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The proceedings of the National Association (of
which his Royal Highness the Commander-in.
Chief is president), for determining the selection
of rifles, intended to be used at the forthcoming
meeting on Wimbledon-common, and which were
commenced on Wednesday morning at the
Government range, in Woolwich-marsh, Were
resumed yesterday by the competitive list of
gunmakers, whose names were given yesterday in
detail. The operations, officially announced to com-
mence on each day at half-past 10 o'clock, were again
delayed yesterday until 1 p.m., on account of a re-
! solutiOn on the part of the Council to postpone the
continuation of the long range firing of 1,000 yards,
commenced on the former day, to a later period,
and to commence that day's proceedings over the
short range. On this subject an opposition was
raised by the competitors who had already borne
the brunt of the adverse weather of Wednesday,
and which still pre' ailed to the equal disadvantage
of their remaining opponents' contest—Mt. Henry
and Mr: Whitworth. Mr. Terry, one of the most
eminent
Ihtl mahgoteoer
inmrtehb eet r of the
veer
hws
through
oonuudgn,
hdwttahhpi
ace profession, ofie fi
shressas
tosdbaojoaneffy,ce,
objectionable
w day's
eoodnr:abeal iel t,
cih,
su serioushgr e
impediment to their own firing, may, in all proba-
bility
and thus,influence considerably the flight of the
opponents' favour. This objection
occasioned a consultation and delay: The two com-
petitors were at length at their posts, and the eight
trial shots on each side were fired, when Mr. Whit-
worth signified his desire (most unexpectedly) that
the shed appropriated for his use should be re-
stricted to himself and his agents, and visitors were
requested to retire. WhitworthAen solicited
to. be a1101te4140.-tacritt944.4i4l shots, whialire&
quest the Council had denied. to. his colleagues, but
which, it appears, they were willing-to-accord to
him, under the denomination of "preparatory shots. 4
This anomaly created a great sensation:outaide, as
the same favour had been urged by others, and re-
fused, the impression being general that Mr. Whit,
worth had been permitted to-deviate-in many-in-
stances from the regulations to which they had sub-
sbribed, and that, after the elevation, of the mecha-
nical rest had been fixed, he hail disturbed and al-
tered its position. This was affirmed by those whO
witnessed the act and made their complaint to Gen";
Hay, after the firing. In consequence of these nu-
merous hindrances and objections, the great portion
of the day had passed; and time only remained for
the firing of the letters A and "B, Vii., kr. Terry
and Mr. Rigby, in their first contest_ot rifle
each over the short range, the result of which it
is considered advisable to give at the close of the
proceedings. A number of additional .visitors',
attracted .by the announcements in the public
journals, were yesterday present, among whom
were Gen. Boileau, Royal Engineers (late Indian
army), Captain Blakely, Mr. Brindley'Richards,
Captain Lynch, East India Company's navy, and
others, who evinced great interest in the proceed;
ings, which, it was announced, would be resumed
this morning at the same hour. His Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge 'will -take/the-chair
at,w a
illism,speßti
half-past two onogmoso' cftl ct- to-morrow,
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FEARFUL BOILER EXPLOSZON SEAR-
- DU.DLEY.

SIX MEN KILLED.
fearful., boiler explosion occurred yesterday
{Thursday) morning, at the Corhyns Hall Iron-
wokko, /Messrs. Blackwell and Sparrow), situated
About two miles from Dudley. The boiler was
about "30-
horse power, and its main use was thp
:working of a powerful steam hatnMer. At six
-o'clock a_ number of men were at 'work— thp
puddling furnaces, when "the explosion took place.
The roof of .the furnace was immediately
broken. through, by a mass of falling,'4o4,,and.
the whole place presented scene of wreak. The
bOiler was carried about-100 yards from_its seat,
alighting near the Offices 'of the works. Four of
the workmen, who were buried underneath the
debris, were killed. Their names are ThomaslTad-
puddler ; Christopher Maiii§, Underlon-d;
Daniel'Mason, ash riddler ; and Edward Newmarr.
puddler. Ten or twelve others were seriously in-
jured—some of them so seriously that no hopes are
entertained of their recovery. The cause of the
explosion is at present a mystery.
A later account states that two of the men in-
jured have since died, and that two others are not
expected to live many hours.

