The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-11 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIES.

The steamer American arrived at Liverpool yes-
terday, with dates from Kingston to January 18.
Hostilities still continued between the British troops
and volunteers and the Indians at Honduras.

Sir Peter Grant bad left Jamaica for Belize, and rein-
forcements were being sent to the scene of the disturbances.
MajorOoneral O'Connor was appointed Deputy-Governor
of Jamaica during Sir Peter Grant's absence.
The negrocs of St. Thomas-in-the-East, Hanover, St.
James, and the Port Royal Mountains had struck for
higher wages.
The United States steamer Gettysburg had been to
Kingston, and bad left on a secret mission. She had a
large quantity of specie on board. Matamoras was stated
to be her destination.

MR. MOTLEY, THZ AMERICAN AMBASSADOR, AND
IMB. SEWAUD.—The correspondence between the Washing-
i ton State Department and Mr. Motley, relative to the
latter'a resignation of the Austrian mission, which was
called for some time ago at Mr. Sumner's instance, has been
sent to the Senate. There are but two letters, one from
Mr. &want and one from Mr. Motley, though Mr. Seward's
covers one from a person who is designated as an American
gentleman who is travelling ill -Europe. It appears
that this anonymous individual sent a letter to Mr.
Seward, in which he charged, generally, that most of
our ministers and chief commis in Europe are politi-
cal opponents of his administration, and that many
of them are given to public denunciation of the President
land the Secretary of State. The writer specially mentions
Mr. Marsh and Mr. Motley, saying that the latter had
spoken of Mr. Seward as a degraded old man, and had ex-
' 1 a decided preference for English customs and the
Clies'h government, as compared with our own. A copy
of this document Mr. Seward sends to Mr. Motley, and
his own letter is only long enough to ask the minister in
diplomatic phrase what he has to say about these charges.
Mr. Motley's reply is of some length. He begins by ex-
pressing his astonishment that such a letter should
be sent to him by the department, and says
his first thought was to content himself with a
flat denial of the charges made by Mr. Seward's informer.
He concludes, however, to make a more detailed answer.
He does not stoop to deny the charge that he had spoken
disrespectfully of the Secretary or the President. He
meets that relative to his exec-a...lye admiration of English
lawsand customs by saying that it cannot be believed by any
one who knows him, or has ever read either his historical
or philosophical writings. The general charge that he
is opposed to the Prwident's policy brings from
him a statement of his views. He says he has
spoken of both the President and congress under
his own roof and among his friends, and was not aware
that • citizen living abroad, even in an official capacity,
was debarred from holding and expressing views of his
own regarding the great questions presented by the over-
throw of the rebellion. He soya he thinks we should
abolish and for ever prohibit all legal and imlitical dis-
tinctions on account of race or colour, and this he would
do by an amendment to the constitution. After such an
amendment was adopted, be would declare • general
amnesty to those who engaged in the rebellion. He closes
by tendering his resignation, without assigning any cause
for so doing.
OXFORD, Fsz. 10.—OPENING THE UNION SO-
curry's Rooms ON StINDAT.—In order to give every mem-
ber of the University Union Society in residence the op-
portunity of voting on the following important motion,
" That the society's rooms bo opened during the
same hours on Sunday in term time as on week days,"
the poll will be taken on Monday next, in the steward's
room, from the hours of half-past 9 to half-past 10 in the
morning ; from half-past 3 to half-past b in the afternoon ;
and from 7 to 9 in the evening.