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FASTERN ARCHIPELAGO COMPANY.
,A Instituted for the Extension of Commerce in the China Seas
and fur Promoting the Civilization of Borneo, &c.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.
Capital, 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares of 1001. each.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN MACGREGOR, Esq., Chairman.
Captain C. R. Drinkwater Bethune, R.N., C.B.
Alexander Nairne, Esq., Director of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Hugh Hamilton Lindsay, Esq.
Sir John Pixie, Bart., Deputy-Chairman of the Penin•
sugar and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Henry Wise, Esq.
BANKERS—Messrs, Glyn, llallifax, Mills, and Co., London.
The objects of this Company are to carry oa mining, agricultural,
and trading operations in the Eastern Archipelago, and the acquiring
and disposing of lands in the Island of Labium and the parts adjacent
—a region abounding in mineral wealth, most fertile in all the valu-
able tropical productions, and very happily situate for the purposes
of commerce.
The Island of Labuan has been formally taken possession of by the
Crown of Great Britain; and, by a treaty with the Sultan of llorneo,
many highly important advantages are permaneutly secured to this
country. Piracy in the eastern seas will now be effectually suppressed,
and, under the protection of the British flag at Labuan a now era
as regards those regions, has commenced, which affords the most fa-
vourable opportunity for successfully accomplishing the objects of this
Company.
To those who are at all acquainted with the Indian Archipelago, it
is wholly unnecessary to expatiate on the advantages to be derived
from this undertaking. The important discovery of an abundant sup-
ply of excellent coal oa the mainland of Borneo, in the immediate vi-
cinity of Labuan, is a circumstance which of itself would render this
enterprise pregnant with the most beneficial results. A formal grant
of this coal, extending through a district of about 150 miles, has been
obtained from the Sultan of Borneo, and is, with the approval of her
Majesty's Government, now held by Mr. Wise, with whom arrange-
ments for its working will be made.
The working of the coal mines will form an important feature in
the operations of the Company,
The geographical position of the Borneo coal districts in relation to
our Eastern possessions, awl to the steam communications which are
now carried on, and others which are about to be carried on in con-
nexion therewith, is a matter of peculiar interest, and even of na-
tional importance. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company, for instance, disburse more than 130,0001. annually for
coal for their steam-vessels, of which sum about 90,0001. are ex-
pended in coal used to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope. This
coal. as well as the requisite supplies for the steam•vessels of her
Majesty's navy, and for those of the Honourable East India Com-
pany on the India and China stations, is at present chiefly furnished
from England, at an average cost exceeding 335. per ton ; so that the
cependitatre by her Majesty's Government, the Honourable East In-
dia Company. and the Peninsular and Oriental Company for the
gle item of coal, will be considerably reduced as soon as the opera-
tions of the Eastern Archipelago Company are sufficiently matured
to admit of their supplying the several depots which have been esta-
blished at Hong-Kong, Singapore, and other places, with coal for the
use of the many.Britieh and Foreign ste:- m-Yessels re-orting to those
ports.
Tiro certain increase in the consumption of coal in the eastern
seas, from the causes already mentioned, and the opening of other
channel, of demand, cannot fail eventually to augment the use of
Borneo coal. The projected steam communication between Singapore
and our Australian colonies—the probable communication by the
carne means at no distant period, between the various British settle-
ments to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope and the west coast
of America—as well as the system of railways now about to be esta-
blished in India —are events eminently calculated to occasion an
immense consumption of Borneo coal, the more so as it can be sup-
plied at comparatively moderate rates. Samples of the Labuan and
Borneo coal have been brought over to this country by 31r. Wise,
and submitted by her :Majesty's Government to a careful examination
and analysis by competent parties, with a most satisfactory result.
The Borneo coal has also been pronounced by the Calcutta coal
Committee, appointed by the Bengal Government, to be equal to the
best English coal ; and Captaimi Wallage, in his report on the supplies of
coal obtained from the scans at Labuan, for the use of the Honourable
East India Company's steam-ship Nemesis, dated Sarasvak, 10th
June, 1847, observes—" I have no hesitation in stating that the coal
received at Labuan is equal to any English coal I have seen on board
steamers in India, and decidecily better than any coal worked in
India for steam purposes."
The portion of territory contemplated for the first operations of the
Eastern Archipelago Company possesses a climate and sail admir-
ably adapted fur the culture of cotton, tobacco, sugar, coffee, rice,
nutmegs, pepper, and other valuable productions, and is most
favourably situate, having the advantage of Labuan, now su'Ject to
British dominion, as a point d'appui ; nor can there be a doubt of
the excellent position of the proposed field of enterprise for im ex-
tensive and lucrative commerce. The proximity of Java, Sumatra,
Siam, Cochin-China, Hainan, ,Manilla, Celebes, &c., is not only of
great importance in this respect, but also as affording the means
of
introducing with facility from those places Chinese and other cold
'lists, and I.ebourers to any extent required for the service of the
Company. Labuan itself will form an essential link in the chain or
our eastern settlements, from Penang, Malacca, and Simapore to
Hong Kong ; and in the district of Sarawak every protection and
encouragement will be granted by Mr. Brooke in furtherance of the
Company's objects. In short, every circumstance justifies the anti-
cipation that the late proceedings of the British Government relating
to Borneo, if followed up with vigour by the operations of the pre-
scut Company, will change that which has been heretofore a region
of piracy, lawless violence, danger and desolation, Into a scene of
busy, peaceful, ant beneficial commerce; bringing the advantages of
progressive civilisation to a large and fertile tract of the globe, and
conferring extensive benefits on the commerce and manufactures oh
Great Britain. The philanthropist and the statesman, as we,l as the
merchant, will thus feel interested in this design, which, through the
medium of British enterprise, sanctioned and protected by the wis-
dom and decision of the Government, promises the ameliorations of
the condition of the natives of the Indian Archipelago, among whom
Vero ex,sts a disposition most favourable to the development of the
resources of those countries. _

