MELBOURNE.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XIII, Issue 948, 29 July 1856, Page 3

MELBOURNE.

It will be seen, fiom the following extract, that the noble woik of contributing to the Nightingale Fund, in which, to their great credit, the military of Auckland took the initiative, has been vigorously commenced m Melbourne:

GENERAL ORDER. Head Quarters, No. 37-1 Melbourne, 28th June, 1866. By Major-Generdl Edward Macarthur. Where is the soldier serving within the "Australian command " with whom the respected name ot " Florence Nightingale" is not as tamihar as the cherished household words of his native land ? Who has not heard of the gentle being who, nursed in luxury, quitted its lap without one lingering thought, in order that bv her presence and example the sick, wounded, and afflicted of the British army, who have gloriously served in the Crimea, might have a compassionate hand to bind up their wounds, restore their strength, and kindle anew in their minds the ardor with which they had lought in their country's cause ? The mission of this honoured lady has been fulfilled with a bright and more than ordinary success ; but in order to hand down to posterity the memory of her feminine devotion, and, by her own request, to obtain for sold*iers in after times the succour and consolations which British troops have received at her hands, it has been resolved, with the entire concurrence of hir Majesty, and that of the Field Marshal Viscount Hardinge, Commanding-in-Chief, to found an instituti-.n " for tht training, sustenance, and protection of nurses and hospital attendants." The Field Marshal wishes that all ranks should be invited to contribute towards a fund for so great and worthy an object. It is, therefore, requested that officers commanding companies " will read this order to non- commissioned officers and men, and take upon themselves the honorable trouble of collecting whatever is given by them freely and of their own accord." The Major-General himself subscribes one day's pay. "By his Excellency's command, (Signed) J. M. B. Neili., Lieut.-Colonel Deputy Adjutant-General.