23 MARCH 1833, Page 16

The expense of the Earl of Durham's mission to Russia,

which has been represented as being so very enormous, turns out to be only 5,4401. 13s. 6d.; or about half as much as the Duke of Devonshire ex- pended on a mere mission of ceremony in 1826. Sir Stratford Can- ning's mission cost .5,400L, and the Duke of Wellington's 4,536/. 16s. 3d. While the Duke of Wellington was at St. Petersburg, he was enter- tained at the Emperor's expense as a Russian Field-Marshal, and the expenses of Lord Strangford's embassy Were going on all the while ; whereas we had no resident Ambassador to Russia when Lord Durham was there, and his Lordship was obliged to entertain the corps diplo- matique.