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

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spy other minister 81 this court Other items 81
household pepse and subsistsnce correspond with
this; from which you will peroeive that the price
OF everything is very considerably higher than in
| most parts, Or perhaps IN any part, Of eur own
| country
co1 d certainly live much ohsspsr at hotel or
in . boarding house, or if would secute myself 70
. great xtebt from social intercourse with my col.
leagues and others But the estimate and statement
| furnish are made with view to keeping a 90 N.
Portable and stable home, proper fr the resi-
dence Of gentleman ocsupyiog SUCH official posi-,
tion, becoming the dignity Of the government |
represent, and who're ny country men and all Others
| may be received anu Treated with the respect add
attention {, wbioh, when visiting me- they will b,
| entitled. Lees than this l think my 60 yernment
should DOT expect Anything short Of this would
certainly not satisfy MP o~n sense Of propriety II
! aimed at more, and took for ny standard the
| style Of living which other governments enable
their Representatives to aoopt. 1 should make my
expenses considerably exceed the salary allowed,
| Out Of my line thousand dollars salary you will
perceive that upon tbe estimate have given yoa'
may fave from two thousand to twenty five nun
drea dollars per npDum But my little family Of
children, ~bom had to leave behind me in the
United States are to oe supported educated out
| of this. The residue, of course, cannot be very
large II is obviously proper, though taat the
fixed allowance to dipoma.ic repressn atvs should
be- made with . view 10 his family accompanying
and residing with him abroad
! There are some incidents peculiar to . resldeuca
here which tend to more the necessary expenses
| ST minister Among these may noto tnst be csa
4 bOt live Wltnn the NUTS OF city an near
the only market there, bat must take mis- h,ase ia
| healthier and more airy suburban qaarer T1is,
together with the frequent occasions he will bs
Ger Of attending ceurt at tho pilace and going 70
the foreign office, makes the keeping Of carriage
and horses of his oss, or otherwise large ex-
psndituIe for bring them at y livery stable not
luxury but absolutely Indispensable,
The accumulation OF BOOKS and archives at this
legation the and char aoter Of its business,
and the accommodation OF the secretary of tho To-
cation, make it unsvoidably necessary TO havss
spacious apartment 10 be exclusively used and oaca
pied - public Office This your min,s'er il RS.
quied to provide and pay for, for the public beasf
~ his own cost BIZ ieyc other 60 yern N
tho world represented az this court thus taxes its
minister liberal auo~aaco, on the CONTRARY, Is
made by each of them to meet this among tho csa-
tiDgent items not ~ithstandpg there IT, not Ut
their minister, Ms far ~ am informed. who mas not
. salary and other allowances, much exceeding The
pay given by our g0verDuent nor Ia there one Of
the IL gations whi0h, from tho nature OF les buH-
psss, its supp,os Of books aDd public Documents,
spo The extent Of It's commercial relations and To-
teTesis has much need # pu Diio OH sht3,
exc. pt il may be that of Great Britain
have entered into Theses details snd explanations
the more fully, bee ause, in communicating % me the
resolution of the SeDare, remark that = n IS de-
bic hA, the information should DO sps1idc AMI
accurate -
do not knos that nay own sonalusiop ~ 4, ~hst
wonid De the proper con p ns*aou is desired; oat
will venture to sda it Ny opinion. from survey
Of tine Whole gr0nn is thai the fft should os in
creas 10 ten thoussnc dollars an thu sod
to treNe thousand o Tits opinisa IL s,undsd
upon Tie suppos ion that while che gssFvrn Of
tie Uni,ea States ought not TO exceed M ,hs pro-
visiuu to he mads for The support Of ss uni aitsrs 1T
thv any other court. just aud wn, !os ssne
roDy. il 10 no, exDedIsrt t1e otarr had 70
yiase the noun bent position less Hav,ntage
thai b. nd 6L6 shy Of the ordinary prof, S.
