The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-05 00:00:00

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

A CounEsrownaNT OF THE Builder says that houses
should be painted in the autumn : woodwork painted in
October, he says, looks better at the end of four years than
if painted in June it would at the end of two.
THE LATE RIOTS IN AIRDRIE.—The Glasgow Herald
contains an extract of a letter from Sir Archibald Alison,
Bart., sheriff of Lanarkshire, written. to the authorities of
Airdrie, expressing his satisfaction with the arrangements
made and carried out for suppressing the late riots in
connexion with the popish disputes in that locality.
HOLIROOD PALACE.—Sir William. Molesworth, Chief
Commissioner of Her Majesty's Works, &c., has visited
Edinburgh, and inspected the Palace of Holyrood and the
other public buildings, with a view to various improve-
ments being carried out.
YOUTHFUL IfEnoism.—A boy twelve years old, who
fought at Silistria by the side of his father when the
father was killed, has been presented to Omar Pasha, by
some English officers who witnessed his bravery and filial
devotion. Omar has sent him to the Seraskier, and re-
commended him to the Sultan.
A RESIDENT WHALE FlSllERT.—Accounts have been
received in. Aberdeen from Captain Penny, of the Lady
Franklin, that his expedition to Davis's Straits, in fur-
therance of a project of a resident whale fishery, has been
most successful. He is now at Orkney, with the Lady
Franklin. full of boiled oil, and the Sophia is expected to
follow, also a bumper ship.
EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF HER MAJESTY.—The eques-
trian statue of Her Majesty, commissioned by the inha-
bitants of Glasgow to be executed by the Baron Maro-
chetti, has been cast. The granite pedestal on which it
is to be placed was erected in St. Vincent Place last week,
and the completion and inauguration of the statue will be
shortly accomplished.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—It has now been
determined that .Her Majesty's visit to the Highlands
shall take place next week, and the 14th is the day men-
tioned as that on which the Royal party will arrive in
Edinburgh on their way northwards. They will leave
London in the morning, reaching Holyrood, it may be
presumed, about seven or eight o'clock in the evening.—
Scotsman.

TREATMENT 07 CHOLERA..—The following treatment
has been found highly efficacious at St. Petersburgh :
The patient, as soon as he suffers from the premonitory
symptoms—as soon rather, as he becomes aware of them—

shotild lie down on his back, warmly wrapped up, ;1;ould
apply a large mustard poultice to the abdomen, keeping
it on for a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes ; and
should drink three or four glasses of hot mint tea. This
mild treatment, while it can do no harm in any instance,
will be found successful in by far the greater number.
CONSUMPTION OF TEA.—A parliamentary paper just
issued 'states that, during the year ending the sth of April,
1854; 55,549,454 lbs. of tea were delivered from the
bonded warehouses in the United Kingdom for home con-
sumption. Of this amount 29,998,362 lbs. were delivered
at__the_ port of London, 6,758,5401b5. at Liverpool,

. at Dublin, 2,752,185 lbs. at Glas
ins. at Leith, 1,592,591 lbs. at Belfast,

The duty received on the aggre-