The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-16 00:00:00

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO COMPANY
stitutssd for the Extension of Commerce in the China Seas
'` LlVllloting the Civilization of Borneo, &c.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.
Capital, 200,000/g in 2,000 Shares of 1001. each.
DIRECTORS.
0/11,T MACGREGOR, Esq., Chairman.
Captain C. R. Drinkwater Bethune, R.N., C.B.
Alexander Nairne, Esq., Director of the Peninsular ant
Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Hugh Hamilton Lindsay, Esq.
S:r John Pirie, Bart., Deputy-Chairman of the Penin-
sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Henry Wise, Esq.
TipAnEas--Messrs, Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., London.
objects of this Company are to carry on mining, agricultural,
r"ing operations in the Eastern Archipelago, and the acquiring nd
disposing of lands in the Island of Labuan and the parts adjacent
abTgi" abounding in mineral wealth, most fertile in all the vain-
__ tropical productiens, and very happily situate for the purposes
.1 commerce.jh e Island of Lahuan has been formally taken possession of by the
- of Great Britain ; and, by a treaty with the Sultan of Romeo,
Zany
highlY
important advantages are permanently secured to this
1. Piracy is the eastern seas will now be effectually suppressed,
and, under the protection of the British flag at Labuan,a new era
m
~,Z.Farels those regions, has commenced, which affords the most fa-
t, "le ePportunity for successfully accomplishing the objects of this
aVany
610, thus.° who are at all acquainted with the Indian Archipelago, it
'holly uunecessary to expatiate on the advantages to be derived
°ln this
undertaking. The important discovery of an abundant sup-
tiii,
';11 excellent coal on the mainland of Borneo, in the immediate vi-
ent"Y of Labuan, Is a circumstance which of itself would render this
il,er,Priße pregnant with the most beneficial results. A formal grant
, coal, extending through a district of about 150 miles, has been
'aced from the Sultan of Boma°, and is, with the approval of her
I„:jestY's Government, now held by Mr. Wise, with whom arrange-
nts for its working w' ill be made.
working of the coal mines will form an important feature in
''';',.eperations of the Company,
,tku geographical position of the Borneo coal districts In relation to
Bement possessions, awl to the steam communications whisk are
arr Carried on, and others which are about to be carried on in con-
ealon therevvith, is a matter of peculiar interest, and even of na-
nnal IMportence. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
aelPanY, for instance, disburse more titan 130,0001. annually for
.._ll.l for their steam-vessels, of which sum about 90,0001. are ex-
:7ncled in coal used to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope. This
11,,Za1. as well as the requisite supplies for the steam-vessels of her
aJ"tY's navy, and for those of the Honourable East India Corn-
We"). on the India and China stations, is at present chiefly furnished
_MEM:land, at en average cost exceeding 335. per ton ; so that the
l'lPricliture by her Majesty's Government, the Honourable East In-
,a4 Company. and the Peninsular and Orieutal Company for the sin-
VI hens of coal, will be considerably reduced as soon as the opera-
;4.,°,lB of the Eastern Archipelago Company are sufficiently matured
to admit of their supplying the several depots which have been este-
,,:Shed at Hong-Kong, Singapore, and other places, with coal for the
°f the manaallritleh and Foreign steam-vessels re-orting to those
Ports.
The certain increase in the consumption of coal in the eastern
from the causes already mentioned, and the opening of other
Luanneis of demand, cannot fail eventually to augment the use of
earneo coal. The projected steam commanication between Singapore
„a
our Australian colonies—the probable communication by the
Zwe Means at no distant period, between the various British settle-
tents to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope and the west coast
i't Aine,lica—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
orneo coal have been brought over to this country by Mr. Wise,
0(1 submitted by her Majesty's Government to a careful examination
;,,nu analysis by competent parties, with a most satisfactory result.
Committee,
Borneo coal has also beer pronounced by the Calcutta t oar
a"ra_inittee, appointed by the Bengal Government, to be equal to the
"6t English coal ; and Captain Wallage, in his report on the supplies of
coal obtained from the seam at Labuan, for the use of the Honourable
dune,
India Company's steam-ship Nemesis, dated Sarawak, 10th
"ne, 1847, oboervea—" I have no hesitation in stating that the coal
received at Labuan is equal to any English coal I have seen on board
• 'ranters in India, and decidedly better than any teal worked in
Mitt for steam purposes."
