The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-21

lars less par anbum than Is paid for house rent By
spy other minister % this court. Other items ef
household expense and subsstsnce correspond with
this; from vhch Jon will perosive that the price
Of everything is very considerably higher than in
most parts, Or perhaps In any part, Of eur own
country.
oo1 d certainly live much cheaper at q hotel or
in . boarding house If would secDute myself ID
great extent from social intercourse with my col
leagues and Others Bat the estimate and statement
furnish are made with view to keeping
Portable and respectable home proper fur the resi-
dsnce Of gentleman occupying SUCH official posi-
ti0D, becoming the dignity Of the government |
repre- SENT spd who're my countrymen nod all Others
may be received anu treated with the respect aud
attention - wbioh, when visiting me. they will b.
entitled. Lees than this think my go yernment
should DOT expect Anything short Of this would
certainIy nor satisfy my osn sense Of prnpriety II
aimed at more, and took for my standard the
style Of living which other governments enable
their representatives to ADOPT, should make my
expenses considerably exceed the salary allowed
Out Of my Line thousand dollars salary you will
perceive that upon sbe estimate have given you,
may tsve from two thousand to twenty five nun
drea dollsrs per npDum But my little family Of
CHILDREN, ~bom | had to leave behind in the
United States are to oe supported ana educated out
Of this The residue of course, csnnos be very
large 1t il obviously proper, though, taat the
fixed allowance to diplomatic representative should
be- made with view 10 his family accompanying
and residing with him abroad
There are some incidents peculiar to 9 resideuos
here which tend to more tne necessary expenses
ST = minister Among these may note tnst be csa
not live within the limits Of y city proper, ami
the only market there, bat must take mis- pace ia
healthier ard more airy suburban qaarser This,
together with the frequent occasions he will b.
Ger of attending court at tho palace and going 70
the foreign office, makes the keeping Of carriage
and horses of his or, or otherwise large ex-
pendituIe for bring them At y livery stable not .
luxury but absolutely indispensable
The accumulation of bo0gs and archives at this
legation. the amount and char soter OF its business,
and the accommodation OF the secretary OF tho To-
CATION mEke 1t unsvOid ably necessary to have
spacious apartment 10 be exclusively used and occd-
pied ~ . public Office This your min,s,er is RS
quired to provide and pay for, for the public bensi
~ his own cost ! BIZ legc 10 other govern men, ~
tho world represented at this court thus taxes its
minister liberal allowance, on the contrary, is
made by each of them to meet this among the oaa.
tpgent items, notwithstanding there is not eoo Of
their minister, MS far am inf0rmed, who has not
. salary and other allowances, much exceeding the
pay given by our government nor 10 there one Of
the legations which, from tho nature Of it's eui-
psss. ITS suppiios Of books add puol'c Documents,
spc the extent Of It's rcisl relations and To-
teTesrs, has much need # uolio oli,s shts,
exec ut it may be that of Great Britain
have entered into these details snd planstions
the fully, eoause, in communicating me the
Ief0uton ct the Senate, YOU remark that ssN IS de-
si,sble ihA. the information should be sps,idc AMI
accurate !"
