The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-22 00:00:00

PERUVIAN GUANO, NITRATE of SODA
SUPERPHOSPHATE of LIME, BONE DUST, and al
otter Artificial Manures on Sale. Samples may be seen at Messrs.
KEELING and HUNT'S, 2, Monument-yard, London ; er at the
Works.

The following is an extract of a letter from George William Fowler,
Esq., dated Prince Ball, Tavistock, May 4, 1848.
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Te Mr. John Hunt, Manure Works, High-street, Lambeth,

London,

" Last year, with 2 cwt., of your Superphosphate, and 4 cwt. Pe-
ruvian Guano per acre, I got over 25 tons per acre (of Turnips) on
land which never before grew 7 tons to the acre. This year I hope
to muster 400 tons at least, and I am shaping my course for fully
800 tons of roots upon an estate, which, before I tool possession of it
last year, never grew 20 tons in any one year."

Superphosphate of Lime is the best Manure for the Turnip Crop,
and the cost is 21. per ton less than Peruvian Guano. All Manures
delivered to any railway station or wharf in London, without any
extra charge. Dealers supplied on liberal terms.
JOHN HUNT, Manure Works, lligh-street, Lambeth, London.

TRAINING INSTITUTION FOR NURSES
FOR HOSPITALS, FAMILIES, AND THE POOR.

All who are professionally conversant with the condition of our
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 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 are constantly with the sick must exercise a hurt-
ful influence upon the state of their minds, and must tend to neutral.
ice the effect of the religious instruction and consolation whisk 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 et the middle aid lower classes; and
parochial clergymen feel the want of competent persons on whom
they could rely, in visting the sick of 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.
'1 he want here spoken of has been felt in other countries as well as
in our own, and attempts have been made to meet it. Orders of
persons devoting themselves to visiting the sick exist in Roman
Catholic countries : an " Institution of Deaconesses" has been found
useful in Prussia; a recent attempt to improve the respectability of
professional nurses 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
from 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 character of the class by offering to its members a training
which shall qualify them for their professional work, and be at the
same timeessentially 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 of
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 new 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 ander the
immediate superintendence of a clergyman of the United Church of
England and Ireland, as Master.
That the inmates of the Institution Should consist et three
classes
Those 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. During 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 from
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 fail to have a good effect
upon them, and will encourage those who are looking forward to this
as their work in life, I. 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
poor, or of educating others for it under an organised system like
that which A ill be here provided for them.
The management of the Institution will be confided to a council
of twenty-lour 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.
A donation of fifty guineas in one payment, et' in several payments
within four years, sr an annual subscription of five guineas, will con-
stitute a Governor.

A donation of twenty guineas in one payment, or in several pay-
meats within four years, or an annual subscription of two guineas,
will constitute aDonor._

