New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-21

nortsnt u that of house rent house Of respectable
NE and appearance neatly but unosteutatously fur
pished cannot be rented here In convenient quarter
OF the city, for lese than from 5000 10 1900 year
The hire Of plain carriage and pair Of horses BY the
wear from 81 300 10 81 400 The expense Of fuel -
also very heavy charge here wood alone for the most
SIC cord Considering the heightened portion of the
year, from eight TO nine month.,) during which hres
are kept up here the expense Of this item alone IN
hOusehOld consisting Of half dozen persons with the
usual number Of servants averages ding 20 my ex
perience. about 81 200 year.
The expense Of the daily subsistence Of family in
Paris msy be judged Of by the price ofthe common art
cles which enter into its consumption butchers meat
for example being fifteen per pound and double
that price for the delicate portions ham from thirty TO
forty cent? per pound, and pair Of fows nine francs
or dollar and seventy five cents Of the currency OF the
United States and other hings in ike greater
proportion According TO this scale OF rigorous and
avodable expense, the mere ordinary subsistence Of
household constituted AZ above mentioned, could not be
short Of the annual sum Of three thousand dolars
The four items above mentioned, Of house rent,
rage hire fuel and ordinary subsistence form alone
aggregate exceeding the annual salary allowed 20 Mn
er OF the United States But TO these must be al lei AZ
expenses equally obligatory and inevitable the annual
hire and clothing Of servants which cannot be es-na,ed
at less than from twelve fifteen hundred dollars TIE
expense OF ghts which. during the long ngts of one
half Of tie year this latitude, IL very large item;
washing and common groceries forming together for
family consttued have above supposed, another az
egae Of strictly necessary expense not short OF three
tLCukGn0 0Oldfb huHuhIy.
Ito these two aerregatesbe further added the person
al expenses of the Minister and his family, which, in
capital like this and Ia the place they must occupy IN
sOciety not always under the control OF his own
tastes OF choice and the expense which neither ais feel
ings his duty allow him 10 avoid oil eXercisng DC
coming hospitality 70 his cOuntymen as wei a. recipro
eating the cives offered 10 him by HE colleagues OF
the Diplomatic Corps and the public fucOnares OF the
government to which he is accredited items Of which
the minimum, according b. my experience, would be
another annual sum of three thousand dollarsJ you
have all the date il in my power to supply for estima
ing the expense incidental 10 an Official residence here
in the character Of Foreign Minister maintained within
a modest limits decent regard TOR his position
perrnits
From Neal 8. Bro,cn, at ST. Petersbnrg.
Nv expenses during the first year were, as
near as can estimate them about So 900 In this
embraced some articles Of permanent nature, which
will not have 10 be purchased again and which will ope
rBte in sort credit on subsequent years Bat
this will be more than cOuntrbaanced By the increased
hospitality which custom here enforccs after the first
years residence.
Tbese expenses are made up OF house rent furniture
furnture.rent carriages or carlisgehire, servant
hire living with s ncdcns and extra clothing adtpted
10 the climate al Of which items count than at
either London Peris. regard my style OF living as
a medium one Ii would be difficult 10 reduce It with
respectabii'y and difficult % exceed II without bans-
ruptcy Wlth my family here, my expenses would al
sOrb my whole salary, and probably exceed Il. MN
OF fortune would spend more than the salary. AMI not
be considered extravGgant. man without fortune y
lowances end considering also my health during tee
greater portion of last winter, which confined 70 nay
ROOM state that my expenses have been, and VIII be,
$1,000 per annurn, and probably more.
THIS s full statement "a aIn able 10 make; anu
have no hesitation in saying that from proper regard
the usefulness and dignity q the mission a. well as
justice 10 the incumbent whoever he uiay be- tue salary
OUGHT 10 be increased II the Information sought mas
any reference to the Secretary Of Legation state that
he docs not and cannot live upon the present salary
II requires and viii continue 70 re1uire not less tnan
l. Of~
court and Il lac have family il viii require e.
Petersburg II elnph6cay aud in every respect an ART
fetal cityathcially built aud arthclaly sseinet IL
il dependent for oil it supplies distant regions the
IccCssaries OF life exOrbanily gh while the tastes
and habits oil the place are e,.iravagant
From nc same.
1 have taken some pains to make up an Opin-
ion to what the salary ought TO be, considering IN
the language ofthe Seuatcs resolution The Importance
of the mission and the expenses of residence and sup
posing that every rainister% either have ought 20
have family to be supported here or elsewhere be
eve be could not do fair ju-sce 10 tn G. 1lns OF his
mission at this court on es than twelve thousand dol
lars per annum with the present outfit and init With
this lie would maintain q rank becoming his country
ard could without doubt, make himself more ueiuL
No knows hui III who have tr'i It, tne restraints
which the present rate o. pay imposes in such p1si
ton The minister is compelled 20 fall back on some
subordinate RANK of living, draw upon bis for
tune, which few Of Our public men can Afford.
From MT. Folsom al the Hague.
have kept an accurate account Of my dis
bursuncnis and vCuch for correctness OF this
statement The cost of living IL probably greater
here than in any oher part Of the continent and
quite equal to that of London, excepting only in
the item Of hOuse-rcnt. Every article Of marketing
is deor, and clothing particularly But the Dutch
people great economist and consume the least pos
sbc quantity of everything necessary to the main'e
nance OF lie By this they luce the expenses
ofli'ing to the lins Of their incomes which gene
rally email But the eject If often in the unhealthy
aspect OF the people, and especially o. the children
STATEMENT OF EXPENSES FOR oSE YEAR.