The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-08 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DL itLIN, iv:vs 7.
The first instalment requisition, calling a meeting
of the Roman catholic' of Ireland to petition against
the Bill for the Inspection of Nunneries, appears in
the Freeman of this morning, and contains about
five hundred names, among which are to be found
those of four peers—Lords Kenmare, Southwell,
Bellew, and Ffrench—four " honourable" ;" half-a-
dozen baronets; twenty-four Irish members ; fifteen
Queen's counsel; and a long array of deputy-lieu-
tenants, justices of the peace, town councillors, bar-
risters, and other professional men. The day, fur the
meeting has been altered from the 15th to the 13th
instant, the round-room of the Rotunda in which it
will beheld having been previously engaged fur ano-
ther purpose on the former day.
An inquest was held yesterday on two other vic-
tims of the late boiler 'splash% on board the Times
steamer, in the river of Dublin ; and some additional
light having been thrown upon the subject in this
last inquiry, the result has been the committal of
Mr. Haig, the government engineer surveyor, to
Kilmaicham prison, for trial on the charge of man-
slaughter. The verdict on which the committal was
made out was as follows :

We fird that Ellen Ward and Honors Noonan, on the
evening of the 2nd inst., on board the Times strainer, in
the Liffey, near the Pigeon-house, were scalded by the
bursting of the boiler of said steamer, from the effects of
which scaldinx• the said Ellen Ward and Rom a Noonan
died on the sth inst., in the Pigeon-hone Fort ; and that the
cause of the bursting of said boiler is to be attributed to the
gross neglect of James Ilaig, government engineer surveyor,
in not making a proper inspectii not the boiler ()timid steamer
in April last; and we consider him highly culpable in not
giving up the key of the parliamentary safety valve to the
captain of the vessel at the time of his last inspection in
April last ; and we desire to express our gratitude to Dr.
Gilborne, of the Royal Artillery, and Dr. Doyle, of Irish-
town, for the promptitude, skill, and humanity with which
they attended and administered to the wants of the poor
sufferers when brought to the Fort ; likewise to Colonel
Savage, and the men of the Artillery under his command,
as well as a party of the 17th Regiment; and to Mr. In-
spector Finnemore, and all the police of bialttows, for
their prompt, energetic, and able exertions in the cause of
suffering humanity, and we beg strongly to recommend
them to the consideration of the government.
The number of deaths that have resulted from
that unfortunate occurrence up to the present arc 11,
and some others of the victims are expected to sink
under their sufferings. Captain W. H. Walker, of
the naval department of the Board of Trade, has
arrived in Dublin for the purpose of instituting in-
quiries into the cause of the accident.
The working classes and the general public do not
yet appear to have appreciated the opportunity
afforded by the reduction in the price of admission '
to the Great Industrial Exhibition, the number of
visitors yesterday, the first shilling day, having been
only 5,776, or about the same as on the last couple
of days last week, when the price was half-a-crown.
The arrangement of the goods may now be consi-
dered as complete, so far as it will affect the general
interest of the Exhibition.

A motion of Mr. John Reynolds in the corpora-
-1 tion yesterday, for a petition to the House of Com-
mons to exempt the corporation from the payment
of the income tax, was rejected.
The Hibernian Bank yesterday declared a dividend
on their year's profits at ,the rate of 6 per cent. on
the paid up capital.
The General Mining Company of Ireland also
held their stated meeting yesterday, and declared
a dividend of 20 per cent. on their capital for the
year.

DUBLIN LNDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.

(FROM Ova SPECIAL

DUBLIN, MAY 31.