The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-04 00:00:00

ANTI-STATE-CHURCH 80CIETT.

This society held * meeting last evening, at Cam-
berwell Ball, to "consider recent events as effecting the
cause of religions liberty.,
.end to petition parliament on the
important question of religion in India."
Mr. W. EDWARDS prodded, and in opening the business
of the meeting proclaimed the tenet' of the society. that
religion should be left to the voluntary efforts of those who
Mt Its power, and that that wee the only mode byyyyy which tt
could be propagated throughout the world. The objeet of the
' society was to separate religion from state control *Mont
interfering with existing rights. The life of the church was
very much connected with the voluntary principle. It wee
the voluntary efforts that bad tendered moat to the promo-
tion of religion in this country and would be so in parts
of the world. He then proceeded to detail the program d
the society, It...Ft ranks, and his conviction that the
of from the state this country was
oWlittiMqnseden dam The progress of the principle in
the esiembs ma he India, he contended, afforded- ample en-
tanglement he pewees°e in the efforts la which they
wre
Mr. OTOR moved a resolution declaringast re.
osatimlassilmes a parliament, recognising as they does
nest and
ekillik eledist tfloui labeqouualrs o ?
the iety bad . afford mates tar
ts
socy ma-
tributed to that result, and pledging tns meeting to ils sup-
pat. He described the parliamentary amass of the society,
Ilitwasting it by a reference to the comrades. made to
absent in the °shed and Cambridge Univereitiss, in the
Reglum Donum, in the abolition of ministers mosey last
session, and in the several divisions on the church rata
question.
The Rev. J BuaNwr seconded the resolatka, end cor-
reMed the previous speaker by stating that the Regime
Donato still remained without change. He said the gooey
had no deem to pull down the church or to weaken the
state; they wished, as he wished, that those two Mititations
should continue to exist as long as the world stood; but
What they did desire was to sayer that link which bo=i
theta together sad fettered the free action of both.
The naoludon was pat sad carried.
Amoeba resolution, recognising the Mame of public men•
thaw' is favour of the pruacirles of a voluntary policy
in
onelseisatical mature, was moved by the BAY. .B;
seconded by Mr. W t.u.k us (the secretary), sad ales
agreed to.
A third resolution, declaring that awhile the Naves of
India should enjoy the fullest religious liberty comestible
with the due administration of justice, their relettemelli
and practices ought not to be in any way petroahei 44_14r
ported by the government; that the ovangelnatka et DM
will be best promoted by the entire seperation of the pan-
meet from the work of conversion, and that palliest to err
eon:knee with' this sentiment be
H.P.
.t? perliemade
was moved by Mr. MIAMI. (ISIS for Nocaoso)•
The Rev. H. RICIIAILDB secondod the roulettes, which
was agreed to.
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro-
ceedings.

Mr. E. T. Smith, the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre'
and proprietor of the ssin4ay Timm, adwirtime $ mewed
Sunday morning and evening lectures daring the peva
month by the Rev. J. H. Rutherford, of Newomiikuguw
Tye., et the Alhambra Pekoe, late the Royal Pro4llmgr
Leiceeter-equese. " The pslaoe will be throws open is am
yorkieg dames gratuitously by the proprietor every Omit
morning. In the evening, at maven o'clock preeleftillis"
deeery to the sermon, the 100th Psalm, with a d
mewed mule from Handel', Messiah." The ume2=l
news d the nseeelire airs, Ito., are given. The
to thee, ake; is to be by tickets only, to be had, mow*
etheee. at Mitchell's and &me's. The ellesetammani
le the play--biU style :--" The
mealllor_
le
he LEW. in end Sono; the deceiratieus, wf
liwriallnytiel ' °bandoliers by Dottier MK &mg
the gas eppoitessuts by Mr. Hinckley."