The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-28 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUSILIN, 27.
The Lord Lieutenant and the Countess ofSEPT. St. Ger-
mans, attended by a brilliant suite, left Dublin at
12 o'clock yesterday, by special train, and urrived at
Limerick shortly before four, having rondo the
journey of 129 miles in three hours and a half, ex-
clusive of a delay of 20 minutes at the Limerick
Junction. Among those who travelled in the special
train with their excellencies were the Lord Chancel-
lor, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Eliot, Sir John Young,
Chief Secretary, and Lady Young, Major Larcom,
Under Secretary, the Attorney• General, Mr. ',ergs's,
the lion. Mr. Ponsonby, Major Bagot, Sir Edward
MDonnell, &c. A large concourse of people, with
deputations from several public bodies, were assem-
bled at the Limerick terminus, awaiting the arrival
of their excellencies. Their excellencies having left
the train, the Mayor of Limerick was introduced by
Sir M. Barrington, and the formal reception and
welcome by the mayor, aldermen, and town council
of the borough took place. The ceremony of pre-
'seating the keys of the city to the Lord Lieutenant
having been gone through, a procession was formed,
and their excellencies proceeded to the Court-house,
where the addresses from the corporation, the Cham-
ber of Commerce, and the commissioners of the
great Munster fair, were presented. To the corpo-
ration address, which has already appeared in the
Express, his excellency replied :
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,—l have listened with great
pleasure to this address. Ihe occasion upon which I ap-
pear for the first time in this ancient city as the representa-
tive of our gracious Queen, is, indeed, an auspicious one.
I have come to celebrate with you the completion of two
undertakings, both of which are calculated to call into
healthy actsou the energies of the people—the one, by pro-
moting the commerce—the other, the agriculture of the
country. I congratulate you on the local improvements
which you describe. They afford, as you justly observe,
gratifying evidence of the public spirit of the city of
Limerick. The manufacture of lace at Limerick has
already attained to a high degree of excellence.
It will, I am persuaded, attain to a greater, when
the taste and skill of the manufacturer skill have
received all the cultivation which the stools of
ornamental art and design are capable of giving them.
The recent visit of the Queen to this country was assuredly
a mark of the interest which her Majesty takes in all that
concerns the welfare and prosperity of its people. I 3C-
knowledge with satisfaction the assurances which you give
me of the steadfast attachment felt by all classes in Lime-
, rick to her Majesty's crown and person, and I offer you my
grateful thanks for the wishes that you express for my hap-
piness and that of Lady St. Germane.
The ceremonial over, their Excellencies returned
to their carriage,and;proceeded on their way to Elan-
park, the scat of Lord Clarina, where they remained
asst night. This day they will visit the great Mun-
ster fair, and to-morrow the opening of the new
floating docks takes place.
There is to be a grand naval review at Cork to-
morrow, the fleet leaving the harbour fur the pur-
pose of going through a variety of manceuvres to
exhibit their sailing powers and efficiency in a war-
like point of view before the Lords of the Admiralty.
A rumour prevailed that the fleet would finally go
to sea that day, but this statement is not believed to
rest on any authority.
Saunders of this morning has the following ac-
count of an accident to Lieut.-General Sir Edward
Blakeney :
We are deeply concerned to state that tho deservedly
popular and generally esteemed Commander of the Forces
in Ireland met with a severe accident in Pommel on
Saturday night. His servant awkwardly left some port-
manteaus and boxes outside the general's door, and on
going out of his room he fell over them, and rt.ceived a
severe shock and fall. We could learn no further particu-
lars. The general is now on his annual tour of inspection
in the north-eastern district.

Them was a meeting of the Dargan Industrial In-
stitute yesterday, when some large accessions to the
fund were announced. The total amount subscribed
cannot yet be ascertained, no returns having been
received from the country banks, but it is known to
exceed considerably 3,500/.