The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-08 00:00:00

lIIGHLAND SOCIETY of LONDON.
~ • A GE NERAL COURT of this CORPORATION to celebrate
the Anniversary of the BAT FLE:of ALEXANDRIA, will be held at
' roeunieune 'revere, on Tuasner, the 21st instant.
Dinner at a Quarter b. fore Seven precisely.
Field Marshal his Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, K.G., Chief.
heathers of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland,
find the Branch Societies, Aberdeen, Madras, Bombay, Sec., are ad-
nalseible without introduction.
.. Members who intend to be present are requested to give early in-
timation to the Honorary Secretary.
GEORGE BAIN, Honorary Secretary.
arliament-street
It, P.

THE Lute JOHN WILLIAM WRIGHT, Esq.
All Persons having CLAIMS upon the ESTATE of the late
JOHN WILLIAM 'WRIGHT, Esq., of No. d, Great Marlborough-
'tree% Oxford-street, are requested to forward the particulars of
themto Messrs. WALKER, GRANT, and CO., 13, King's-road,
L 1 raY's-inn, the Solicitors for the Executrix.

TRAINING INSTITUTION FOR NURSES
rolt HOSPITALS, FAMILIES, AND THE POOR.
LIAM who are professionally conversant with the condition ef oar
.4"Pltuis complain of the inadequate supply of well-trained nurses as
tin evil seriously interfering with the efficient discharge of their du-
"' They cannot trust to their orders being executed by the
nurses, and they find that the patients sutler from faults ef those on
Wheat, in their state of helplessness, they are almost entirely de,en-
r!an; and it is obvious that any defects in the tempers and charste-
!.3 of those who are constantly with the sick must exercise a hurt-
influence upon the state of their minds, and must tend to neutral
Ac the effect of the religious instruction and consolation which they
1.."170 while in the hospital.
. It is also matter of general notoriety that great difficulty is found
IL! obtaining well qualified nurses to attend on patients in private
especially in those el the middle and lower classes; and
troehial clergymen feel the want of competent persons on whom
administering
could rely, in visting the sick of their respective parishes, and
'ocdaistering to their bodily wants.
The ntost effectual, perhaps the only effectual, remedy for these
rils. Is to train up a body of nurses who shall be taught to look
irk their work as a religious one, to undertake it with habits of
itsf-oontrol, and with a mind understanding it fully, and prepared for
The
and painful duties.
i„ 'oe want here spoken of has been felt in other countries as well as
our own, and attempts have been made to meet it. Orders of
Is'ruorts devoting themselves te visiting the sick exist in Roman
Catholic countries : an " Institution of Deaconesses" has been tOund
Useful in Prussia ; a recent attempt to improve the respectability of
l'r°feasional muses has worked beneficiaily in England. The Insti-
-1
'ltion which it is proposed to found under the name of " Training
natituUon for Nurses" will be based on the doctrine and discipline
.f the Church of England ; and it will seek to accomplish its object,
)t by selecting the self-devoted few who are permitted by freedom
from other duties to give themselves entirely to this, but by eltdea-
L‘Wing Is act, both directly and indirectly, upon the whole body el
raise
who are pursuing this as their regular calling in life. Te."
_ue the character of the class by elTering to its members a training
wkich shall qnalify them ter their professional work, and be at the
rene time essentially a religious training ; to hold out, te those who
justified in seeking for it, the prospect of a higher professions'
Position titan they could otherwise obtain ; and to afford also to
moss who are ready (without hope of any earthly reward) to give
;!letaselves to this work as one of Christian love, a legitimate field f
rnb,)ur : theme are the means which, as they have been successful
forming the high character of the clergy and physicians of Eng-
ird, may, It is hoped, be new instrumental, under God's blessing,
. raising that of a body which is at present so much in want of
41Provement.
It is proposed that the Training Institution should be under the
immediate superintendence of a clergyman of the United Church of
inland and Ireland, as Master.
That the inmates of the Institution should consist of three
`ante
1. Those ulster training as probationers.
2. Those who, after passing through the period of probation sa-
14faeterily, are admitted as nurses, on condition of their engaging
0 continue In connexion with the Institution for a period of five
Year& from their admission. Daring this period they will be clothed
....
maintained, and resolve a fixed annual stipend, and in return
Will be entirely under the control of the governing body of the In-
'Una!".
At the end of these five years they will be entitled to receive from
alle Institution a certificate of their qualification as Nurses, and
Illeticeforward to pursue their calling, either in connexion with the
,Putitution, or independent of any direct control from it. It is be-
lieved that this will be a very important step towards gradually
railing the character of the whole class. A nurse having this certi-
itfe
el will necessarily occupy a higher position than others, will be
Y to set an example whieh can scareely fail to have a good effect
mllon them, and will encourage those who are looking forward to this
as their work in life, te follow in the same course, and submit them-
seh'es to the training of this Institution.
3. In addition to these there will be a class of sisters, which is in-
l'unded te 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 s% ill be here provided for them.
The management of the Institution will be confided to a council
or twenty-four members, (exclusive c f the master, who will be
cx officio a member,) belonging to the United Church of England
arid Ireland, who shall be chosen by the Governors out of their
own body.
A donation of flftyguineas in one payment, or in several payments
'within four years, sr an annual subscription of five guineas, will con-
stitute a Governer.
A donation of twenty guineas in one payment, or in several pay-
Items 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-
initted te the public, and has kindly consented to become President
ef the Institution.
It has also received the approbation of the Lord Archbishop of
York,„, and the Bishops of Liehfield, :Salisbury, Gloucester and Bristol,
and Norwich.
The Rev. C. Wordsworth, D.D.. George Frero, Esq., and Dr.
atharc, 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 Proyi-
L"ual Committee, to arrange the details of the Institution, and to ,
assistance for its establishment and maintenance

