The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-24 00:00:00

A DARING ROBBEI4Y.

The New York papers make mention of a daring
robbery that was effected in an express train at
Albany. At eight o'clock in the evening, just as
the heavily-laden cars had begun their jour-
ney, the robber leaped upon the mail
car, and, opening the do it fired three
shots at the messenger who was in charge.
He then rifled the safe and made his escape on the
opposite side from that which he had entered. He
jumped upon the car at the moment
when the employe, who watched the train
out of the depot, was standing by; but
the robber was taken for a railway official, and the
door, which was left unfastened, was shut as the train
parsed on, and nothing more thought of the matter.
All the time the unfortunate messenger inside the
car was weltering in blood, and bad not atten-
tion been accidentally directed to the car
at East Albany he must have died from
the effects of three frightful wounds. There
seems little likelihood of the capture of the man who
effected this daring robbery, and at any rate it will
be almost inipossible to identify him, as Mr. Halpin,
the unfortunate victim of his violence, has lost his
eyesight from the injuries done to his brains

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, JANUARY 23.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice,
walked out this morning in the grounds.
Prince Arthur drove out.
The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell has returned to
London.

THE OXFORD AN
RDACE CAMBRIDGE BOAT

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Mr. J. H. Goldie, the President of the Cambridge
University Boat Club, who last year secured for the Light
Blue once more the laurels .of the Thames, has come into
residence at Cambridge, and is actively engaged in
making arrangements for the preparation of the Cambridge
Eight to do battle against Oxford. The preliminaries
of sending and accepting the challenge, which has been
usual at the commencement of this term, were car-
ried out at the end of last term, so that but for some un-
foreseen circumstance, the latter end of March will see
the two Universities in friendly rivalry over the Putney
and Mortlake course. Mr. George Morrison, who has
during the last two years coached the Cantabs, will, it
is believed, act in that capacity this year for his own
University. Mr. Goldie will de vote the first part of the
time available for practice to coaching, and when he has
to take his seat in the boat, it is rumoured that one or two
of last year's crew will give their services for the coaching
department. Mr. Lowe, of Christ's, who has been in the
University boat for the last two years, has succeeded in
passing in the mathematical tripos.

MR. MOTLEY'S RECALL.
The official correspondence relative to Mr. Motley's
recall fills a closely printed page of the New York Tribune
of the 10th inst. Mr. Motley writes December 7, that he
communicated the fact of his recall to the British Foraig,n
Secretary November 22, and took leave of the Queen De-
cember 6, the delay being due to her absence in Scotland,
and on the 7th he committed the archives into the hands of
Mr. Moran, the Secretary of Legation. It seems that Mr.
Motley received, July 13, a letter from Mr. Fish, inform-
ing him that " the President finds it desirable to make a
change in the mission to England, and that he wishes to
allow you (Mr. Motley) the opportunity of resigning in
case you feel inclined to do so." This was preceded by a
few hours by a telegram directing him to reply by
telegraph, which he did, requesting Mr. Fish to inform
the President he declined the opportunity to resign
for reasons set forth in a letter of that day. He then
alludes to the nomination and confirmation of Mr. Frey-
linghuysen, and adds :—" Thus, my reception of the Pre-
sident's first and only notification to me, my refusal by
telegraph to resign, the nomination of a successor, and
his confirmation by the Senate, were events all comprised
within about forty-eight hours." Mr. Motley
thus gives his reasons for refusing to resign
:
"No reasons are given why I should
gn
the post to which I was appointed by the
President fifteen months ago, with, I believe, the unani-
mous consent of the Senate ; as I, myself, know of none,
and as I am not conscious of having ever omitted to carry
out, to the best of my ability, the policy and instructions
of the President during the period of my mission, I fail to
perceive why I should be asked to offer my resignation.
Certainly it is not my wish to embarras an
administration which I have always faithfully
supported, but I owe something to myself.
Were I now to make use of the permission
accorded me to resign, it would seem that I did so in
order to avoid a removal which I knew to be just, and to
escape s stigma which I felt to be deserved. As I know
the record of my mission, as it stands on the archives of
the Department and of this Legation, to be free from in-
tentional fault, and as I have therefore no reason to shun
the strictest scrutiny in this regard, I do not like to have
even the appearance of making a contrary admission."
Lord Granville, in his letter to Mr. Motley of Dec. 5,
says :—" I am commanded to express to you her Majesty's
sincere esteem, and her regret at your departure from this
country. I thank you much for the kind expressions with
regard to my predecessor and myself which are contained
in your note. It was to him, as it has been to me, an
agreeable duty to communicate with you on the affairs of
our respective covntries. I shall be happy to address to
Mr. Moran, as you request, any communications which it
be necessary to make to the Legation."

A letter from Woolwich states that the few men
wanted to fill up the ranks of the Royal Engineers come
in but slowly, as the qualifications required are as high as
those expected in candidates for some good situations in
civil life.
Th pontoon for the Bombay Hydraulic Graving
Dock has been launched at Hog Island. This will be the
largest dock of the kind in the world, the pontoon
measuring 380 feet in length, and weighing one thousand
six hundred tons.
The homeward Cape mails have arrived by the
Union Company's Royal Mail steamer Briton, Captain
Vyvyan, R.N.R., from Cape Town December 20. The
Briton brings a large cargo, including diamonds, valued at
£12,950.
The following gentlemen have been nominated to
represent the 'University on the Oxford School Board, to
be elected Febuary I:—The Warden .of All Souls', the
Master of Uersity, Professor Montagu Burrows, and
the Rev. G. W niv .
Kitchin, late student of Christ Church.
GLADS'X'9I!IE AND GRENIVIC4.--011
Satur-
coeirero :15' the. Borough of
Greenwich 'Advanced LiberaVASsroolatiqii, was held at the
Mitre Inn for the purpose of .` Protesting against the
persistent and unjustifiable course of action adopted by a
small section of, anonymous agitators in this borough, who
•
are alksitior,simatuye a requisition to Mr."
Gladstone, asking him to resign hiraif :tor this place.
The chair was taken by Mr. Pegg. Mr. Stokes moved the
adoption of a vote of confidence in Mr. Gladstone, to
which was appended a memorial, praying him to take into
consideration certain measures during the ensuing session.
The meeting considered it would not be advisable to
encumber any vote of confidence in Mr. Giadstone with a
• memorial for certain legislative measures. The mover
said he was quite willing to withdraw the memorial part.
Mr. Elmore considered that the borough generally were
satisfied with Mr. Gladstone. The resolution was
adopted, as was another, requesting the committee of the
Association to call an early meeting for the purpose of
convening a large meeting of Liberal 'electors in the
Lecture Hall.