If my battery charger says 160mA on the back, what does that mean to my 1800mAh batteries?
Using the 1.4V is fine - the batteries need to be charged at a slightly higher voltage than their "nominal" voltage marked on the case.
The 160mA is probably the rate it charges at - if there is no end of charge indication, then don't leave them in there too long (more than 12 hours or so if they are fully discharged)
It may change over to trickle charge mode when the battery is fully charged (hopefully if it's not a really nasty charger) but without knowing more about it (do you have model number?) it's best to be safe.  

If you read the Wikipedia page on Ni-Mh batteries (I'm assuming yours are of this type) you can see the recommended charging voltage is between 1.4V-1.6V per cell. Also reading further on that page, some seem to think that trickle charging at C/10 (0.1C) for extended periods is not so bad (although others disagree, and it will shorten the life of your batteries anyway)
C/10 for your batteries is 1800/10 = 180mA, so your charger is supplying slightly less than 0.1C.  

So I wouldn't worry about anything really bad happening, although I'd get a better charger when you can (unless you can confirm the charger switches to a much lower trickle when the battery is charged)

The time it takes to charge can be roughly calculated by your battery capacity / charge rate, so in your case:

1800mAh / 160mA = ~11.25 hours