The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-15 00:00:00

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

The anniversary meeting of this society was held last
night, in the Collegiate Institute.' Adam Hodgson,
Esq., oseupied the chair; atid•antong thote presefit ire
observed Atelsdeacon Jones, and the Rev. Messrs. •D.
Anderson, Ellis Ashtbii, J. A. Bally, AV.' A. holly,
Bannernian, Ball; J. BardsleY4 13, T. Batty, C. Barton,
Baylee, H, Baste), Dr, Blakeney, W, H. Boulton,
BoWlan; I. Brunner, C. Burton, Jeseph Bush, H.
Carpenter, V.Clereentson, Joseph Clarke, B. S. Clarke,
R.. Cornell, Cornwell, Conor, Cowan, Crump, Dandy,
Dean, I. Evans, W. M. Falloon, S.. Fenton, W: Ffol-
liott, R, D. Towell,.Friel, W. L. Fielden, L. Formby,
George French; Thomas Gardner, Gape, Greene, Pore,
Gaiest, Graham, C. J. Hamilton, James Hassall, Harke,
H. Hindsley, Dr. Hume, W. R:Huat, I.
Lade C. Ireland, J. Jackson, James, W. Jeff, Janies
Lawrence, C. W. Lawrence, T. M. Lester,
.Leigh, W.
Leveson, C. A. Leveson, J. B. Lowe, J. E. iiicballan,
Henry Marten, W. Maynard, Melville, T. W. Meeren,
R. R Moore, Mooyau'r, Newenham, R. Oates, Loftus
Owen, Owgar; R. Postance, Pickles,' Pilkingten,
Portance, .Powell, Power, W. Rawson, George Read,
Robinson, Rycroft, L. W. Sampson, S. Sampson, Sharp,
henry Stephens,. Stephens, B. Swift, Stephens, Dr.
Taylor, L. F. Thomas, Trueman, J. S. Tucker, H. G.
`Vernon, Warr, Wareing, Watson, Woodward, Wright,
J W. Milner, J. J. Moss, &c. The proceedings hav-
ing been opened with prayer,
The Cnssinaraet said: every anniversary of this
society was fraught with greater interest than the pre
ceding.. It was now forty. years since this auxiliary was
established in Liverpool ; at that time the population of
the town was scarcely more than 120,000, now it is
estimated at about 400;000. During the period 'which
had elapsed since their establishment great changes have
taken place in the world. He referred to the changes
which have been effected by steam and electrieity.
Great as were these revolutions, still greater changei
have taken place in the world with regard to religious
things. Men now' felt a deeper sense of
.religious
responsibility, and especially of, the necessity of corriplys
ing with that last injunction of the Saviour to go into
all the world and preach the gospel. These must be
taken as most encouraging symptoms to,the missionary
cause. It was becoming for them to inquire whether
their efforts and progress had been commensurate with
the increased, facilities to which he-had referred. He
spoke of the nooesaity for inOrecKing their efforts in the
cause of religion. If, they neglected to do 'so no national
resources would avail; and "Ichabod" would be written
upon all those things which have apparently.secured to
this country the veneration and love of surrounding.
nations. -But-he had better hopes than these for the
future of this country. God had hitherto been- pleased
to bless the efforts-of the society, and if they. were true -
to their principles
.and to their responsibilities it was
his firm conviction that God would continue his bles-
sings. He concluded by calling upon the secretary to
read the report. •
The Rev. H. CARPENTER, secretary of the society,
then read the report, of which. the following is an
abstract: —The incense recorded in 'the fast year's
report was £2,721 ss. 9d. ; this year it -amounts . to!
£3,015 19s. 4d. This additition of nearly £3OO arises
from an increase in, nineteen of the chtirchos or branches
connected With Our auxiliary: This increase varies very
much in amount in these nineteen places, but more
than one-half of the whole addition comes from one
hranoh---that of Southport. The contributions there
have been augmented in the past year by the sum of
£lB5 Is. 11d. In addition to this, the ordinary income,'
there was contributed to the .Liverpeol association last
year for the special fund for India £ll9 is. 4d. ; making
the total subscribed in Liverpool for this purpose £1,042 ss.
Wears thankful ago to report that the ordinary income
of the Parent Society exceeds this year that of the past
by nearly £lo,ooo'. Besides this, the amount contri-
buted in India, and expended on our missions there, is.
this year £lB,OOO, against £15,000 in the year before.;
The special fund for India, though less .by nearly one-
half than the year preceding, amounts. to £13,576
16s. 4d. Our devoted band of ,missionary clergymen is
now raised to the number of 236. In Tinnevelly, where
we had prevfouslY fifteen native clergymen, no fewer
than- eight more have been added. These-eight- were
ordained together; and five nativeleacons were at the
same time admitted to the order of presbyter or priests.
Such an •event is without a precedent in the history of'
modern missions.., In Western Africa the sphere of
