The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-16 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

ANIMAL. MAGNETISM IN CHINA.—This is understood
in the crl,stial empire, and turned to good account. being
practised by the barbers of Canton. " I observed," says
AI. Borget, " that the greater part of the patients slept
while they were being shaved, and I could net account
for this singularity. But one morning 1 observed a man
seat himself on a st ml a little apart fr .m the rest;
began my task of sketch*, when the barber, instead of
commencing his operations, placed himself before his
customer, and, first of all, took hold of his hinds, and
then passed his own several times over the shoulders, and
before the face of the sitter, who shortly fell into a state
of quiet drowsiness, if he did not actually go to sleep. lle
then moved his customer's head about in every direction
he pleased, to facilitate the operation of shaving. When
lie h►d finished he shook the sleeper gently and awr•ke
him. I frequently saw the same thing practised after-
wards."—captain Piddi••g's Chinese Olio.
AMUSEMENTS or AN EMPEROR.—One of the passions
of the Emperor of Russia, that is, one of his passions for
small matters and amusements, is for masked balls. On
these occasions he, of course, is not masked, whilst all
the world are; and then, throwing off all restraint, he
allows his arm to be taken by a 1 who present themselves
for that honour. This is easily to be accounted for. On
such occasions revelations are made to him often interest-
ing to himself, his family, his dynasty, and his govern-
ment. Individuals who do not dare to approach his p rson
in public or in private lest their names should be known
and they should be somewhat compromised by the disclo-
sures they make, at masked balls feel none of this reluc-
tance, and confide to the imperial ear secrets of vast
importance. Undoubtedly, these are of comparatively
rare occurrence in an empire where the police are so ac-
tive. zealous, and intelligent; but still they do take place,
and the emperor avails himself of such means of commu-
ica t ion . —Fraser.

THE BIBLE IN CHINESE.—China has been opened
by recent events, not only to commercial speculations but
to missionary enterprise, and there appears to be quite
as much ardour in the rel;gions world to send the mes-
sage of divine truth among its millions, as there is in the
manufacturing and commercial world to supply them with
calicoes and woollens. In our native land, the London
and Church Missionary Societies have made new and
successful efforts to raise funds for this specific object,
and it is rumoured that the weekly' collections made in
London by order of the bishop are intended for the
planting of English episc ipacy in that soil. America has
long taken a very prominent share in missionary labours
on the outskirts of that hitherto sealed country. The
Baptist and Congregational denominations have for some
time past had missions in China, and we learn that the
facilities now afforded for the residence of missionaries on '
the eastern coast, have served to kindle the zeal of the
Presbyterian churches, awl that they are about to establish,
an extensive mission in that country.—Captain Piddiny's
Chinese Olio.

IGHTLY SERVED.—Reay and I (Lord Eldon) went up
from Oxford to London together, we dined at March's
Iklaidenhead-bridge, and upon the window Reny observed
that a person of Chipping Norton, whose name I now for-
get, had written that he dined there on a leg of mutton,
upon a day and year mentioned in what was written.
When we got to the Somerset coffee-house Reay sent him
a letter, stating, that as he had thought it important to
inform the public that he had dined at Maidenhead-bridge,
and upon a leg of mutton, he must expect that some of
tli' public would inquire how the mutton had agreed with
him ; and he therefore took the liberty of sending such an
inquiry, from his friend Tom Comical. Next day he sent
him a double letter, hoping that, as probably he had po-
tatoes with his mutton, they had not disagreed with MM.
Two days afterwards he sent a treble letter, representing,
that as his friend Tom Comical had received no answer to
his inquiry how the mutton and potatoes had agreed with
him, he had probably made a mistake, and should have
inquired how the mutton and French beans, or some other
vegetab'es, had agreed with him, and assured him that he
should repeat his kind and anxious inquiries every day till
his answer cime. We were soon afterwards obliged to
return to college, and, stopping at March's, we found that
the pane had been taken out of the window and a new one
put in its place. Whilst we were looking at the window,
old March came in, and, observing us, he said, 'Ay, ay,
one of you must be the gentleman that sent the person
that has been here from Chipping Norton so many letters.
Poor man ! he came all the way from Chipping Norton,
20 odd miles the other side of Oxford, and insi,ted upon
seeing the pane of glass, the leg of mutton, and all the
rest, taken out of the window, and a new pane of glass
put in, before he would eat a morsel.'—Life of Lord
Eldon.