The Week.

servatism . On the contrary , it tended to show that Radical doctrines were not the creed of tho nation . For many a Liberal had been returned upon a profession of Conservative principles , Avhilst it Avas not the extreme section of the Government to which the country gave its support , but the party of Lord Palmerston , whose Toryism was denounced by a considerable portion of the Liberals themselves . The meeting was also

addressed in a spirited speech by Mr . Cave , M . P . for Shoreham , and the whole of the proceedings went off in the most satisfacfactory manner . 'The Conservatives of . North Warwickshire entertained their two members to a banquet on Thursday evening , tbe 10 th inst . Mr . Nowdegate made one of his usual solid Tory speeches ; Mr . Bromley attempted the humorous ;

and both were elated by the existence , as they said , of Conservative opinions in the Liberal ranks . Inquests were held on the llth inst . on tbe bodies of the three children murdered in Holborn and the woman and her daughter killed by the same man at Ramsgate . Tho inquest in London was adjourned , after a few witnesses had been examined , in order that the

result of the post mortem examination might be given . At Ramsgate there Avas little excuse for adjournment . The evidence made it painfully clear that Southey : dias Forward had shot his ivifc and child . Inspector Tanner applied to the coroner , however , for an adjournment . Ho said he made the request at the instance of the Home Secretary .

He desired that Southey should be brought to London and tried for the murder of the three children in Holborn . If this course ivere taken the prisoner might be tried in September , Avhereas if the coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder , the prisoner could not be tried till the March assizes . The coroner , however , declined to accede to this , and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Southey . He seems to regard

himself as a deeply injured man . A meeting of dealers iu foreign cattle was held on the llth inst . at the Salutation Tavern , Newgate-street , in reference to the cattle plague . They very strongly resent the imputation that the disease has been brought into this country from abroad , and declare that the watchfulness exercised at the ports of shipment and arrival make it all but impossible that diseased animals should be brought in . They

seem to agree that the disease is mainly to be attributed to a want of care and cleanliness in the cow-houses , and to the abominable manner in which cattle are carried from one point to another . Benjamin Taylor and Henry Kelly were brought up at the Mansion House the other day charged with conspiring to defraud the Birmingham Banking Company . The

conspiracy consisted in a plan by which bills drawn on imaginary firms Avere presented to tbe bank for discount . Several witnesses word examined , and the prisoners wero remanded . The Government have , at length , determined upon putting in force the . powers vested in them under Act of Parliament'for tho purpose of preventing the spread of the

cattle contagion , whicli lias attracted so much attention , and created such alarm during the last few weeks . In a supplement to the London Gazelle , published on Saturday last , an order of Council appears , minutely describing the symptoms of the affection , empowering inspectors to enter upon and inspect premises in which they have reason to believe

diseased animals are to be found , laying down tho regulations for the management , cleansing , ventilation , and disinfection of the premises , i-. nd directing that any person offending against the order shall , for every offence , forfeit such a sum , not exceeding £ 20 , as the justices before whom ho is convicted may think fit to impose . An important meeting of Norfolk farmers was held in St , Andrew's Hall , Norwich , on Saturday last , at which the

principal landoAvners of the county were present , and over which Mr . C . S . Read , M . P ., presided , with the view of taking steps to prevent the spread of the cattle disease in that district of the country . On the motion of Mr . Howes , M . P ., seconded by Sir T . Beauchamp , it was unanimously resolved that the meeting , having heard of the alarming spread of the cattle plague ,

recommend to the consideration of the public the means suggested by Professor Symonds in his lecture , to arrest tbe progress of the disease , and that no farmer should purchase store stock in any market for the period of six weeks . A committee was appointed to promote the objects of the meeting , and a subscription opened , which the Earl of Leicester headed Avith the liberal

donation of £ 500 , followed by Sir T . Beauchamp and Mr . R . Chamberlain ivith £ 100 a piece . Major De Vere , who was shot by a sapper in the Royal Engineers , named Currie , at Chatham , on Friday last , still survives the injuries inflicted upon him by his would-be assassin , and some slight hope is entertained that he may recover . If he does so it will be almost

miraculous , seeing that the ball passed completely through the left lung and just above the heart . Currie , since his arrest , exhibits the utmost callousness at the act , and freely expresses his regret that tbe bullet he fired did not more effectually accomplish its mission . His motive for committing the crime is stated to bo some imaginary wrong he had suffered at the

hands of the injured gentleman , whom he denounces as a military tyiant . At Guildhall Police-court on Saturday last , Charles Austin , sen ., and Charles Austin , jun ., cow-keepers , at Peckliani-rye , appeared before the presiding alderman , charged at the instance of the Commissioners of Sewers Avith having sent to Newgate Market a quantity of beef diseased and unfit for the use of man . They were convicted upon the clearest evidence , and fined £ 10 a piece , Avith the alternative of three

months' imprisonment ; but they paid the fine . The assassin , Southey , alias Forwood , was brought up on remand before the magistrates of Ramsgate on Saturday last , charged ivith the wilful murder of his wife and child . On being placed at the bar , the prisoner commenced taking notes , unmindful of the uproar created by the excited

audience with which the Town Hall was filled . \\ 'ben the charge was stated against him , however , he at once applied for permission to engage legal assistance . The request was acceded to by the bench , and Mr . Gold , jun ., from the firm of Gold and Son , Serjeant ' s-inn , and AVIIO Southey said bad been sent down by the only friends lie possessed in the world , was admitted to

act as his adviser . Subsequently , whilst one of the witnesses was under examination , the prisoner interrupted the proceedings by drawing attention to the fact that his photograph Avas being taken through one of the windows , protested against it Avith energy , at the same time exclaiming that he was an innocent man . He then handed in certain documents , upon which he

based an application for a remand , and Avhich ho said fixed on others the crimes with whicli he stood accused . In vain Mr . Gold counselled him not to persist in this course . He insisted upon his right to a remand in the name of truth and justice , declared that he would act on his own judgment alone , and said that his conscience would teach him best Avhat was

best for his good . He was then committed to Sandwich gaol , to take his trial at the next Maidstone assizes , but had to be removed by force , and in the midst of another attempt , which he accompanied by much gesticulation , to show the magistrates that society not he was at fault . In the Central Criminal Court on Monday the trial of Mr . R . AA aters-Lord Shaftesbury's late steward , was postponed till the October session . The application for postponement Avas made by defendant's counsel . Jones , tbe plaintiff in the action lately