The view here taken of the promising character of the underink-
ing is not hypothetical, but is the result of the arduous personal re-
searches of various individuals, who, in times past, have been de-
sirous of widening the circle of commerce and civilization, and,
among others more recently, of Mr. Wise, who has for several years
devoted his time to the closest investigation of the subject. To his
patient and indefatigable perseverance for gt long period in calling
the attention of her Majesty's Government to the importance of
Leman as the site of a British settlement, may be ascribed the fact,
that the protection of our flag is now extended to countries so important
both in a political and commercial point of view.
The Queen has appointed Mr. Brooke Governor and C. mmander.
in-Chief in and over the Island of Labuan and its dependencies, as
wel as her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General to the Sultan
and independent chiefs of Borneo. These measures, and the course
of policy which they indicate, will materially facilitate and advance
the objects and interests of the Company throughout the Eastern Ar-
chipelago.
The Company being incorporated by Royal Charter, the responsi-
bility of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his subscrip-
tion. The charter provides for the execution by the shareholders of
a Deed of Settlement, to be approved by the President of the Board of
Trade.
Power is given in the Charter to augment the amount of capital of
the Corporation, if that course should become expedient.
61. per share to be paid on the allotment of the shares, and the re-
mainder to be paid by instalments as called for by the Directors.
The affairs of the Company are to be managed by a Court of
Directors of not more than twelve, two Managing Directors, and a
Secretary, and such agents, in Labuan or elsewhere, as the Directors
shall nominate ; the Directors and Auditors to be elected by the
shareholders, as provided by the Deed of Settlement.
Application fur shares from parties well affected to the objects for
which the Company is established, addressed, in the form annexed,
to Messrs. Gledstanes and Co., 3, White Lion-court,

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42, Moorgate-street, London.
Notice is hereby given, that the Election of THREE Annuitants on
the Benevolent Fund will take place on the 31st May r ext, Tlx., One
Clerk to an annuity of 251., and Two Widows of Clerks, haying been
Members, to annuities of 15/. each.
Ca,didates being duly qualified are required to forward their appli-
cations to the (Mice, on or before the 31st March next.
By order of the Board,
THOS. MULLINDER, Secretary.
March 1, 1841.

