The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-28 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 31 5s to 5/ 153 i • new
do., 3/ 0 to 41 0; clover hay, 41158 to 6/ 15s; and straw,
11 8s to 11 13s per load. A moderate supply and a fair
demand.

CUMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, 3l 10.3 to 5Z 15s ; new
do., 31.3 s to 41 4s; clover hay, 4/ 15s to 6/ 12s ; and straw,
1/ 9s to 1/ 14s per load. Both hay and straw were in fair
request, at our quotations.

Country Markets.

LIVERPOOL-JUNE 27.

Thare was a fair attendance of millers and dealers to-
day, who, influenced by the fineness of the weather, re-
stricted their operations. The general runs of American
wheat declined about 2d per bushel from Tuesday, but fine
qualities, from scarcity, were not to be bought lower.
Four 6d to is per brl. and sack easier. Indian corn, with
a quiet demand, gave way 6d to 9d per qr. on yellow, and
9d to is on white. In oats, oatmeal, barley, beans, and
peas no change was observable.

WESTUINSTER.—A few days
litary -astutne, who gave Lis
louTir;ii; -Complained that tie
French officor, had endeavoured to incite him to fight a
duel. The coimplaint was founded upon a series of let-
ters addressed to the complainant by the Count, in the
course of which he said, " If you were a military man
you would know what answer you should gi,;e to this
letter ; I am waiting for it ;" and in another, -" ICI were
to avenge myself other than nobly, I would kill you like
a dog."
Mr. Paynter, looking at the general tenonr of the let.
ters,land particularly at the passages above quoted, issued
a warrant against the Count, who was apptebended
by Knowland, one of the summoning °Meerut:4f this
court, at his lodgings, in Soho•square. On hifi being
brought to this court on Tuesday, Mr. Arnold was pre-
siding, when the complainant drew
,a packet frbm his
bosom with a large nail driven through the centre, and,
having intimated that that was the recognise& mode
of duly signing and sealing the last will and declara-
tion of a man who was on the eve of "pying out," as-
sured the worthy magistrate that he had just taken it
down from the wall to which it had been fastened by this
nail, and proceeded to unfold and read extracts from it.
It contained, besides copies of the passages abovsquoted,
a long debtor and creditor account between himse:f and
the Count, and some expressions said to be literal copies
of words contained in letters which were materially cal.
oulated to detract from the fair fame of the Countess.
He was confined in his evidence to the hostile fetters,
those of a more tender character forming no portion of
the inquiry, when, after a partial hearing of the Matter,
Mr. Arnold adjourned the case until yesterday, in order
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that Mr. Paynter himself might determine it.
On the narties appearil,g, Mr. Paynter inquired
whether the letter containing the expression " If I were
to avenge myself," Sze., was admitted by the defendant
to have been written by him.
Mr. Lawton, foreign law agent and linguist, Sher-
borne•lane, admitted that it was, but urged that his con-
struction of the passage was that his client had no wish
to avenge himself.

Mr. Paynter could not concur with the advOcate in
that reading of the passage, and thought it had a strong
tendency to provoke a breach of the peace.
Mr. Lawton, in the course of a very forcible address,
said that his client had been a colonel in the French
army, and has espoused the csia,e of the Hungarians,
in- consequence of -which his property had been con-
ficated by the Austrians, and he was now, instead of
living a life of idleness, attached to a mercantile house
in the city, to one of the principals of which the com-
plainant bad only yesterday written a letter charging
nun with the grossest immorality and dishonesty. Not
content with this, he had grossly attacked the reputation
of his lady, and bad been base enough to invent a series
of expressions said to have been written by her, to
which she was a perfect stranger. He had, moreover,
in his letters to the Count used the language " Dog as
you are, come to me when you please, I'll have you
swept from my presence as dust."

