The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-29 00:00:00

THIS DAYS SKIPPING.

LONDON, Oct. D.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly ; moderate breeze, and fine, clear, seasonable
weather.

PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 28.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Her Ma-
jesty's ship Warrior, for a cruise.
PLYMOUTH, Oct. 28.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Anverson,
from Havannah. _ _

PILL, Oct. 27.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Lyngoll, for New
York.

GLOUCESTER, Oct. 28.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—English-
man, for New York.
CARDIFF, Oct. 27.---41Vind N.E.—Sailed—Tulcan, for
Jamaica.

MILFORD, Oct. 28.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Diary Cobb,
from Philadelphia, for Pembroke Dock.
NEWPORT, Oct. 28.—Wind E.—Arrived—Prius Adal-
bert, from Gloucester for St. Thomas's. Sailed—liindoo,
for Monte Video.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived—Alliance, steamer, from Havre; Three brothers,
from Rye , Guerilla, from Guernsey ; Heroine, from Riga ;
Water Witch, and Sea, from Sunderland ; Clio, from Soder-
ham ; Sophia, and Northam, from Hull.
Sailed—Charlotte, for Guernsey ; cieorge, for Llanelly ;
Southampton, steamer, for Jersey; Dwain, for Cardiff;
Marquis of Bute, for Sunderland.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPR.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, Oct. 29—Norwegia, from Frederiekstadt ; Bee,
from Archangel; Vigilant, from Christiana; Jane, from
Calais.
Sailed—Durban, for Port Natal ; Margaret, for Dominica ;
Perekop, for Port Philip.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed—Tola, from London, for Rouen; Euphrates,
screw steamer, from Patras, for London.

THE CASE OF COURVOISIER.—The assassination
of Lord William Russell by his French valet, Courvoisier,
made much noise in its day ; and in a work just ppblished,
Tamphilius, we find the following novel and painful state-
ment :—" Courvoisier had so artfully effected the murder
and robbery, that his counsel declared him, before his God,
innocent, and acquittal would have been the result ; but
Madame Piolaine, at the eleventh hour, stepped forward,
and pointed out the man who had left a parcel containing
the plate of the murdered nobleman. At her look Cour-
voisier trembled. That look cost him his life. How much
did it cost the poor woman? That look rendered her home •
less, shook the reason out of her husband—who ended his
days in a madhouse—and left her penniless, a widow and a
mother, in, to her, a cold world. The hotel of Piolaine
was supported by foreigners ; and, because the inhuman
murderer happened is be a foreigner, they shunned his
house, and his interested neighbours alleged that Piolaine
had brought one of their countrymen to the gallows—that
he had sold his countryman for a promised reward. Poi-
laine denied having given up the parcel with a mercenary
view ; he maintained that the foul deed was so monstrous
that, had Courvoisier been his own brother, he would have
felt himself bound to bring him to justtce. This would
not do; his house was marked, and the finger of scorn was
gr
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tphoainttteidmeatwohuimld. Ile brFino
be-
came a bankrupt, fled to Boulogne, and soon after ended
his days in a madhouse. His industrious wife, who was an
Englishwoman, returned to London with her orphan boy,
opened a shop which did not answer, and at last loft for
America, in the hope of earning a livelihood there."
THE AMERICAN SPY SYSTEM IN LIVERPOOL.—
We heard, the other day, upon excellent authority, that one
of the members of an influential Liverpool firm is watched
as systematically and tenaciously as if he were known to
be hatching some infernal machine which would annihilate
President Lincoln and his whole Cabinet at one blast. Ever
a mysterious stranger in the person of a " private detective"
is on his track. The gentleman cannot leave his office but
this odious double is seen slinking about the doorway.
Whether he walks, rides, or visits, he is sure at some turn
to encounter the same tormenting and scrutinising gaze.
Even at home he is not safe, for when he imagines himself
snugly enshrouded with his family and Penates, his demon
may be noticed peering in at the window or hovering about
the threshold, until the victim re-appears once more to un-
dergo the daily round of dogging and hunting, until, as
is this all. It is reported that the domestics of the grahleanblietns
evening approaches, he is again " earthed" at home. Nor
alluded to have been waylaid and questionod as to
oi..sq
in the
and operations, while it is stated that in hisfi OAS©,
his
con-
case also of other " snspected" persons
and their contents
on their transit to Liverpool,
r inspected,
rto show the extent to
duly noted and reported.
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dictivesigned from the manutacturi4•district4silhdavrembegen opened
which these proceedings
are
carriedmention that several friends
character,
w© :LIZ, and ethers have been reported
of the merchant in
;alurteicilar steamer, and on their arrival
have been searched, and in some
Where these things are known—and
instances imprisoned. Whe
• the last few days they have been the theme of much
during
remark in mercantile circles—they have excited general
surprise and indignation,--Xon ches .Daniincr.
att New Pass passengers
andbya Boston,