moonlight night. From the Wad
road to a gate leading to the shrubbery I. (' at the entrance
the parsonage grounds is a distance of 86 yards, and
this gate to the front door of the parsonage is 45 Yerd9lo
Mr. Sm'All had not gone to bed, but all the rest oftrj
family had retired. About half-past 11 o'clock lie aft
a knocking at the study window ; this was soon
repeated. Mr. Smith proceeded to the study, did s,°``.:
thing to the window-shutter for the purpose of mal"nled
revolvingtbt
nns
toouii
dss noise., and
naanondvd
pistol,nptirhnoegei
wet
proceeded
dme
Hhetedho
et
tihihkei
eemnp himself
stepped
tiol
loader]
tdpweeidiot with a aats
makingds iex .
drawerbfi
ed get
pistol three or four times, and went back into the 11°13„ at
closing the door after him. Nothing more was seen
heard till about 7 o'clock in the morning, when the "
of Mr. Armstrong was discovered just inside the g:44
quite dead. On the outside of the gate there were Viple
to show that a horse had b( en fastened up there, anclocle
it had stood a considerable time there. Shortly aftefrbout
Mr. Armstrong's pony was found at Walton Riggt
a mile from Walton, on its way home. ft°
The remainder of the facts we take as we gather ,a sr
the evidence adduced at the inquest, which was Pe".elct
the village inn, at 3 o'clock, before Mr. William Carri
coroner. itu
The first witness was Thomas Richardson, of Soli
who merely stated that lie had met with the deceessci°o
his way home ; that they went together in companY tor
Mr. Elliot to a public-house kept by James Hethering rot-
at Cambeck-bridge-end, where they remained a equal sea
of an hour ; that they all left together, but the deee';rho
cantered forward, leaving Elliot and him behind'

deceased was rather tipsiat the time. tea,
The next witness was Ann Glendinnin who sta h
g' • h • t
ar
substance, that she was the servant of Mr, Smith' 41-
she went to bed a little before 11 o'clock, leaving Mr.lclo
Mrs. Smith sitting up in the dining-room on the south tbd
of the house, the front door being on the north. She ;tit
known the deceased about 20 years, having lived as serf
with his father, and afterwards with himself, about 9 Ye b.
ago. She saw deceased in Walton a fortnight ago, when,.o%
walked up the village with her to the end of the lane letod„,,
to Mr. Smith's house. Witness slept in an upstairs ro071;
and was awoke out of her sleep by a noise, like two shb
knocks, and heard a door shut immediately after n,j,
noise. She did not remember if the door was bolt
She heard nothing more till after seven o'clock
morning, when she was told that a man had been "974
lying at the gate. She went and saw the deceased 191
across the road.
The Rev Joseph Smith was next sworn ..61

examined. He said, he was the perpetual curate
Walton. His youngest child had become restlectje•
the evening between nine and ten o'clock, ae, 1110
ranged the usual time of family prayers, and ha', itS!
thus prevented him and his wife from retiriltoor
their usual hour. The rev. gent. then went on to deicill;
that for some time he heard a knocking at the study
~
dow, and going there in a state of great trepidatled tre
nerves being weak at all times), he saw the hlrcrien
window was not fastened, and in going to put it " there;
made a great noise, so as to intimidate any persOn al"
Ile then took out a pistol from a drawer, and with „_e pelt
lantern went to the front door, drew a bolt, shot
_,llegea',l
loudly, and opened the door. The reverend
tleman mentioned this as a proof how utterly bootl;
he was of self-possession, as he thus expneediaaoe
himself and the house to danger. lie then l'aeYj
as follows :—" I was speechless, and could not sa'io sfig
thing. From the noise I had made at the vriad° f
door the person had withdrawn from the vicinity °to r,
window. My sight is so defective that I often bid
day' to a stranger, thinking him to be a parishioneli; 611;
this time the moon was in the south, casting der,
dow on the north-west angle. These circutnstane*ey,,,
the shade of the shrubbery and the glare of the '5,0 111"
combined to prevent my seeing any one. lat etio%et
as
charged the pistol two or three times without al.'" tb
any object, more in the hope of creating alez.
r;01114/#
anything else. I am not accustomed to
and have always had a dislike to fishing an. 'l9l
ing. The reason I provided myself with the P''Friffiall
painful anxiety of mind, occasioned by the `eft
murder and other cases ; and not being p055e5,704,
bodily strength, and being alone in the house vcitPli 0100$
, and children—the house being accessible 01,1 3019,11 f,
without passing through the village—l fired reek & toov,e
at the door, and then went in and shut the donr.titetiV4,
There were only three or four barrels loaded• ooci°4ll
maining in the house a short time recovered ef 0/,0
ness so as to see the rash exposure I had made 'lOO oat
and of my family, and also of wounding anV Per go er,
of doors. At this moment it struck me I 511000cl:el;
again, at all hazards, to see if there was any one lif I
any trace of any one having sustained any iniall"„ bee f
1 the lantern in my hand, and looked all around bn‘
•1 could see ahy one Laving sustaincal any 00"
nothing." 01"
At this stage of the proceedings the inquest
journed to Tuesday. here
re
The body was laid out in an adjoining roe,i(e. ,fO.l
awful instance of the uncertainty of human urs
was the body of an athletic man, but a few l'°,/ iOff
in the full vigour of health and strength, lat." oil;
1 powerless in a moment. eti thtther,
From a post marten, examination, it appeor-„, o oe„4
bullets had entered the body of the deceased, 7;
passing from the right side to the left, througv, fry
stomach, &c. ; the ether from the back t
the left shoulder,