missionary labour. has been considerably enlarged. The
circle of light has spread and widened till it has
reached, through the efforts of our native missionaries,
to successive spots along the banks of the river Niger,
so long the object of interest . and curiosity to the
geographers and philantropists of Europe.. TiiAbbp-
lcuta, the first offshoot of our Sierra Leone Mission, we
have four native churches, with. 700 converts. They
have voluntarily subscribed, to support, at their own
cost, native Scripture readers, to instruct their
heathen countrymen in . the knowledge of the Gos-
pel. •In Sierra Leone, the parents of our West
African Missions, almost all our congregations
are under the Pastoral charge .of ,native ministers.
In South India, during the past year, 1,354 was the
number actoeu se oat oases— . .
number there now under eltristian instruction is 37,240.
There has been also an increase in.the north-west" pro-
vince of India. From Benares, one of our missionaries
writes :—" We have every mason to' he thankful; the
number of converts during the past year has been greater
than in any previous year, and three or four times as
great as the average number during thefew years pre-
cerling the mutiny. The Rajah of Bewares has four
sons at the MisSionary College." There is, however,
your committee regret to say, one serious impediment
still in that country to the progress of the Gospel, in the
policy which the Indian government continues to pur-
sue. Was not Christianity discountenanced and dis-
couraged by the government in the 24th Punjaub
Native Infantry ? The circumstances are briefly these :
Some soldiers belonging to that regiment had embraced
Christianity; and, in the absence of missionaries,
had sought ,farther instruction from their English
Officers ; Enl when their officers were guiding these
enquirers at their own express desire, the government of
India interposed, and issued an order to every Punjaub
regiment forbidding all their officers to give instruction
Or to hold Christian intercourse with the heathen soldiers
of their. regiments. What sort of neutrality is this ?
But if, as we hope, 'a Wiser and more scriptural policy
prevail, then we may expect that GeEngland, and maintain and establish he
rd
powerhionnothuer
East, then may we look for His blessing more abundantly
on the labours of our raissionaries ; then shall the light
Of the Gospel spread far and wide in that benighted
region ; and India begin indeed to rise from the dOgra-
dation of ages. No longer then shall she celebrate her
shallot
resound over a • •
.•
asmheallofthjeepsueesple
the tidings of a Saviour's love, and will unite with other
polluted gods,llbtiuotr tphleainpor.ecioTuhsenn
nations in the heavenly song, " Glory; to God in the
highest, and on earth peace, good will.towards men."
Archdeacon Joerzs moved the first resolution, which
was that the report be adopted, and that the committee
for the ensuing year be the 861110 as that for lest year,
and. that T. D. AllihrSoll, Esq. be appointed treasurer
to the society. lie said it was not often that he
consented to move a resolution at such a Meeting as the
Present. He did so on this occasion, hoivever, because
he thought that in the absence of the Lord Bishop of
Chester and other distinguished' speakers, he might
advance a gOod cause by coming forward to say a few
words as an elder, and a witness for Christ. He • had
always held it .as an axiom that the missionary cause
would be more advanced, and if possible, rendered more
interesting, if lay gentlemen would more frequently take
it prominent part in the meetings connected with the
cause. If this would be done by such distinguished
laymen as their present chairman, he felt sure that the
interest would be greatly increased. The chairman had
referred to the time when the Liverpool auxiliary, was
first established ; since that time, many valued
labourers had been _taken away froni thorn, and it
behoved those remaining to work hard while it was yet
day.* • He referred to the examples which many good
men bad set, and impressed upon all the necessity for
their labouring in the cause of Christ.
The resolutiOn was seconded by' the Rev. C. F. COBB.
He detailed some interesting particulars of the society's
operations in Benares, and stated that their efforts in
that quarter bad been blessed with great success.
The resolution was carried by acclamation.
The Rev. J. 13p0MFIELD moved the next resolution,
which was to the effect that that meeting return thanks
to GOd for the great. inceess which had attended the
society's efforts in India and Southern Africa.
, . The motion was .seoonded, and carried unanimously. ;
After a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman, the
benediction was pronounced, and the meeting terminated.

