The Sun. — 1859-06-04 (London, England)

SOMNAMBULISM—On Saturday morning last, between twelve and one o'clock a Custom-house officer on watch in Leith Dock was just enabled in the darkness. to perceive a man in his night• dress on the deck of a Britpb schooner within a tier of vessels a short distance from him. He kept his eye fixed steadily on the man, and at last be. held him proceeding leisurely along the bowsprit of the ship, when ho suddenly dropped about an arm's length and there remained suspended. The thought flashed across the mind of the officer that it was an attempt at suicide. The stillness of the hour, the drop, the motionless appearance, as it were, of the man with the first shock, and afterwards the drawing up of his legs, might well haveconvinced him that it was so. The officer threw off his coat, rushed to the deck of the schooner, and aroused the seamen, who were all in bed, next jumping into a boat attached to one of the vessels. Great was his surprise at perceiving the man who was suspended cling to it. "Is that you Bob," cried one of his companions, who had started in alarm to the deck, but he received no answer. "Is that you, Jim," he called again, and was answered " Yes." Without 'making any further remark, and being once more safe on board, the man retired below. The seaman was a somnambulist, and had appeared, as described, in a sound sleep. He had merely clung in his suspension to a rope. In that position he remained for two or three minutes, and only when exhausted dropped into the water.--Caledonian--CaledonianMeregry.  Miles Opened. Receipts.: Railways. ~...___,___Th e___-A.--, 1859. 1858. 1859. 1858. £ X Ballymena and Portrush 35 35 - Bedale and Leyburn lO 10 - Belfast and Ballymena 6.5 65 1,121 1,111 Belfast and County Down 2O 17 547 297 Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June 32 32 2,584 3,143 Blyth and Tyne 2O 13 1,695 1,607 Bristol and Exeter llB 117 6,520 6,380 Caledonian 1983 1983- 14,098 13,289 Ches.&Holyhead(withMold) 94 - Cockermouth & Workington . 8 - Cork and Bandon 2O 20 285 307 Cork, Blackrock, & Passag,s 6l 61 241 240 Deeside l7 17 328 342 Dublin & Belfast Junction 56 56 1,262 1,155 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,659 1,707 Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kingst ) 401 401 2,028 1,974 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 704 690 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,082 1,044 East Anglian 671 671 908 970 E.Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 489 489 24,762 26,217 East Kent l9l - 272 E.Lancashire(in.lllackburn) 111 105 6,890 8,314 Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 3,325 3,120 • Forth & Clyde Junction Furness 22 22 1,3.58 1,258 Glasgow & South-Western. 1834 1831 7,919 7,367 Great Northern 283 283 24,217 23,782 Great North of Scotland . , 58 '53/ 2,013 1,685 irt.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd ) 229 203/ 8,526 6,426 ;mat Western 466 466 31,910 30,029 lull and Holderness Inverness & Aberdeen Juno. 57 15 763 423 Irish South-Eastern 251 251 271 244 Killarney Junction 41 41 455 315 Lancaster and Carlisle (in. Kendal and Windermere) 100 100 6,621 6,512 Lanc. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) 28 289 25,160 30,618 Limerick and Foynes 2 2 142 Llanelly 4 35 674 601 & London North-Western London and Blackwall 5 sa 1,506 1,773 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2 18. L..,852 15,872 L'derry and Enniskillen ~ Lond., Tilbury, & Southend. 4 40 1,132 1,346 Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh. 173 1734 11,008 10,347 21 Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 9 91 990 789 Maryport and Carlisle Midland Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind. 177 177 4,171 3,849 Monkland 52 52 1,515 1,301 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,272 2,595 Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 a Neveport,Aberg.,& Hereford 50 43 1 6,393 r 305 North British (in. Dalkeith) 149 149 ?5 5,577 North Devon 35 35 191 396 North-Eastern 7361 720 36,289 38,884 North London 9 9 2,560 2,452 North Staffordshire 233 233 7,984 6,386 461 _ North-Western 46/ N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 101 -'4 604 " , 4,492 Oxford, Wore., & Wolver 94 222 227 Peebles lB 18 30 2,219 1,628 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 50 3,170 3,079 Scottish Central .. . Scottish North-Eastern 29 1,709 Shrewsbury & Birmingham 291 481 2,050 2,619 Shrewsbury and Chester 4B 51 ..1 , , ,72 ! 1,38.3 Shrewsbury & Hereford .. • 29 ' 51 29 n,°"') ,L'''., 2,, 1 070 Shropshire Union South Devon 301 19,380 South-Eastern South Wales .. .... S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 ?All 27:437115. Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale Ulster . ...... - . Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Neath ._ . . ___ 1,801 Warrington and gtockport. 12 12 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 457 .),.. Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall 27/ 271 557 603 W.Hartlepool Harbr.&R ail. 39 39 3,483 3,536 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 6, w,,5"6. .)3 418 Whilehaven & Furness Jun. 36 35 448 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt. 7 7 431 247