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 Lichfield, 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 maintenance :
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, Lipper Berkeley-street, Portman-
square.
J. W. Cunningham, Esq., Ilarrow-on-the_Hill.
Rev. J. F. Daniell, Donnington Glebe, Chichester.
Robert Few, Esq., Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.
Dr. George Fincham, Spring-gardens.
George Frere, Esq., Bedford-square.
Rev. J. 0. W. Ilaweiss, Norwood, Surrey.
C. Heberden, Esq., 10, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn.
Dr. Latham, 36, Grosvenor-place.
Rev. Dr. Jelf, King's College, London.
Rev. S. R. Maitland, Newington-terrace, Kennington.
Rev. F. D. Maurice, Queen-square, Bloomsbury.
It. Partridge, Esq., New-street, Spring-gardens.
R.
s.rtSteven, Esq.,
Rev. I:. 11. Plumptre, King's College, London.
Thornton,,,e Esq.,
Rev. Rev A. Pott, Cuddesden, near Oxtord.
Robe. W. Short, 43, Great Ormond-strest.
Rev. W. G. v-street, Spring-gardens.
Rev. J. 11. Woodward, New
Dr. Todd,
Cloisters, Bristol.
Birchin-lane.
Bridge-street, BlackfriarS.
Rev. Dr. Wordsworth,
Todd, Bristol.
Persons willing to Westminster Abbey.
either by personal contribute their assistance to this object,
to communicate withexertions,or by subscribing to its funds, are re-
quested Committee. or with any of the any of the Members of the Provisional
Plumptre, King's College, Honorary Secretaries, the Rev. E. IL
London,
Cha-
pel-terrace, Bayswater. and J. E. Bowman, Esq., 7,
Subscriptions may also be paid t
or to Messrs. Williams, Deacon, zaMessrs. Coutts and Co., strand,
connt of the 1: Training inetttution for uCo
N..., Birckla-lane, to the ac-
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/IN APPEAL to the PUBLIC in behalf of the
. WIDOW of WILLIAM THOM, Poet of Inverury.
Provoet Thorns 00MXITTXX.
Mr..Tohn Watson
Rev. George Gilfillan Mr. James M. Offer
Rev. J. R. M'Gavin Mr. William Boyac
Dr. Arrot k
M Mr. William Bettr. James Westland Mr. James Chalmers, jun.
Mr. Patrick Watson Mr. Arthur Begg, jun.
Mr. Thomas Saunders.
TREASURER—Mr. Patrick Watson.
SECRETAIIY—Mr. William Boyack.
The Committee appointed to raise a fund fur the relief of the
Widow and Family of the late William Thom, the gifted but unfor-
tunate Poet of Inverury, beg leave briefly but earnestly to appeal to
the Public, more especially to the Public of Scotland, is behalf of the
trust which has been coneded to them.
The name and genius of Thom are well known and universally ac-
knowledged ; many of the feeling and pathetic effusions of his muse
have been brought before the public, not only in a combined form,
but in various periodicals. Ills talents attracted the attention of the
ablest judges; and the Messrs. Chambers, in their Journal, have de-
voted a chapter to his autobiography, and to that favourable meed of
praise to which they considered his merits entitled.
The life of William Thom has, indeed, combined the vicissitudes of
a humble child of the Muses, having formed a scene of trials and dis-
appointments, accompanied by an overflowing share of poverty and
distress.
Many of his earliest and best years were passed at the Illawkhill
of Dundee—the remembrance of which seemed deeply impressed on
his mind ; for thither, to use his own emphatic language, he wished
to return, like a bird that flutters round her forsaken nest, to spend
his latter days in comparative peace and quiet.
His wishes were fulfilled, for not many months ago he did return
from his wanderings, debilitated and impoverished, and breathed his
last on Monday, the 28th of February. Ile has left *widow and three
infant children, the youngest but five months old, totally unprovided
for; and it has therefore been resolved to raise a fund, in order, if
possible, to afford them permanent assistance. A Committee has
been appointed, who have cheerfully undertaken this duty, and al-
ready they are happy to announce that their call has been responded
to in a prompt and liberal manner. Lord Einnaird, Ldrd Jeffrey,
Messrs. Douglas Jerrold and Robert Chambers, and many others,
have spontaneously sent their contributions ; and it is earnestly
hoped that the charitable and the admirers of native genius and un-
obtrusive merit will support and encourage the laudable object which
the Committee have in view.
Dundee, March 10, 1848.
Contributions will be received by any of the Members of Commit-
tee ; and at the shops of Messrs. Chalmers, Shaw, and Middleton,
Booksellers, and Mr. Mills, Perfumer, Dundee.
DEATH OF WILLIAM THOM, THE INVERIIRT POET.
(To the Editor of the "Dundee Courier.")
Dundee, February 29, 184 S.
Sir,—The painful task has been deputed to me of announcing to
the public the death of William Thom, the Inverury poet. For
some time past he had been in delicate and declining health ; and
his diseased state of body was doubtless aggravated by the uncer-
tainty of his circumstances, and the consequent anguish of his
honourable and sensitive mind. Yesterday, in our city, at half-
past eleven a.m., he departed this life. He has left behind him
something more than a name—some true and beautitul strains.
which, as " a thing of beauty is a joy for ever," the world will not
willingly suffer, like the inscription on the coffin, to be buried in
the tomb. lie has left behind him, alas! something of yet ten-
derer and more mournful interest—a widow and three children,
th 7 eldest of whom is only four years, and the youngest but a few
months old. These are " utterly destitute," and but for the kind-
ness of one or two private friends, might have been cast out ere
this to the charity of the streets. I make no appeal in behalt of
the poet himself; " after life's fitful fever he sleeps well." lie has
found what the most troubled and tempest-tossed wanderer will at
last find, and which to him was peculiarly grateful—rest. Icor will
I indulge or express any vindictive feelings as to the treatment
which he received while yet alive. A true poet, he met with truly
poetic usage. He was caressed, but not fed; as if one could sup
on incense, or as if one public dinner could keep a man alive for
years : But I would bespeak general sympathy in behalf of his
destitute family. I would implore every lover of literature---
every one who has derived pleasure from the departed poet's
lyrics, or from the simple story of his life—to prove their pleasure
and their gratitude true by some more substantial evidence than ex-
clamations or tears. I would call especially upon those who saw
him at our late Watt Festival, and heard almost his latest breath
given forth in those brief, broken, but thrilling accents—accents how
far superior to the measured cadences of rhetoric—to testify by
generous deeds their sense of melancholy satisfaction that theirs was
the privilege of meeting with and hearing him for the last time.
No time ought to be lost. Indeed, no time has been lost. Intima-
tions to the above effect either have been, or are immediately to be,
dispatched to Douglas Jerrold, Charles Dickens, Lard Jeffrey, and
others. But as Dundee has had the honour of containing his death-
bed, let us follow the start we have accidentally gained by instant,
active, strenuous efforts in behalf of his widow and his fatherless
balms

3fessrs. Chalmers, Afiddleton, and Shaw, Booksellers, and Mr
Mills, Perfumer, have kindly undertaken to receive donations.
The smallest sums will be welcomed
I am, Sir, yours truly,
GEORGE GILFILLAN.
The last verses of the late William Thom, written shortly before
his death :

SONG OF THE DWELLERS IN DEAN VALE.
Tnne—" bfiller o' Dee."
While we laugh and sing, in this happy ring,
With a bright and a brotherly glee,
May we never forget that the sun hath set
On the homes of misery.
For oh ! It may be that this chill night wind
Sweeps round some tireless hearth,
Freezing the heart of the homeless one,
With never a friend on earth.
Then aye, as we sing, may we closereling,
In our bright and brotherly glee ;
Yet never forget that the sun may set
On the homes of misery.
Man was not made for this world alone,
The world was lent to man ;
'Tis a debt we owe to Heaven, you know
Then pay it as well as you can.
Now winter rides mad in his carriage of snow,
With his pelting rain and his hail;
May it never be said that hunger and woe
Held abiding in bonny Dean Vale.

Then aye, as we sing, may we closer cling,
In our bright and brotherly glee,
And never forget that the sun may set
On the homes of misery.

W. THOM.

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