The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-07 00:00:00

DIPLOMATIC SALARIES.

The Committee have given much patient considera-
tion to the subject of our diplomatic expenditure, and
have entertained a variety of opinion upon it; they
have, however, decided to recommend a complete revi-
sion of the present system of our diplomatic establish-
ments, and with that view they came to the following
resolutions:—

1. That it be recommended to the Government of
France and Turkey to convert the embassies now main-
tained between those countries and England into mis-
sions, and that our diplomatic establishment at Paris
and Constantinople be put on the footing of first-class
missions.

2. That it be recommended to the serious attention of
the Government that a single mission in some central
point in Germany may be substituted for the several
missions now existing at Hanover, Dresden, Stutgard,
Munich, and_Franktort, without detriment to the public
service.
3. That it be recommended to the Government to
make arrangements for uniting the mission at Florence
with one of the Italian missions.
4. That no diplomatic salaries should exceed 5,0001.
per annum, exclusive of an allowance for a residence.
5. That it be recommended to the Government to re-
vise the salaries of the whole diplomatic service, regard
being had to the maximum suggested by the Committee,
and to the relative importance of the various missions,
and that in certain cases a union of missions might take
place, or a consul or consular agent be substituted fur a
mission, whereby considerable saving might be effected
without icjury to the public service.
The diplomatic pension list has engaged the attention
of the Committee, and they have been led to remark how
large a proportion the aggregate amount of pensions
bears to the sum paid for actual service. There are cir-
cumstances connected with the diplomatic service which
render it difficult to enforce all the regulations applicable
to other pensions; but, looking to the main object for
which all pensions are granted, they recommend that,
strict regard being had to existing interests, regulations
be made for the granting of future pensions, in respect
of the age and circumstances of the parties claiming
them, so far as is practicable, in accordance with the
sixth and eleventh sections of the Act 4th and sth Wil-
liam IV., c. 24, which regulates civil pensions.
The Committee, being anxious to report lathe present
session, have not had time to prosecute the inquiry into
the consular establishments, and they recommend that
an investigation into this branch should be instituted in
the course of next session of Parliament.—July 25, 1850.

THE NEW CABINET AT WASH-

INGTON.
(From the New York Herald.)
We give below the names of the members of the new
Cabinet; they were sent in by President Fillmore on
Saturday last, and confirmed by the Senate in Executive
Session:—

THE CABINET.
State—Daniel Webster, Massachusetts.
Treasury—Thomas Corwin, Ohio.
Interior—James A. Pearce, Maryland.
Navy—William A. Graham. North Carolina.

War—Edward Bates, Missouri.
Attorney-General—J. J. Crittenden, Kentucky.

