The New York herald., 1870-04-01
LECTURES LAST NIGHT.
Blowing Up the Bag Of B0u,bast-GcOrse w.
Curtis on Charles Dickens.


tellectua remains OF Charles Dickens by an endless
tube OF adustion, ana proceeded TO initiate Charles,
the great defamer Of America at Chapin's church.
up town, before fine audience. Mr. Curtis began
his process OF blowing up his subject about eight
O'Clock, and before an hour had closed Dickens
tteneme9t teoe 70 the MINDS eye was bigger
than Stewart's store or the Bible House:
Mr. Curtis treated his subject In the most absurd
style. de commenced with p0rtraylng Walter scott
as the master OF ieudasm IN romance, ana, with
dyng moments OF the Scottish bard. But what had
g survey eS w @ ers sH
Ing upon the p'su sensltive nature Of Shelley, ana
70 y aSa hs
Mrs. Radcliffe Macauley, Haum, Duwer, Aims.
worth and Others covering all schools. ana closed
tv,s With lofty panessrc o9 tAat aged ssuusr Tom
ne then thought u opportuns TO refer to Charles
Dickens, MS hero for the evening In this connec'
tion he said Mr. Dickens lmpersonated humanity,
and crossing the '.Bridgs OF sighs.' HIS delivery
drawls long drawn out In semi-muslcal whlnes. ~
which " county, esl0ss
feu,ialism 'ov was nc succeeded by the humane IN
,~yritlng, ana that Mr.. Dickens was the pioneer:
aif Curtis continued to lash his unInansgeabe and
sssen q Sa ,as and weS sessd To-
cule or aerrsct from ts lame OF Bulwer and other
grsa. artists who have written tS sxa ysa. niSn
y
rolls rolls up s beoss xcs the hell
Chaplin in his own pulpit illustrates hts weekly DIS
course. HIS lecture had no sparkle, no animation,
cated jokes. As Mr curtis % il an an humble follower
or Dickens his effort was also humble;
| but n some points he was effective,
especially upon pathOs descriptive whispers HIS
CONCLUSION was tDat Dickens was tue brst Engllsh
writer OF the times Mr.. Curtis apologized for
CharleS Mt OF anger against America IN very feeble
way.
''Tea Years in Rome''--Lecture by the Rev.
DIR. Keatiage.
10 very small audience, assembled In Plymouth
church last night, the Rev. T. o. v. Keatinge ID. d.
Liz d.. delivered, rather read, lecture profess
edly on the above subject Mr.. Keatinge processes
to have been the secretary Of Cardinal d'Andrea
Assistant Librarian OF the Congregation of the Index
Prohibltory and Expurgatory, and priest Of ST.
Agstha's Confraternity Of Young Men and Boys at
Rome. Tie bulk OF his lecture did not indicate that
he had held any position or SO distinguishes an eccle
slastlca character. All that he said about tie Konsh
OF the history and doctrine OF tnat Church and nuca
oil was very puerile and some or the anecdotes ne
told were tndecept. When ne began to be auto
biographical and his hearers expected a relation
CT his own experiences he suddenly pulled up at an
interesting pofnt aud went or mo platltudes and
multitude oil trusms. He claimed to have a per-
s0na acquaintance With Cardinal AntOnelli but be-
yond narrative OF supposed assassination OF
Cardinal d'Andrea, OF which tue lecturer gave o
very romantic and graphic recital, there was nothing
To indicate that ne knew more of the Cardinal,
much, as an ordinary European tourist There was
thug quite certain neiiner Cardinal taught hun
the vulgar Lord DundreaIy draw or tao English
snob
Lis'its md shadows Of German Iife In
America-Locturo by the Rev. Il. L. Moi-
dehnlke, LII. ID.
The announcement OF q lecture 70 be delivered ut
the Cooper Institute last evening by the Rev. r. F.