ASSIZE IN7ELLIG.E.NCE.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE,

Feb. 27.
(Before Mr. Justice Willes.)
THE MURDER OF A TAX COLLECTOR.

George Clark was this morning placed at the
bar charged with the murder of Mr. Mark Frater,
tax. collector.
Mr. Davison and Mr. G. Bruce appeared for
the prosecution ; the prisoner conducted his own.
defence.
The facts, as stated by the counsel for the prose-
cution, were shortly these. Mr. Mark Frater, a.
gentleman 45 years of age, had been for many years
employed in Newcastle as a collector of land and
assessed taxes. Mr. Frater resided at a place called
Bulman's Village, about a mile and a half or two
miles distant from the town, but for the purpose of
his business as collector of assessed taxes, he oc-
cupied in Blackett-stieet, at the time of the occur-
rence, certain offices, and his habit was to go
by an omnibus, which plies between Bulman's
Village and the town, somewhere about half-
past nine o'clock in the morning, attend to
his business during the course of the day, and
return home some time in the afternoon. On
the morning of the Ist of October he got off the
omnibus near the corner of Blackett-street, and a
Mr. Horn approached and entered into conversation
with him, and shortly after the prisoner came up
from behind, seized Mr. Frater by putting his left
arm round his neck, and struck him with something
in his hand. A short struggle took place, Mr. Frater
became disengaged, and Mr. Horn then observed
abpl oporde
hreunndneidn,ganfdrofmromhihsimneek. was
tTakhee pnariksonnifeer
with
Frater,obfl osoedv
eu nphooenr
wasitt
e.
n Sgmoemti
minutes
unottbeess etirwlve
aahst ieoanne se
corp,waenre and in mi
naAdt hes ebt yos ‘ta ihcree.
intention of the man who struck the blow, it would
be shown that malice had been ranking in prisoner's
mind towards Mr. Frater for a considerable period.
On the 18th May the prisoner was alleged to be in
arrear for a half year's dog tax, and Mr. Frater, as
he was bound to do, issued a distress warrant upon
the tools of the prisoner's trade, for he was a chair-
maker. ,That seemed to have caused a very conside-
rable illwill on the part of the prisoner towards the
persons engaged i oner said to
in th_e transaction,__ate and
rs on the first
Tuesday after the IfYa.e_sf,M,,
_y, h p
If you or Mr. Frater
I will make you pay dearly for
it." Ten days after he was told by Cook, to whom he
dCoono,kt,roent
had spoken, that the tools had been taken to Mr.
ecach2uo6rutrhte ntohc
fee ,
tools,the y
Septemberahne
da heard d
sayingphriimso
prisoner
egl
rfa iywneausspdseecanek!
Frater's office. Six weeks after that time, bringing
it down to the latter end of September, and not long
uernofthtehme
return them shortly I'll make you pay dearly for
in the workshop with a knife, and when asked what
iib
tne
troeo
he was going to do with it, he replied, " It's for my
Ctnho eto
hko
enemies. ' At that time the •
blade of the knife was
round at the end. And the same man afterwards
saw the prisoner knocking at it with a cold chisel.
him The knife taken from
struck with some instrument of that sort, and in-
stead of a round point, one side had been taken off,
thereby lea • Nang a sharp and angular point. The
next day prisoner was seen to take out of the box
where they kept the tools something having a
handle resembling that of a knife.
During the address of the learned counsel, he «tl
frequently interrupted by the remarks of the pri-
soner.

Evidence having been called in support of the
above facts, Clark refused to have acounsel allotted
to him to defend him, and comported himself dur-
ing the solemn inquiry in such a strange manner,
that it would be difficult to say whether he re-dly
was insane or merely acting. Upon being called
for his defence, he entered into a long story with
regard to the seizure of his tools for dog tax—and
alleged that when he went into Blackett-street he
found that Mr. Frater had stabbed himself with a
knife, and that he (the prisoner) merely took the
knife out of his hand.
who was somewhat abashed after
After an absence of two hours and a quarter, the
jury returned into court with a verdict of guilty,
present. v
receivinga n
idesentence
the
ev
esoref,ndteeantche,wsaasidp a stsoe dt
hi ne
uh
de
guest: terms.aoln
ing the court," You are a good old wife." An im-
mense concourse of people was