The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-10 00:00:00

ROYAL MARINES.

The following has just been issued for the guidance of
each of the commandants of the divisions of the Royal
Marines at Chatham, Woolwich, Portsmouth, and Ply-
mouth:—

" Royal Marine-office, Oct. 30.
" My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, with a
view of affording improved facilities to the non-commis-
sioned officers, drummers, and privates of the division
under your command, for depositing any portion of their
pay, prize-money, or money derived from other sources
in a savings-bank in the immediate vicinity of your
head-quarters, are pleased to direct that the divisional
paymaster shall at all times bo ready to give the men
information on the subject, and that he shall appoint a
sergeant in his office to the special duty of accompany-
ing any man who may be desirous of availing himself of
the privilege of depositing such sums as he may think
proper fur the future benefit of himself and family in the
savingsrbank accordingly.
" That the sergeant so nominated shall see that the
men who so deposit their money be supplied with a sav-
ings-bank book, with the sum properly entered therein,
and the sergeant shall, under the paymaster's direction
have charge of aledger, in which shall be entered the names
of such depositors; which ledger shall be presented to the
colonel commandant, at such periods as he may desire,
for his information as to those non-commissioned offi-
cers and men who have, to their awn credit and advan-
tage, thus secured their spare money for their nee at
periods when it may be must required for their future
comfort.
" For this extra duty, the sergeant so employed shall
receive an allowance of 24. 6d. a-month, when the num-
ber of depositors shall be under 50, which allowance
will be increased from time to time upon represen-
tation, agreeably to the increese of depositors, till it
shall amount to 109. a-month; and this allowance, to-
gether with any reasonable expense that may be in-
curred by the purchase of savings-bank regulations for
the men's information, may be charged to the division's
contingent. _ _

" In furtherance of their. Lordships' directions on this
important subject, you will be pleased to put yourself in
communication with the authorities of the savings-bank
in your locality, and provide a number of their regu-
lations fully sufficient to place at least one copy in each
barrack-room, and to direct the several non-comm;
sioned officers superintending to explain them
men of the rooms under their charge.
=mend the
"You are, moreover, to earnestly
recto avail them-
men of the division under your commabnadt their evincing
selves of this benefit, assuring them
money
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a disposition to be careful of their
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swithe principle of association gives. That a right
amongst the upper and
appreciation of that is growing
middle classes is shown by the fact that a sum equal to
150 millions is at this time assured to the survivors of
individuals in England and Scotland, but the system re-
quires yet to be largely extended. It must be remem-
bered that there are two or three associations in exis-
tence,---" The Builders' Foremen," "The Masons," &e.
—who seek to raise funds fur the erection of "Retreats"
for their class. What we look for, however, and what
Ny e have loin, advocated, is that general Provident ned
Benevolent Institution for all connected with buildcionj.
Operations, supported by the architects, Vl3
ale prO-
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rewards to
tractors, and workmen in one great guild gainndee7b-:ther-
?hood, which would enable all with safety
vision for the future, and lead by substatitta
tho sr.read of habits of forethought and
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