EX.rowrsidx or SHORT Hourrs.—On Friday last the i
.first exportation of pure short horns frorn this country to
'Prussia was shipped at Hull. The lot comprised thirty
lead of young bulls and heifers, selected with great care
by G. Papendick, Esq., from the herd of. his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, Sir J. ii. Lubbock,. Rev. J.
;Holmes, Messrs. Colvin, Lawson,. Thornton, 'Mitchell,
Dent, and Neasham.
THE WEATHER.-31. Connick's letter to the Coitrrier
des Halles is exciting great attention.. It will be remem-,
tiered that Marshal Bugeaud had proclaimed the disco-
very of an ancient Spanish manuscript, in which the
natural laws which govern the atmosphere were so
clearly laid down that nothing was left to chance, and
projects could be made with the greatest security. These
calculations, based upon 50 years' experience, ' compris-
ing off revolutions of the moon, had enabled the author
to foretel the weather to • a nicety, and the Marshal,
struck by the' confidence with which the theory was
broached, after taking some little trouble to practice the
. same rule of calculation, found it unerring likewise.
M. de Connick now comes forward with his experience
also, and at length we can boast of possessing a key to
the pranks of the moon, which will henceforth' render
them completely harmless. This it is. The weather,
eleven times out of twelve, is exactly • the same during'
the Whole moon as on the fifth day—if, on the sixth
day, it resembles the fifth, and nine times out of twelve
it is exactly the same as the fourth day, if the sixth day
resembles the, fourth. This rule, says M. de Connick,
is found invariable eight mouths in the year. The
exceptions have hitherto been October, February, March,
and April.

VICE-CHANCELLOR' COURT,

ST. GEORGE'S HALL.

EN TI AORDINARY DISCLOSURES.

(Before iirezChdnrelliii Janes.)
JoiiiilsoN' V. t4A.LiitaitErt

The plaintiff was the assignee of Messrs. Burton and
Watson, furniture .dealers,, late of Lend On-real, insol-
vents, and the defendants were Mrs. -Jane Gallagher,
keeper of A. niiinber'of Rouges of. a cettain desctiptitin is
LiVerpool, and Mr. W: Sfubiooke chalkley, secretary of
the Liverpool Tradesmeti'OLoan Society.
Mrs. Gallagher- hdd lived Unhappily 4ith h6'
husband, quarrelled, and separated from him. She
went to live with hgr,mether, ,Mrs.,Gakes„ in Copperas=
hill, and they took in lodgers. They first rented a
house then No. 12, in Silver-street, and shortly after-
wards a second honse id Tyrer-stieet, was' occupied;
also the house No. 10, Silverstreet ; a house in Gill-
street ; one in Devon-street ; in. Pellew-street;
another in t-afalgat-street ; two id Hothain-street.;
One in St. Vincbnt'street ; one ini_Springfield-street ;
and others in .Eloughton-street, Upper Dawson-street,
and Finch-street. The furniture in the whole of
those houses was bbtained. from Burton and Watson,
insolvents, and was to be paid for by: instalments. The
houses were all of the class known as "gay houses."
The insolvent Watson used'to call for the instalments,
and when he called at the houses and found the