Postmaster-General—Nathan K. Hall, New York.
The nomination of each member of the same having
been confirmed by the Senate, a brief notice of the dis-
tinguished individuals composing it, from such materials
as are now at our hands, will doubtless be acceptable to
our readers.
Of the Secretary of State, Daniel Webster, Massachu-
setts, his world-wide fame and reputation as a states-
man render it unnecessary to say much. He is well
known as a native of New Hampshire, born in 1782, and
consequently is now 68 years of age. Mr. Webster en-
tered Congress as a member of the House from his na-
tive state in 1813, and represented the state four
years; after which he removed to Boston. In 1823
he was chosen representative in Congress from that
district of Massachusetts, continuing in that capacity
four years. In 1827 he was transferred to the Senate of
the United States, and continued in that body fourteen
years—viz., until 1841, when he was appointed Secretary
of State by President Harrison. Mr. Crittenden, of
Kentucky, being also a member of that Cabinet, is again
a eolleage of Mr. Webster in the new Cabinet. Atter
the quarrel of President Tyler with the Whig party in
1841, Mr. Webster refused to join his three colleagues
in the Harrison Cabinet in resigning, but continued is
Tyler's Cabinet until 1843, when he resigned. His most
important act, while Secretary of State was the negotia-
tion with Lord Ashburton, on the part of Great Britain,
of the treaty of Washington, in
August, 1842, by which
the long-controverted question of the north-eastern
boundary was settled. Notwithstanding the dissatisfac-
tion of some of the Whigs with his course in remaining
in the Tyler Cabinet, Mr. Webster was, in 1845, again
elected United States' Senator by the Legislature of
Massachusetts, in which position he has continued until
the present time—his term of service expiring in March
next. It will thus be seen that Mr. Webster bat served
in both Houses of Congress about 26 years—viz., eight
years in the House of Representatives, and eighteen
years in the Senate.
The Secretary of the Treasury, Thomas Corwin, of
Ohio, is, we believe, about fifty years of age. Rising
from humble life, he became distinguished as a lawyer,
and was elected a representative to Congress from the
Warren district in 1831 ,• he continued a member of
the House until 1840, when he was chosen Governor of
Ohio in October of that year by a majority so large as
to settle all doubts that Harrison would receive the vote
of the State for President the following month. Mr.
Corwin continued governor but two years, Wilson
Shannon, his democratic predecessor, then succeeding
him, in 1842. The
Whigs having a majority in the
Legislature of Ohio in
1845, elected Mr. Corwin United
States Senator to succeed Benjamin Tappan, Democrat.
His term as Senator therefore expres in March next.
Mr. Corwin has been long known in Congress as an
able debater and an advocate of the Whig measures of
policy. In Ohio he is considered the most able and elo-
quent stump orator in the state. His speeches in Con-
gress, although showing traits of eloquence and talent of
a high order, have been considered as wanting in ar-
rangement and condensation of point and ideas. What
his peculiar talents as a financier may be remains to be
seen, but he has always been an advocate of the protec-
tive system as applied to a tariff on imports.
James A. Pearce, of Maryland. the Secretary of the
Interior, is also about 50 years of age. He is a native
of Kent county, in that state, and was elected a repre-
sentative in Congress is 1835, again in 1837 and 1841,
thus serving as a Member of the House six years. In
1843 he was transferred to the Senate of the United
States, and was re-elected at the expiration of his term
in 1849; consequently, his present term does not expire
until 1855. Mr. Pearce is a ready and eloquent de-
bater, and second to but few of the Whig Senators in
point of talent.
Edward Bates, of Missouri, the Secretary of War, is
a prominent member of the bar at St. Louis. He is
during the is,
we
believe, a native of Virginia, and
tration of John Quincy Adams he was brought forward
colleague of Mr. Ben-
by the Hon. David Barton,
Senate, and other friends of
Ben-
ton is the United States' .
Adams, as a candidate for representative
.in Congress
There was much dissatisfaction
to succeed John Scott.
with Scott—who was a friend of
in Missouri at the time his .
of having given the
Mr. Clay—in consequence
Adams, in the election of
then a .
vote of Missouri to Mr.
5. and thus the
President by the House,
:lair 'friend of Mr. Adams
singu-
lar result occurred of electing
to punish Mr. Scott for
ition candidate being
as President, no Jackson or
"I"sb rof Con ress sup-
ported-
in the field. Mr. Bates, as a mem e a g. ,
havings voted for the former
oi. olf.Representatives; but
A ams during
two
years the
he Administrationwas
in the h
io.uns e
the minority he Ivid but
as the Adams'. party were
tions of national policy hefound among the
roinorit
gluishaiinwgtivhsimself. On quest
few opportunities of dieting
wasovement and the protective
life in 1829, Mr. Bates has
reputation in Missouri, but
advocates
system.
Retiring
t iirni internal nt aol
privateira hpr
continued to enjoy a high
comparatively unknown Y
in that state, he had been.
the Western to
Internal
the nation until the meeting of.
Batoe:
awahs'igh order, . a comprehen-
sive political friends having
1847, of
Improvement Convention,
.In a speech
which the chair on that occasion
which he delivered on taking chosen president.
which body Air.
and
abteCenhtecvseg:,siiiingJeuinlya,
be exhibited talents
wants and capacities of the country,
sive knowledge of the
to works of internal '
particularly with regard
st
u..on . improve-
ment, which attracted much te u mMe time, and