The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-14 00:00:00

TIM lIIVAL AMILIUCAN WA.$ Mind IN
SOUTHAMPTON wAria.

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SOUTHAMPTON, MorDAT.
At two o'clock this morning the officer on witch

es beard the Cesfederete war steamer Hubeille. lying is
tie dodo. beard a mime like the getting up of steam in the

Eresties et where the Federal man Tuscarora wee
big. mad ae sesa as it was light it wee fouled
thM Übe Tenearess had vasialsed. It ia believed that
she alerted at 4a. Tn. large cedes had besia
glees to the Southampton traileemee from the eldp,
which there had Daly been time partly to execute, sad her
departure, therefore, excited the moat intone, curiosity. All
hied. of surmises were made. Some said she wee gone for
a cruise on account of sickness on baud ; others, that she
bad had intelligerooe of the Confederate steamer Sumter, and
that she was goiog out to fight her. In • short time, however,
she wee discovered at author betwese the eastern and
western channel of the Solent, where she could watch
everything coming into Spithead or through the Needles,
sad have complete coeueend of Southampton Water. In
this position she woe also out of the way
af the I smatter fripte. Just as people bad
..seed monde:4og at bar sudden disappearance
she was *sea steaming away up Southampton Water soils
and brought up to her old moorinp, just opposite the
Sontliamptou Docks and off Hythe, at 3.40p.m. This rnovr
loot is mysterious. If she wished to draw the Nashville
out of her bole, the marseuvre failed.
The Hovel Mail packet Seine arrived this afternoon front
the West Indies She reported the sudden disappearance of
the Sumter from the Caribbean Ku, end that it was not

ess}sctured at St. Thomas that she bad darted for Europe.
The people on beard the Seine were amazed to hear that
this marvellously plucky privateer had been aweepiog
over the British Channel and carrying prises into Cadiz.
The Federal man-of-war Iroquois. width suffered the
Sumter to escape from the harbour al Martinique, was also
missing from the West Indies. It Is supposed that she
was in pursuit of the Sumter. A suspicious-look-
nig ship has been seen off Belem. on the coast
of Portugal, and no one has yet been able
to make her out. The only Federal rose-of-war at St.
Thomas was the quaker City. She has orders to take the
eornmarder of the Iroquois out of his ship, to be either, it
is supposol, tried by court-martial or to be superseded, for
suffering the Sumter to escape him ; and she has also orders
to pursue the Sumter wherever she has gone. If the Sumter,
therefore, does not rooms* the Atlantic, she will probably '
be soon hemmed in in the British Channel. She is manned
by Southern gentlemen, and her commander, Captain
&annum. is related to Mr. Jefferson Davis, the Presideat of
the Confederate Suite;
The law respecting belligerent ships in stabil waters, as
laid down by Captain Patey, the Admiralty superintendent
at this port, to the commanders of the Nashville and the
Tuacarom is that no 6ghtiog must take place within gun-
shot of the English coast. Formerly, it impairs, this was
coned/Teal to be synonymous with three miles distance from
the coast, bat improved gunnery has rendered it neeesedy
that this distance should be havered.

SoMeallßULlsill EXTRAORDINARY. --A moat re-
markable use of this kind took place at Plumptos roe
night last week, the somnambulist being ahoy about 4104 or
tea years of age, the oily eon of Mr. James Heeicet. He
was sleeping is a room by himself, sod some time during the
night he got up, want to a large window, sod from it jumped
to the ground, • distance of 13 feet. The window wu
' directly above toes frost door, from which led • number of
steps, and by the aide a the door stood as iron scraper, 110
that it was almost a nibacle he wee not killed on the spot.
His,howover, sustained little injury sera a out or two upon
his Lice ; but the most remarkable faint was,
that this tremendous fall foiled to awaken htm,
for he proceeded from this doer muss three of
Ilie father's fields. over • fines foto • turnip field.
Ifs than retraced his steps home spis, sad paid • nocturnal
visit to his duke,. Here he neer to have awakened sad
• sada the best at his way to the dear sea* awl called
lewdly for admittance. His faker, kerolsg the noire, west
to Ms window, sad was surprised to us • Ogren dimmed is
while Asia* at the door (for the muss pattleisas had
ameited to dress himself Wan be west wit). Ho salmi
wise wee there. "Wets Melaka Hsakethi reply. "Who
is can r again deers id tbi latish " Ma," wee a wooed
; time his son's sawyer. " Wsll, brat who is en T' asked Mr.
, fleakst. "Why, ma. ifs Jassy Heist" No doubt this
i emsenowernent would esissimbasierprldie the worthy parent
He soon admitted his 0014 who wee seat hack to the warmer
I regions he had so mosoremoniouly twitted, and the seat
morning their traced the road he bad taken to kis mooslight
rambles by the blood whisk lad Sowed from kis sae sad
1 the cote be bad received is Laying bum the wisdow.—Clor.
lisle Journal.
Sown' KIIAZINGTON Mweerrat.—During the week
seam Jan. 11 ties Timbers have been as follows :—Os
I llselay, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, open from
111 a.m. to 10 pm., 10,635 ; as Wasseday, Tharoday, and
reli*, stsdasti days (adealios to Ms public fa), 1,164,
epee ben 10 am. 101 4 p.m. 0S sl, 11,990. from the
spas( af the Ilsessm. 2,436. x.
Carew. PALACIL-0/17 flanznra DAT.—Mos-
Ism .1 as. 11.—Aininioss on eitywoot, UN ;ditto by
woestiabeb. 101 ; Wig riggers,- 3,871.