Moldehnke. drew large aud highly respectable
rho auhia
Shadows OF German Life In America" rendered 1t
attractive only to the German residents but also
to all others who understood the German language.
The lecturer was fully et homo In his theme and
commenced hls discourse With somo comments upon
the general character Of the Germans 10 which he
illustrated the enlightenment that followed wherever
they settled or penetr ated. There had been a time
when Germans had Suffered persecution from the
mere fact OF tneir nationality, but there Is
reason TO blush on ihat account. Inc nationality
should DC preserved, and moreover, II Is national-
ny to be proud OF. Commenting on the immense fu
tire in store for the Ieutonic race on this Continent
the lecturer then made several illusions TO historical
facts, proving not only tha bravery displayed by his
countrymen IN defence Of freedom, but also to their
adherence TO tue true faith The great ambition the
Gernan race IS TO labor und to carve way for their
posterlty by the sweat OF their brow. The first VINO
settled In this country found that the streets were
not paved with gold aud have proved that their In
dustria habits are virtually the wealth OF tnis coun
try. The great feature among the Germans Is their
great love for home cOmfor and congenial, nu.
morous liie Some traveller mentions that he once
|
| .rhe Melancholy Herrlngn but the lecturer hoped
tina. the mere fact OF changing soil would not
to the Germans IN America. Although not an advo.
cate OF intemperanco he reminded his hearers that
certain wise man had quoted water as the best
drink, hut Germans did not always aspire To the
best. Bacchus ana Gambrinus were good judges Of
wine and beer, and the Germans knew 1t. Religion
has always been prominent feature with Germans,
and by us observance they preserve their strength.
| irec spriDKng OF lively sayings ana some well
ecuted cnoruses rendered the lecture very nteran-
ing. and on closing his address the reverend gentle
| be pad TO the German nationality by the founding
| Of a German university IN New York.
ssThe British Governm ment''-Lecture by Mr..
Edwin Jnmes, In Hudson city.
| lecture was delivered last evening at the Cour,
| House, Hudson City, by the well known lawyer,
| Edwin James, on "1he Queen Lords and Com.
! mors'' OF Great Britain. There was q very large
audience. with q fair sprinklmg OF fashiouables.
| Tie lecturer was introduced by Mayor Sawyer ana
1, Alderman Hogan occupied tho chair. Mr.. James
opened the lecture In u g0cd-huniored manner by
telling his hearers Thai while the subject was one
on which volumes might be written, yet he would
| try to condense few interesting points as 10
close wiihln an hour for, In his opinion after long
experience NO lecture should last moro than an hour
| and no sermon more than twenty minutes U.au9h.
ter.l Tne subject was deeply interesting 10 every
| American citlzen, because our constitution Is
| founded on that Of England. Pew people .under.
| stand the constitution OF England. Inc United
STATES had wlt.en G9.s,i'oa, 50 nau prance .nd
He defined II In TINS manner:-Ihe English consitu-
tion comprises those great principles contained in
| tue Magma CnarEa, gradually expanding as tho peO-
| pie required, Always guided by tho rights of the
great charter, such the Dill OF civil rights trial by
Jury nabeas corpus, freedom irom Illegal arrest or
search warrant, &C. EngIands government com.
prlsed three essates.-the Crown, the lords
| and tho commons Macauay thought the his.
tory OF England properly began on the 9Th OF
June, 1899 when John slened the great charter OF
! English liberties. Siace that time there had been
twenty-five kings and four queens and he con-
fessed he could not say much for the kings.
! fLauglter.) Their career was marked by murders,
incest and apostacy, religious and political. The
lecturer then alluded to John. Elizabeth Mary
| James and the Georges as examples. The practical
| working OF the Crown, lords and commons was the
| best form OF government In the world. The House
| OF Commons was the real government. The Queen
possessed the veto power, but she did not exercise
it as frequently as our President. daughter.
| Charles did try, however, anu had afterwards u
| lecturer then reviewed the Houses OF Lords ant