Mr. Paynter Thought the greater the amount of pro-
vocation proved the great, r the chance of there being a
breach of the peace, and ordered the defendant to find
bail, which he immediately did.
Mr. Lawton then requested a warrant against Benhou-
lieb fir endeavouring to extort money from the Count by
threatening to publish certain matters connected with
him. He grounded his complaint upon two letters pro-
duced—the one addressed to the Countess and the other
to her husband. The first demanded six guineas of the
lady, and when her husband wrote to say that he (Ben-
houlieb) must prove to him that he had a right to claim
the money of his wife, Benhoulieb wrote in reply that
he waived with impatience the result of an arranged
interview upon the subject, as he had been preparing
.Tanelations of documents in his possession which, if the
elterview did not turn cut as he wished, he would put
in the public press.
Mr. Paynter issued a warrant, which was executed
tor hwitb, and the Coma and Benhoulieb having changed
places, the letters were put in evidence.
Mr. Paynter said that he considered it his duty to
send the case before another tribunal, and having cau-
tioned defendant in the ordinary form of law,
Benboulieh, who is evidently a very intelligent man,
iroduced a book of certificates of high character as a
,unitary interpreter, end sigain requested the worthy
uagistrate to read letters on the table which would
show that he had not been guilty of the intention as-
cribed. England was a free country, with a free press,
and therefore he had a right to publish the letters to the

Mr. Paynter observed that was just the rock be
split upon, for he wai not ju-tified in publishing them,
,lor in threatening to publi.sh them to obtain money.
Mr. Lawton said that the very worst part of defen-
dant's cot.duct was wickedly and for the basest pur-
poses ma'igning a woman of spotless character and re-
putation.

The defendant having again and again repeated his re-
quest that the magistrates would go through the corres-
pordenee in question,

Mr. Paynttr said he could -produce the letters else-
where. He was not trying the case. Tnis was a mere
preliminary proceeding, and he should send the matter
for trial where it would be filly investigated ; the charges
tie would have to answer would be sending the two let-
ters which had been p-it in.
Defendant was then ordered to find bail to answer the
obarge at the Central Criminal Cuurt, and removed until
oeprocured

kr. Lawton expressed his intention of also exhibiting
an indictment against the defendant for libel.

Sporting Intelligence.

WINCHESTER RACES.-FRIDAY.

The Original Hampshire Scakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and
3 only it declared, &c., with 50 added ; the second to
save his stake ; certain winners extra Two miles and
a distance. 18 subs., 13 of whom declared.
Mr. T. Hughes's Westminster, by Slane, 4 yrs, Bst 7113

- (Hughes) 1
Ur. Gulliver's Redemption, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (including
51b extra) (Yates) 2
Ur. W. Grwne's Blue Mantle, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Salte) 3
Betting-5 to 4on Redemption, 6to 4 agst Blue
Mantle, 6to 1 agst Westminster. The favourite made
the running, with Westminster second and Blue Mantle
third, to the half distance, where she tired, and West-
.uinster took the lead and won easily by two lengths ;
very bad third.

The City Members' Plate of 50 sovs for three-yr-olds
and upwards • weight for age ; optional selling allow-
ances, &c. One mile and a quarter. Five subs.
Mr. Eran's Smithmoor, by Annandale, 5 yra, 7st 91b
(301.)
Ir. B. Land's Bordeaux, aged, Bst 31b (301.) (G. May) 2
Mr. Oliver's Ethelbald, 4 yrs, 84 (501.) ...(Chariton) 3
Ir. Stevens's Sportsman, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (501.) (Prior) 4
Mr. Narro way's Blue Bell, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (301.) (Salter) 0
Betting-6 to 4 agst Ethelbald, 2to 1 agst Blue Bell,
3to 1 agst Bordeaux ; Ethelbald made play for the first
100 yards, when Blue Bell took the lead, but at the last
turn run out, carrying Ethelbald with her ; Smithmoor
and Bordeaux made the rest of the running alternately,
the former winning by four lengths ; a neck between the
second and third. The winner was bought in for 33
guineas.

