The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-14 00:00:00

£1099 4 0

The returns for the two preceding years are nearly the
same. In that for 1838, are .the following additional
items :—" Interim agents, for accounts prior to last As-
sembly, 1451. 17s. 5d.; Mr. Waugh, printer, 921. 14s. 7d.;
Agents' accounts for law business, 1561.55.5 d. In that for
1839 there appears :—Mr. Waugh, for stationery and
printing previous to 1837, 971. ls. 9d. ; " "Paid agent
to account of his claims for general and law business,
including cupies of the Record of Assembly for the Uni-
versity of St. Andrews and for the Church, 2001." It is
plain, from some of these entries, that the public money
is actually employed by the Church to defend its rebel-
Roil against the State which created and supports her !
Surely such a gross misapplication of the national funds
will be prevented in future !

It is stated in the return that the allowance to the
Church was ormerly paid out of the hereditary reve-
nues of the Crown, and that it is now paid out of the
Exchequer in Scotland. It does not appear when the
present allowance was fixed, or whether the 'Non-Intru
monists have succeeded in getting it increased to its pre-
sent amount ; but this is by no means improbable, judg-
ing from their success in other cases. • Can any of our
readers tell when the payment of 2001. a year to the
Moderators of the General Assembly commenced ?
Scotsman.

ROYAL MARINES.
(From the United Service Gazette.)
We have been assured, from time to time, both by
Admiralty officials in Parliament, and their toadies out
of doors, that the officers of the Royal Marines corps
have no ground of complaint in reference to the distribu-
tion to them of rewards for their services during the
campaign in Syria. It was affirmed, indeed, with that
unblushing effrontery which characterises Most of the
the assertions of the thick and thin supporters of the
Government, that the honours and rewards distributed
on account of the Syrian campaign were fairly divided
between the navy and the marines. Facts are stubborn
things, and cannot be disputed. We have already shown
in what proportion the honours were distributed for this
campaign between these two arms of the service. The
following is a comparative account of the bestowal of
twose substantial boons, promotion and pecuniary re-
ward :

X s. d.

1 Commodore, from 2d to Ist class, increase
per diem 1 16 0

1 Secretary to ditto...,
1 Clerk to Secretary..

0 16 5
0 2 9

. _
1 Commander to Commodore's Captain
13 Lieutenants, to be Commanders, and ap-
pointed to ships on full pay 3 5 0
1 Lieutenant, from Jtmior to First
26 Mates, to Lieutenant's full pay, appointed
to ships, and supernumeraries 7 16 0
15 Mates, to Lieutenant's half-pay 0 6 3

16 9 5
13 Commanders Captains half-pay Xs 4 0
9..Liettenzatsrto Gonitnander's ditto 0 13 G•

£5 17 6 5 17 6
Total daily expense, exclusive of Masters,
Surgeons, and Pursers lO 11 11
From this account it will be seen that the navy has
obtained an increase of army rank to the following ex-
tent, viz._i brigadier general (temporary), 14 lieute-
nant-colonels, 22 majors, and 42 captains (permanent.)
The lieutenant colonels obtain the rank of colonel after
haVing been posted three years, and the whole of the
ranks an increase of pay by service and seniority.
'• 'Thirteen Lieutenants have, it will have been seen, been
Maile'COMmanders and appointed to ships, with an in-
ereaSe to their pay, at the lowest calculation, of ss. per
.diein 'each ; and, had the 22 Lieutenants promoted, been
pled oti the, half-pay of Commanders, seine would have
sacrificed 2s. Gd. 'per, diem, .but others would have only
loSt 15..6d. ; , which, when it is remembered that on half-
pay„officers, may live as they like, dress as they like, and
reside wherever it may be most convenient to thorn to
'reside, must be admitted to leave them no great cause-..af.
complaint.
Let us see how the case stands with regard to the
Marines 'employed in•the- same service.- Captains of the
Royal Marines have been rewarded by the brevet rank
of Major, with an increase to their full pay of. only 2s.
per diem, with the contingency of losing 3s. per diem if
placed on half-pay, as well as of deriving no benefit from
their brevet rank of major when promoted. It cannot
surely be pretended that these advantages are by any
means commensurate with those which have been con-
ferred on the sister branch of the service for the same
campaign. The officers of the Royal Marines, whilst
they rejoice that their brethren in arms of the navy have
had their due, cannot but feel that they have been most
shamefully and unjustly used—an opinion which has re-
ceived confirmation not only from many officers in the
navy, but from several of those who have participated in
the above-mentioned rewards.

The sum stopped from the pay of Captains or Royal
Marines (the only persons in the fleet who were called
upon to pay for them) for their daily rations, would
have given the brevet to all the Captains of that corps
employed on the coast of Syria, and surely they are not
less entitled to consideration than all the Captains, Com-
manders, First Lieutenants (with some others), and
forty-two mates of the navy. Have they performed their
duty less gallantly or less faithfully ?
The Royal Marines form one-fourth of the force on
board a ship. The proportion in the Navy and Marines
is in the ratio'of twenty to one in favour of the former.
Should there be, as appears inevitable, an augmentation
of the corps, the subalterns generally (many of whom
have very hardly earned it) will obtain . promotion, but
the captains will derive no benefit from the increase, un-
less it includes an addition of field officers. The subal-
terns employed in the late campaign in Syria are not
eligible for brevet rank ; but when staff appointments
become vacant, many will have strong claims to be ap-
pointed to them.