The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-25 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

ATTEMPTED ASSAWNATION.—Respecting a charge
of attempted murder, at Vandalised, against the master and
mate of a French vessel, for driag at the foreman of the
wharf, given in our paper of Thursday, under the above
heading, the Sunder land and Ena.4ans County Iterate( has
the following: Both prisoners note brought before the bench
oa Wednesday, They stand remanded till Tuesday, the
mate an a charge of intent to murderer de r rievous bodily
harm, sad the captain en a charge of having been an ac.
Pessary after the tact. Bail was taken for the captain's
appearance. Their vessel is the Poquebot, of Garonne, from
Berdstax, 200 tons burthen.
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WARWICKSHIRE.
THE ANTI-STATE CHURCH MOVEMENT.—A meeting 1
to receive a deputation from the association having in view
the separation of the church frow the state, took place in the
town-hall at Birmingham, on Wednesday night. 0. Thomp
son, Esq.. M.P., the Rev. J. Burnett, the Rev. J. Kingsley,
and other gentlemen composed the deputation. From wen
to eight thousand persons were present, W. Elcholefield, Esq.,
M.P., presiding. The chaitman declared, that though
mush attached to the Established Church, he wee strongly
in favosr of its complete separation from the state ; and he
read from his colleague, Mr. Month, a letter apologising for
his absence, but declaring that he head always regarded
't chards and state as more a medium of churchianity than
'of thrietianity, or • political engine to oppress the people.
At the name time, be was not agreed with those who thought
tithes were a tax spat the pubbe, he regarded it as •
tax spoor the Ithd, and if it were removal to
morrow, would be added to the reetaL" The
Rev. A. New, Baptist, said that there was • tendesey
in a state chorale to generate amongst its ministers a species
of arrogant areumption, or something like it ; a feeling of
eenseloseness of a sense of superiority, and to treat the
ministers of dissent as enemies who were making wanderers
from their fold. A state church, moreover, Id te tyrenay
of all !OM : let them think of the contention, the tyranny,
the 'trite, and the heutbarniuge, ceased by the compulsory
enstion of church rates. In all ages etteie.iastical establish-
ments had ensured a leaning towards oppression ; an attach.
mast to the pew. is that existed; a determ•ned hostility to
the extension of the privileges of the people; and an
opposition to everythlrg in the shape of religious free-
dom. He insisted that it was canteen, to the principles
of sound stateemenahip that each an onion as that which
existed between the church and the state is the country
should longer continue. I.et the state leave religion alone ;
let it go forth on its own mission, unaided by the civil power
—left to the guardianship of Him who breathed into et in.
spiration,and it would be equal to the cvenginbation of the
world. He moved the lullowiog reenlution, which use
seconded by the Rev. T. Swann, and tarried :
That in the jedgairst of this meting. the union of civil mud sell.
glom sawn lambed a animal clutch establishment—is Minnow
to religion, and wooed to the print:mks of a .and atatemniincalp.
ygst =eh lastymtlms violate the rights of convince, excite religious
aulmeelties, and US unfriendly to political freedom.

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—lb. J. &urge spoke in favour of the movement.
He rapeseed his anxiety that dissentfrs sliettl.l at once
give no all claims upon the Regions Denton fund;
tkey had no right (he said) to hold up a finger
yawl a harsh end state connexion u long as they
received a penny from that feed. He was opposed to en-
dowment. of every kind, or to paying in any shape to a ;m-
-auler religion. In this spirit he telt oblige', on principle to
withdraw his suberiptioa from some of the Inept.* because
a part of it went to pay church of Ragland clergymen.—The
Rev. B. Grant movrd a resolution to the effect " that for the
sake at the general welfare, and for the spirituality of reit.
aka, the meeting cordially apprbring of the principles ea
witisk the Anti-State Church Awociation is founded,
itself to encourage it by ivory means in
its -power." This speaker declared that the ma-
nazisa between the chards and the state was do-
=te religion and n muter to politics. Rs-
got Gall very well: it marched bravely dung the high-