do not bho that nay own sonausio1 ss 4, ~aat
would bs the proper con p nsssion 10 desired bat
Of the Whole groun is thai tbs GU fit should in
10 ten thousand dollars, an tha ssAey sod
to treiye Thousand q yesr. TITS opincn Ia tluaded
upon tie suppose oD that while che gsssvra nsnt Of
tpe Uni,ea States ought not 10 exceed M ,hs pro-
vsou to he made for The support Of iss niaiCsrs At
th's or any other court. just aud wn,!es,nls eco
rou y. II ID exDedlsrt tne otssr hard
late The ibcuH hert position less 90
,has ~ ood 6td any Of the Try prof S. oni
- spjts ~ hoD,e 60 keep hira, by close aud
ne aidiy ca cu'at'on. reduced TO standard st CON
leLsstion hics must pfevert him fron supporting
that spfe arsDce winch adds not iit'ts u mis- in
fuetcc the ny in which he resdos while is is
beecning 70 the gritty aud liberaiity VI the gceat
uatiop which ne rsgIasent
an, most respectfully, your obedicnt servant,
Hon DANIEL WEBSTER, Secretary Of STATE,
Warrington. y,
Extract
LITTER FROM RICHARD II HAYARD
LtGa1IoN OF the UsITED STATES
Brus.eis. Dec q. 1851 5
So far as this particular leg alton lie concerned,
would remark, ~ u general fact, watch va derive
IL value IN the estimate whi,n may ba IN sds from
the experience Of the department that Bra-sels ia
more expensive than Philadelphia. and much more
50 than Washington II is much chesper than Lon
don, and rnucb more SO tasu Paris
In compliance With yuar roqoess. 1850 the homer
20 tansH.it statement. uarked A, OF the prob sbs
.Apspses OF my family, consisting Of -ghs psfsoas
exoins've OF servants for one year. based upon the
Sctual cxpt nses for six months
The item for ront of furDi shed house IL what /
should have been obliged to pay for furnished
house but finding that IN the eDd il would amount
to the same thing. preferred renting house and
furnishing it myself The actual paid is eight
hundred dollars per anDum and the furniture cost
eight thousand dollars, which, alIo wing for the ia
teitst, wear ana tear, and ut'mae loss on ssle
will give an average equal in the end co the rent
sc stated, Vt . furni he'd house.
The same remark may be made In reference to the
item OF hire OF carriage horses and coachnan The
amount -tated is Whist should have been obliged
to pay Ger month tor yttenr DE rsrate. but pre-
fcrTed to purchase carriage aud norses, which cost
me thirteen hundred aud dfty dollars the loss upoa
the sale of which, aided to the current expenses Of
coscbmsp, hcrses and repairs, will, il no ace dent
occufe, amount TO nearly the same average exp .us
ss that stated for their nire | need scarcely say
thai carriage is ndispenss bio 10 city where there
are few ride psvemeots, and where IL rains or
less every day for iwo hundred aud forty days out
OF three hppdJ 81 aud sixty.fve
You will perceive from tbe statement which I
have the honor to transmit. that tus penses Of y
tsm'ly OF tho same nom0er of person. my osn,
hying N sn unoT enEati,us paaner. ard bsrsiy re
ciprt csting The oivi!it1es ~hob may BE- received,
Will cunt nearly to the of ten ID ius nd dol
lars per sDpum, exclusive Of the ordinary
expenses OF stationery, papers, postage, &C.,
We csnnat alter tho usages Of European courts,
nor remove the ptcpdices of European so3iesy; aud,
therefore, if we continue TO keep up intercoucss
with them we must, toa certain extent II her
fern to both or ., the conseqnen,s " dsreg srdpg
mem txpefen, 20 'hc loss or That consideration AID
morsl influence phica great cation like the United
STATES should enjoy. At this particular court,
leaving out the great powers Spain, Portugal,
and Sardinia, are represented by ministers plenlpo-
tsntiary, and Denmark by a minister resic ens ali VI
whom. as matter Of course, take precedence Of an
American ehs'ge d'cDsres.
The affair of the rank of MINISTER ia = question
Of national ssd personal dignity. which, under tina
constitution Of the Upited States, addresses Itself
more pasi.ularly 20 tho consideration of the ex-
scucve department, and, with graduated scsls Of
salaries for the different leg atoms presents merely
the naked question Of the rack AID tiJie Of ths
rcpreten alive since the senssten would be tho
ssme Tor the head IL the psrticu ar legation, lot
tbisrsnk and title ne sbas it might
With reference to the natter Of co1psoestious IL
may be further rsmArket tbat. II IL be djusted
ulon q fsiT and liberal scale the aggregate expense
Of the diplomatic Intercourse Of the United States
would be but little increased beyond what is now
II Cured from the frequent cbspgss which isade
quate CON pensation renners necessary.