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.136
THE REV. Da. APNETLE AT EXETER HALL.—At the
annual meeting of the Protestant Association, held at
Exeter-hall, on Wednesday last, the Rev. Dr. M`Neile
was one of the leading speakers ; and, in the course of his
address, was afforded an opportunity of repeating, in its
original and correct form, a declaration made two years
ago in Liverpool, which Cardinal Wiseman, and others of
his Jesuitical school, tortured at the time into an expres-
sion of intolerance. We quote the passage of his speech
referring to this circumstance from the report of the Lon-
don Times. Having quoted from the class books of May-
nooth passages, shewing the persecuting tenets of the
charch of Rome, the learned doctor remarked of Protes-
tants, that—" They would not exterminate, they would
not injure a hair of a man's head for any opinions he
might entertain. [A. Voice.—" How did that accord with
the opinions you expressed from the pulpit of Liverpool
with regard to this ?"] The man who was cognizant of
intended murder, andwho did not interpose his authority
to prevent the commission of the crime, was as well de-
serving of capital punishment at the hands of the execu-
tioner as the assassin who actually committed the murder.
(Tremendous cheering.) That was what he had said at
Liverpool. Because Radical newspapers, watching for
the halting of such a man as he was, took hold of this ex-
pression and misrepresented it, and because Dr. Wi:.,eman
laid hold of it and repeated the misrepresentation after his
explanation had appeared in The Times,—therefore it had
lodged in the minds of some, who, after two years had
elapsed, had brought it up, and asked him how it agreed
with his expressions of toleration ? Now, it did agree with
the fullest toleration. (Hear.) He said again, that he would
not advocate the injury of any man for any opinion he
might hold (hear); but there was a monstrous difference
between the holding of an opinion and the becoming a
part iceps criminis in a designed murder. He would no
more think of injuring, or even of quarrelling with a man
who held the doctrine of transubstantiation or believed
there was such a place as purgatory, than he would think
of quarrelling with him for dreaming, walking in his sleep,
or for being guilty of any other tomfoolery. (" Hear,"
and a laugh.)

RIOT ON BOARD THE AMERICAN PACKET-SHIP RAP-
pAHANNocx.—On Tuesday, a riot took place on board
the American packet-ship Rappahannock, Captain 'Wm.
Cushing, lying in the Mersey. The Rappahannock left
the dock on the previous Saturday, with from 300 to 400
passengers on board, chiefly Irish, bound for New York.
The vessel was anchored in the river, near to the Wood-
side Ferry, and she was to sail on Monday, on her voyage.
The crew of the vessel was shipped at this port by Mr. Da
Costa, shipping master. On Monday, it appears, while
the surgeon was examining the passengers, some of their
boxes were broken open, and whiskey and other things
were taken out. On Tuesday, at two o'clock, the passen-
gers were mustered on deck by the captain ; and whilst
they were so engaged the crew went below and again
broke open the boxes of the passengers, and stole what-
ever money they could lay their hands on, with many ar-
ticles of wearing apparel. They also got a quantity of
whiskey, the property of the passengers, of which they im-
bibed so large a portion that they became not cnly
drunk, but infuriated. About this time the captain went
ashore, and immediately the crew began fighting, first
with one another, and then they assaulted the passengers.
chasing them about the deck with their knives, and
threatening to stab and murder them all. It would seem
that the passengers went below, followed by some of the
crew, headed by the boatswain, to commit further assaults.
The pilot, seeing what was going on, called out to the
passengers to " muzzle him," (that is, the boatswain,)
and they, thereupon, immediately assailed and punished
him severely. Intelligence was conveyed to Mr. Clough,
at the police-office, and a detachment of police was sent
off in the steamer Athens ; Inspector Burney, of the Bir-
kenhead force, also going on board the ship, and a new
crew was taken on board. Sixteen of the crew were then
singled out; and John Campbell and Thomas Wilson
(Irishmen), Joseph Naughton (Norwegian), Robt. Dur-
ham, Daniel Jackson, and William Murray (Americans),
Charles P. Miller (Norwegian), James Lyons (American),
William Parkes and Charles Lomer (Englishmen), Peter
Joseph (Italian), James Jones (Austrian), and William
Maddison (American), were taken on shore at Woodside,
the vessel being anchored in that portion of the river;
and they were booked on a charge of refusing to work
and proceed to sea in the ship.—On Thursday morning,
the prisoners were brought up before Messrs. Case and
Shaw for examination. Mr. Atkins, attorney, appeared
for the defence. Fortunately for the rioters, no person
appeared to prosecute, Captain Cushing, his mate, the
wounded man M'Donald, and the other principal witness,
having sailed in the Rappahannock at four o'clock that
morning for New York, leaving the prisoners to their
fate. After a few words from Mr. Case to the prisoners
on the impropriety of their conduct, they were liberated