The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-23 00:00:00

THE NEWARK RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

Thomas Marshall, of Kirk stall, near Leeds, died at
1 o'clock yesterday morning, and thus the number of deaths
is raised to 17. The adjourned inquest was resumed yes-
terday; several bodies were identified, and an adjourn-
ment was made until later in the afternoon. Three
bodies were not identified. All the injured persons in the
town are said to be in a hopeful condition, except the
Dutchman, Gerard Toff, of London.

THE TOTTENHAM AND HAMPSTEAD
JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Yesterday an application was made in the chambers of
Vice-Chancellor Sir W. M. James, the object of which
was to relieve this company of the embarrassments fro m
which it is now suffering. For the construction of the
line a piece of land of the value of rather more than
£3,000, was purchased of the Rev. Edward Ridgway.
The company being unable to advance the purchase
money, the plaintiff obtained an order from
the Master of the Rolls to sell the land. But
as the execution of this order would completely
stop the traffic on the railway, the Midland Railway Com-
pany by whom the line is worked, offered to pay the
money on the understanding that theyshould be empowered
to make deductions periodically from the receipts until
the whole sum was repaid, and receive interest at the rate
of 5 per cent. The assent of the court was now asked to
this arrangement ; and the application was acceded to, ex-
cepting as to that relating to the interest, to which an
objection was made on behalf of the debenture share-
holders.

THE SHAM INSURANCE AND BANK FRAUD.
William Henry White, a common looking man, de-
scribed as an auctioneer, was yesterday brought
before the Lord Mayor for final examination upon the
charge of conspiracy, with other persons, to defraud the
public by means of a sham and fraudulent insurance com-
pany called the Manchester Insurance and Banking
Company (Limited).
Mr. G. Lewis appeared for the prosecution.
Green, the detective officer, stated that a warrant was
placed in his hands for the apprehension of the prisoner on
the 6th of the present month, and he met him accidentally
in Fleet-street. He took out the warrant and read it to
him, and the prisoner then said that the prosecutor
Oswell Currie was in custody at the Poplar police-station
on the charge of setting fire to his house. He asked
the prisoner if he had ever signed any policies
in the name of Albus, and he denied having
done so. He searched him and found a number of
prospectuses and other papers relating to the company,
and six bills of exchange, and an for £22, signed
J. W. Gilbert. Since the prisoner had been in custody
witness had endeavoured to find the other parties whose
names appeared upon the prospectus as directors of the
company, but had been unable to do so with the excep-
tion of a person named Gilbert. All the property
at the " office " consisted of a table, some desks and some
chairs, and an empty cash bowl. He did not find any
securities in the office. There was a cheque book, but he
did not find any register of shareholders. He found one
book which he produced. Mr. G. Lewis said that this
book appeared to contain a host of entries of sums that
had been paid by different parties for premiums, the
whole of which seemed to have been divided amongst the
directors directly after it was received. The officer said
that he had left a summons at the residence of Mr.
Gilbert requiring him to appear and give evidence, but he
had not done so. Mr. Lewis said he considered the evidence
of Mr. Gilbert would be very important, and if he did
not appear to the summons some other means must be
taken to compel his attendance. At present he had no fur-
ther evidence to adduce on behalf of the prosecution.—Mr.
Currie, the nominal prosecutor, said that the statement
of the prisoncr, that he was in custody upon the charge
of feloniously setting fire to his house, was entirely false.
The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was then fully
committed to the Central Criminal Court upon both
charges of fraud and conspiracy.—Mr. Lewis said that a
cheque for five guineas had been sent to him by Mr. Mill-
burn Clark, of Grenville-square, in aid of the costs of
the prosecution. He did not wish to retain it for
that purpose, but desired the Lord Mayor to divide it
among the poor persons who had been defrauded.—The
Lord Mayor consented to do so, though his officers and
he at the same time said that the prisoner's trial would be
conducted from this point by the city solicitor.

