The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1881-09-24 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

BOARD. —The adjourned meeting I of the Board was held in the Board-room, Ramsdensquare, on the 20th inst., when the following members were present, viz., J. Fell, Esq., chairman. Itr.W. W. Ferguson, vice-chairman; Rev. J. Hughes, Mr. J. haliMr. J. Myers, Mr. R. Balfour, Mr. F. J. CWrromstsfield, Rev. G. C. Fisher, and W. M. F. Schneider, Esq. Appointment of Caretaker, Rawlinson-street School: Mr. Balfour, in moving the appointment of Mr. John Dyer, explained that the sub-committee had carefully examined the 122 applications for this post, when the number was reduced to 12, this number was afterwards reduced to 8, when it WILI3 agreed that a ballot should be taken. The successful candidate proved to be Mr. John Dyer, of 10, Holker-street. The Board unanimously agreed to the recommendation of the sub-committee, and Mr. T. Dyer was appointed. _Architect-, Barrow Island and Roos° Schools : The selection of an architect for the new schools was fully discussed, when it was resolved that the fiat' appointment be deferred to the next Board meeting.—Road to Roose : The Chairman drew the attentiou of the Board to the narr wing of the road from the R :age railway bridge to the Cambridge-street School, when it was unanimously resolved to memorialize the Town Council with reference to the construction of a suitable parapet for the children to and from Roose to the Cambridge-street School. PRIMITIVE METIER/DIST Anwnrangsar.--The anniversary sermons in connection with the Forshaw-street Primitive Methodist Chapel were preached on Sunday last by the Rev. W. Rowe, of Chester, who took for his morning text Hebrews, xii. I. The rev. gentleman dwelt upon the necessity of keeping a continualaChristhin warfare against the evil influences by which the world is filled. The evening sermon preached from 1 Christians ix. 1-4, might almost be looked upon as a continuation of the morniug subject treated from another point. The morning anthem seas " They that trust in the Lord," and that of the evening "Glorious is Thy name" (Handel's Twelfth Masi). The collections at the close of the services amounted to £6 Ils. 6d. There were pretty fair congregatious.—On Mon*day evening the Rev. Mr. Rowe gave a lecture in Forshaw-street Primitive Methodist Chanel, on " Lestens from a Misspent Life." The main subject of the lecture was the history of a woman named Mary Gallup, who about thirty years ago was hinged at Chester for the murder of her father. After her condemnation she requested that Mr. Rowe should be appointed chaplain to her until her execution, and the request was granted. Mr. Rowe was assiduous in his attentions ,to her for the short period of her life in the condemned cell, and she unreservedly told him the whole of the ciicumatances of the crime. She had been a Sunday School teacher and a member of society amongst the Methodists, and her father also was a member of the same Church. She began a courtship with a young man whom her father considered to be too irreligious and worldly to be suitable for his daughter, so he refused to sanction the attachment and forbade her to havdanything to do with him. At this period her mother died and she was left in charge of her father's house. She kept up her communicaldon with her lover, notwithstanding her father's severe opposition, and in order to facilitate her interviews with her lover she gave her father a dose of arsenic which was the cause of his death, and for which she was tried, condenmed, and executed. The lecturisr pointed out that disobedience to her father when his orders were for her good was th ) first step that brought on all the terrible subsequent events. The value of forming good friendships was pointed out; while in the details of the interviews with the continued girl made a very affecting impression upon a large and attentive audience.—The usual votes of thanks Coa. eluded an instructive evening. •  •