The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-10 00:00:00

GREAT ANTI-STATE CHURCH MEETING AT

[NO H AM.

Oa Tuesday evening an immense meeting was held
in the Eichacge Roll, Nottingham, for the purpose of elect.
kg delegates ti the ensuing conference, and hearing
addremes font John Rine'', E.q., the Ree. J. 0.
and Thomas Knight, 'Req. Alderman Kgtolly pre-
sided. A great portion of the audience wneisted of Orange.
men, collected from the various lodges of the town and
neighbourhood, who saatii:ested esnaiderable z:al in defence
of their princip:es, but after a tremendous struggle wore
signally defeated. The proceedings, therefore, partook of
en unu.ually turbulent character.
The Rev. J. A. BAYS El, Baptist, moved, " That in the
opioion of this meeting the union of the church sod state is
injurious to religion, destructive of the purity and isclepos.
deuce of the church, and incompatible with the esirtence of
religious equity swoop the people. That the dissolution of
the alliance—effected without violenee,and with a due regard

to existing interests—would rtmlee a fright'ul source of
bitterness and discontent ; and, while it would liberate re-
ligion from the interference of the state, it would reFeve the
state of some of its most serious embarrassments." The rev.

gentleman enforced this rear lotion in • most elcquent speech.
The It.v. 3. G. MIALL sec-meted the proposition.
The Rev. W. CLENENTSON, incumbent of Kim-
berley, leader sad champion of the Orange party, thin
stepped OR to the plattermk to move an amr ndenent, and at
eery great length attempted to prove from Scripture that God
had commanded all people who obeyed his laws to maintain
a state religion, and incidentary insinuated, upon Squire
Anty's authority, that the revenues of the established
church of England had bees very much overstated. His
amendment wee--" That in the opinion of this meeting the
church of England, as by law established, is a national bless-
ing ; that its separation from the state would inevitably
draw do's upon the nation the wrath of God; and
that con. quently this meeting hereby publicly protests
against the proceedings of the Anti-State•Charet Associa-
tion, se calculated to ....strop the peace and prosperity of
England." (Laughter and groans, with choosing from the
Orsagenten, followed.)
Mr. ALEXANDER KING, hoe cap tinker, eeceiteded
the amendment, and in doing so said the digesters were
more rapaewas aftsr pew rents sad other fees than were
church clergymen. _

1417.idgfiffiiiY replied to Mr. Clementeon. He demo-
lished the my. gentleman's statistizs, and charged the whole
hierarchy with fraud in understating their income in 11134.
The property of the church was taken from the people at this
Haman Conquest, and in his opinion ought to be devoted
by parliement to the paying off of the national debt.
(Cheers and uproar.)
A labourer, named WOODWARD, then recnamonded
hie feilow working men not to vote for either party, as both
bl crimanation and recrimination had proved themselves to
be thieves. A portion of the church property belonged to
the poor, and now TNISIti were falling out about it there was
• chance of the working classes coming in for a sham of
their own. He decidedly ejected to re being given to the
money lenr'era. (Cheers and laughter.)
The original motion was then put, after the amendment,
amidst arch confusion, and carried by a most decided ma-
jority. Tee announcement was received from the chair with
repeated rounds of applause.
Mr. Alderman Bean and the Be,. J. A. Baynes were
appointed deloga:ce to the mealsg triennial imakessoe, and
the proceedings terminated.

MUSIC.
HER MU SETT'S TH BATES.

Madame Sontag appeared last evening as Boum',
in " II Barbidre di Siviglie," one of the parts In which
she achieved her greatest and earliest triumphs. It
is is every way "sited to her powers as as actress
sad a singer. Her delineation of the character is
admirable—fall of archness, naivete, and spirit,
mingled with the delicacy and refinement of a young
lady of condition, which Rosins should always be
represented as being, though several favourite
actresses have too much lost sight of this
feature. The light and florid masks of
the opera displays to the greatest advantage the
beauty of her voice and the perfection of her execs-
dos ; and, in the " Una Too' roe fd," bee wonderful
brilliancy sad richness of embellishment gave this
hackneyed air the freshness of novelty. Still more
pr(wng were her vccal feats in Rode's air with
vvari•tion., which she gave in the scene of the singing
lemon. She was received with unabated enthusiasm.
The opera, as a whole, was exesedinely well per-
formed. With Calzalari as Coast Alosaviva, Lablache
as Dr. Barelsolooiad Bellstti as Rpm, it could not
tail to be delightful. The base was very fall ; and
the Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prima of
Wales and the Princess Royal, honoured the per-
formance with their presence.