Re's'. J. M. S. Anderson, Lincoln's-inn.
W.
M. Biggs, 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
Rowman, Esq., 14, Golden-square.
J. R. Bowman, Req., 7, Chapel-terrace, Bayswater.
Dr. Mervyn A. N. Crawford, tipper Berkeley-street, Portman-
square.
W. Cunningham, Esq., Harrow-on-the_Hill.
xov. 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. 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. C. R. Maitland, Newington-terrace, Kennington.
Rev. F. D. Maurice, Queen-square, Blooms,,ury.
R. Partridge, Esq., New-street, Spring-gardens.
Rev. E. H. Plumptre, King's College, London.
Rev. A. Pett, Cuddesden, near Oxford.
Rev. W. Short, 43, Great Ormond-street.
Robert Steven, Esq., 1 New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
H. S. Thornton, Esq., Birchin-lane.
Dr. Todd, New-street, Spring-gardens.
Rev. W. G. Todd, Bristol.
Rev. J. H. Woodward, Bristol.
Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Cloisters, Westminster Abbey.
Persons willing to contribute their assistance to this object,
either by personal exertions, or by subscribing to its funds, are re-
quested to communicate with any of die Members of the Provisional
Committee, or with any of the Honorary Secretaries, the Rev. E. H.
Plumptre, King's College, London, and J. E. Bowman, Esq., 7, Cha-
Del-terrace, Bayswater.
Subscriptions may also be paid to Messrs. Coutts and Co., strand,
Or to Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-laue, to the ac-
%lnt of the " Training Institution for Nurses."

RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN-
TAIN PUMPS, which roll the water upwards, withent
tither friction or faltering, therefore can never be surpassed ; *case-
'neatly this is lie meet important discovery ever made for the pre-
gervatioa of life and property either at Sea or on Land.

AT SRA.
11,
tretui ships it has already saved, and the captains stratenilly ae-
44ewledge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall
wee
" Captain Greig, from Quebec to London, states that the Fountain
..",) being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was the means 51
Ong
the skip and 230 goals on board, two seams is the bottom
I*-luo partly lett without ealking."
, The Amite brig, from Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days oat
;'...."eb, and soon after her common pump ckeaked and became use-
7. Captain Rutherford states all than depended upon her Felts-
-7,44 Pump, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was is ow-
let without a minute's respite, when all arrived safely is London,
"Ltk a thank God for the Fountain Pump."