" ladies " in bed, he would • wait until they made their
•appeaiinee,downstairs, in order to secure' the 'cash:
Mrs. Oakes paid for the'furniture out of the prOceedS of
the hell*. The witness and her mother lived alter-
nately idall'the houses, and visited`-them every day in
order to see that the "lodgers'' were made cohifortable.
The furniture of the houses was obtained in the name
of the witness, and the - brokers depended on, her for
payment.. -The total transactions with the. bracts
amounted. to about £3,000. Mrs: Oakes flied some
years ago----haying commenced the business of pro-
curess in 1838 or 1839—at the age of 87, and witness,
then took charge, and Control of the entire of the pro=
perty deft: Her mother had :continued to purchase
the houses ,she bad previously occupied_ in Houghten-
street,
.Upper Dawson:street, and elsewhere, paying
for those also by instalments. - She had also another
house in Manehester. Previously to her mother's
deathMiS. Gallagher had paid, sums of money to her'
husband; who had" been living a very dissipated life
but at length he," drunk his senses away," and perished
in the hospital. Mr: Morris, clerk 'in the office of a
solicitor, was employeci to. obtain a mortgage on the
-houses. Mrs. Gallagher admitted that the houses were
left by her mother to her grandchildren, and that,
this,. sbe• gave bills of sale upon the furni-:
ture, and mortgaged the houses in order to raise
money, treating the property in every respect as 'if
it were exclusiebly her own. -In 1858 the defers-'•
•
dant Chalkley was- appointed a trustee, and the
deeds were given up to him. She first became acquainted
with Mr, .Chalkley in 1849, when she went to the
Tradesmen's Loan Society 'for .assistance. The amount
of the first loan she- obtained was £3OO, and her
sureties were Mr. Pulgng;•cashrer to Mr. Bell, and Mi.
Re.ughsedge, stationer, Cable-street. Those gentlemen
knew the -ineans.slidhael of paying the promistory note—
they knewwhere the money came. from. Since -1849
she, constantly obtained loans from the Tradesmen's
Society. Sometimes she -negotiated the loans herself,
and saw several of tha directors, all of.. whom
kneiv her, and she had. excellent credit with
them. She paid the instalments pretty
,regularly
until her r Mother died, when 'the biiiiness" begin
to fall_ off, and her means were reduced. Mr.
Chalkley knew when she obtained the loans that she
was a married woman. Her husband never knew any-
thing of her business; she and her mother sent him his
allowance of money regularly, "in order to .keep him
quiet." An assignment was made in 1856 of the whole
of the property for her separate use, and her husband
signed the deed. A house at Rossctt, named Bird Cottage,
was taken by witness's eldest daughter, who is 26 years
of age, and the money necessary to pay for the furniture
was., obtained from a building society. Watson, how-
ever, went to the village, and was busy talking, and
the witness, not,wishing her children to know how she
obtained a living,, sent them to London, and they are now
residing at No'. 1, Vassal-road, Brixton. When her
mother died witness considered that- the whole of the
property was her own, by right of her constant manage-
ment of the,businessand attendance upon, the deceased,
although she knew. that a will was in • existence be-
queathing the • property to her children. The will
had never -been proved, by which she had rendered
herself liable to a penalty of £lOO. Getting . into
arrears with the loan. society, she gave Mr. Chalkley
a bill of sale upon the houses and furniture, time
Pledging. her children's property -in order 'to secure
her own creditors. The police took proceedings against
her, and' she Was compelled to close one .or two of the
• houses; 'the furniture, which cost £5OO, was sold by
auction, and realised about £26. Theie had, however,
been a great wear and tear, as was usual in " gay
houses." • Mr. Watson was security for her to the extent
of £L7OO. and she herself was ceuara,ntee for a number
or oter parties en Liu: 40.Tv vidN, ---
thoney sometimes to pay the heavy school bills of her
children, and she had contrived to keep-them in entire
ignorance of her mode of obtaining a liVelihood. The
gross profits of the houses were very large ; the " busi-
ness" was a very lucrative one.
By the Viee-Chancellor—One of her boys was finish-
ing his &hication in France.
Mr. W. S. Chalkley, the other defendant, was then
examined. He had been secretary to the Liverpool
Tradesmen's • Loan Society for many years. First
became acquainted with Mrs. Gallagher eight or nine
Years ago. On the occasion of the first loan he did not
make inquiries respecting the person applying. She
was known to the directors of the company. When he.
laid .the application of Mrs. , Gallagher before the
directors they immediately passed them. He understood
that she had property of a certain description*" gay
houses"7—ita different parts of the town. An assign-
ment of Mrs. Gallagher's property was made, with the
consent of her • husband. 'When he found out that she
was a"married woman he suggested that the property
should.- he assigned to . him. He proposed that
he should have an assignment of the household
If • •
property. Witness, however,- admitted That ho had
seen- Mrs, rOakas's will, which left the whole of ,her
property to Thomas Gallagher's children. The deeds he
held were only worth £l5O, hilt the society would not
give them up until the loans were paid. The total
amount of the loans was £1,390, for £1,000,0f which ho

