The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-22 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

PRIZE FIGHTING.—On Friday at the police-office, Thomas
Henry Jones, alias "The Welsh Champion," having been
placed at the bar, a gentleman stated to the magistrate, that
a prize•fig,ht was to take place between the prisoner and ano-
ther individual, he sent for Jones and remonstrated with him,
telling him that such practices were discreditable to him, he
being a publican. Jones, however, said that the affair had
gone too far for him then to recede; and the gentleman seeing
that his own interposition was unavailing, he had resolved to
apply to the magistrate He believed that the fight was to take
place two or three miles from Liverpool. Mr. Hall made a few
remarks, expressive of his surprise that a man in the prisoner's
situation should connect himself with such a discreditable affair,
on which Jones stated that he was agreeable to drop it. Mr.
Hall bound him over to keep the peace, himself in EBO. and two
sureties in £4O. each—the usual notice to be given of the bail.
STRIKING POLICE-OFr icEits.—A respectable looking young
man was on Friday brought up at the police-office on a charge
of having struck policeman 183. The officer stated that the
prisoner and another individual were fighting together on the
preceding night in Rose-place ; he went to separate theem, and
the prisoner then struck him, on which be took him into cus-
•tody- The young man excused himself on the score of intoxi-
cation : he was extremely sorry for what had taken place. The
magistrate observed that the excuse of drunkenness was too
frequently set up for that and other offences; but what did it
avail an officer who had to submit to blows that the person who
inflicted them was in a state of intoxication? People were ready
enough to cry out when a policeman touched them; but they
seemed to make little account of striking him, forgetting the
number of blows he was obliged to endure every night. The
prisoner•was fined 20s. and costs—in default of payment to be
committed 16 dayS.—Another person, a master of a vessel, in a
row in the Park, had snatched the stick from the hand of one of
the officers and struck him with it, and afterwards behaved in a
very disorderly manner in Bridewell. He was fined 40s.

