The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-16 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The programme prepared by Mr. Merry for Warwick
does not require much discussion. It presents only a
scanty promise of sport, but the racing will doubtless,
in certain respects, be interesting. Some formidable
names are appended to the Trial Stakes, for which I
shall let Fisherman do battle for me, despite the pro-
bability of his encountering two such "clippers" as
Melissa and Gemma di Vergy. By the way, if Gemma
di Vergy be really the property of Mr. Coglan, there
may be some difficulty about his starting.
For the Willoughby Handicap I shall give my faith
to Prince of Orange and Mysterious Jack. For the
Mile Handicap I shall select Lord Nelson and Plausible.
Jack the Giant Killer, Questionable, and Profile are my
fancies for the T.Y.C. Handicap.
Should Codrington go to the post he shall be my selec-
tion for the Great Warwickshire Handicap. In his ab-
sence either December or Tame Deer may pull through.
The Two-Year-Old Stakes I assign to Greenwich Fair.
Thursday's races I will touch upon on Wednesday.
March 16. A FRESH MAN.

WARWICK RACES,—MONDAY.
AARlVED.—Mysterious Jack, First of May, Emigran
Royalty, and Merry Sunshine.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, March IG.—Wind this day at noon, W.S.W.
to W. ; fine and clear. It blew a gale yesterday with very
heavy squalls, and snow, hail, and rain.
PORTSMOUTH, March 15. Wind W.N. W. —Arrived—
Hannibal, from Canton; Speedwell, London, for Ja-
maica.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Monday, 10 a.m.

Wind W.
.Arrived—Conatitution, steamer, from Antwerp; Harriet,
Cardiff; Carolinida, Cherbourg; Spray, Havre.
Sailed—Effort and Flora, for Sunderland.
LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning.

Wind S.W.
Arrived--Eagle Speed, from Mobile ; Henry Buck, New
Orleans ; Agenora, Savannah ; Rolling Wave, Mauritius ;
Vocalist, Sydney ; Patriot Queen, Calcutta ; Cassispia,
Mauritius; Addie Snow, New Orleans.

It has now been determined that the Emperor
Alexander will pay a visit to the Emperor at ,Paris,
and also visit Italy. During his absence there will be
A Council of Regency.
LLANDAFF CATIIEDDAL.-=After a restoration extend.
ing over a period of ten years, the cathedral church of
Llandaff is about to be re-opened for public worship.
The celebration has been fixed for Thursday. the 16th
proximo, whea a sermon will be preached in the morn-
ing by the Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Oxford.
THE INCIISMENCY OF CLEKENWELL.— The election to
the incumbency of Clerkenwelt has been fixel for the
30th instant. The Rev. Horace Roberts has retired
from the contest, having been appointed curate of Bed-
ford Episcopal Chapel Chapel, Bloomsbury ; and it is
supposed that there will be no strong opposition to the
election of the Rev. R. Maguire, the secretary of the
Islington Protestant Institute.
The Court of Assizes on Friday tried a man named
Plu for the murder of his sister. On the morning of
the 27th Dec., the man, who for five years had lived
with his sister in the Place d'Armes at St. Denis, in-
formed some of the occupiers of the house that he bad
found his sister lying dead in bed. Those persons imme-
diately went up to the room, and found the woman dead.
The man said he would have the corpse buried at once,
and that he himself would prepare it for interment.; but
his neighbours informed the commissary of police, and
that functionary bad an examination made of the body.
It was then discovered that the deceased, after receiving
a blow on the head from some blunt instrument which
stunned her, bad been suffocated by having a large piece
of wool thrust into her month, It was further discovered
that a number of pieces of gold, chiefly foreign, and some
securities, which the woman was known to possess, had
disappeared. The man was suspected, as for some time
be had been on bad terms with his sister, and had fre-
quently illtreatedrher ; and the cause of their dissen-
sions was that he was lazy and drunken, and made her
maintain him. On the previous evening the people liv-
ing in the adjacent rooms had heard the woman bitterly
reproaching some one, and shortly after they heard
smothered cries. As the woman had scarcely any friends,
it was morally certain that the person whom she re-
proached could be no other than her brother. More-
over, there were no signs of any forcible entry having
been made into the apartment, and the brother alone
bad a key of it. He pretended that ho had passed the
whole of the previous eveningand night in a new lodging
which be bad hired in a different part of the town, but,
on inquiry, it turned out that he had not been near
the place. He was searched and a sum of 306 f., of
which 230 f. were in gold, was found on him ; some
articles of jewellery, a voucher for 1411 reate, and a
bond of the City of Paris of 1,0001., were besides
found in a trunk which be had secreted in a garret.
He pretended that be had saved up the sums in ques-
tion, but he could not state how he originally became
possessed of them. A farther sum of 1,8601., chiefly in
gold, was found in a drawer, and when it wasdiscovered
be alleged that it was his, but he could not state what
the precise amount was • so that it was reasonable to
assume that he had secreted it without counting it, But
what was the strongest proof of his guilt was that the
gold found on him was of the reigns of Bonaparte Con-
sul, 'Napoleon Louis XVIII., and Charles X , and
his sister had had pieces of those reigns, and took plea.
sure in showing them to her neighbours ; and, besides,
he had some pieces of Italy, England, and Holland,
whioh also his sister had possessed. Toe jury declared
the man guilty, not of murder, but of manslaughter,
and the Court condemned him to 20 years' hard labour.
THE TROUBETSKOY FAMILY.—The P anco-Sclavoniam
Review gives the following biography of the Troubetskoy
family, with which the Count de Moray has
lately allied himself by marriage:—" The Princes Troa-
betskoy are descendants of Olgord, Great Grand Duke of
Lithuania, son of Gaedimine, and father of the celebrated
Jagellon. They derive their name from the town of Troub-
tchevsk, in the government of Tchernigoff. At the com-
mencement of the 17th century, at the time of the war of
independence undertaken by Russia, defending herself
against the establishment at Moscow of the Polish dy-
nasty, Prince Dmitry, of the family of Troubetskoy, wan
proposedifor the throne by the Cossack troops and by a
minority of the army, and was thus presented to the elec-
tion of a new dynasty to which the Grand Council of the
Empire was about to proceed. Other candidates were op-
posed to him, and from the conflict issued the Czar, the
young Michel Romanoff. It was thus that Prince Dmitry
was rejected from the throne of Russia. Under the reign-
of the Czar Alexis Prince Alexis Troubetskoy was one
of the most distinguished statesmen in Europe ; and
the Czar, as a reward for his eminent Services, gave him,
as his absolute property, the town of Troubtchevsk, the
ancient domain of his ancestors. The deed of gift is con-
tained among the archives of the town, but the donation
was not transmitted to the family, Prince Alexis before
his death having given back the town to the Czar. This
family has produced other distinguished men ; Prince
John was field-marshal of the empire, as was also his
nephew, Prince Nikita. The latter also became Pro-
cureur-General of the Senate, a dignity which corre-
sponds to the present functions of Minister of Justice."
MADRID, March 9.—The projected expedition
against Mexico assumes an aspect of some import-
ance. Considerable preparations are making.
General Pezuela is spoken of for the chief com-
mand. The choice of the Government is said to
lie between him and General Lersundi, the present
Minister of Marine.
The Three per Cento. were done at 39.20 ; ditto
Deferred, 25,30