TRAINING INSTITUTION FOR NURSES
FOR HOSPITALS, FAMILIES, AND THE POOR.
All who are professionally conversant with the condition of our
Hospiials complain of the inadequate supply of well-trained nurses as
an evil seriously interfering with the efficient discharge of their du-
ties. They cannot trust to their orders being executed by the
nurses, and they rind that the patients sutler from faults of those on
whom, in their state of helplessness, they are almost entirely depen-
dent; and it is obvious that any defects in the tempers and charac-
ters of those who arc constantly with the sick must exercise a hurt-
ful influence upon the state of their minds, and must tend to neutral•
Me the effect of the religious instruction and consolation which they
receive while in the hospital.
It is also matter of general notoriety that great difficulty is found
in obtaining well qualified nurses to attend on patients in private
families, especially in those of the middle and lower classes; and
parochial clergymen feel the want of competent persons on wkom
they could rely, in visting the sick or their respective parishes, and
administering to their bodily wants.
The most effectual, perhaps the only effectual, remedy for these
evils, is to train up a body of nurses who shall be taught to look
upon their work as a religious one, to undertake it with habits of
self-control, and with a mind understanding it fully, and prepared for
its trying and painful duties.
The want here spoken of has been felt in other countries as well as
in our own, and attempts base been made to meet it. Orders of
persons devoting themselves to visiting the sick exist in ',Somali
Catholic countries : an " Institution of Deaconesses" has been found
useful in Prussia ; -a recent attempt to improve the respectability of
professional nuts,,s has worked beneficially in England. The Insti-
tution which it is proposed to found under the name of " Training
Institution for Nurses" will be based on the doctrine and discipline
of the Church of England ; and it will seek to accomplish its object,
not by selecting the self-devoted few who are permitted by freedom
front other duties to give themselves entirely to this, but by endea-
vouring to act, both directly and indirectly, upon the whole body of
persons who are pursuing this as their regular calling in life. To
raise the charaeter of the class by offering to its members a training
which shall qualify- them for their professional work, and be at the
same time essentially a religious training ; to hold out, to those who
are justified in seeking for it, the prospect of a higher professional
position than they could otherwise obtain ; and to afford also to
those who are ready (without hope of any earthly reward) to give
themselves to this work as one of Christian love, a legitimate field f
labour: these are the means which, as they have been successful
in forming the high character of the clergy and physicians of Eng-
land, may, it is hoped, be now instrumental, under God's blessing,
in raising that of a body which is at present so much in want of
improvement.
It is proposed that the Training Institution should be under the
immediate superintendence of a clergyman of the United Church of
England and Ireland, as Master.
That the inmates of the Institution should consist of three
classes:—

1. Those nailer training as probationers.
2. Those who, after p;‘s,ing through the period of probation sa-
tisfactorily, are admitted as nurses, on condition of their engaging
to continue in connexion with the institution for a period of five
years from their admission. Daring this period they will be clothed
and maintained, and receive a fixed annual stipend, and in return
will be entirely under the control of the governing body of the In-
stitution.
At the end of these five years they will be entitled to receive frotn
the Institution a certificate of their qualification as nurses, and
thenceforward to pursue their calling, either in connexion with the'
Institution, or independent of any direct control from it. It is be-
lieved that this will be a very important step towards gradually
raising the character of, the whole class. A nurse having this certi-
cate will necessarily occupy a higher position than others, will be
likely to set an example which can scarcely fall to have a good effect
upon them, and will encourage those who are looking forward to this
as their work in life, to fellow in the same mine, and submit theta-
selves to the training of this Institution.
a. In addition to these there will be a clan of sisters, which Is in-
tended to comprise persons, of whatever station in life, who are
willing to devote themselves to the work of attending the sick and
poor, or of educating others for it under an organised system like
that which w ill be here provided for them.
The management of the Institution will be confided to a council
of twenty-tour members, (exclusive of the master, who will be
ex officio a member,) belonging to the United Church of England
and Ireland, who shall be chosen by the Governors out of their
own body.
♦ donation of fifty guineas in one payment, or in several payments
within four years, or an annual subscription of five guineas, will con-
stitute a Governer.

