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Presentation to a Consul.

--R. P. Waring, United States Consul at St. Thomas, a native of Virginia, was presented by the merchants and shipmasters there, on the 8th ult., with three silver vases, very tastily decorated with American flags wrought of silk. The occasion selected, and so indicated by the inscription on the vases, was the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans. Gen. Soto, of South American celebrity, was present and made a speech.

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