was surety.
By Mr. Edwards—My inducement to become security
was, that I saw her solicitude to keep her children
right, and I endeavoured to assist her.--:Then, it was
Don't you know it is the custom of these women to
clotheltheir lodgera?—No, I do not.—The Vidti-ChanL
cellor : I suppose you:can't give us evidence of the fact,
Mr. Edwards. (Laughter-) '
The examination of the witness was very lengthened,
but it went merely to show the manner in which he hail
control as trustee. He said that he. had endeavoured
to perivade Mrs. Gallagher to give up the houses. The
court then adjourned. .

YESTERDAY.
After some cpes possessing no feature of public
interest had' beek disposed of, the, hearing of this cause
ll_
Was resumed yesterday.

Mr. Edwards,- at great length, addresied the court on
:he part of the plaintiffs: He said tbn facts of the case
!ay in a small compass.- The plaintiffs, as bad already

been 'stated, were the representatives, as assignees, -01

Messrs. Burton and 'Watson.:
,It appeared that for
some years prior to 1856, transactions to a large extent
had taken place between Messrs• Burton 'and Watson
and the defendant Mrs. Gallagher, who was then, and
had for some time previously been, liv►ng separate from
her !husband. In the way of supplying furniture
to Mrs. Gallagher, the, plaintiffs had dealt largely
with her, kriowing that- she was separated from
her husband. In the early part of the year 1856 Mri

Gallagher told the plaintiffs that she had purchased a
house near Chester, at a place called Rossett, 'and was
desirous that they should furnish the cottage for her,
stating to them at the time that she would•pay for the
furniture. The house was accordingly furnished by the
plaintiffs at an• expense 0f.4619 125., towards which
Mrs.-Gallagher had paid on account the sum of £284.
When the balance, was applied, for, Mrs. Gallagher

refused' to pay it, stating to the plaintiffs that they
might do as they liked—that she was induced to resist
further payment in consequene of being successful in
an action brought against her in 1857, by a person named
Wood, who had supplied her with certain ,articles in
furniture—that on that occasion she pleaded coverture,
and Swore that she had no separate
,estate from her
husband, the consequence of which was that that action
was abandoned. The present claim, she resisted on the
same grounds. The, learned counsel.went at very great
length iutinan elaborate legal argument on a deed exe-
cuted pn the part of the defendant; 11.1 m Gallagher,
which alleged that she had no separate interest in any
property or furniture, but , that all was vested in
trustees, for her benefit, and that sonsequently she was
not responsible for the claim now made by the plaintiffs.
The learned counsel also contended that the other
'defendant, Chalkley, -Was liable for the plaintiffs' debt,
and that the bill of sale under which he took.possesSion
of certain furniture was illegal. At the conclusion of
the learned counsel's addressy
Mr., Prendergast, on the
,part of the defendants,
urged that, as regarded the bill of sale, Chalkley bad a
prior claim to the'plaintiffs fOr advances of money, and
that in reference to the balance sought to he recovered,
the -claim was exorbitant-that the furniture supplied
was not worth the money, and that the plaintiffs had
made a charge .for it far above, its value ; and finally,
that a sufficient consideration bad, been given for it by
the sum already paid by Mrs. Gallagher.-
The
arguments were not' conclUded when the court
rose at three o'clock, The further. hearing will be
resumed this morning. •