gation, and attachés-of three envoys, with secretaries of legation-of seven or eight ministers plenipotentiary, with secretaries of legation and attachés-of four ministers, with secretaries. The individuals composing this motley group, or, as the French would say, the personnel, on the 1st of January, in the present year, were thus composed. We proceed alphabetically according to the States:-

BRITISH MINISTERS AT,

America, United States of-Sir H. Lytton Bul-
wer, K.C.B. Envoy Ext.; J. F. Crampton, Esq.
Sec. of Leg.

Argentine Confederation.-H. Southern, Esq.
Min. Plen.; F. L. Ball, Esq. Sec. of Leg.
Austria.-Viscount Ponsonby, G.C.B. Amb. Extr.
and Plen.; A. G. Magenis, Esq. Sec. of Leg.
Bavaria.—J. R. Milbanke, Esq. Env. Ext. and
Min. Plen.; A. G. Bonar, Esq. Sec. of Leg.
Belgium.-Lord Howard de Walden, Env. Ext.
and Min. Plen.; T. W. Waller, Esq. Sec. of
Leg.
Brazil.-Lord Howden, Env. Ext. and Min. Plen.;
James Hudson, Esq. Sec. of Leg.

Chili.-S. H. Sullivan, Esq. Chargé d'Affaires

and Consul General.

Denmark. Rt. Hon. H. W. W. Wynn, Env.
Extr.; Peter Browne, Esq. Sec. of Leg.

Egypt. Hon C. A. Murray, Agent and Consul

General.

Saxony.-Hon. F. R. Forbes, Min. Plen.; C. T.
Barnard, Esq., Sec. of Leg.

Sicilies (Two).--Hon. W. Temple, Env. Ext.
and Min. Plen.; Lord Napier, Sec. of Leg.
Spain.--(Vacant till the misunderstanding be-
tween the Governments of the two countries
is adjusted.)

Sweden and Norway --Sir Thomas Cartwright,
Env. Ext. and Min. Plen.; G. J. R. Gordon,
Esq., Sec. of Leg.

Switzerland.-Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., Min.
Plen.; Robt. Peel, Esq., Sec. of Leg.
Turkey.-Sir S. Canning, Amb. Ext. and Min.
Plen.; Hon. G. S. S. Jerningham, Sec. of
Emb.

Tuscany.--Sir G. B. Hamilton, Min. Plen. ; Hon.
P. C. Scarlett, Sec. of Leg.
Venezuela.-B. H. Wilson, Esq., Chargé d'Af-

faires.

Wirtemberg.-Sir A. Malet, Bart., Env. Ext. and Min. Plen.; A. Craven, Esq., Sec. of Leg.

The reader cannot fail to have observed

that in this list of ambassadors, envoys extraordinary, envoys and ministers plenipotentiary, there are seven peers, namely, Viscount Ponsonby, Baron Howard de Walden, Baron Howden, the Marquess of Normanby, Lord Cowley, Earl of Westmoreland, Baron Bloomfield; and four sons of pears, namely, the Hon. J. D. Bligh, the Hon. Ralph Abercromby, the Hon. R. Forbes, and the Hon. W. Temple, son of an Irish viscount, and brother of her Majesty's Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Among the secretaries of legation, there are brothers and sons of -as Lord William Hervey, the Hon. peers-a Hanseatic Towns, Lubeck, Bremen, and Ham-F. G. Molyneux, the Hon. G. Edgcumbe, the burg.--George L. Hodges, Esq. Chargé d'Af- Hon. Henry Elliott, the Hon. G. Howard, the Hon. R. Bingham, Lord Napier, the Hon. G. S. S. Jerningham, the Hon. P. C. Scarlett, &c. Now, when among all this mob of peers and honorables there are not

France.-Marquess of Normanby, Amb. Ext. and
Plen.; Lord Wm. Hervey, Sec. of Emb.
Germanic Confederation.-Lord Cowley, Env.
Ext. and Min. Plen.; Hon. F. G. Molyneux,
Sec. of Leg.