~ ssite ~ honsss 60 keep hira, hy close aud
nie ardy calculation. reduced 10 standard Il CON
IeA<st,o WHICH must pf.vers BIN froi1 supporting
th ~ spfc which adds pot little IL mis- in
fuetcc p the ~ which be resides willis is is
becoming TO the gritty AID hberaty of the great
nation which he rssTasents
an, most respectfully, your obrdient servant,
scaEsCK.
Hon DANIEL WEBSTER, Secretary Of state,
Wsssilg'on, o.
IEx,r.a.
LITTER FROM RICHARD HAYARD
LtGa1I0S OF 7Hn UsIrED STATES, !
Brus.eis. D.c- q. 1851
So far rs this particular legation s concerned,
would remark, "a general fact, waich vi derive
IL value In the estimate w1i,n may ba IN sds from
the experience Of the department, that Brussels ia
ncre expensive than Philadelphia. and much N IRE
30 than Washington 1t is much chesper than Lon
don and much more so tnau Paris
In eonpl,ancs With soar requess. In~ss tbs homer
totrRhsn.lt a,ement, narked A, Of she prob able
tApspses Of my family, consisting Of nighs sssoas
exclusive of servants. for year, based upon the
actual exptnSes for six months
The item for rent of furnished house il what
should have been obliged TO pay for furnished
house but finding that in the eod it would amount
to the same thing. preferred renting house and
furnishing it nyself The .ctual rsus paid is ei ght
hundred dollars per snDum. and the furniture cost
eight thousand dollars which, ai)o wing for the ia
teItet wear ara tear, and ultma'e loss on sale,
Will give an average equal in the end TO the rent,
as stated, Vt fuIbi he'd house.
The same remark may be made in reference to tho
item OF hire Of carriage horses and cosohnan Toe
amount -tsted is what should have been Obliged
to pay ger month Tor Uy;tenr ne ye,ntSe but pre-
ferred to purchase carriage aud horses. which cost
thirteen hundred aud dfy d0llars. the loss upo
the sale of which, sfsed to the expenses Of
coscbmsp, hcrsss and repairs, will il no ACC dent
occufe, amount TO nearly the same average exp
as that stated for their oife | need scarcely say,
thai carrisce is ;ndispenss bic 10 city where there
few ride psvemeots, and where II rains more or
Less every day for two hundred aud forty days out
OF three hundred and s'xty.fv
You viii perceive from The statement which
have the honor to transmit that tbs expenses of q
family OF the same nomoer Of person. my osn,
hVing IN % unoTenssti)1s manner. ecd bsreiy
cprt cstiug he civiiites ~hiob may BE- recei se5,
VII, AZ cont nearly 70 the eum of ton I'd nd dsl
lars per aDpnm, exclusive Of the ordinary contingent
expenses OF stationary, papers, postage, &,.
We cannot alter tho usages Of European courts,
nor remove the preju0ioes of European o,esy; aud,
therefore, If we continue to keep up intercourss
with them, we must, too certain extent ii her CON
toIm to both ., the consequence Of disreg ardpg
tnem txperiene Tho loss of That consideration AID
m0rsl influence whch great Gation like the United
STATES should enjoy. At this particular court.
leaving out the great powers Spain, Porting ii,
and Sardinia repress nted by ministers penipo-
Tertiary sna Denmark by q minister resce nt, ali Of
whom, as matter Of course, take precedence Of an
American ehs,ge dcGsrts.
The affair of the rank Of q MINISTER ia question
Of national ssd personal dignity. which, under ths
constitution Of the Upited States addresses Itself
more particularly 20 the consideration of the
ecutive department and, with graduated scale of
salaries for the different leg atoms, presents merely
the naked question Of the rack AID title Of the
represen ative, since the penssten would be tao
same or the head of the psrtcu ar legation, lot
| this rank and title ne wbat it, might
With reference to the matter Of ooHpsoeat0u, it
may be further remarked tbat. IL IL be adjusted
UPON fair and liberal scae 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 charges which "a isads
quate com pt nsAtion fcncers necessary