The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-04-03 00:00:00

SIR ROBERT PEEL.

The shocking spirit of the following paragraph furnishes to
our minds a proof that the editor of the Courier cannot have
seen it before its insertion: he is, we believe, quite incapable of
such malignity :
"A friend of ours, who is a judicious observer, and on whose
statements in point of fact we place great reliance, but who is
now at some d►stance from the metropolis, writes us--' fhe
ministry will undOubtedly fall. If not, Sir Robert Peel will
go mad, or die of nervous fever. I recollect his constitution.
Ile is suffering more at this moment than tongue can tell. A
small cause would lay him on his back, never to rise again. I
do not mean that he is physically feeble, but mentally sensi-
tive, and he has much to saw his nerves at present.' "
In.refutation of this statement we can say, on the authority
of those who saw Sir R. Peel closely last night, that he never
was in better health, and that his spirits are equally' free from
dejection and excitement. In fact, his present proud position,
as the champion of constitutional order against the reckless
violence of faction, is calculated to till the mind with the most
pure and cheerful satisfaction.—Times of Tuesday.

•
THE Jaws ANn THE POPE.—The Jews residing at Rome
have just presented to his holiness the Pope a volume of He-
brew scripture. It is most beautifully written, and is superbly
bound; as a specimen of caligraphy it must be without a rival.
It consists of.. a harmonious piece of Hebrew composition in
honour of the Pope; the prayer for the sovereign used by the
Jews in svitagognes, and translation of these pieces in verse,
the one in Latin and the other iu Italian. Every page is
written in a different manner, and the whole is ornamented
with pictures and designs, Serving as a border to the page;
they are executed with the pen in a most beautiful manner by
a Venetian artist named Paoletti, residing at Rome. Among
these pictures is a portrait greatly resembling the Pope, another
of Solotnon being proclaimed king, a third of Solomon sitting
Upon the throne, and a 'fourth painting is of the arms of the
I'ope. The covers are overlaid with rich white satin with gold
borders. It is said that the Jews of Ghetto have expended on
this splendid present nearly 10,M° francs; it will replace, no
doubt, the roll of the Jewish laws, which were presented to the
Pope on his accession to the Holy See, and which his holiness
received from their hands deploring t heir blindness. •
DivisioNs OF THE HOUSE.—The select eornmittec, have pre-
sented their report. After recommending the building e an
additional lobby to the house, which, according to Sir 1t
Smirke's estimate may be done in a mouth for Li0;:l. they propose
the following plan for taking the divisions I. That upon
every division the house be entirely cleared; the ayes and the
noes being sent forth into two separate lobbies. 2. That four
tellers and four clerks be appointed, two of each to be Stationed
at the entrance of the respective.. lobbies. 3. That Alio doors
being opened simultaneously by the speaker's order, the names
of the members be taken by the clerks, on ruled paper, with
numbered lines, as they re-enter the house by the opposite door,
the tellers counting andannouncing the result at the table as at
present. 4. That the lists of the division be then brought up to
the table by the tellers, and deposited ther for insertion ia
alphabetical order in the votes.'
EARLY APPLICATION OF GALVANISM TO MEDICINE.—The
following grotesque prescription occurs in Scribonius Largos.
(Dc Comp. Medicament., c. 1.): Pain ip the head, however
inveterate and intolerable, is immediately removed and perma-
nently cured by the application of a live black torpedo to the
part, till the pain ceases and the part is benumbed ; when this -
is perceived to be the ease, the application must be discontinued,
lest the sensation of the part should be lost. Several torpedos 01-
this kind should be had in readiness, because torpor, which indi
cotes the Success of the remedy, sometimes does not occur till two'"
or three have been used." The author recommends the applica-
tion of these potent fish to the feet in gout. Op. Cit. c. 41.
There are instances of the employment of galvaniim in me-
dicine long before the existence of that great agent was recog-
nized in science.—R yan' s Journal.

ROBBERY OF THE GREYHOUND BIRMINGHAM COACH OF A
BANKER'S PARCEL.—On Thursday last a parcel, containing
'3IX) sovereigns, and a bill of exchange for £l'2o, was stolen out
of the boot of the Greyhound Birmingham coach by four dex--
terous•thieves, who did the work in what is ealied, a regular
workmanlike manner. Two inside places had been booked at
the Swan-with-two-Necks, in Lad-lane, and the two remaining
insides had been booked at the Angel, Islington. The four
passengers were persons of respectable appearance. 'fwo of
them got out at (Mitre, and the •other two left the. coach at
Stoney Stratford. Amongst the parcels deposited in the boot
was one directed to the banking-house of Beck and Co., Coven-
try. It had been put in by one of the clerks of Esdaile's bank-
ing-house in Lombard-street. • Upon the arrival of the coach at
Coventry, the guard, upon feeling about inside, found .that one
of the parcels at the back was not quite so firm as the other,
and on his leaning against it away it went into the boot. The
boot was then searched, and evervanug was found right except
what was wellworth carrying away. The plan was,. no doubt, de-
liberately. laid, and the whole of the movements of the persons
employed about the coach previously.to its departui;e•from Lad-
lane must have been watched. The exact place, .too, in which
the parcel was deposited must have been .ascertained by the
thieves, who were no doubt of the ." London family" Applica,
tints was made immediately upon the arrival., of messengers at
Esdaile's banking-house, to John and Daniel Forrester, the
officers. We understand that it will be a difficult matter to pro-
cure the assistance of officers in cases ef relibery henceforward.
—Observer.