The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-20 00:00:00

TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY.

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The market is dull to-day, and there is .tasty anything
doiog. Prices are quoted ea follows :—Town Tallow 35e. 6d.
nett Mt' Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 36e.61.; October to
December. 375. sellers; October to December, separate
months, 375. 6d. to 375. 9d.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Merin. Coop•r and Davis report the supply short. at
the following quotations:—Prime Meadow, 701. to 761.;
interilr,6ss. to Vit.; new, 6Us. to 7.55. ; Clover, 70e. to 861.;
new, bus. to 7.1.. ; Straw, 234. to Mc

WINDING UP OF JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.

The COLONIAL SOClETY.—Petitions have been
Presented for winding up the unsettled affairs of *hie under-
taking, which was established at the West-eed as a rer.di s-
cow, tor persona interested in our colonial possessions, and
for the purpose of diffusing information at home respecting
their various resources. There were upwards of 400 mem-
bers at home and shout 200 abroad, who paid the entrance
fee of a guinea and annual subscriptions. A journal w.s
published periodically of the various colonial occurrences.
Guarantees were entered into by 106 of the members to be
responaible to sack other for lel. per annum for three yokes,
thus constituting a fund of 3,2101. for the purpose of giciog a
credit to the provisional committee, and loans were made to
the society by its members for which they received the
society's debentures of 101. each. The balance of uncovered
liabilities was reduced from 8,0001. to 4,6781. by the payment
of 101. by a number of subscribers. Amongst other deb•s
owioe by the society is one of 4,0001., for which Levi Mount-
cashil, one of the committee, has been sued by the Commer-
cial Bank of London, and made minus payments, and for
which his lordship now seeks to be re.imbuned, all•ging
that he ia 7.0001. out of pocket by the affair. I: is erm..uted
t'Lat ea there remain 160 members, if each agree to pay 701.
the outstanding lisbiltties may be discharged-

Suanz.—lu Kensington-gardens yesterday after-
noel, between 4 ao.d 5 o'clock, a gentleman, evidently •
loreigner, discharged • loaded pistol through his heart. The
act Waco 111111. rad in the centre of a email clump of Mee, near
the Hound-pini. The report of a pistol was beard, and
J• 111, a Dsnu, of No. 1, Cromwell-road, Old Brampton,
looking rows! saw the unfortunate gentleman tall on
the rats. He instantly hastened to the spot, and
found the gentleman quite insensible, and bleeding
from a wound in the left breast, over the region of the heart.
He only gave • sirgle gasp alter the arrival e Dunn,
and instantly expired. One of the garden constables was
promptly on the spot, and picked up • pistol which had been
recently discharged. A puree, containing 61. in gold, and
some silver, was found in the pocket of the cleaved,
together with • gold watch and chain, but no papers
or Acuasents of soy kipd could be found. His clothing is
evidently of foreign manufacture, and is composed of
• black frock coat, corded watered ails waistcoat,
blue cloth trousers, with black braid down the outside, linen
shirt, without initials or marks black elk , worsted
socks, and Wellington boots. Its wore • blue cloth travel-
Howell), lined with orange-coloured silk; in the centre cf
the latter was stamped, in gold lettere,. Mode de Paris"
Toe unfortunate gentleman is about 30 years of age, sallow
complexion, black hair, no whiskers, and about five feat five
Lichee high. The body was conveyed to the dead house of
the parish to await the inquest rod identity.

ANOTHER STEAM-110AT ACCIDENT., —The steamer
Londonderry, from the Clyde for Londonderry, put bark
to Greenock an Thursday, having been ashore on Rathlin
Island about three o'clock, 11,11. The night was very few,
and the vocal was proceeding at half speed only, when she
ran on the rock., in consequence, it is supposed, of the Ude
haying carried her somewhat out of her course. Soo
backed off, when it was found that she was making a coati
derable quantity of water, which, however, preyed to be
under what could be easily ejected by the pumps.—Glargoso
Daily Mail.

AFFRAY WITH POACHERB.—A sanguinary conflict
between gamekeepers and poachers, similar to those which
for the last half century have charecterised Wortley and the ,
neighbourhood took place on Sunday morning last, about
one o'clock, between Lord Wharncliffe's keeper and a rut-
Reply band of poachers, numbering abut ten. At that hour
Thom:. Barite, the keeper alluded to, accompanied by a
young man, his ton in-law, encountered two men in pursuit
of game in • gram field, about 250 yards from Westwood-
lola', his own resWence. One of the poachers was in advance
of the other, sad B rker and be, on meeting, immediately
closed, ands desperate struggle ensued. The eon-in-law and
the other poacher mutually retired from each other, the latter
to briar up hie companions, which he did in a few minutes.
They had arrived within a few yards of where the keeper
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ono one of the party were engaged, when the latter, unbut-
toning his waistcoat, dexterously slipped it and his smock
over -his head, and then extricating himself from the
keeper, joined his companion', leaving the two garments,
together with his hat, in Barker's hands. At the spat
where they halted was a heap of stones which had been got
off the land, and Barker we. immediately assailed by a
shower of these dangerous missiles. Notwithstanding, he
kept his ground, and requested them to retire. A simul-
taneous burst of oaths and threatening was the reply ; and,
one stone having struck him on the neck and another on
the shoulder, he thought ft prudent to commence the re-
treat himself. This he was doing very slowly, preserving
a sidelnok at his antagonists, and he had not got more
then 20 or 25 yards away from them, when one of the
dastardly fellows presented his piece, and, taking a deliberate
aim at the upper parts, tired, lodging the contents principally
in Barker's shoulder and about the arm-pit, a few shots in
the cheek, and one very near the eye. We are glad to be
able to add, however, that none of the shotUsched • vita,
part. Immediately on receiving the shot Buller dis-
charged one of his barrels et the legs of the gang, who
were now making their way in the direction of Chapeltown,
bat he could not tell whether it took effect or not, eines
none of the men seemed to halt. He thinks it probable
they all escaped unhurt, bemuse the perturbation of the
moment incapacitated him from propurl directing
.his piece.
None of the gang has yet bees irib Barker 'a wounds
it are progressing quite favourably. TY in his 67th year,
and labouring under tae Wheel of Grin sustained on
former similar oomeions, he seems es less and deter-
mined as ever. In the desperate renoentr• between Lord
Wharneliffee keepers and a band of pesthole is the autumn
of 1648, he bad • linger and a bone In hie shoulder broken,
his head laid open, and a knee permanent!), injured.
Fourteen years ago, is a @balls: engagement, he had several
ribs brukea, sad was otherwise severely breistd.—Meffirld
Tina.