A JEALOUS WI F E.—On Friday, two girls of ill character hay
iog been placed at the bar, a female of very respectable appear
once entered the witness-box, and in an angry and excited man
ner began to prefer her complaint. She stated that she had
come from Birmingham iu search of her husband, some " d—d
kind friend," it appeared, having informed her by letter that
her spouse was taking advantage of his absence from home to
conduct himself in a very unwarranted manner—that he had
located himself in a certain house in town, occupied by certain
females of very uncertain character, &c. On receipt of this
kind, well-intentioned, and friendly letter, Mrs. came post-
ing down to Liverpool on the swift and strong wings of jealousy
—(the railway carriages, to her impatient spirit, seemed to
travel like snails)—and, having arrived here, did not delay a
moment in proceeding to the house which had been described,
denouncing, as she went along, the wicked aberrations of her
spouse, yet exulting in the idea that she should pounce upon the
astonished sinner in the very midst of his iniquities, perhaps de-
tect him in the very arms of his paramour. She wished, she
hoped, she fervently hoped that such might be the case; and yet
the bare idea was exasperating in the extreme. She felt her
blood rising, her cheek warming at the thought; herstep because
quicker and firmer, and in a few moments she stood at the door,
knecked, and pine I admission. She ran rapidly through the
lower apartments of the house,'queatiening no one, but seeking
to come unawares on the faithless man. Her search, however,
proving vain, she then paused to enquire from one of the pri-
, sutlers whether Mr. was in the house. " How can I tell?"
was the reply : " I know no man called Mr. " "Is there
a man with dark brown hair ?t' &c. asked the lady, giving a
rapid sketch of her beloved. " Don't know." " Don't know!
Don't exasperate me, woman," exclaimed the handsome little
wife, shaking her umbrella at the tall and lumpish figure
she was examining " Tell me, I say, is my husband
here?" " Which ?" was the laconic reply, half interroga-
, tery, half exclamatory. Don't which : 1 demand a
direct answer." "Don't which you! Not 1. You seem be-
witched already. What is it you want of me?" " My husband."
"Is he little?" " Yes, rather." " Would he go into my pocket
think you?" I ain't gut him there, but you can look if you
like." A blow with the umbrella was the answer to this witti-
cism; the wife then made a rush up stairs, with the determina-
tion to prosecute her search. She WAS stopped in her ascent,
however, by the descent of the other prisoner, who told her that
no person should either go up or down those stairs till her mis-
tress returned. A battle royal then commenced; in Ale words.
of the complainant, " a flock of four or five of them" were round
her in a ininnte; and, though the young lady seems not to have
lacked courage, the superiority of numbers opposed to her, ins-
pressed her with the idea that "discretion was the better part of
valour," and she' accordingly sounded a parley. "Do tell use,
then," she said, "if my husband be up stairs." "There's a
man there, " was the answer. There is ! And has he a fe-
male with him ?" " No." " Not one ! Are you sure! Let
me go up and see him ;—let me upbraid him ; let me tear his
eyes am,"sahidalinspding
s?"
slitylolet;t• ownma'
lawful husband
" Because 1 have but one husband, and that is,
you." must be bins.
yr en out: let
"how md
you
Lawful! .No, lam not like " No, nor he like you. lie
" "
knowSthop
takes it as cool as snow main." "The wretch ! let me see him."
" But who are you, ma'am ?" "You know- you know ; lam
his wife—the wife of him whom you are secreting " " Bleth
me ! have you the second sight, ma'am, that you can see through
too walls? It might be Billy Thompson for what you know, or
Jack—" " No, no : it cannot be. Is he a Scotchman ?"
" Yeth, he is." "Then it is him ! I knew it was ! Andrew I
Andrew !" A voice through a keyhole was here heard to ex-
claim, "It's jist me, lassie; gang awa' harne again; I canna
come the non. They've steekit the door." The sound of that
well-known voice was a confirmation of all the poor wife's sus-
picions; she became maddened, and made another effort to
reach the apartment; but her antagonists were too powerful,
and succeeded in forcibly ejecting her. '['his was the lady's
m
complaint, and she wished to have the prisoners punished e
magistrate thought that, even though some foolish and officious
Person had endeavoured to destroy her peace of mind and her
domestic happiness by sending that letter, she should have had
more good sense than to follow her husband hither, least of all
to seek him in such a house as she had described. She had in a
great degree to thank herself for the usage she had received.
The prisoners were then asked what they had to say for having
assaulted the complainant. One replied that she was the first
assaulted ; ane the second declared that she was not only struck,
but insulted. " She (complainant) called me very bad expres-
sions; and I says, "flank you, ma'am,' says I, you are a
lady.' Fhis was all I said, and then she struck me."—The pri-
soners were discharged.
SMUGGLlNG.—Yesterday, a the Police-office, a gentleman,
named Thoinas May", an attorney of London, was placed at the
bar of the Police-office, charged with attempting to smuggle
two and a half gallons of whiskey on shore. It appeared, that
the prisoner had just come over from Ireland, and had the
whiskey concealed in jars, in his portmanteau. Ou landing,
he ordered his portmanteau to be taken to the Custom-house,
perhaps, expecting it would passed through without any search,
but in the transit, one of the jars got broken, and the officer
discovered the whiskey running out of the portmanteau bottom.
Mr. Hall, after hearing the case, fined him in the mitigated
penalty of £25 or
obeimprnies,onoendd twodid mnootntkhisl.o
w The
a prisonerou
town, and it was of the highest importance that he should go to
London with some papers that he had; but he would willingly
soul
said, he could not pay the the
n floe
give up all the money he had in his possession,.about 1.3i2, and
leave his watch for bail, till he could remit the balance. Mr.
Hall told him, that as a professional man, he ought to know
'better than to make such an application, for, it was one which
could not be granted. Mr. Hall subsequently said, he should
suspend the judgement:till this morning, as he was of opinion,
the case was a more serious one than at the first view he had
thought it. He would consult time act of Parliament about it,
and decide this In was, therefore, much
()ming. The prisoner
against his will put dywn again till this morning.

, DERBY HOTEL.—The opening dinner of, this new establish-
ment takes place on Thursday next. A most excellent ban-
quet will no doubt be.provided, as Mr. Leonard will be desi-
rous to give his friends " a taste of his quality." There will be
a very full muster of.frieniis.
We have great pleasure in stating, that Mr. Benjamin Ellis,
one of the Magistrates' Clerks, who visited Madeira ,for the
benefit of his health, has returned with his health completely
restored.

