The Press.
London, England, 1854-02-04 00:00:00

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TUE QUEEN'S SPEECH on opening Parliament was
transmitted to Ireland on Tuesday by submarine
telegraph with incredible rapidity. The commencing
paragraph reached Dublin a few minutes after three ;
and the whole speech, which was spoken in the
Douse of Lords at half-past two, was printed off in
the Irish capital by four o'clock. Nor was this all.
Cork, Belfast, and Galway, received the news almo,t,
simultaneously with Dublin ; and an abstract of the
entire debate on the address appeared in all the
Dublin papers on Wednesday morning, quite as
early as the reports were laid on London breakfast-
t ibles in the metropolitan journals.
THE HAI.F•YEAIILY MEETING of the "Central Con
servative Society of Ireland" was held last week at
their rooms, Upper Sackville-street, the Earl of
Donoughmore in the chair. Amongst those present
w.tre the Earl of Mayo, Lord Naas, Lord Clarina, Mr.
Napier, M.P., Mr. Whiteside, M.P., Colonel Taylor,
M.P., Mr. Vance, M.P., Mr. George, M.P., Mr. Ross
Moore, M.P., S:c. A report was read from the com-
mittee describing their exertions since the formation
of the society in February last, which stated that
they had obtained "a body of valuable statistics
relative to the exact condition of property, agricul-
tural, commercial, and manufacturing, in the coun-
ties and towns of Ireland," which information, the
report goes on to state, will be important for the use
of the constitutional party in l'arliament, in assisting
them "in meeting and opposing any revolutionary
projects under the name of reform." The following
resolution, amongst others, was adopted :—" That
the best thanks of this society are due and owing,
and hereby tendered, to the several agents through-
oat the country, by whose vigorous and persevering
abours at the registry the Conservative cause in Ire-
land has been materially improved."
THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH has quashed the
order of Mr. O'Callaghan, the police magistrate, in
the case of the tract-distributors, and directed that
the recognisance of Mr. Smith, the defendant on
that occasion, should be discharged.
MR. DARGAN'S LOSSES BY THE EXHIBITION amount
to little short of 20,0001.
THE SUPPLY of FLAXSEED has become a subject of
anxiety in Ireland, and especially in Belfast and
other parts of Ulster, on account of the commence-
ment of war with Russia. Special inquiries on this
subject have been instituted, which result in the
very gratifying discovery that the stocks on hand,
including the imports from Riga and Rotterdam, ex-
ceed by twenty thousand barrels the quantity at the
corresponding period last year ; so that a full supply
is secure for the present season. Owing to the same
cause the price of ties is rapidly advancing, and it is
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