The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-10 00:00:00

y APRIL 10, 1848.

TRAINING INSTITUTION FOR NURSES
FOR HOSPITALS, FAMILIES, AND THE POOR.
All who are prsfessionally conversant with the condition of oar
Hospitals 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 find that the patients suffer 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 are constantly with the sick must exercise a hurt-
ful influence upon the state of their minds, and must tend to neutral.
ze the effect of the religious instruction and consolation which they
receive while In the hospital.
It is also natter of general notoriety that great difficulty is found
in
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families,n obtaining well qualified nurses to attend on patients in private
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has been felt in other countries as well as
understanding
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Catholic countries : anl. visiting
Institution of Deaconesses" has been found
useful in Prussia ; a recent attempt to improve the respectability of
professional nurses h
tration whi • as worked beneficially in England. The Insti-
ch it is proposed to foundunder name of "
the name Training
Institution for Nurse," will be based on the doctrine and discipline
of the Church of England;
not by and it will seek to accomplish its object,
selecting the self-devoted few who are permitted by freedom
from other duties to give themselves entirely to this, but by endea-
vouring to act, both directly and indirectly,
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y, upon the whole body of
o
persons who are pursuiug this as
raise the character of the class b y offering to its members a training
which shall qualify them for
their professional work, and be at the
same time essentially a religious training; Iwho
are justified in seeking for it, the to 'old out, to those.owba
position than they could otherwise obtain
of a higohearffporrofessi
afford also to
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n ; and t those who are ready (without hope of any
earthly reward) to give
themselves to this work as one of Chri • stian love a legitimate field cf
labour: these are the means which, as they I
in forming the high character of the clergy ilve beein suocfceEsshful
land, may, it is hoped, be new instrumental, an
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
climes
1. These under training as probationers.
2. Those who, after passing 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 asinuai stipend, and in return
will entirely tHaler the control of the got emiltig body of the In-
stitution.
At the end of these five years they will be entitled to receive from
the Institution a certificate of their qualification as nurses,
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
lass. A having this
raising the character of the whole
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be
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likely to set an example which can sc
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looking forward to this fail to have a good effect
upon them, and --vitt encourage those who
as their work in life, to follow in the same course, and submit them-
selves to the training of this Institution.
3. In addition to these there will be a class 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
system like
poor, or of educating others for it under an organised
that which Al ill be here provided for them.
The management of the Institution will be confided to a council
of of twenty-four members, (exclusive cf the master, who will
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.
A donation of fifty guineas in ono payment, or in several payments
within four years, or an annual subscription of five guineas, will con-
stitute a Governor.
A donation of twenty guineas in one payment, or in several pay-
ments within four years, or an annual subscription of two guineas,
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 of
York, and the Bishops of Liehfleld, Salisbury, Gloucester and Bristol,
Ripon, and Norwich.
The Rev. C. Wordsworth, D.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 maintesanoe :
Rev, J. HI. S. Anderson, Lincoln's-inn.
Rev. M. Biggs, 45, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
W. Bowman, Esq., 14, Golden-square.
J. E. Bowman, Esq., 7, Chapel-terrace, Bayswater.
Dr. Mervyn A. N. Crawford, Upper Berkeley-street, Portman-
square.
J. W. Cunningham, Esq., Ilarrow-on-the_lllll.
Rev. J. F. Daniell, Donnlngton Glebe, Chichester.
Robert Few, Esq., Henrietta-street, Covent garden.
Dr. George Fincham, Spring-gardens.
George Frere, Esq., Bedford, square.
Rev. J. 0. W. Haweiss, Norwood, Surrey.
C. Heberden, Esq , 10, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn.
Dr. Latham, 35, Grosvenor-place.
Rev. Dr. Jelf, King's College, London.
Rev. S. It. Maitland, Newington-terrace, Kennington.
Rev. F. D. Maurice, Queen-square, Bloomsbury.
R. Partridge, Esq., New-street, Spring-gardens.
Rev. E. H. Plumptro, King's College, London.
Rev. A. Putt, Cuddesden, near Oxford.
Rev. W. Short, 43, Great Ormond-street.
Robert Steven, Esq., 1 New Bridge-street, Blackfrlars.
H. S. Thornton, Esq., Birchin-lane.
Dr. Todd, New-street, Spring-gardens.
Rev. W. G. Todd, Bristol.
Rev. J. 11. 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 any of the Members of the Provisional
Committee, or with any of the Honorary Secretaries, the Rev. E. H.
Plumptro, King's College, London, and J. E. Bowman, Esq., 7, Cha-
pel-terrace, Bayswater,
Subscriptions may also be paid to Messrs. Coutta and Co., Strand,
Or to Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane, to the ac-
count of the " Training Institution for Nurses."

