The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-30 00:00:00

MR. MOTLEY'S RECALL.

The withdrawal of Mr. Motley as American
Minister in England the Times believes has certainly
not been made from any considerations with respect
to the Alabama claims, it being understood from
the very first nomination of Mr. Motley that if the
negotiations in the matter were ever renewed, they
were to be held at Washington under the eyes
of the Senate, who would have to approve of
the treaty. The sudden recall, though it may
have been produced directly in consequence of
some caprice of President Grant's which will chiefly
serve to alienate the Republican party, 'or through
some quarrel between the President and one of Mr.
Motley's private friends on a mere party vote, it
certainly indirectly arose from the circum-
stances, that fickleness is one of the great
reproaches of Republican institutions, and that
General Grant claims an infallibility on the point
of diplomatic patronage. He exercises his authority
in the matter pretty freely, wisely declining to give any
reasons for his policy. Whatever be the reason of
the sudden change of Ministers in England, the
Times thinks it just to state that certainly no Ame-
rican, and probably no other foreign Minister, ever
obtained in so short a time such universal apprecia-
tion as has welcomed Mr. Motley and his family in
this country. His friends will have one consolation
in the matter of his withdrawal, namely, that in his
retirement he will be able to resume and pursue
those historical studies which have already made his
name famous throughout the civilised world.

THE INDIAN BUDGET.

The Indian Budget was, as usual, brought forward

in a very thin House, although the varying accounts
of the deficit might, one would have thought, have
excited more interest. Sir R. Temple estimated the
revenue for 1869-70 at £49,340,840, and the expendi-
ture at £49,288,196. It was subsequently believed
that instead of a small surplus there would be a
deficit of from one million to a million and a-half.
This was a tolerably wide margin, but Indian finances
seem to have been throughout in a state of delightful
uncertainty. Measures have been taken, says the Duke
of Argyll, to restrict the expenditure and increase
the taxes, when lo! there is another shifting of the
scene and the deficit of a million has become a pro-
spective surplus of £140,000. Sir Richard Temple
appears to have been actuated by the 'same spirit as

the man who when his friend commiserated him
for his troubles declared he was well off, and when
congratulated for his good fortune ran over a cata-
logue of grievances. Keeping to the facts of which
we are certain, it appears that the expendi-
ture on public works the year before last
was £0,500,000, and on extraordinary public works
£1,370,000. There is a decrease of £297,182 in the
cost of civil government, and of £573,530 in the military
charges. The European war has affected the mone-
tary secwrities, but the general aspect of affairs is not
unfavourable. The railway receipts of the year were
about two millions and a half, but though this shews
a considerable decrease, it is not thought unsatisfac-
tory. The Budget for 1870-71 anticipates a deficit
of £119,363, and it is not uncharitable to hope that
our Anglo-Indian financiers have a little clearer idea
of what they are about tban they had last year.