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CONTROVERSEA.I. LECTURES.—We understand that the last
of a'series of LeCtures on the Errors of, Popery, will be de-
livered this eveniity, Tuesday, May 22, at St. Mary's Church,
Kirkdale, by the .Rev. Hugh M`Neile. The subject is the
Prophetical doom of the Papacy. . .
I.AIiNCIIES.—On.. Wednesday, sto•ruorrow,) about eleven
o'clock, there will be two launches: One from the building-yard
of Messrs.. Burmister and Simpson, the other front the building-
yard of Messrs. Clover and Co., both in Trenthani-street.
NEW CHURCH.—A new church has recently been erected at
Padgate, about two. miles from Warrington, which will be
opened on the 20th instant, by the, Hon. and Rev. Horace
Powysl rector, and the Rev. 'l'. V. Bayne, head-master of the
Grammar SChooh

BIBLE SOCIETY.
MEETING OF THE LADIES' AUXILIARY BRANCH SOCIETY.

The 27th annual meeting of this society was held on Friday
evening, at half-past six o'clock, in the Music-hall, 80ld-street,
which was crowded in every part by a• most respectable audi-
ence, a large proportion of whom were females. A number of
local Clergymen and gentlemen, together with a deputation front
the: Parent Society, occupied the platform. Thomas Sands,
Esq., was in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN having opened the proceedings in a brief ad-
dress, in which he expressed ,the great pleasure that he felt in
promoting, the cause for which they were assembled,
The Rev. R. DAVIES read the report, which stated, that in
detailing the operations of the Liverpool Auxiliary Bible So-
ciety, the committee had to report, that although there was no
very material increase in its funds and its operations, they yet
felt themselves called on to be thankful that they had not retro-
graded. The annual subscriptions during the last year amount-
ed to £402 Bs. In the donations there was a diminution, as they
only amounted to £3O Ils. whilst in the preceding year they
were £6l 15s. 3d. lit consequence of an inadequate supply of
collectors, the ladies' subscripticins fell short of the preceding
years' by the sum of £73 14s. 6d. The sum total collected was
£3ll 15s. 10(1. By the sale of books £421 178.2 d. had been
received by the society, which, although less than had been re-
ceived in the year before, was yet quite equal to the average of
former years. The contributions from country societies, and
from associations connected with the Liverpool Auxiliary So-
ciety, amounted to £l5O 10s. 104. The total receipts for the
past year were £2129 9s. 9d., being about £26 more than in the
preceding one. tin the treasurer's annual account, read after-
wards by Mr. James Cropper, it was stated that of the total re-
ceipts £1340 had been remitted to the parent society, the inci-
dental expenses amounted to £153 9s. 9d„ leaving a balance on
band, to be carried to next year's account, of £636.1 The re-
port went on to state that the distribution had nut been quite
equal to that of the former year, though it was equal to the aver-
age. There had been distributed 3357 Bibles and 2899 Testa-
ments, making a total of 6256 copies of the Holy Scriptures.
An association had been originated for Toxteth-park and Aig-
burth, which promised to do great good. There was ground to
believe that the Ladies' Bible Society had been the originator
of all the visiting societies at present in existence in the town,
and it was painful to think that. it should languish for want of
distributors. The committee acknowledged their obligations to
Lieutenant Lowe for the kind aid which he had afforded them
in supplying the poor emigrants from this port with the Bible.
They had also to express their ,great and sincere regret at the
loss of their late secretary, Samuel Hope, Esq., who had held
the situation upwards of 26 years, and on whom a very high
eulogium was passed. Dr. Raffles, they were happy to say,
had accepted the office which had become vacant by the lament-
ed death of M Hope.
The Rev. J. CARRUTHERS moved the adoption of the report.
Little, he remarked, needed to be said in reference to the report
itself. The principles it recognised, the spirit it breathed, and
the facts it recorded, were such as to render it worthy of una-
nimous adoption. The rev. gentleman, after referring tn the
death of Mr. Hope, proceeded to point out, at some length; the
effect which such Instances of mortality ought to produce on
the members of the society in attaching them more firmly to
the wordlof God, which endured for ever, while all flesh was as

