The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-14 00:00:00

SPOTS ON THE SUN.

TO TEN ZDTTOO OP THI airlines.
Slit, —For the benefit of these who have telescopes
I beg to make known through the medium of your columns,
that there is at the pr.sent time in the centre of the son',
disc a collection of spote of such extent that the whole me
be seen es one spot without the aid of magnifying power,'
merely protecting the eye by a dark glass. Of course with,
good telescope the spots present a very curious appearance.
CHAS. 11. CHALMERS.
Westin Sum Mare, May 7,1849.

Ross's PISTOL—A man who gives as a real name
and address, writes to us as follows " Sunday last
May 6, passing through a Id pear Potash Funk I trod
large double-barrelled pita bedded in the ground, with
B. Nash surveyed on the guard over the trigger, and •
both of skeleton keys. You can mantic* this cheni•stance
la pour paper if you think proper." Of oourae we-cannot
say whether the above is a hoax, or a serious matter of f•
but we have put it in train for investigation.—Ne
Chronicle.
CAPTURE OF A GANG OF BUROLARB.—FOF I
menthe past the lower part of Buckinghamshire has but,
I rested with a gang of burglars, who had committed sae
daring acts, and left no clue likely to lead to their detection.
As in other cues, where impunity. begets impudence, at last
their very recklessness cans id their detection. On the 7t'
ult.., our readers will remember that the house of Mr. Dr
nell, of Longdown, near Oreat Kimble, was broken into,
I the house stripped of everything moveable, which the
took away with them in Mr. DernelPs horse and sort,
they borrowed for that purpose. Notwithstanding every
gutty that could be instituted the perpetrators of the ors
remained undiscovered ; and on the 27th another borglaiy
of (if possible) • still more daring kind was committed
et Rilimiden, near Buckingham; the house of Mr. Liner
an aged farmer there, being broken open, and • quark)
plate, money, &a. stolen. As in the other case of Darnell'
burglary, hese alio the thieves, &ter they bad peeked e
their plunder, stayed and regaled themselves, foolishly -'
ing in the hoar eating and drinking, until the night
far advanced. On becoming &spirted with the last ro
bort Mr. Liam' sideshows immediately commenced a par
all, end succeeded In tracing, and therm, day apprehend-
ing, fear men near Stokenahuroh, with the properly - -
periodos ; and they were consequently coseraitted
their trials for she offense. Titer men gave their names
John and William Shepherd (father and eon), William
Oren and William Warner ; and they were recognieed as
having hawked the coaatry as rodeos of herrings, oranges
&c. After their incarceration purr:ion became attached
to them as being the perpetrators of the burgleryy. at Lois-
down also ; and of this there now &ppm, to be no s
They have likewise, it rra, diverted thennely.es by
log hones, when no readier means of being =naked
expects of others peered themselves ; thus, on the
February but a hors was stolen from Mr. Bride,
Leekhainatead, whisk has sines been traced to their p._
sion. In bringing these facia to light our superintendent,
Cornaby, has been particularly aeteve—through his eve-
Coes not only has this last horse bean regained, but ,
and nearly the whole of the property stolen from IS.
sell have also been recovered. Theo/ores aid watch,
item the latter were found at two London pawnbroker
• silversmith's, while the aides in the handed the r
litan police.—Bucks CAron

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, Ka.
Mr. James O'Ferrall, brother to the Governor
Malta, has been sin ointed to the important
Commissioner of National Education, in the
the late Right Hon. A. R. Blake. There is I
attached to the office.
Mr. Power, who now 611 s the vacancy in
poor law commission, left by Mr. Twisleton,
an assistant commissioner since 1847.
Power's promotion there is a vacancy in the
poor law commissioners.
Father Mathew is expected here to-day from
He will sojourn for a couple of days here, ar
proceed to Liverpool, whence he will ember?
21st for Amerioe.
This morning there was a desperate fire
borough-greet, in the house ore publican of t
of Farrell. No lives were lost, though several
were in imminent peril for a while. Much
was destroyed. _