[P It ICE SD.

.VASTERN ARCHIPELAGO COMPA NY
4 Instituted for the Extension of Commerce in-the-China Seas
and for Promoting the Civllization of Borneo, &c.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.
Capital, 200,000!., in 2,000 Shares of 1001. each.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN SIACCREGOR, Esq., Chairman.
Captain C. R. Drinkwater Bethune, R.N., C.B.
Alexander Sainte, Esq., Director of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Hugh Hamilton Lindsay, Esq.
Sir John Pine, Bart., Depnty-Chairman of the Penin-
sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Henry Wise, Esq.
BANKERS—MCSSTS, Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., London.
The objects of this Company are to carry on mining, agricultural,
and trading operations in the Eastern Archipelago, and the acquiring
and disposing of lands in the Island of Labuan 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 Romeo,
many highly important advantages are permanently 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 new 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 on 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 Governtaent, 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, and to the steam communications which are
now carried on, and others which are about to be carded on in con-
nexion therewith, is a matter of peculiar interest, and eves of na-
tional importance. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company, for instance, disburse more t: an 130,0(101. annually for
coal for their steam-vessels, of which suns about 90,0001. are ex-
pended in coal used to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hoe. 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 tho
expenditure by her Majesty's Government, the llonourable East In-
dia Company, and the Peninsular and Oriental Company for the sin-
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 pelt' supplying_the several depots which have begn esta-
blished at Hung-Kong, Singapore, and other places, with coal for the
use of the many British and Foreign ste. m-vessels re7orting to those
ports.

saute means at no distant I. istr a 1 i adi Tislceoaelttoeptai
It-,:nliteoefourerceorAatlain increase in the consumption of coal in the eastern
csebitas4aaosniatlideTa.er.agansde,s acl,riejaadatyfiallenetvloeiiiiettlanly dtathaeagoapiceitifitntgbeofuosteheorf
period,
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betweentti :l t i e
communicationt
various
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b,
satthe
talents t the east
of Amerrica—as ward of the Cape of Good Hope and the west coast
blished in s3e settle-
of t 1 e -
imbawell as the system of railways now about to be esta-
'turnery.° consult-1p Tore events eminently calculated to occasion an
plied
at
comparatively
n moderatebr rates. Samples of the Labuan and
and submitted by her ought over to this country by Mr. Wise,
and analysis by Majesty's Government to a careful examination
competent
The Borneo coal has also bpeeartlea. with a most satisfactory result.
Committee, appointed by the Bengal n
pronounced by the Calcutta t_ oal
best English coal ; and Captain ‘VanFal Government, to be equal to the
coal obtained from the seam at Lablauten, in his report on the supplies of
East India Company,.
steam-ship
Na,rafor the use of the Honourable
June, 1347, observes—" I have no hesitateit, dated Sarawak, 10th
received at Labnan is equal to any English coal stating that the coal
i
steamers in India, and decidedly better than I have seen on board
India for steam purposes." any coal worked in
The portion of territory contemplated for the first operations
Eastern Archipelago Company possesses a climate and siii of
thedinir-
ably adapted for the culture of cotton, tobacco, sugar,
estrae, rice,
a
nutmegs, pepper, and other valuable peoductions, anti is most
favourably situate, having the advantage of Labuan, now stelect to
British dominion, as a point d'appul ; nor can there be a doubt of
the excellent position of the proposed field of enterprise for an ex-
tensive and lucrative commerce. The proximity of -I-
- ava, Sumatra,
Siam, Cochin-China, Ilif.nan, 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 wit,.
'lists, and labourers to any extent required for the service of the
Company. Labuan itself will form an essential link in the chain o
our eastern settlements, from Penang, Malacca, and Singapore to
Hong Kong ; and in the district of Sarawak every protection and
encouragement will be granted by Mr. Brooke in fu, therance of the
Company's objects. In short, every circumstance justifies the anti-
ciration that the late proceedings of the British Government relating
to Borneo, if followed u; with vigour by the operations of the pre-
sent Company, will change that which has been heretofore a region
of piracy, lawless violence, danger and desolation, into a scene of
busy, 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 Britain. Tile philanthropist and the statesman, as wel 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 amelioration of
the condition of the natives of the Indian Archipelago, among whom
there exists a disposition most favourable to the development cf the
resources of those countries.

The view here taken of the promising character of the undertak-
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 t.f 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-
In-Chief in and over the Island of Labuan and its dependencies, as
wei 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 angn, tent the amount of capital of
the Corporation, if that course should become expedient.
5/. 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.
Ihe 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 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 for shares from parties well affected to the objects fc r
which the Company is established, addressed, in the form zumextd,
to Messrs. Gledstanes and Co., 3, White Lion-court, Cornhill.