grass. •
The Rev. EDWIN SYDNEY, one of the deputation from the
parent society, seconded the resolution. Nothing, he said,
could be more grateful to him than to see such a large assem-
blage of the friends of the society. When he considered the
standing of the society, and the character of its supporters, he
might consider himself a superfluous character amongst them ;
but he deprecated the spirit of proxyistn, and he should there-
fore divide with his respected friend, Mr. Dudley, the labour of
bringing forward interesting facts. He agreed with Mr. Daly,
whom he heard lately in London, that one fact was worth a
cart-load of arguments. It was said of Lord Bacon, that the
only fear of those who heard him was, that he should make an
end of his discourse; but the case was very different with them;
for it was the fear of every one who heard a deputation of the
Bible society that they would never make an end. (A laugh.)
He then called the attention of the meeting to the state of
France, where, notwithstanding the attempts made to hinder
the operations of the society, it was going on progressing. He
did not mean to say that appearances were such as they ought
to be satisfied with, but they were encouraging. Men of the
highest station listened to the plain preac.biug of the gospel, and
prosperous schools were connected with au establishment he did
not need then to refer to. [The rev. gentletnau alluded to the
continental society.] The spirit of the Roman Catholics was
naturally excited, and they knew not what to do. But in order
to overturn what the Protestants were doing, they would give
out in some of their towns—though they had not a town like
Liverpool, and never would—they gave out that they were
going to have a public disputation. Now they would all expect
that in a public disputation, living men would appear to engage
in the contest; but in a disputation in France they were ushered
into a large room, in which were placed on a table the busts of
Luther, Melanthon, or Calvin. Here the priest demands of the
bust—" Now, Mr. Luther, what have you got to say for your-
self ?" He then proceeds to detail what he supposes would be
Luther's arguments, which he next answers in his own person ;
after which he says, "Now, Luther, you are regularly done,"
and he forthwith takes a club and knocks the unfortunate bust
into fuel. ( Loud laughter.) The speaker next referred to
Russia, and lamented that the circulation of the Scriptures were
so small in that country; but they had no conception of the
difficulties to be encouotered there. The speaker here relatedA
some interesting anecdotes relative to the manner in which thel
Scriptures were put into the hands of the military, and to the
devout character of Prince Gallitzin. He next referred to
Belgium, India, Madagascar, Spain. Ste. With respect to the
latter country, he stated the curious fact, that though there was
a law to prohibit the introduction of Bibles into Spain, there'
was none to prevent the printing of them there, and this had
been taken advantage of by the Society. The rev. gentleman
made a number of additional observations, and concluded by
expressing his wonder that any should fall away from the
society on account of peculiarity of creed, and called on them
to redouble their exertions in the cause of that excellent associ-
ation.

