The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser. — 1854-11-21 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

INFLUENCE OF 'STANDS ON NAPOLEON'S DESTINY.— An island gave birth to Napoleon ; arrested in his career, he seeks shelter in an island, and from that isknd returns again to shake the world with the thunder of his tread; fallen be is sent from-an island to die on an island, killed by an island power. He issues from the sea to begin his course; and that course fulfilled, sinks again into the ocean. What myth may not the future found upon these curious coincidents, when ephemeral history shall have disappeared, and given place to immortal poetry Gautier's Constantinople. WHAT IS A MOUNTAIN?—It is to one man a mine, where treasure may be hid; to another, pasturage for flocks, ora site for a house ; to the artist it is chrome lake, yellow ochre; burnt sienna, and indigo; to the geologist, it is trap, quartz, schist, limestone, sandstone, hornblend, calz, and the like; to the poet, it is his temple and a throne, an oracle of pines, a ladder of angels, a landing place for Mercury. To most men, it is a mountain and nothing more.  AMERICAN IDEAS or HAPPINEiS.—" We are, indeed, a happy, elegant, moral, transcendent people. We have no masters, they are principals ; no shopmen, they are all ' ' no shops, they are all are all ' helps '; no , o body is flogged in bride well, he r  assistants  vants, the  Mers. tt  receives the  correction of the horse ; not debts, he is only unable to in  137 i 9 cross, he is only  nervous  Lstly, nobody is &int  sert is  that he has taken his  OCULAR DESIONI  keen previously all  ing preacher, -by tl:  the Chapel in St. A1t..... sometimes went to hear 'him, a,. oriecaotes connected with him  folloiving:—Upon one oc dropped the immediate s this observation : "It is  expression whiel  the hun  anderstan  demonstration  11l explain it to yot  Musgrave  1 to relate to me I will insert the  A preaching hf  table pew, and let waistcoat, fast as words he raised h attracted to the unfortunate sleeps. tone—" Of that I h2ve ocular demo resumed his discourse in his accusto, rang'? Reminiscences of Cambridge,  see a young man in a blue ( On pronouncing  s voice cc  eves being  Ford, second son of Mr. George Ford, of Afton Farm, Berry Pomeroy, near Totnes, committed suicide under very distressing circumstances, a few days ago. It ap•  a with his  spirits. He was consequently humoured in every way by his mother and brother, who did everything that a mother and brother's love could devise. He was closely watched, es it was feared be might lay violent hands on  himself. He got np on Saturdayinorning and went down stairs with his brother, when they arranged what each one's work should be for the day. The deceased went into the dairy, and shortly afterwards his brother was shocked at hearing the report of a gun. On going to the  spot he found his brother weltering in his blood. From the position of the body and the gun, it is believed that the deceased had placed the butt-end against the wall and reached forward to push the trigger; so that the muzzle of the gun having been placed against his breast, the cons may be tents were driven with terrific force through the chest,  thereby causing instant death. An inquest has been held on the body, and a verdict of " temporary insanity" returned.  AN