The portion of territory contemplated for the first operations of the
'astern Archipelago Company possesses a climate and *oil admir-
Vcq adapted fur the culture of cotton, tobacco, sugar, coffee, rice,
intmegs, pepper, and other valuable productions, and is most
rourably situate, having the advantage of Labuan, now subject to
Minh dominion, as a point d'appul ; nor can there be a doubt of
thei excellent position of the proposed field of enterprise for an ex-
ar'ive and lucrative commerce. The proximity of Java, Sumatra,
"Lacl. Cochin-China, Hainan, Manilla, Celebes, &c., is not only of
peat importance in this respect, but also as affording the means of
introducing with facility from those places Chinese and other cold
mid labourers to any extent required for the service of the
'ocipaay. Labuan itself will form an essential link in the chain of
car eastern settlements, from Penang, Malacca, and Singapore to
11°,1g 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-
.Pation that the late proceedings of the British Government relating
to Borneo, if followed up with vigour by the operations of the pre-
sent Company, will change that which has been heretofore a region
IT piracy, lawless violence, danger and desolation, into a scene of
..."yt Peaceful, and 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 of
Great Britalu. The philanthropist and the statesman, as well as the
rcerchaist, 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 amelioration of
re condition of the natives of the Indian Archipelago, among whom
Mere exists a disposition most favourable to the development of the
tesourees of those countries.
The view here taken of the promising character of the undertak-
Log is not hypothetical, but is the result of the arduous personal re-
Bearches of various individeals, who, in times past, have been de-
sirous of widening the circle af 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 a long period in calling
the attention of her Majesty's Government to the importance of
Labuan 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-
,osChlef in and over the Island of Labuan and its dependencies, as
Weil 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 oljects and interests of the Company throughout the Eastern Ar-
cibPelago.
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
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.
51. 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.
'I he affairs of the Company a. e to be managed by a Court of
Directors of not more than twelve, two Managing Directors, and a
Secretary, and such agents, in Lahuan or elsewhere, as the Directors
shall naminate ; the Directors and Auditors to be elected by the
shareholders, es provided by the Deed of Settlement.
.Application for 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, Cornhill.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
Gentlemen,—l beg to apply fer Shares in the Eastern Archi-
pelago Company mentioned in the above prospectus ; and I agree to
accept the same or any smaller number which, within three months
rrom the date hereof, may be allotted to me, and without reference
to whether the whole amount of shares may be taken or subscribed
for, and to pay the deposit and the instalments as they may be called
for; and to execute, when required, the deed of settlement prepared
Wider the direction of the Court of Directors, and approved of by the
President of the Board of Trade,
Dated this day of 154..
To Messrs. Gledstanes and Co., No. 3, White Lion-court,
Comfit% London.
Signature of Applicant • • ...
Name of Referee .... • • .... • . • •
Address ..

SZCO'FTISH PATRIOTIC SOCIETY for IM-
PROVIIM the CONDITION of the LABOURING
CLASSES.

JOINT PATRONS.
ner Majesty the Queen, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. •
Donors of £.lOO.
PRESIDENT.
Ills Grace the Duke of Sutherland.
vice-PRESIDENTS.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Bute
The Right iron. the Earl of Aberdeen
The Right Hen. Lord John Russell
The Right lion. Lord Macdonald
The lion. Lord Murray, Edinburgh
Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., of News and Edinglassie
Sir It. Abercromby, Bart., of Forglen, &c.
Sir Duncan Cameron, Bart., of Fassfern
Sir James Clark, Bart., M.D., Physician to her Majesty
Sir Even Mackenzie, Bart., of Kilcoy, Ross-shire
Cluny Maci person, Cluny Castle, Kingu.s.sie
Loehiel, Donald Cameron, Esq., of Achnagarry
Professor Alison, M.D., Edinburgh
Colonel Lindsay, of Balcarras, Fifeshire
The Chisholm, Erchiess Castle, Strathglass
Tulloch, Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tulloch
Clnnie, Colonel Gordon of, Aberdeenshire
James Matheson, Esq., M.P., of the Lews
Willism Blacker, Esq., of Armagh
Alexander Matheson, Esq.. M.l'., of Ardross
Archibald Alison, Esq., Sheriff of Lanarkshire
Colonel Baillie, M.P., of liedcastle
J. H. Callander, Esq., of Craigforth
John Hay Mackenzie, Esq., of Cromartio
J. W. Lillingstone, Esq., of Lochalsh
David Milne, Esq., of Milne Graden
H. Mackenzie, Esq., of Dundonnell
K. S. Mackenzie, Esq., of Seaforth
Wm. Murray, Esq., of Henderland
John Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., Eleartach, Inverness
And, ex-officio, the Presidents of Branch Associations.
SUB-COMMITTEES,
And Corresponding Members, with power to add.
IMPROVEMENT OF CROFTS. J. ISPKensie, Esq. M.D.
Cluny Macpherson Dr. P. Neill, Sec. R.C.H.S.
J. Matheson, Esq., M.P. A. Coventry, Esq.
• The Chisholm Messrs. J. Dickson and Co.