The adoption of the report was carried unanimously.
The Rev. H. CARPENTER moved the second resolution, which
stated that ten millions of copies of the Holy Scriptures, in
160 different languages and dialects, had been distributed by the
Bible Society since its formation. The rev. gentleman said
that he had recently read an estimated statement of the number
of Bibles in the whole world: it was calctilated to be thirty
millions, so that that society had distributed oue-third of the
aggregate number on the face of the earth. It was a startling
annunciation, however, that 8J0,000,00() of souls, the supposed
amount of the population of the globe, had only 30,000,000 of
Bibles to meet their wants ; and it was a fact calculated to make
them strain every nerve, till every man should have the
opportunity of perusing the word of God. They had, he
said, to lament the opposition which was made to the circu-
lation of the scriptures, not only in foreign countries, but in a
land very near to their own doors. In Ireland, the Bible was
hunted after and burnt in the same manner as in Belgium. Ire
was a native of the sister island, and he knew such to be the
fact. It was extraordinary, when a priest had got hold of a
Bible, with what facility he would run it down ! The priest
could smell a Bible half a mile off, so that, if a peasant ob-
tained possession of one, it was absolutely impossible that he
should preserve it ; and when detected, he was certain to be
punished for having haaboured it.
The Rev. Tagoenit.us Lassay said, though he had been
resident in Liverpool for some years, he had never before been
present at any meetings of the Liverpool Auxiliary Bible Society
This did not arise from want of interest in its welfare, but from
the circumstance of his being engaged in travelling. After
alluding to the character of the late Mr Hope and of Dr.
Raffles, he said, theirs was a cause which derived honour from
no man, but conferred honour on all who were engaged in it.
Changes, he remarked, had taken place within a few years,
which it formerly required ages to effect. 'co whatever part of
the world they directed their attention, they found it no longer
in a state of torpitude—the strong man armed could no longer
keep his palace in peace. Old institutions could no longer keep
possession of the public mind. Satan was come down amongst
men, having great wrath, because he knew that he had but a
very short time. He would not touch on politics, or disturb the
sweet harmony of that assembly. The speaker went on to de-
nounce the principles of infidelity, which, he said, were now
scattered among the body of the people. These principles had
entered the abodes of the poor, and spread desolation among
those who were the basis of society. The glittering ornaments
on the top would form no security for them, if the basis was
destroyed. He next contrasted the condition of England, in
the present day, with that which existed during ancient times,
when our ancestors were distinguished by a savage ferocity, and
ascribed all our advantages and safety to the influence of Chris-
tianity. He concluded by appealing to the meeting for their
libetal support in behalf of the society.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
The Rev. J. LISTER moved the third resolution expressive
of the obligations which the society owed to the Ladi es' Branch
Society. Of their zeal, ability, and patience, he could not
speak too highly. But there was still much left undone, and
none hut those Who had visited the habitations of the poor were
aware how deeply that valuable portion of society estimated
the attentions of the collectors. Facts were better than argu-
ment, and he might mention a circumstance which occurred
in a court near his own chapel, which he had visited recently
with a friend. In the court were a number of houses. few
of which possessed a Bible. One woman to whom the question
was put, expressed how delighted she would feel, and her neigh-
bours also' if they were visited regularly by the collectors at-
tached to the Bible Society. There was a wide field for the
exercise of the collectors in the district between Mary bone and
Vauxhall-road, which might be considered the most degraded
part of the town. But however low or humble the inhabitants
were; the voitors were always treated With respect. That ex-
cellent institution, the Provident Society, had been. of essential
service in the district to which he,alluded...Manv of the streets
contributed regularly to that society, and its:visitors always ex-
perienced the most respectful reception., The services of the
Bible Society were much wanted, in that neighbourhood, and
he could guarantee to the ladies who might act as visitors the
most courteous treatment. .The reverend gentleman concluded
by expressing his hope that the exertions of the ladies would
not be wanting in the good work.

Mr. C. S. DUDLEY, in seconding the resolution, filled up, as
far as time permitted, the outline which had been sketched by
his friend and fellow-labourer, the Rev: Mr. Sidney. He said
that the income of the society for the ensuing year amounted to
upwards of £97,000, which, although less than that of the,pre-
ceding one, was £8,200 above the average income of the last
ten years.
.The issue of the Scriptures of home, within the last
twelve months, had been less thanin the former year; but he
was one who looked upon that as a matter rather of rejoicing
than lamentation ; it indicated that the country was becoming,
as it were, ,saturated with. the Bible. And strange it would have
been, if the issue of 7,250,000 copies of the Scriptures had not
in a great measure supplied the wants of the people. The issue,
both at home and abroad, during the past year, amounted to
600,000, which, he might state, for the aid of those who found
it difficult to form a true conception of such vast numbers, was
at the rate of one Bibles, per minute for the whole year. The
aggregate number, which the society had been the means of
putting' into circulation, both at home and abroad, was 18,000,00();
and they had translated the Holy Scriptures into 86 languages
in which. they had never before existed. He himself held in his
hand a cony of the first translation of thein which bad ever been
seen in the Catalan language. Only 34 years ago, there was
not a single society in existence for the circulation of the word
of God; now there were 2334. He • referred to ,the greatly. in-
creasing distribution which was yearly faking place in. France,-
and mentioned that in Spain,—a country torn with intetnal
dissensiocs—the printing of the bible had been established and
was carried on, and 4000 copies had been already sold, But
British India, containing .135,000,000 of inhabitants, and the
empire of China, whose population was estimated by Morrison
at 250,000,000, but statedin (he imperial census to be 0,000,000,
formed a boundless field for their exertions—a field in which
something, yet comparatively little, had hitheito been.done.
The prospect in China, however, was a gladdening one.; for
Gutzlaf had established the fact, that,. though in different pro-
vinces there were somewhat differing dialects spoken, the whole
of the population which can read (and every parent:deemed,it
essential to give his male children. an. education, though the
females were; . neglected) can. lead the same book. Their
written language was, intelligible, therefore, to 17500,000 of
men—from one end of the empire to another: it was like a sheet
of music, which, though written in England, could be -read in
Italy, or rice versa. The society had also assisted in printing
hibles fur the use of the blind, a specimen of which, in raised

