New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-01
a..,,,., and Bri,,-s D,pr.~aey Csnuasssa.

a-.-. ua Brit,st DipIsmaey Csntrastsd'
The following is from an article in TIE Lon
S., rr1. Max Of jan IS upon The British Dip'om1e
s,,,e,n and contains q ~eIlmerited compEnsa; 70
NJ, xeCurdv recently Charge to Austria
aOr bussness present is with annual dpionlsre
.x,xndifure-s amounting In $50 % fl60-6J; N l5Jl
ai5o rs; and IN 1882 70 4l2,7gs
these sums may not per "a seem very exoroitsnt
But the question remAins-does the country Es ~
moneys wor h IN return fortheni Nay some % 90 Tar
a. 10 ask whether the services rendered Tor this nonJ
are in many instances absolutely derne1'si 20 tne
country The first question admits Of easy ansNer
Let u lake for example the Earl Of Wes.m ireland
About the time that the Free XIX AI.sonarl@- %
the Jews m Pesth' were expelled from Hungary, an
American Clergyman, trsves'ns IN maj country, Na
arrested By the Austrian authorities his arrest was
kept secret but somehow other raor Of u resc1el
the Of the gentleman q loyal Austrian sapes9
who sits o. American Consul a Vienna M AeCar1y'
the American Munster, CHANGED 10 De ao.e' AZ me u
and remembrance was addressed to Prince -c1War-
zenberg BY the Consul The moment VI. AcC Griy re-
turned ne took up the question vigorously AnOasa ne
had received land could receiVel no con nan eoI
from his eountrymsn. He gave the Austrian G1vern-
tners no rest until Rev Mr. Brace was tred ecquittef,
and set at liberty And when the Austrian Police, on
two subsequent occasions, attempted TO lay noh OF NJ
Brace Mr. Mc(turdy Immediately interfere1 o1tslnef
his liberation on the first and only prevented from
being equally successful the second By Mr. Braces
having permanently Quilted the country Lt us now
compare Tor CONTRAST the conduct OF 10 "es'u''ie
land with that Of Mr. McCurdy.
Lord Westrnoreland st Vienna when the out
rage agaipst the Free Kirk Missionaries was perpetrsted
lie not Left IN ignorance OF H. Tor gentleman On
high character and influence protested la ne1isfey
from the scene of action 70 Inform him Of what had
taken place. But Lord WesttnorelsDd declined 10 IN
erre and the reason i2ned for biz nounierer ence
tina. the missionaries had not forwarded 10 nta
written statement Of their case. The American MS
ter did not wait 70 be applied 20 by he country nan ne
moved energeticay (snd successfully IN hs behalf the
moment he received frs vague in'ma,ion from oner
sources that had been done 70 him. Tue Brtisa
Minister although fully informed Of the Injustice done
20 hi, oountyen by their highly respectable agent re
fused 10 give hmse any trouble n the nstte becsnse
ii was not brought under his NOTICE In the exsct m3le
he had chosen prescribe but had never before ta4t
moment inrnsted TO the public. Andinhis corresponi
the subject with the British Government Lort
WestInorelaDd took upon him 70 be the advocate snh
spoogst OF the Ausrisn authorities repeating without
exavlinsticn their false statements regarding the mis-
sionar1es
"Persons unacausinied with the facts migh perhaps
imagine that the American Minister had better case
thsn was submitted TO the English Mmiter On ne
contrary II there be any difference IL s N favor OF Tue
EDeshmen. In both the charges OF the Austrian
authorities we're frivolous and false Bat the American
had entered Hungary sftcr civil war began; he had
penetrated into disrcts seldom vstei, and thus .
csped times (uhoui seeking to do coy even irom tac
pryng eyes Of the police In the circumstances OF the
time Ia he erratic movements there was same is'nt
femblsnce Of excuse for suspicion. But the free
Kirk Mis- iouaries residing where they bad red al
for years. They had settled there not only with the
pcrulletlOO, bus Win Tue express
couragemeIt of the Government II u now estabshei
that they had complied vigorously with al the conti-
tons enacted from hem. Their case was much more
simple and much easy 70 Defend than that Of me
American.
at is cless then, that in this Lord West
rnoresnd has served his country aud his countrynen
lees efficiently than the American Mnpter, AZ the same
Court, has served bis under greater difficulties. Mr.
McCurdy did bis duty In manly and Intelligent man
ner yet he did more than hs duty. Lord Wesim9re
land has therefore, done less and unfortunately this -
no, Isolated Of neglect bis part Tue cases OF
Mr. Pidham and Mr. Newton have been made public but
there arc others equally fragrant TO which general aten
ton has not vet been drawn And in al the cases that
have attained 10 public notorey, IL papabe that the
Ambassadors conternptuous neglect OF his counrymen
and sycophsncy 70 the Austrian Government tho pr-
vadpg continent Of ht whole bureau that the English
Enbafsy al Vienna Is amt. English establishment
"In this the English Embassy at Vienna IL not sngu-
lar II IL the Berlin II e the same a. Dresden
until very lately IL ce same al Florence and Il sui
there In The lower official grades The mass OF our Eng.
hsh dpomasts resident al foreign Courts are still al
fectcd with the stale losven Of absolutsm and e
| Culinary They draw their pensions AMI endeavor 70
make themselves comfortable they They con.
form the preudces Of the Courts to which they are
ties exactly they would In London court the lady
pstronesses of Almscks They turn up their noses II
everything pebcisn They transmit home false AMI dis
torted scconds of all popular movements; they do not
condescend TO seek statistical uformaion they cscheH
the contact Of every Engshmsu VIE has not been pre-
scented ri Court If he had the plague they PALATE
and defend every Outrage offered 20 Enslhmsu by the
despots of the Continent diplomatic establishment
manned after this fashion Is too dear al any price