The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-27

evening, at the rsbsrnacle very large audience was
present The lecture was upon The lnia'leiy ofthe
Church."The lecture advertised at hspast 7, We
believe that being at all events the usual hour Tor such
meetings; but, although the house was crammed full
they kept for more than half an hour that
time. Ia waiting. At about o'clock. Mr. Brownson
commenced by saying I'll confess that Il ~ with some
reluctance thar present myself before 30 large an audi
ence for fear shall not be able all 10 your
pectatons feel that religious discussion belongs 10
Others whose Office fits them better for it, itr nery sup
posed that Church the exponent OF the re
gous principle OF man. and not that It was dviney ap
pointed for man This supposed ofthe Catholic Church
that for 1900 IL had answered the wants OF the
world but that 1t had outgrown it, and like nursery
clothes, should be cast of But in studying the past
and looking below the surface found some DOUBTS as
to the facts Of mans progress and that scknow
edging this man could create no more than man. The
new church that hoped to could be no higher than
man. was forced to the conclusion that religion only
could effect good in man societyno mere doctrine
or speculative TRUTH disconnected from church, ever
Many Of the Christian doctrines had been taught BEFORE
but they had fallen heless upon the world. But sud
them in an institution, and the whole world changed be-
fore IL concluded that the doctrine Of progress which
had pSs, S IT,, 80 earnestly wa; mere mo0n.hns
Itself most absurd proposition. The principle Of
mechanics tells US, that in order to raise body. We
must have lever placed body separate from the
nrt The principle Of progress asserts that man can
raise himself as i. were, by his Wristbands was fore
church. which should elevate man to his proper stand
ard at last found myself in the church, and there
el.o found aii wished. The question in regard to
the infailibility OF the church, is Has our Savior
instituted a church, with authority to teach T.
u this were admitted. there would be but little dnicay
in deciding which this church Every body would
acknowledge 1t to be the Roman Catholic church II is
lair to pres that If the Saviour founded church. he
easily trscesbe history But there is no such church
but the Roman Catholic The Oldest Of the Protestant
be the Church of Christ Beside Of the Protestant
churches teachers-pone of them believe alike.
There is no one Of them which can say what is Gods
revei .ton and what Is not Agan-lt cannot be any Of
the Protestant sects because of them claim Infa
ibiiity" They may be wrong, and if So they cannot
have been commissioned by Christ 10 teach. The Pro-
tesants all oppose the Catholic Church on the ground
OF nochurchsm-thsti it, that Christ established
church with authority teach But the Catholic Church
claims to be such church, and presents itself great
historical fact which for eighteen centuries has been
considered as such by the great mass Of CHI stisns
church, but that the Catholic Church Is not such
church Before you can prove that there 10 sun in
considered san is not It will do to merely
assert it. For the Catholics assertion to the contrary
Church does not claim Instability and may be wrong
Waving then the claim Of infalbility Of the church,
we are still on the same ooting-one assertion a. good
Is the other II you say the Bible says that Christ
founded no church, we must deny that authority,
for although consider the Bible as authority when
than the interpreter. There are only two modes Of
proving the Catholic church not to be the establish
trnss at different times and secondly that she teaches
doctrines In which she contradcts herself Neither of
to convict tho Catholic chafch Of YOU must
receive her, 3d. if this age would successfully oppose
the church, it must oppose not tho ground Of
indey And this is what the age is approaching to.
But we are led TO hope that new era will spring up in
which the church will be received, a. she really Is the
Church Of Christ.
The BOHEMIAN Omit seems that from the 6eiaf
with which Bales opera Of the Bohemian Girl" was
received both In this country and in Europe Mr. Joseph
A.well determined to publish the music here; but,
upon review Of the whole Opsr. he judged i necss
their general to meet the taste of the
American public. and to insure more extensive sale
With this view he the music for publication
gave new titles, and made other alterations and add.
tions, differing from the tile under which they were
originally represented to the following pieces to wit
the trio entitled Never let the heart for
greve he arranged as song or duet and to the song
entitled The Soldiers LIE containing one verse as
pressy composed in this country for himself He also
changed the duet entitled The wound upon thy arm"
to song he also made alteration in the piece enti
tied See at feet suppliant aud added matter OF
his own which not in the original opera, and gave
OF IT, Mr. Atwell, in order to himself tho be.
peft Of his labor and expense caused printed copy Of
deposited in the clerks office Of the District Court Of
this district previous to publication. 1t seems that he
has lately ned bill in the United States District Court
charging Mr. Graham, Of Nassau street, publisher, with
having pirated his works and praying the Injunction
Of the court to restrain him from selling, interfering
all the charges in the bill The excepted
TO- as short and evasve and the matter yssier.
day mornDg, before Judge Belts, who will give his de-
cision in few days. We understand there eleven
other qui tam actions growing out Of this cause
CoLD WKArHxR.- Yesterday was a cold, raw day.
The thermometer at Moriss, stood at A. M at IA de-
grees, and At 10 at 20 degrees, which last Is de.
grees lower than it has been the 26h Of February for
Greatcoas gloves, ana iIr ca ?: were 10 reqa
for some time.
DsrIscursHrp vpIroa.-Prince Joseph Napoleon
Bonaparte and suite now in tho city. The Prince
sails for Europe IN the Cambria with the hope Of OBJ
tanning remission from the French government TO make
through France, which he has never yet been al
GsAcr CHURCH. Several of the morning papers gave
circulation TO the that Grace Church was
to be consecrsted yesterday Accordingly about hun
drsd persons assembled there yesterday morning
at 10 o'clock and continued coming all ds1. We be-
lisve the Church is 20 DO conseciasd one week from
BuRrAL OF THE DEAD The remains Of the Captain
vsred from the wreck their funeral will take place this
friday afternoon at three O'Clock, from lao Grand
street Ship ma; e and ooer: :; are in
colors at half mast, from sunrise until sunset.
An unknown man was found floating 10 the desk on
the North River side by policemen q the First TsrS
FlaE.Ths alarm of ere yesterday morning. at -four
Stanton street Damage but trlhing.
AccipEsr.-A csrman slipped on the ice in Nassau,
his he'd.
Cosc, ALrp- "A wen dressed. good looking fellow,
was found concealed under the table In one OF the fash
ionable hotels Of Broadway, on Wednesday night pro-
badly with the intention OF stealing The bar keeper
offered him his choice either to receive twenty lashes
60 the station house-hc chose the former but the
bar keeper concluding that he would bs ranscendng the
law, had him taken TO the station house. and somehow
or other he escaped.
Police Intelligence.
FEB 26-.7rresf If Pickpocktfy Charley Roper and
Bill Smith, two notorious !" FASH English "gonnufs"
commonly called pickpockets, dressed to Alp with
Spanish coaks, were accidentally passing through
the Park, 10 the rear Of the City Hall, when
on passing the Chiefs Office, they were spotted"
Immediately by several Of the Chiefs aids who
"pounced" on them Ike hungry wolf on titmouss.
Officer Low pulled Bill Smith, and Leonard, Charley
Roper just these worthless snugly seated in
Broadway Sleigh and took them before Chief when
Ball Smith identified by Mr.. Day. to be the
sas, whre riding down town in ono Of the Broadway
stages about three months ago. Mrs Stebbens was un.
forum teiy unable to identity this scoundre end Mr.
therefore no was discharged, after being kept in the
Chiefs office all day, end spotted" by at least 500 po
Hecmen. He is about feet, seven inches,