ON LAND
11? Now Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a
4 brigade. They at insts.ntanoously at the outbreak of a Ire.
We are delighted with the invention—it is a great boon to so-
-41tY."—Editors Liverpool Mail.
The New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of
srwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on
rip, in and near the city, they saved eleven solely and seven mainly,
eluding in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the
2/ea, Messrs. Horton's dyery, and 12,0001. worth of consigned pre-
._"rlY ; stoke mastard, starch, and tour mills, and Messrs. Butcher's
beery warehouses, jest in time to prevent a large quantity *1 gun-
l? order therein from exploding, which mast have spread mowed de-
"'ntction and death.
" North Walsham.—At this fire the Portable Engine was of great
trvice, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt but half
~.`llO property new destroyed might have been saved."—Norfolk Ciao-
Augast 22, 1846.
At a Norwich ire June 2; 1847, the two Portable Engines were
pets of the publio. The cry was, feed the little engines and they
Dili do the work, which proved true. The four large engines present
re- eved aimless.
Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen alum-
"'Memo.
e,':":;10w the fact is this, all former Force Pumps, Lift-4re. ramps,
'4ltPamps, sudChaia Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and
Ile,._ralb• the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-fifths of the
• aced, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young
lk HOW*, with many ether eminent experimenters, lamented
:—The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom
tkeee,'s half the power imonsumed, after overcoming friction and
Lkkkage and notwithstanding the beet engineers in the world had
`d in vain fbr two thousand years to abate these palpable defects
111 l.
-Ydrattlie machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and
04 fur ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilatek.by
the:_"'riew Whig principle in pumps, and their effect augmented fern
bin to twenty (er about seveaty per cent.), and frequently with-
sit mere outlay.
Most rues can sustain heavy rapid (sump trials for 46 secends,:but
%Le men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric-
lieu Pump an active sound-winded yonag man *flee lbs. weight can
Vaase 11,001 lbs. of water ens feet high in a mliaate, and with a Faun-
tkin ramp 9,001 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a coutinnal and meet
',Unordinary lucrative advantage is gained ever perpetual and uni-
versal ignorance, clearly preying that knowledge is Power.
John Clanton Roberts, Esq., is his popular work, No. 1,110, did
wdl is placing Gosset's French rump Abortion (that slaps the water
upward) side by side with the_ Fountain Pump, which upset a good
keel of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett, Daelin, a thorough-bred pump-
VI, akar, Mr. itaddley, Tondos, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr.
4vlbuik, America, an igierant pump book-raaker, asserted that the
1..." pumps were identical. But the *Yankee out-fooled John Bull
Paddy in No. 1.183, and in No. 496, Book-maker Millington'e
remarks are preposterous. However, en the ether head, Dr. Birk-
beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkington, with many other discerning ,son,
liter witnessing the perfeet effect and the beautiful simplicity of the
veiling principle, gave the inveutien the following true and sustain-
able ehreaoter:—The Fountain Pump is the most important improve-
Went in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two
thoasaad years—the greatest advancement in the 'seal arts in
"Warn times.
The Consinsmation Fountain rumps are successfully carried out
ter Private and public uses, at lifts below and above 110 fbet altitude,
Ibr Man, horse, and sterna power; delivering from half a pint per
.trtkke to 101 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every fair
._
at ompetitien ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed
M less cost than Marion pumps. R.'MILDER&
rolustain Pump Works, Norwiok, Nov. 80, 1647.
~..800 Mechanic's Magazine, Nes. 231., 464, 383, 429, 430, 433,
. 486, 417, 489, 492, 485, 486, 508, 569, 510. 525, 523, 658.,
..‘47
27, n 4, 1,140, 1,153. Nee. illustrated are marked thas.

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured nigraviags en lilted.
OR PIYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATITII INCAPA-
CITY, AND IMPEDIMRNTS TO MARRIAGE.
New ltditioa' enlarged to 114 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, diroot from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. la postage stamps,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the intlrmitim and decay of the generative system, from ex-
Cessive tudalgettee, infection, and the Mordiaate use of mercury,
With remarXe on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
-9+yillßeutloas. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. aid
• PERRY aid CO., 19, Merners-street, Oxford-street, Londe'.
ra.„, busked by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternastor-row ;
'talatuty, 62, aid Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 93, Titobiborae-
'greet, Haymarket ; aad Gorden, 146, Leadenhall-street.
PART I, treats Of Ike aisatoray and pbysiology if the re-predictive
Srgats, cud is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
l'AmT 11. treats of the Consequences resulting from excessive tidal-
-4e-e. And their lamentable effects oa the system, prodacing mental
• .
bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity.
Lt is illustrated by Three Expltmatory Engravings.
rmiT 111. Treats of the diseas es res ulting trona infeaen, either in
the Primary or secondary terra, and contains explicit directiens for
their treattneat. The censequences of early Neglect and of the abase
at, mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This Beetle' Is Illustrated
maY Seventeen Coloured Engravings.
PamT IT. Treats of terry's Preveatativo Lenox, by the Ile of
*allich the dangers of infection are obviated. It comitiam with the
Tints chemically, and destroys its power si the system.
ramT Y. Is devoted to the consideratioa et marriage. aid its
ditties, The causes e inproduotive **ion, are alai eckeiderall,
sad
the wiele subject critically and philosepitic4dly inquired into.
TnsCoaniab BALK or STZIACIM is exclusively employed In treat-
earvoas and sexual debility, impotence, Pee., I .aad 335. per
Dettle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence,an Ain-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp-
toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, lie, and 335. per bottle.
2`)117.24 Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 3d., 4s. 6d., and lie. par box, a
l'ertaia remedy fa gonorrhrea, gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma-
tion of the bladder. rerry's Preventative Lotion, an applicmtioa to
t,bvlate the danger of infection, 33e. a bottle. Consultation fee, if
letter, 11. 51. Packets with advice to be had at the Establishment
Y, by which the fee, 11. ,le saved. Attendance daily at 19, lier-
tters-street, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight.; on Sundays
Wet r6leTen to One.