M. and Madame Ferdinand de Lesseps have ar-
rived in London.

The Emperor Napoleon continues to make satis-
factory progress, the swelling of the foot having consider-
ably diminished. -

A fresh conflagration has burst out in the forest of
Fontaine Ileau.. There is reason to fear that it is the
work of an incendiary.

Within the past fortnight 5,259 lbs. of meat have
been seized in the City as unfit for human food. It has
all been destroyed.

The Emperor of Austria has directed the arms of
Austria and Hungary to be quartered with the family
arms of Count Beust.

A. meeting of the Glasgow ironmasters has agreed
unanimously to accept the proposals of the men to return
to work. Notices of the lock-out are to be withdrawn.

After a long and warm discussion, and several
divisions, an attempt to pass a resolution in the Dublin
Town Council in favour of the Permissive Bill has been
defeated by a " count-out."
The Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford,
have presented the Rev. Peter Robert Watts, M.A.,
curate of Milton, near Abingdon, to the vicarage of
Thornton-le-Street, in c,he room of the Rev. H. R.
Cunnynghame, M.A.
The Pall Mall Gazette hears that the ex-Queen of
Spain has at last signed her abdication in favour of her
son, and that the document has been shewn to the
Emperor and the Spanish Ambassador by the Duke de
Sesta, who came here purposely to implore her Majesty
to make this sacrifice.

The committee of the "Temporary Home for Lost
and Starving Dogs," advertise that in consequence of the
violent and persistent opposition of the inhabitants of
Holling-worth-street, Holloway, they are under the neces-
sity of seeking another site for this institution. A piece
of freehold land has been offered them in some more
eligible and central locality.
THE REVENUE.—From April Ist to June 18th
the national receipts were 214,585,444, or rather over
£2,000,000 less than the revenue in the corresponding
period of last year. The issues from the Exchequer
amounted to £13,592,592, and this was £1,000,000 under
the expenditure during the like number of weeks in 1869.
The balance in the Bank of England on Saturday last
was £8,744,976.
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With regard to the measures taken by the corn.
mittee of Lloyd's with a view to the discovery of the
authors of the false report concerning the alleged loss of
the Dacia, they are of a very. exhaustive nature, detec-
tives having been sent to America, and also to Canada. It
is said, however, that within the last day. or two circum-
stances have arisen which justify a suspicion that the re-
port originated in London.
LORD DERBY'S RESIDENCE.—The London cor-
respondent of the Yorkshire Post says :—Lord Derby is,
I hear, negociating for the purchase of Holwood, a beau-
tiful estate in Kent, not far from Bromley, and which is
in several ways interesting. In the first place, and this
no doubt mainly induces Lord Derby to wish to become
its possessor, Holwood is at present the residence of the
Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, who rents it from
the representatives of its late owner, the late Lord Cran-
worth, and who is much attached to it as a home.
Then, too, it was the favourite residence of William Pitt,
who was born at the great Chatham's seat of Hayes, a
few miles off. When a boy Pitt used to go bird's nesting
in the woods of Holwood, and then determined to become
its owner whenever he could. His ambition was gratified
in 1785, during the first years of his long Premiership.
In the grounds of Holwood there is still pointed
out what is called " Pitt's oak," conspicuous for
its gnarled and projecting root, which was his
favourite seat. Another is known as " Wilber-
force's oak," the same commemorated in -the
philanthropist's diary as "the old tree at Holwood just
above the deep descent into the vale of Keaton," sitting
on the root of which, with Pitt, he was advised by the
latter and he first resolved to take up the question of the
slave-trade. Amid the pecuniary embarassments which
clouded the great statesman's later years, he was com-
pelled to part with Holwood, and a subsequent proprietor
pulled down the house which had been his, and erected
the present mansion, of the usual suburban type, now
containing only ore memorial of Pitt, his writing-table.
It would be pleasant if Lord Derby were to become the
possessor of a place which is thus associated with the
memory of William Pitt, and which, from its contiguity
to London, would be a convenient sojourn for a steady
frequenter of Parliament,