The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-10-20

The CATHOLIC PLgNARY CouNtrL.- Yes.
teFday ifS6fffSe the Cathedral, was awSll
filed With On, audience to witness the csre.
monies attendant on the fourth public ses.
sion Of the council. At O'Clock the
archbishops, bishops, and clergy, in full
,ycstments, numbering In adj aboutt one
hundred and cry, passed into the sanitary
by way Of the sacristy, when Pontifcal
High Mass was suAg by the Most Rev.
Joseph S. Alemany, archbishop Of San
Francisco, Rev. w. Quinn acting as assist.
ant priest, and Rev. Fathers Lenoir and
Anard as deacon and snb-leacon. AT
the, close Of Mass, His Grace Archbishop
Spalding, in. mitre and cape, approached
the centre Of the altar, attended by
bis deacons Of honor, Rev, Fathers, Fo-
ley and Gibbons, where. he intoned the
first verse Of the nitphon selected for
the day, which was then taken up by the
entire clergy and chanted in the most
solemn manner. A Latin sermon on Zeal
for Sottls was then delivered to the
bishops and clergy by the Most Rev. J. M.
Odin, Archbishop of New Orleans; after
which, the apostolic delegate, taking the
chair on the high step Of the altar, opened
the fourth public session Of the Council.
The proceedings of the previous session
were read in L!lrfns by the secretary, Rev.
DR.. keogh at the close Of which the archi-
episcopal bened;ctjon was delivered. The
clergy and prelates then passed in order of
procession from the sanctuary to the sa-
cristy, where they unrobed. This evening
the Right Rev. DR.. Duggan, Of Chicago,
will deliver sermon in the Cathedral on
the I" Nature and Constitution Of the
Church." y,t - ar.r F
Last evening public reception was
given by the Catholic laity Of the city to
the reverend prelates and clergy of that
denomination in the United States attend
ing the National or Plenary Council. A
concert and supper were features of the
occasion. The committee Of invitation on
behalf of the laity consisted of Messrs.
Charles NJ. Doughcrty, Benjamin G.. Harris,
DR.. r. McSherry, G. Oliver, o. Donnell,
and Alfred Jenkins, who received the
guests on their arrival. The carriages were
furnished by George Reilly! who con-
veyed the prelates to and from the hall.
About O'Clock, there being present at
least 700 ladies and gentlemen, the concert
was begun by the band, consisting of
twenty pieces, under the direction of Pro-
fessor Rose, when the following selections
from operas were rendered: "Jean de
Paris" ola Dame Blanche" Stradella,"
MARTHA" Belisarius," and "Robert le
Diable." ...--
Besides a large number Of the Catholic
laity present, there was fair representa-
ton of the Protestant community, consist
ing of our leading citizens.
The concert was succeeded by an enter
tainment, under the direction Of the cele-
brated caterer Butcher, assisted by Jakes,
in the dining-room attached to the hall,
which was equal in point of style to any
thing Of the kind which has taken place
in this city. The ecclesiastics present took
part in the festivities Of the occasion, appa-
rently gratified at the courtesy shown them.
About ii p. NJ. most Of the prelates, to-
gether with His Grace Archbishop Spauld-
ing, departed and soon after the entire
assemblage left the hall.-Sun, 10th.