29 OCTOBER 1870, Page 3

Mr. Morton, the gentleman selected by the President to super-

sede Mr. Motley as Minister to Great Britain, has declined the post. His departure would lead to the election of a Democratic Senator for his State, Indiana, which he thinks would be a mis- fortune. It is believed that if Mr. Motley can overlook his treatment, which is possible—for after all he has not been much worse treated than if the President had been a Sultan,—he may yet remain at his post. Mr. Motley's English friends would hear the announcement with pleasure, though they are not inclined to believe, with some American papers, that the Minister is an Anglo- maniac, or false to the great creed that a Yankee is an Englishman very much improved.