The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, AMY 26, 1847.

IRELAND.
DVIILTN, Jots 24.
In reply to a communication from the North Dublin
Union, the poor-law commissioners have fixed the
amount of security for relieving °Seers at 2001., in
two sureties of 1001. each. The same union bad a
very dlaitgreetible duty to discharge yesterday. The
Liverpool steamer brought over forty miserable men,
women, and children, whom the officers of the union
took in temporary charge, previous to their departure
to their respective localities. The streets, which
heretofore were passable, are again incommoded by
groups of these poor outcasts. Absence has not
improved them.
His excellency is still in the bustle of addresses.
Yesterday a deputation from the united presbytery of
Munster, consisting of many influential names, waited
on Lord Clarendon, with en address, which was read
by the Rev. Dr. Drummond, unitarian clergyman, to
which his excellency briefly replied. I may add,
that his lordship, with the Ctuntess of Clarendon,
pays his first visit to the national theatre this night,
for the benefit of the lessee, where, doubtless, his
reception will be warm.
The Ilveman of to-day complains of " paltry
bigotry " on the part of the Royal Dublin Society, at
the late exhibition of manufactures. A frame of
stained glass designed with the arms of Mr. O'Connell
was excluded by the committee because the subject
was " political." The Freeman retorts by referring
to tho " arms" of the Duke of Wellington by the
s-mc artist, which was received : and t 3 three " King
William goblets " bearing " the mottoes and emblems
of orangeism," which found more favour with the
committee than " the arms of the Irish liberator."

A very interesting experiment took place yester-
day at Kingstown, in the presence of Prince George of
Cambridge, Sir E. Blakeney, and all the notables.
It was to test the efficacy of an invention to preserve
life at sea by means of tubes of vulcanised India-
rubber lashed to the inside of a boat under the
thwarts. The inventor is Mr. Hotildsworth. The
agent of the Messrs. M'lntosh had a boat fitted with
the tubee and holes bored through the bottom
fitted with plugs. On • signal given the rowers, in
their progress round the harbour, withdrew the plugs
and the boat filled to the gunwale. They still rowed
on with the inconvenience only of a cold bath.
Several hundred-weights were added, but the boat
still maintained her buoyancy. In smooth water and
on a small scale the experiment was perfectly
successful.

KERRY RELIEF COMMITTEES.—A few days since the
relief eommittees of several parishes in Kerry held a meeting,
to consider the course they should adopt in reference to the
repayment of relief advances. They proved themselves much
more reasonable than Mr. Burke Roche and lArd Mount-
eul,el. These latter gentlemen protested against any pay-
ment on foot of those advances. The gentlemen of Kerry
content themselves with memorialising the executive to for-
give them one half the advance, and to accept payment of
the remainder by instalments, as the ratepayers are utterly
unable to discharge the whole in one rate. The guardians
of Carrickmacroas, Monaghan, have done the same.