Greece.-Rt. Hon. Thomas Wyse, Min. Plen. ;
P. Griffith, Esq. Sec. of Leg.

faires.

Hanover.-Hon. J. D. Bligh, Env. Ext. and Min.
Plen.; Hon. G. Edgcumbe, Sec. of Leg.

Mexico.-Chas. Bankhead, Esq., Min. Plen.; P.
W. Doyle, Sec. of Leg.
Morocco.-J. H. Drummond Hay, Esq., Chargé

d'Affaires.

Netherlands. Sir E. C. Disbrowe, Env. Ext. and
Min. Plen.; Hon. H. Elliott, Sec. of Leg.
New Grenada.--D. F. O'Leary, Chargé d'Affaires.
Persia.-J. Shiel, Esq., Env. Ext. and Min. Plen;
Lieut.-Col. F. Farrant, Sec. of Leg.
Peru.-H. W. Pitt Adams, Esq. Chargé d'Affaires.
Portugal.-Sir George H. Seymour, G. C. B., Env.

Ext. and Min. Plen.; Hon. H. G. Howard,
Sec. of Leg.

Prussia.-Earl of Westmoreland, Env. Ext. and
Min. Plen.; F. Howard, Esq., Sec. of Leg.
Rio de la Plata.-H. Southern, Esq., Min. Plen.;
F. L. Ball, Esq., Sec. of Leg.
Russia.-Lord Bloomfield, Env. Ext. and Min.
Plen.; Andrew Buchanan, Esq., Sec.
Sardinia. Hon. Ralph Abercromby, Env. Ext.
and Min. Plen.; Hon. R. Bingham, Sec. of
Leg.

more than three or four men whose abilities or attainments are above the average, yet who have so many important and lucrative offices thrust on them, namely, Viscount Ponsonby, Lord Howden, the Hon. R. Abercromby, and Lord Napier, it must appear that there is something radically vicious in the mode and manner of selection.

If the committee of fifteen gentlemen, which Lord John Russell nominated on Monday, the 22d of April, and which consists of the Premier, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Bright, Mr. Cobden, Sir J. Y. Buller, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Napier, Mr. Henry Drummond, Mr. William Evans, Sir W. Molesworth, Mr. Henley, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Walter, and Mr. Deedes, are determined really to probe the system to the bottom, or if such a

£10,000

1,000

scrutiny or examination should result from the motions of Messrs. Disraeli and Henley, we have no doubt that not merely modification, but important changes, must take place in the nomination, appointment, and salaries, of the English corps diplomatique.

Mr. Disraeli had no opportunity of bringing forward his motion on the day announced, but we understand it is his intention to do so at an early period.

The salaries and allowances for houserent are, as nearly as we can obtain them, according to the sums set down in the following table:

Allow.

Sec. of Legation

400

Salary. for Rent.

First Attaché

400

First Attaché

400

First Attaché

Plenipoten.

First Attaché

Sec. of Embassy

Turkey-Ambassador

Sec. of Embassy

First Attaché

Spain-Envoy Ex. and Min.

Sec. of Legation

900

Sec. of Legation

600

250

First Attaché

300

6,500

550

Sec. of Legation

500

250

Chili-Agent

1,000

Sec. of Legation

First Attaché

Min. Plen.

Sec. of Legation

First Attaché

Plenipoten.

550

250

Washington-En. Extra, and

Naples-Envoy Ex. and Min.

Secretary

Peru-Minister
Secretary
Guatemala-Minister
Secretary
Banda--Minister
Secretary

5,900

500

4,000
500

Sec. of Legation

4,000

550

250

.3

600

500

400

Total.

There is scarcely one of these legations in which we would not propose some reduction in the salary and allowance of the ambassador, and occasionally an increase of salary to the secretary of embassy and paid attachés. But as the nature of these reductions would 500 require considerable specification and detail, we reserve the details of our plan of Economical Diplomatic Reform for our June number, in which we propose to enter into the question fully, and with the advantages accruing from the discussions on the motions of the honorable member for Bucks and the 400 honorable member for Oxfordshire.

400

Salaries

£131,050

£141,000