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

)tect him from his own exuberant passions and

should he not at once assume, with our
g amount of spiritual instruction, a sober' and orderly
1r of our existing Christian Church ?
Lieutenant Tracey has deserved well of the public, and
;ll of his maritime brethren, for the appeal which he has
; and we trust he.will be rewarded by witnessing
an effort made to repair the state of things which
;. Already, the subject of the sailors' wrongs has
ention in other countries. In New York, during
nth, a " Sailor's Home" has been opened upon
!e and excellently-managed plan, a description of
apropos to the subject treated of by Mr. Tracey,
copy here from the New York Standard :

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" SAILOR'S HOME."
and noble establishment, situated at No.
—3-street, between Market and Pike, was opened
aturday afternoon for the reception of visitors. It is a
and magnificent boarding house for the special accom-
ttion of seamen, and is literally what its name imports,. a
for the ocean-tossed sailor, after the fatigues and toils
erils of his voyage are ended; where he may repose
in
, free from the vices and impositions to which be is
ted in too many of the boarding houses he has been
o patronize in former days. The " Sailor's Home
s existence to an association of gentlemen, masters of
and others, whoconceived the benevolent and praise-
plan of separating the simple minded and generous
om the habits of dissipation, intemperance, prodi-
ud vice of various kinds, into which, through the
,s and cupidity of others, he had been accustomed
and in numerous cases, had been ruinously
"--nte his condition, to better his fortunes,
9rals, and correct and reform his
practices, it was deemed advisable to erect and
building of such ample dimensions, as to be suffi-
,3acious for the accommodation of hundreds of
eluding captains and mates of vessels and others
'1 temperance should be maintained—v:'
,onesty would always be observed, and where the
'allts of the mariner should be religiously

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regarucu•
Such the " Sailor's Home" was designed to be, and is ;
and a blessing 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-
mess of the rooms, may easily be made to accommodate 500.
Besides the lodging rooms, which are neatly and cleanly fur-
mi.shed with single beds, it has two large parlours—an office
There the books and accounts are kept—a dining-room 100

periodicals and papers
extensive museum, it

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test long by
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_ deposited
o numerous specimens of aquatic birds,
ay.„
Dan'aronsf testaceous animals, specimens of submarine
* and an almost endless variety of curiosities,
turat and
nbe. Eatrficial, collected from the four quarters of the
at all who
leious
washroom,
may read. To each suite of rooms is a
ablutions, and in for the sailors to perform their morn-
nally to bathen in,
the upper stories baths for them occa-
The whole house'itrd cleanse and cool their bodies.
,nner, and aboundirT,
furnished in a neat and substantial
with every comfort. On the top or
me is an observatory, encloseds with lattice work, with ori-
Ets for the insertion of tl
I extended prospect of Brooklyn,
commanding a magnificent
the navy yard, Williams-
rgh, the islands in the bay, vesselsyein arriving and departing,
I also a large portion of the —comprising a splendid
aoratna of beautified art and nature combined. The whole
- ' e building, ground and
of board and lodging at this establishment is
45,000 dollars.
nts per week. When the searnstaabeelaisrhrimveesnthiiss 3n
damole-
' ni the book of arrivals, and an
rwanh:envenrt oil
him, in a journal and ledger, where,.
abing, or board be has andrecewivitehs ,
is
v each
re
- ' Nor is he charged
faorrg e d ,
Board for a dab he is notanfi
rga, but simply fifty eentsc
nt is regularly balanced when he
v men and inspected. On his
e
v.; money, to deposit it in the
34 is 'left to stand him
seamen of this TS-
* Ipank, obtained
'Wfieded to sea,

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craws, and can at all times th.
irrival, he is persuaded, if he ha

