... PRESENTATION TO MR SHARMAN CRAW. I FORD, AT r BORDALE. I. . On Wednesday evening, a public meeting was hela in the Poblic1hall, Rodadale, for the purpose of presenting a testimonial to Mr. Sharman Crawford, the late partismen. 5 tary representative of the borough. The ball had been gaily decorated for the occasion with flags and basiiners, and a tasteful arrangement of floral ornaments. The ...

... LATEST FRIOM ABROAD.: . i (FORIWAUDED BY OU HAMBURG CORRUBSPODE0NT.) ST. PETERSBURG, SrrT. 27. owing to the scarcity of brandy, required for the use of the army, the Government has ordered its ad-. mission free of import duty to the governments of Ekaterinoslav, Kherson, Taurida, and Beasarabia. THE CRIMEA. Nothing as yet confirms the Vienna news noticed yesterdays that the Russian army is ...

... ELECTION OF ALDERMAN SALOMONS FOR I JLORD MAYOR. On Saturday a Common Hall was held for the pur- t pose of electing a Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. The Lord Mayor, several of the aldermen, sheriffs, and under-sheriffs met at the Guildhall at twelve o'clock, and proceeded in 5 state to the church of St. Lawrence Jewry, where divine t !iservico was performed. On their return, I I The TowN ...

... IRISH AGRIOULTURAL STATISTICS FOR 1855 8.: 28, 51! Lill 927 04 18 82 32 50! l3 An abstract of the returns of the agricultural sta. 13 tistics of Ireland, ordered by government, has just been 18 completed, and exhibits the extent of land in statute acres 58 under crops in this country for each county and province 42 in 1854 and 1855. That for the latter year bas been com. 50 piled from returns ...

... PRESER VATION e9 LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK Yesterday a meeting of the general committee of gr the Royal Natiooal Life-boat Institution was held at the hi society's house, John-etrcet, Adeiphi; TuOMAs CKAs- aC M&Nl, Esq.. ?? in the chair. Thtrr were also pesent, tb Captain MHlardy, R.N.; Captain Lambert Perrott; as Captain Lean, R.N.; George Lyall, Esq. ; Major Palmer; James Peske, Bsq., R.M. ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF TEX DAILY NEWS. SIp,-In reference to this subject, your corre- spondent, Mr. Frewia, through the medium of the Dal~y Pezma, has put a question to me -which I desire to answer through the same source. Hte says, And in answer to Mr. Manuel, I would ssk that gsntleman why he recommends all this prodigious delicacy i' Of curse the writer means to say I am for winking at the ...

... CITy COMMISSION OF SEWERS. - Yesterday couxrt was held for the despatch of public bue iness. Mr. Deputy PEACOCK presided, MDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTZ. Mr. DAW, the chief clerk, read a report from the General 1 Purposes ComLmittee upon the subject of the duties of the u medical officer of health, and the testimonials of the candf- dates for the office, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. ...

... The following extract of a letter from the officer of the Highland Brigade who first entered the Redan on the night it was evacuated by the RussisIeS, will be read with interest. Until be and bis party explored it, the allies were not aware that the Russians had retired: ' About 11 o'clock at night the Russians began blowing up some magazines and forts behind the Reldan, in the ,, suburbs of ...

... THE MAINJE LA W MNO VBMfZT. ;IThe ainnual meeting olfmembers of the general 3council of 1The United Kingdom, Alliance, for the total 1and immediate legislative suppression of the liquor traffic,t 11was held on Wedrnesday, in the library of the Manchester 1 fAthenseum; and in the evening a psublic metrisg wes helda f in the Theatre Royal. Thermeetingiof the coun~lwas pie. E Iasided over by ...

... (From the New Orleans paper, Sept. IL) We have files of papera from Vera Cruz to the Sth inst., inclusive. Among them are EB Vera Chmstoa and BI Progress. The Vera Crurano is the old Eco del domarcio regenerated and rebaptised. We find little of importance in these papers, General Ignecio de la Llave, who placed himself at the head of the liberating force of Vera Cruz, refused to acknowledge ...

... I is The Washingtonr Inafelligencer, publishes the fol- Da lowing letters .connected with the late diplomatic the 3t correspondence between the 'governments of the h id United Stutes and Spain: Att 11. Lia Granja (Spain), Tuly 25, 1865. H St Messrs. Editors of the National Inteiligencer. ,fo Gentlemeelo,-lt is but fair to the government thatth fr ,gchastisement which my letter of April 27 ...

... L ONDON, TI URSDA Y 0C T 4. rel WVERE the highest rank in the British Army a dis I tinction to be conferred, like a place in the Roman ecc Calendar, for good deeds done in days gone by, and fac which had long ago received their fitting meed of Ch honour and reward, the new creation of Field Mar- cer shale might possibly be allowed to pass without much W observation. A few saints more or less ...