The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-17 00:00:00

CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 41 4s; New
ditto, 2/ 5s to 31 iis ; Old Clover, 41 to 51; New ditto,
31 to 41; and Straw, 11 14s to 11 lls per load. A limited
supply, arid a steady demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ ; New
ditto, 2/ 5s to 3t ss; Old Clover, 4/ lOs to 5/ 8s ; New ditto,
31 to 41 4s; and Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply
but moderate, and trade rather dull.
COAL MARK ET.—FZIDAT.
Adair's Main ...... ... 16s Odißraddyll's Hetton lBs Od
Buddle's W. Hartley 17s 3d Haswell lBs 9d
Davison'sWestHartley 17s 3dilletton
Dean's Primrose ...... 165 9dlKeepier
Hasting's Hartley l7s 3dLambton
Holywell Main ... ..... 16s 9dlShotten
New Tanfield l6s OdlStewart's
Ord's Redheugh
West Wylam
West Hartley
Wall's End, &c. High Thornley
Acorn Close
Bewicke and Co l7s 3d Thornley
Hebburn 163 6d South Durham l7s Od
Hilda
Killingworth l7s Od Cowpen Hartley
Wh rncliffe ...... ...... 17s Od Derwentwater Hartley 176 3d
Eden Main l7s 6d W. Hartley Netherton 17s 3d
Belmont l7s 6d

111 arrival

.71 sold.

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

William Triphook and John Finley were charged with
uttering two torged cheques, purporting to be signed by
Lord Skelmersdale, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.

Mr. George, a clerk, in the employment of Messrs.
Coutts and Co., said, that about a week ago, the prisoner
Triphook entered Messrs. Coutts', and presented a
cheque for IL It was signed as if by Lord Skelmers-
dale, and payable to Mrs. Wheeler. It was indorsed,
"Pay Mr. Finley.—C. Wheeler." Witness paid it, and
the prisoner went away. This morning the prisoner
again offered a cheque for the same amount, and with
the same signature, which, however, he rminedta•.ely per-
ceived to be a forgery. He told the prisoner so, and the
prisoner replied, " Why, I gave you one like it last
week, and you paid it." On referring to the file, witness
found that the first cheque was also a forgery, though he
had nut observed it. He immediately gave the prisoner
into custody.

Mr. Muliens, who appeared for the prosecutors, ob
served that he thought it would be necessary to examine
Triphook as a witness.
Policeman Thompson, F 98, was at the station when
the prisoner Triphook was brought in, and heard him
say that he got the cheque from Mr. J. Finley, the
brother of Mr. Finley, an artist in the Strand, in whose
service he (Triphook) was. Witness went to that per-
son's rooms, and took the other prisoner there. He said
that he gave the cheques to the prisoner, and had re-
ceived them in the way of trade.
The prisoner Triphook said that he received the first
cheque from another person in the emplo) ment of Mr.
Finley, the prisoner's brother. The second he received
from the prisoner himself this morning.
The prisoner Finley said that he was a tailor in
Birmingham, and had received the first cheque in the
way of trade from a person named Williams there.
Having some suspicions, from the small amount and from
its being written on a piece of common paper, and not on
a printed form, as usual, he sent it to his brother by
post, requesting him to send it to Messrs. Coutts's to get
it cashed. He delayed bringing his business to a con-
clusion until he heard from his brother that the cheque
was paid ; then, thinking that sufficient proof of the
genuineness of the cheque was given, he gave Wheeler
the goods he had bought and the change due out of 11.
Yesterday being in London he received the second
cheque by post from his father, who was managing his
business in Birmingham. He had the letter in which
his father endorsed the cheque, at his brother's house in
the Strand.

Mr. HENRY allowed the prisoner to go home in charge
of the offices to look for the letter, and in a few minutes
he returned with it.

Mr. HENRY said that he was inclined to think the
letter was genuine, and the prisoner's statement true,
but it was a point of suspicion against Finley that when
he expressed his doubts as to the genuineness of the
first cheque, he did not make any inquiry as to the
character of the person who gave it him.
Mr. Mullens said that he thought Tripkook ought to
be discharged at once, and the other prisoner admitted
to bail.

Mr. HENRY was of the same opinion, and it was ulti-
mately agreed that Finley should be liberated on giving
his own recognizance for 1001., and his brother's for the
same sum, on condition that he should go at once to
Birmingham, with the officer, to endeavour to find
Wheeler, and give him in charge.

Triphook was accordingly dicharged, and Finley en-
tered into the required recognizances to appear again on
Thursday next.
The parties then left the Court.

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
Daniel Hitchcock, who was brought up yesterday at
Lambeth Police-court, en the charge of having murdered
two of his children about six or seven years ago, and
which charge rested upon his own confession, was
brought before Mr. Combo, in pursuance of Mr. Norton's
direction, for filial examination, the alleged murder
having been committed within the Clerkenwell district.
Inspector Valentine stated that he had made in-
quiries since the prisoner surrendered himself, and two
persons were now in attendance, who could give the
Magistrate some information on the sate of the pri-
soner's mind.

One of them, the prisoner's landlord, said be considered
him not to be sound in mind; while his employer stated,
that although eccentric occasionally, he never seemed
unconscious of the consequences of his actions.
Mr. COMBE inquired what the nature of the person's
confession was ?

The inspector replied that he had accused himself of
having, by means of arsenic, procured abortion twice
in a female with whom he resided.

Mr. CO3IBE said he could not see the slightest
grounds for suspecting that there was any foundation for
the crime of which the prisoner wished to make himself
appear guilty. The probability was that he had acted
as he had done through some morbid anxiety for noto-
riety, or perhaps by bringing the name of the female
before the public he thought to annoy the party to whom
she was now married. He should order him to be at
once discharged.
_ _ _

The self accused then left the court apparently very
reluctantly, and muttering something about great dis-
tress of mind for his imaginary crime.