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letters; and which is deciphered with facility by the touch, was
' exhibited by the speaker. The extreme delicacy of feeling
possessed. by persons deprived of sight was one of the wonderful
and benevolent provisions hv-which the Almighty compensated
their loss; when deprived of one sense, the other became more
active. • Many persons ',mild perhaps be suprised at therapidity
with which blind persons could be taught to read; a gentleman
in Edinburgh, engaged in the instruction of the blind, had told
him that he would engage to teach blind people to seed by the
touch in one-half the time that would be occupied by those who
coolli see,• and this because their attention was never taken
away by-extraneous objects, as must necessarily happen in the
other case. • Ile himself bad seen A blind boy at Bristol who had
learned to. read in only eleven days; and never bad he heard a
chapter in the New Testament read more beautifully', or with
better emphasis, than by that boy, standing amidst 2000 persons,
and deciphering the words by the touch only. •
The resolutions were than put and carries withbut opposition.
JOtIN CROPPER, Esq., moved, and the • Rev. •CHARLES
LA WIZENCE • seconded, the fourth resolution, which was passed
unanimously:

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On the motion of the Rev. R. DAVIES, seconded• by WIA:
KAY, Esq., vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and
the meeting separated at ten o'clock.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Last evening•,, the 'anniversary meeting .of this society was
held at the Music Hall, Bold•street,—the Rev.-Chancellor
Raikes in the chair: The Music Hall, was crowded to excess
by a highly respectable. auditory, chiefly consisting of ladies;
and on the platform were most of the clergy of the town and
neighbourhood. •

After the meeting had been opened by the Re'v. Chancellor
Raikes, the report, was read by the Secretary,. the Rev. Richard
Davies, which spoke in most pleasing terms of the progress and
success of the Missionary. labours of the society, and stated the
increase in the society's funds for the present year, to be
£11,700. • : . :

Tbe meeting was then addressed by the Rev. John Jones,
of St. Andrews; the Rev. John Woodward, one of the Secreta-
ries from the Parent Society ; the Rev. Thomas Byrth, Rector
of Wallasey; the Rev: John William Cunningham, Rector of
Harrow; the Rev. Henry Carpenter, Minister of St. Michael's;
the Rev. Winden Madden; The Rev: John White, of Oswestry;
and the Rev. Hugh M'Neile. ; and resolutions were proposed
and passed, lamenting the removal of the late Bishop Currie
from the East Indies, and pledging the society.toincreased mis-
sionary efforts in New Zealand and other stations of the society's
missions.

The Rev. HUGH APNEILE, in speaking to one of, the resolu=
tions, took occasion to advert to the disgraceful character of
some of the orders of the British government in India,•whereby
the civil and military officers, of the government were he-
queutly obliged to attend at, and contribute to, 'the idolatrous
worship and cerettionies of the heathen shatives, or incur the
displeasure of. the government. He was enthusiastically re-
spciuded to in a proposal that another meeting thinild be called
to petition the government to put an end ..to this disgrace to
Christian rulers, and a meeting for this• purpose (as will be
seen from an advertiseinent in another column,) is to be held
this day at 12 o'clock.
The meeting continued till a quarter to eleven o'clock: Break-
ing up at so late an hour, .of ;course it it totally .out of the
question lb do anything like justice to the various 'eloquent
speeches delivered,'wnd we shall, therefore, postpone our report
until Friday next, .when,we shall give a full and accurate ac•
count of the,proceedings. So intense was the heat of the
crowded room, that four or five ladies fainted, and were obliged
to be carried out. So crowded a meeting speaks well for the
progress of the church missionary cause.