iehoslted their wages_l

id secured their bailk books, and since P.
generally paid out of their

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.heir board being

.easement of this building is
apply of ready-made sailor' c 10,
d
mch he may purchase or not, as he please ; and if a iv,
,rise between the vender of the clothing and a seaman on the
,übject of the articles purchased, a committee carefully exa- b
pines and arbitrates the matter, and sees that the sailor has ab
ustice done him. The clothing store, however, belongs to velop,
in individual unconnected with the establishment, who hires fully pm
in doing
and can be dispossessed at any time he is detected allotted to .
desperate out).
the
wrong. Rules in,the establishment there are none;
4hoeuregulations, however, are few, simple, and good. The history of theen.
offered
opened at 51 o'clock in the morning ; prayers are story is told of strm.
UP_ Publicly at half after 6 breakfast served at 7 ; of estrangement : then
Sinner at 12; supper at 6 rayers again offered u at half- of ignominy and wo. Ti,
past 9 P.M. ; and the house closed 'lland half
night. at a o'clock at vinity has
rep ~.
exhausted affection sought
gathered round h.
The
interest
of the establishment: if an y after thel p ayent enduring patience. .. Was this
pithe expensesinterest ft" . . ,tf _.....i,1 ~, obtect so debased e
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i"-an Seaman's Friend •, are handed over to the " Arne- love ?" coma
was the strong corni.,
-r.gse,rved
,Society," for the benefit of seamen. ous mind ? No : it *We the so.
tleie no political dictation or government in this house— that pitied the object claitned
he association never lending themselves to any political lemnwords of him who " spake as never mans', fed,
it condemned. It wt.,.
)arty. Each sailor exercises his own judgment as to v ting, her reverence for the marriage vow; and when ho, 41'
end is. considered as a free agent, capable of choosingo 9rir
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cting for himself. Hence he is ennobled •in the scale of so- her integrity, and patience had its perfect work.—New
and and affection grew faint and weary, the fear of God
iety as a freeman, understanding and appreciating his rights. American.

It is with deep regret we record that Mr. Cooke, the cele-
brated equestrian, has met with a great calamity since his
recent arrival in this city, his splendid circus on the Green
having been completely destroyed by fire on Monday even-
ing. The fire commenced about five minutes past seven
o'clock, and, we believe, originated in the following man-
ner. After the gas had been put on, and the building had
been partially lighted up for the night, a strong smell of gas
was felt on the south side of the premises, where a number
of the horses belonging to the establishment were kept, and
the gas-fitter being still in the house, (the job not being en-
tirely finished,) he, and others, went to examine what was
the matter. Accordingly, it appears, that, after looking at
some of the gas-pipes, on applying a light to a small pro-
jecting branch from which it was supposed the gas might be
escaping, there was an instantaneons blaze, which defied all
the efforts of those present to extinguish, nothing suitable
being at hand for that purpose. The whole gas, however,
was turned off as speedily as possible ; but that could not
be effected, it seems, till the fire had so ignited the building
and its contests as to render all attempts to arrest the pro-
gress of the flames hopeless. A general alarm was instantly
raised, but the hay-loft, being entirely over the scene of the
conflagration, (indeed, but for the circumstance the catas-
trophe might have been averted,) that combustible material
was quickly in a blaze, and in less than five minutes after-
wards the whole roof was in one sheet of flame. Fortunately
all the horses were got out uninjured, and the only loss, in
the animal department, is a donkey, the property of one of
the clowns, and two dogs. Almost the whole of Mr. Cooke's
wardrobe, however, has been destroyed, and will add very
materially to his loss. The loss sustained by the members of
the campany is very considerable—nearly the whole of their
dresses being destroyed. Indeed, out of 18 tons of property
of this kind, we are informed, not a ton has been preserved.
Several of the musicians have lost a number of valuable in-
struments. The building was erected most substantially,
and at great expense ; but we are glad to learn that the pro-
perty is to a certain extent insured. Not more than a quar-
ter of an hour elapsed from the first discovery of the fire till
it had completed its work. The audience had begun to as-
semble for the evening's performances when it broke out—
nearly 300 being in the gallery at the time, and a few in the
pit and boxes, but the whole got out without the slightest
accident. The Circus was only opened on Saturday last for
the first time since its re-erection.
The remains of the wardrobe is lying pile upon pile in
Messrs. Mein's coach-yard, and numberless though the se-
parate portions of it may be, there is scarcely one left unin-
jured, presenting a complete wreck of robes in velvet, silk,
cottons, broad cloth, &c. It is impossible, we believe, ac-
curately to estimate the total amount of the loss, but in
round numbers it is not understood to be short of £3,000—
including the loss of the individual performers, many of
whom have suffered severely by the destruction of their per-
sonal wardrobes and property, musical instruments, &c. The
erection of itself was not insured, but there is a policy of in-
surance over the stud and wardrobe—the former having been
saved in the midst of the conflagration, consisting of 22 horses
and 6 ponies. This is the second time that Mr. Cook has
suffered from fire. The first took place in Baltimore, United
States, on the 3d February, 1837, when the circus was de-
stroyed, along with 57 horses, and a wardrobe, the collection
of which had been the work of more than twenty years—not
a dollar of the entire loss being covered by insurance.