•
A donation of twenty guineas in one payment, or in several pay-
ments within four years, or an annual subscription of two guluens,
will constitute a Donor.
The Lord Bishop of London has sanctioned the plan now sub-
mitted to the public, and has kindly consented to become President
of the Institution.
It has also received the approbation of the Lord Archbishop cif
York, and the Bishops of Liehfield, Salisbury, Gloucester and Bristol,
Ripon, and Norwich.
The Rev. C. Wordsworth, P.D., George Frere, Esq., and Dr.
Latham, have kindly consented to act as Trustees to the Insti-
tution.
Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq., has consented to act as Treasurer.
The following gentlemen have formed themselves into a Provi-
sional Committee, to arrange the details of the Institution, and to
solicit assistance for its establishment and maintexance :
Rev. J. M. S. Anderson, Lincoln's-inn.
Rev. M. Biggs, 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
W. Bowman, Esq., 14, Golden-square.
J. E. Bowman, Esq., 7, Chapel-terrace, Bayswater.
Dr. Mervyn A. N. Crawford, Upper Berkeaey-street, Perlman-
Square.
J. VI% Cunningham, Esq., Harrow-on-the-Hill.
Rev. J. F. Daniell, DouniaAton Glpbe, Chichestar.
Robert Few, Esq., Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.
Dr. George lincham, Spring- gardens.
George Frere, Esq., Medford-square.
Rev. J. 0. W. Ilaweiss, Norwood, Surrey.
C. Ileherden, Esq , 10, Old square,
Dr. Latham, 36, Grosvenor-place.
Rev. Dr. dell, King's College, London.
Rev. S. R. Maitland, Newington-terrace, Kennington.
Rev. F. D. Maurice, Queen-square, Bloomsbury.
R. Partridge, Esq., New-street, spring-gardens.
Rev. E. 11. Plumptre, King's College, London.
11ev. A. Plitt, Cuddesden, near Oxtt rd.
Rev. W. Short, 43, Great Ormond-street.
Robert Steven, Esq., 1 New Bridge-street, Blackirlars.
11. S. Thornton, Esq., Birchin-lane.
Dr. Todd, New-street, Spring-gardens.
Rev. W. G. Todd, Bristol.
Rey. J. H. Woodward, Bristol.
Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Cloisters, Westminster Abbey.
Persons willing to contribute their assistance to this aject,
either by personal exertions, or by subscribing to its funds, are re-
quested to communicate with sny of due Members of the Provisional
• Committee, or with any of the Honorary Secretaries, the Rev. E. H.
Plumptre, King's College, Lordon, and J. E. Bowman, Esq., 7, Chit-
pel-territee, Bayswater.
Subscriptions may also Le paid to Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand,
or to Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin -lane, to the ac-
count of the " Training Institution for Nurses."

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
_

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool ye sterday were
1,300 bales only, awl at a reduction of jd. per lb. in
some cases. Railway Shares were steadier. There was
not much stock offering.
The Continental accounts aro to-day or .chief interest.
In Belgium, although the gravity of political events
was fully comprehended, there was en indication
of foresight and moderation among the people
generally which is likely to restrain them from
proceedings calculated to jeopardise their independence.
Unfortunately, mercantile affairs and manufacturing and
agricultural industry are at the present time so much
depressed as to occasion inevitable discontent, although
the present popular Administration is doing its best to
afford relief. There had been a meeting. convened of
the members of the political club, called the Alliance, but
it was agreed to postpone discussion. The garrison of
pions had been strengthened, and the officials had orders
to exercise a strict surveillance over all parties arriving
from France. The Commercial Bank had experienced a
"run," which compelled it temporarily to suspend specie
payments.
The accounts of January 8, received to-day, from the
Cape of Good Dope, announce the completion of vari-
ous excellent arrangements for annexing the Kafir ter-
ritory to the Crown, the chiefs being answerable to the
English laws, though allowed to remain in possession
of their territory and authority over their own sub-
jects.

via Sydney, there are late advises from. Van Die-
men's Land, stating that the Governor was unable to
get through business with his Council, and had, there•
fore, resolved to suspend the enactment of further laws
until instructions were received from England.
A curious statement is given of the extent of the
watch trade in Switzerland. The number of watches fabri•
sated last year was 351,000 ; nine-tenths of which were
silver, and the total value was 13,000,000 francs. We
may judge of the profit where the main element is skill
and industry.
There has been an unsettled market again for the
public securities, but with loss doing. Among other re-
ports it is current that a counter-revolution had occurred
in France; but even if such be the case, the chances of
success at present are very remote. Consols have ranged
from 83i. to 82 for transfer, and from 83 to 824 for
account, being now at the lowest point nearly. Ex-
chequer-bills are 14s. prem. Bank Stock is 191 to
195. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been
84f to 834. Bank Stock is 191 to 195.
The Foreign Securities are still very heavy. Spanish
Five per Cents. are 14 to 15, and the Three per Cents.
24 to 25. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 18 to 19.
Mexican Bonds are 16 to 164. Brazilian Stock is 774
to 78. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are down to
444 and 44.
The Share Market is somewhat better, and a dis-
position is shown to buy. Even the French lines are
higher.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Bank Stock l9l 195 195
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns .. 83 8116 824 8214
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities...... 83% 83 83% 82 82%
New VA per Cent. Anus 84% 83% 83
Long Anna. to expire J an. 1860
Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 .....
India Stock —
India Bonds, 1,0004 ....... ......
Consols for Account .. ......... —8334 83 83% 82% 52%
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,0001.
500/.
Small
Ditto Advertised 0 12 5 p

ONE CLOSING
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