J. W. Lilliagston, Esq. Robert Stark, Esq., Edinburgh
J. M'Kenzie, Esq., M.D. W. Campbell, Esq. W.S.
W. Blacker, Esq., of Armagh Rev. Robert Lee, D.D. P.U.E.
A. K. M'Kinnon, Esq., of Corry John Wigham, Jun. Esq.
J. Ross, Esq., Inverness Rev. Dr. Muir
C. Chisholm, Esq., Inverness Rev. Thomas Guthrie
11. I. Cameron, Esq., Dingwall Rev. D. T. K. Drummond s
Colonel Moody, R.E. Richard iluie, Esq. M.D.
W.-Stewart, Esq., Inverness C. Cobbold, Esq., Edinburgh
W. Murray, Esq., of ilenderland Henry Wright, Esq. Dean
William Brand, Esq. James Anderson, Esq.
ON COTTAGE, DWELLING-MOUSE, ON IMPROVEMENT OF FISIIERIES,
AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS. &c.
81r J. Clark, Bart., M.D. Hon. Lord Murray
Archibald Alison, Esq. Sir William ;Hurray, Bart.
Dr. P. Neill, Sec. W. and C. 11.5. Rev. Dr. N. MSLood
Bess. Dr. R. Lee J. M'Kenzie, Esq. M.D.
Very Rev. Dean Ramsay E. R. Macdonnell, Esq. Arisaig
J. I. Nicol, Esq., M.D. D. Davidson, Esq. of Strath
Professor Alison, Edinburgh Captain Grove, R.N.
Professor Gregory, Edinburgh MI . H. Dempster
Ilishard Buie, Esq., M.D. ON LOAN FUNDS.
J. Mackenzie, Esq., M.D. Very Rev. Dean Ramsay
11. M. Wish, Esq., Edinburgh Rev. Dr. R. Lee
Rev. W. K. Tweedio J. M'Kenzie, Esq. M.D.
'Rev. Dr. Henry Grey J. Wigham, jun. Esq.
-Bishop Gillis W. Campbell, Esq. W.S. Edin.
.W. Campbell, Esq., W.S., Edin-J. li. Colquhoun, Esq.
I
burgh W. Brand, Esq. Union Bank
W. Cumming, Esq., M.D. Rev. J. Thornburn, Inverness
Rev. D. T. K. Drummond Rev. Thomas Guthrie
Rev. Thomas Guthrie Rev. D. T. K. Drummond
A. Wright, Esq., St. Catherine's Richard Buie, Esq. M.D.
ON ALLOTMENT GARDENS. C. Cobbold, Esq. Edinburgh
Colonel Lindsay, of Balsarras FINS NCR COMMITTER:
Very Rev. Dean Ramsay W. Brand, Esq. Sec. U. Bank
D. Milne, Esq., of Milne Graden John Wigham, jun. Esq.
Professor Johnston W. Campbell, Esq. W.S.
The extremely depressed circumstances of vast numbers of the
community, and the necessity of adopting some effectual means far
their imsrovement, long occupied the minds of the benevolent and
philanthropic in Scotland. Apart from the destitution induced by
gratuitous criminality, it was evident that much of the distress of the
humbler classes arose out of circumstances over which they had
little or no control. In aggravation of other evils, indigence conti-
nually drives numbers of the rural and urban population to occupy
Pestiferous dwellings where their own health or lives are sacrificed,
and whence those of the higher classes also are invaded. Although
possessing fields of employment capable of remunerating if properly
cultivated, the Highland fishermen and crofters are frequently in
destitution, requiring the intervention of puSlie charity to avert
actual starvation.
Although Scotland boasts a number of charitable institutions, it
possessed no organization for aiding the industrious to raise them-
selves from destitution, or to prevent their falling into depressed
circumstances on the failure of employment, until a number of in-
fluential arid benevolent persons, in September, 1846, determined to
act upon the principle snccesstully carried out in England, of forming
a great national institution, which should seek to improve generally
Pie condition of the labouring classes, by various means adapted to
that end, and accordingly the Scottish Patriotic Society was in-
stituted.
• The distinguishing features of this society are, its non-political
and non-sectarian chasacter, aria its antagonism to pauperising ten-
dencies—its great objects being, to enable the poor to help them
selves ; to develop the resources of the land, of the sea, and of the
coloales ; and to demonstrate how the labour of the otherwise un-
employed and indigent classes may be applied therein, so as to sup-
Port and remunerate themselves, thereby indirectly relieving and
benefiting the whole community. It must he evident, that if agri-
cultural and similar societies are useful to the intelligent, the
organization of the Patriotic Society is unspeakably more necessary
to the uninstructed and destitute.
The emergency is great, and the field of exertion a, wide one, but
experience has already demonstrated, that the efforts of the Patriotic
Society are telling effectually where they are so much needed.
Hitherto the pecuniary means at its disposal have been too limited
to enable it to enter so extensively upon its labours as is necessary,
and its promoters confidently make the present appeal for extended
incurs of usefulness. Every one is more or less directly interested in
the success of its attempts to improve the sanatory condition of the
bumbler Claus and to raise them trona mere paupers and con-