The Grange Park Stakes of 10 sous each, with 100 added,
for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Sat 71b ; fillies and geldings, Eist
3ib ; certain winners extra ; the second to save his

stake. T.Y.C. 25 subs.
Mr. Etwall's Tam o'Shanter, Bit 71b ...... ..(Flatman) 1
Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Gienuaassou, Bst 11lb (in.
Cb extra)
S. Rogers) 2
Mr. E. Day's Bannockburn, Bit 7lb (J. Forster) 3
The following also ran :—Miss Nightingale, Amati,
Salonica, Venus fitly, Madame Rachel, M.D., Park-
keeper.

Betting-6 to 4 agst Glenmasson, sto 1 agst Tau
o'Sbauter, 6 to 1 agst Bannockburn, 8 to 1 each agst
filly by Jobn o.G.tunt and Miss Nightingale. Tam
i'Shanter made play to the top of the hill, where he was
joined by Bannockburn, the favourite lying third, the
others well together, Miss Nightingale heading the ruck.
They ran in this order to the dip, where Glenmasson
drew upon Bannockburn, and soon afterwards took
second place, lying close up with Tam o'Sbanter to the
distance, where the latter gradually drew away and won
by half a length ; same distance between the second and
third ; Miss Nightingale was a bad fourth, AmaLo was
fifth, and Salouica sixth.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; thre(
je:c.yphr-arirli.dtssoo,no7:
3:
71b ; tour, 9st ; .five, 9st 61b ; six and aged, 9.t 91b.
Two miles.
Mr. T. Parr's Goldhill, 3 yrs
Mr. J. Barnard's Sirocco, 3 yrs D. Hughes) 2
sMirr.
J.
aßr.beivir'islifsreetetryvaß,o3y„yr3sy
......
......
(A,hmaii) 4
Mr. Parker's Alice, 4 yrs ... (G. Mann) 5

Betting—Even on Pretty Boy, 3 to 1 each agst Sirooco
and Goldhill. Pretty .13,1 auu 6irocoo made play alter-
nately, with Cdrva next, and Goldhill fourth, at a mo-
derate pace to the brow of the bill, where Goldhill dre 71
forward, and soon atterwards reached Shooco's girths,
raced with him up the distance, deprived him of the lead
at the cords, and won easily by two lengths. Pretty
Boy was a bad third; Alice was beaten a long way.
A. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for two-
yr-olds and upwards ; optional selling allowances, dm
T.Y.C. Five subs.
Mr. Angell's The Czar, by Bay Middleton. 3 yrs,
7st llb (301)
Mr. Ferraby's Yorkshire Witch, 3 yrs, 6.. t 121 b (301.)
(J. F,rster) 2
Mr. Gully's The Usher, 2 yrs, sst 51h (30/ )...(Bundy) 3
Mr. Mrldsh's Ariel, 3 yrs, 6i . 121 b (301.)...(J. Land) 4
Mr. Evan's Ni. ette, 3 yrs, 6,,t 12:b (301.) (Prior) 5
Betting-6 to 4 agst The Usher, 2to 1 agst Tne Czar,
4 to 1 agst Ariel. Won by a length ; same distance
between the second and third ; bad fourth. The winner
was bought in for 105 guineas.
The Garrison Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for
two•yr-olds and upwards ; certain winners extra ; the
winner to be sold for 2001., if demanded. Half a mile.

Sig subs.
Mr. E. Day's Grey Dawn, by Chanticleer, 2 yrs, sst
21b....................... . ........................... (Bundy) 1
Mr. Angell's The Czar, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (including 91b
extra) ................................... ...... (J. Forster) 2
The following also ran :—Ariel, Equinox, Benefit, and
Westminster.

Betting— Even on Equinox, 5 to 2 agst Benefit, 4 to
1 agst The Czar. A fine race in resulted in favour of
Grey Dawn by a bead ; Equinox and Benefit were next
c Gse up with The Czar, and so near together that the
judge did not place a third ; Westminster Was a mode-
rate fourth, and Ariel last.
BETTING ON THE COURSE.
GOODWOOD STASES,
Bto 1 aget Litildhill (taken)