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

Sl7 Ny APRIL 10, 1848.

TRAINING INSTITUTION FOR NURSES
FOR HOSPITALS, FAMILIES, AND THE POOR.
All who are professionally conversant with the condition •f 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
^hem, in their state of helplessness, they are almost entirely
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.
ize the erect 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 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
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-contro', and with a mind understanding it fully, and prepared for
its trying and
painful duties.
'I lie 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 :• " 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-
tu
Instition whic oft is proposed to found under the name of " Training
tution Nurses" will be based on the doctrine and discipline
selecting
of the Church of England ; and it will seek to accomplish its object,
not by
from other duties to give themselves entirely to this, but by endea-
vouring to aet, thei h self-devoted
directly
a:1 ed
w indirectly,ho areupon permitted
the whole
freedombo d yof
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 quality 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 professiona'
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 of three
classes :

probationers.tghte period of probation sa-
tisfactorily,on conditionr of their engaging
TT hhoo ss e. u,,anhrdeoe, radmittedt traininger
ps as.ains
gii ttih,nurses,
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to continue in connexion with the Institution to
years from their admission. During this period theya period of five
and maintained, and receive a fixed annual stipend, andwill be clothed
will be entirely under the control of the governing in return
In body of the In-
stitution.
At the end of these five years they will be entitled to receive
the Institution a certificate of their qualification as nurses, from
thenceforward to pursue their calling, either in connexion with atrllide
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, 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
poor, or of educating others for it under an organised system like
that which %ill be here provided for them.
The management of the Institution will be confided to a council
of twenty-four 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 fiftygnineas in one payment, er in several payments
within four years, er 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.

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO COMPANY
Instituted for the Extension of Commerce in the China Seas
and for Promoting the Civilization of Borneo, &c.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.
Capital, 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares of 1001. each.
DIRECTORS.
JOTIN MACGREGOR, Esq., Chairman.
Captain C. IL Drintvrater Bethnne, R.N., C.ll.
Alexander Nairne, Esq., Director of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Hugh Hamilton Lindsay, Esq.
Sir John Pine, tart., Depaty-Chairman of the Penin•
ruler and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Henry Wise, Esq.
BANKERS--Messrs, Glyn, Haßifest, Mills, and Co., London.
The objects of this Company are to carry on joining, 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, must 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 Borneo,
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 he derived
from this undertaking. The important discovery of an abundant sup-
ply of excellent coal ea the mainland of Borneo, in the immediate vi-
cinity of Labuan, is s 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, and to the steam communications which are
now earned 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
eapencliture by her Majesty's Government, the Honourable 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-
:atc.mrneni ea
means
adtenn
oiadn
ids,tacnatnpneorti
period,
Bons 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 British and Foreign steam-vessels re-ortiug to those
ports.
The certain increase in the consumption of coal in the eastern
e.ourcoal. The projected steam cononnnication between Singapore
channelsseas , from the causes already mentioned, and the opening of other
betweenil
et
u thely to
various augment
and Australian colonies—the probable communication by the
ments to British
Ist,:
settle-
ments eo.f
the eastward of the of America a Cape of Good Hope and the west coast
esta-
blished in illzwell as the system of railways now about to be esta-
immense consults. events eminently calculated to occasion au
at comparatively
of Borneo coal, the more so as it can be sup-
pliedßorneo coal have beeelyn moderate rates. Samples of the Labuan and
and submitted by her
Majesty's
over to this country by Mr. Wise,
and analysis by competent parties,
Government to a careful examination
The Borneo coal has also b"Parties, with a most satisfactory result.
Bengal pronounced by the Calcutta s oal
Committee, appointed by the
best English coal ; and Captain tattnigal Government, to be equal to the
l
a"'
in his report on the supplies4f,
coal obtained from the seam at Labuan,
N for the use of the liceiourable
East India Company's steam-ship
June, 1847, observes—" I have no hesietmat n Nemesis dated Sarawak, LOth
received at Labuan is equal to any English coal
in stating that !the' coal
steamers In India, and decidedly better thanoal I have seen on board
India for steam purposes.. any coal worked in
The portion of territory contemplated for the first o
Eastern Archipelago Company possesses a climate and
.'
dras of the
ably adapted for the culture of cotton, tobacco, Sugar, coffee, rice,_
admir-
nutmegs, pepper, and other valuable productions, and is,
most
favourably situate, having the advantage of Labuan, now su'liectotsot
British dominion, as a point d'appui ; 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 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 cote.
mists, and labourers to any extent required for the service of the
Company. Labuan itself will form an essential link in the chain
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 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, and beneficial cemmeree ; 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. The philanthropist and the statesman, as wed 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 individaals, who, in times past, have been de-
sirous of widening the circle of commerce and civilization, and,
among ott ars 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 calling
the attention of her Majesty 'sstloverlintent to the impe lance of
Labnan as the site of a British settlement; mu'be ascribed the fact,
that the protection of our flag is noiv extended to countries so important
both in apolitical 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
well as her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General to the Sultan
and independent chiefs of Borneo. These snefteurest and the course
of policy which they indicate, will materiallci tale and advance
the objects and interests of the Company ti:rolioitt-he Eastern Ar-
chipelago.
The Company being incorporated ty 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.
Cl. 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 inure 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 for
which the Company is established, addressed, in the form annexed,
to Messrs. Gledstanos and Co., 3, White Lion-court, Comilla