The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-01 00:00:00

ne moral well-being of the seaman ashore, and

what will prevent him from taking up his position as one of
the ordinary communicants in our already established congre-
gations ? Protect the seaman from the rapacity with which
he is hunted down from the first moment when he sets his
foot upon land; fence him round with the endearments of a
home; protect him from his own exuberant passions and
follies ; and why should he not at once assume, with our

isting amount of spiritual instruction, a sober and orderly
ember of our existing Christian Church ?
Lieutenant Tracey has deserved well of the public, and
;11 of his maritime brethren, for the appeal which be has

tre made ; and we trust he will be rewarded by witnessing
iefore long an effort made to repair the state of things which

Already, the subject of the sailors' wrongs has
excited attention in other countries. In New York, during
the last month, a " Sailor's Home " has been opened upon
an extensive and excellently-managed plan, a description of
which, as apropos to the subject treated of by Mr. Tracey,
we copy here from the New York Standard:—

he deplores

• " SAILOR'S HOME."
This extensive and noble establishment, situated at No.
190, Cherry-street, between Market and Pike, was opened
on Saturday afternoon for the reception of visitors. It is a
large and magnificent boarding house for the special accom-
modation of seamen, and is literally what its name imports, a
HOME for the ocean-tossed sailor, after the fatigues and toils
and perils of his voyage are ended; where he may repose in
safety, free from the vices and impositions to which he is
subjected in too many of the boarding houses he has been
wont to patronize in former days. The " Sailor's Home "
owes its existence to an association of gentlemen, masters of
,els and others, who conceived the benevolent and praise-
thy plan of separating the simple minded and generous
/r from the habits of dissipation, intemperance, prodi-
id vice of various kinds, into which, through the
!ss and cupidity of others, he had been accustomed
;e, and in numerous cases, had been ruinously
To meliorate his condition, to better his fortunes,
/e his mind and morals, and correct and reform his
is and practices, it was deemed advisable to erect and
a building of such ample dimensions, as to be suffi-
pacious for the accommodation of hundreds of
icluding captains and mates of vessels and others,
•ict temperance should be maintained—where
honesty would always be observed, and where the
ind rights of the mariner should be religiously

plunges

" Sailor's Home" was sdesigned to be, and

Such the

- uiessing may it prove to the thousands who, from time
to time, will domicile therein ! The foundation of this esta-
blishment was laid on the 14th of October, and the building
was opened for boarders on the Ist of May. It is a large
brick building of 50 feet front, and 130 feet deep, including
the wing constituting the rear; is 4 stories high, and con-
tains 130 lodging-rooms, capable of accommodating at pre-
sent 350 lodgers and boarders, but, from the size and airi-
ness of the rooms, may easily be made to accommodate 500.
Besides the lodging rooms, which are neatly and cleanly fur-
nished with single beds, it has two large parlours—an office
',here the books and accounts are kept—a dining-room 100
feet long by 24 wide—a reading-room of the same size over
,t, su •
pplied with books, magazines, periodicals and papers,
political, religious, and literary—an extensive museum, in
which are
s ocifeposited numerous specimens of aquatic birds,
productions testaceons animals, specimens of submarine
natural and, and an almost endless variety of curiosities,
globe. Earificiai, collected from the four quarters of the
that all who desire the lodging-rooms is furnished with Bibles,
spacious washroom may read. To each suite of rooms is a
ing ablutions, ard", for the sailors to perform their morn-
sionally tona,
bathe
in,
the upper stories baths for them occa-
The whole house,isand cleanse and cool their bodies.
furnished in a neat and substantial
manner, and aboundingwith every comfort. On the top or
dome is an observatory,
fices for the insertion of etieti°sed with lattice work, with ori-
and extended prospect of Breo°Pes' commanding a magnificent
hay, Brooklyn, the navy yard, Williams-
burgh, the islands in the vessels arriving and departing,
and also a large portion of the
nature a splendid
janorama of beautified art and combined. The whole
.oat of the building, ground andatfutiriinsiture, is 45,000 dollars.
establishment is 3 dol-
lie price of board and lodging
a arrives his name
-s 50 cents per week. When the seaman
ar account is
,ntered on the book of arrivals, and
journal and edger wrtgelli
9d for him, in a
or washing, or board he has and receives, is
of
item, charged. Nor is he charged with is
each,
- If be board for a day, he is notacnlyi more
..-,,5, for a week, but simply fifty cents for the
, aione ; and his account is regularly balanced when he
draws, and can at all times be seen and inspected. On his
arrival, he is persuaded, if he have money, to deposit it in the
savings bank, where it remains somend is left to stand him
in the hour of need—and already3oo seamen of this es-
tablishment have deposited their wages in the banked , obtained
and secured their bank books, and since proceed to sea,
their board being generally paid out of their advance pay,
when re-shipped for another voyage. . . .
In a part of the front basement of is building is a store
th
containing a copious supply of ready-made sailors' clothing,
and if a dispute
which he may purchase or not, as be please ;
arise between the vender of the clothing and a seaman on the
subject of the articles purchased, a committee carefully exa-
mines and arbitrates the matter, and sees that the sailor has
justice done him. The clothing store, however, belongs to
an individual unconnected with the establishment, who hires
In doing wrong.
and can be dispossessed at any time be is detected
wrong. Rules in the establishment there are none;
the
regulations, however, are few, simple, and good. The
house_ is opened at 5t o'clock in the morning ; prayers are
offered up publicly at after half • 6 , breakfast served at 7 ;
dinner at 12; supper at 6; prayers again offered up at half-
past 9 P.M.; and the h
night. ouse closed at 11 and a half o'clock at

n he receives

The profits of the establishment, if any after the payment
of the expenses, interest, &c., are handed over to the '
rif:an Seaman's Friend Society," for the benefit of seamen,
There is no political dictation or government in this house—
the association never lending themselves to any political
party. Each sailor exercises his own judgment as to voting,
and is considered as a free agent, capable of choosing and
acting for himself. Hence he is ennobled in the scale of so-
aa a freeman, understanding Dad appreciating Ilia rights.