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

SPORTING NOTES.

The programme prepared by Mr. Merry for Warwick
does nut require much discussion. It presents only a
scanty promise of sport, but the racing will _doubtlass,
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 thC- pro-
bability of his encountering two. such "clippers" as
Melissa and Gemma di Vergy. By the way, if Gamma
di Vergy be really.the property of Mr. C,)glau, there
may be some difficulty about his starting.
For the Willoughby Handicap I shrill give my faith
to
_Prince of Orange and_Mysterious Jack. For the
Mile Handicap I shall select Lord Nelson and Plausible.
Jaek the Giant Killer, Questionable, and Profile are my
fancies for the T.Y.C. Handicap.
Should Codr►ngt%m go to the post be shall be my selec-
tion for the Great WarWickshire Handicap. In his ab-
sence either December or Tame Deer may pull through.
The Two•Yeal-Old Stakes I assign to Greenwich Fair.
Thursday's races I will touch upon on Wednesday.
March 16. A FRESH MAN.

WARWICK RACES.,—MONDAY.
ARRlVED.—Mysterious Jack, First of May, Emigrant
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 yesterchy with very
heavy squalls, and snow, hail, and rain.
PORTBMOUTH, March 15.— Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—
Hannibal, from Canton ; Speed well, London, for Ja-
maica.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOI3THAIIPTON, Monday, 10 a.m.

Wind W.
Arrived—Constitution, steamer,from Antwerp; Harriet,
Cardiff; Carolinida, Cherbourg ; Spr.iy, Havre.
Sailed—Effort and Flor_a,, for Sunderland.
LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning.

Wind S.W.

Arrived—Eagle Speed, from Mobile ; Henry Buck, New
Orleans; Agenora, Savannah ; Rolling Wave, Mauritius ;
Vocalist, Sydney; Patriut Queen," Calcutta ; Cdssispia,
Mauritius; Addis 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 CATUEDR&L.—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 INCUMBENCY or CLRKENWELL.— The election to
the incumbency of Clcrkeuwell has been Sue fur 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 Piece d'Armes at St. Denis, in-
formed some of the occupiers of the house that he had
found his sister lying dead in bed. Those persons imme-
diately wont up to the novo, 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 had 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, had been suffocated by having a large piece
of wool thrust into her mouth, 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
he had been on bad terms with his sister, and had fre-
quently illtreated:her ; 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 beard
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
had a key of it. He pretended that he bad passed the
whole of the previous evening and night in a new lodging
which he had hired in a different part of the town, but,
lon inquiry, it turned out that he had not been near
the place. He was searched and a eurn of 306 f., of
which 230 f, were in gold, was found on him ; some
articles of jewellery, a voucher fur 141 f. rente, and a
bond of the City of Paris of 1,000 f., were besides
found in a trunk which he had secreted in a garret.
He pretended that be had saved up the sums in ques-
tion, but he could not state how he oricinally became
possessed of them. A further sum of 1,860 f., chiefly in
gold, was found in a drawer, and when it was discovered
be alleged that it was his, but he could not state what
the precise amount was ; so that it was reasonable to
assume that ho 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-
eel, Napoleon 1., Louis XVIII , and Charles X , and
his aivter had bad pieces of those reigns, and took plee•
sure in shoiving them to her neighbours ; and, besides,
he bad some pieces of Italy, England, and Holland,
which also his sister had possessed. The jury dechred
the man guilty, not of murder, but of manslaughter,
and the Court condemned him to 20 years' hard labour.
THB TROUBETSKOT FAMILY.--The F anco-Sclawonian
Review gives the following biography of the Troubetskoy
family, with which the Count de Morny has
lately allied himself by marriage:—" The Yrincee Trou-
betekoy are descendants of Olgord, Great Grand Duke of
Lithuania, son of Geedindoe, and father of the celebrated
Jagellon. They derive their name from the town of Trout:-
tchevek, 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 M-tscow of the Polish dy-
nasty, Prince Dmitry, of the family of Troubetskoy, was
proposed for the throne by the Co sack 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 procee 1. Other candidates were op-
posed,
to him, and from the conflict issued the Czar, the
young Michel Romaueff. It was thus the!' Prince Dnitry
was rejected from the throne of Russia. Under the reign
of the Cz tr Alexia Prince Alt xis Treubstekoy wad 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 Troubtehevsk, tae
ancient domain of his ancestors. The deed of gft 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 distineuished men ; Prince
John was field-rnarshsl of the empire, as was also him
nephew, Prince Nikita. The latter also bee:me Pro-
cureur-Gereral of the Sena e, a dignity which corre-
sponds to the present functions of 11.1inist•tr of Justice."
MADRID, March 9.—The projected expedition
against Mexico assumes an aspect of some import-
ance. Considerable prepari,t'on; are making.
General Pezuela, is spoken of for th© chief com-
mand. The choice of the G,veyntnent is said to
lie between him end General Le:•sundi, the present
Minister of Marine. •

The Three per Cents. were done at 39.20 ; ditto
Deferred, 25.30