The Express.
London, England, 1862-07-30 00:00:00

THE HORRIBLE MURDER OF A BOY AT
CHATHAM LINES.-(THIS DAY.)

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EXAMLNATION OF THE PRISONER.
This morning Robert Alexander Burton, 18, was
brought up before a full bench of county magistrates at
Rochester, by Mr. Superintendent Everist, of the Kent po-
lice, and was plead in the dock to answer a charge of having
wilfully murdered Frederick Thomas Houghton, a little
boy about 9 years of age, by cutting his throat on Chatham
Lines on Wednesday last.
Albert Tree, a little boy 13 years of ago, said that last
Wednesday, about 5 o'clock, he was at play with some other
boys at Chatham Linea. Witness ran round a heap of chalk
to bide in a game they were playing ; he suddenly came upon
the body of a boy. He was very bloody about the face, and
his eyes seemed to be cotoingout of his head. Witness ran to
two gentlemen, and told them what he had seen, sod then
went into Chatham for the police.
The Clerk—Prisoner, do you wish to ask this witness any
questions?
Prisoner—No, sir.
Mr. Thomas Everist said that he was going towards the
Lines on Wednesday afternoon last, when the last witness
ran up to him and told him what he had seen. Witness
went to the heap of chalk in Mr. Gilbert's field, and saw the
body. He felt it, and found it quite cold. He recognised
the body as that of Frederick Houghton. He maw no one
about the plans until Albert Tree came up to him.
Prisoner declined to put any question to the witness.
G. J. Henry Houghton, brother of the murdered boy, ft..
identified the deceased as F. T. Houghton, and said that he
was nearly 10 years of age. He knew the prisoner for go
three or four years, and he lived only 300 yards from their N.
residence.
Sergeant Fisher, of the Kent Polies, said that be le
was informed of the occurrence at six o'clock on Wed.
nesday evening last, and went directly to Gilbert's- go
field, and behind the chalk that surrounds the air N
shaft he found the deceased lying between two projec-
tions of chalk. There were several persons about, but et.
the body had not been disturbed. It was lying on the 111.
back, with the elbows bent and the bands raised. There IA
was a cut on the right side of the throat. There was es
a quantity of blood on the face, neck, and shirt. The de- N.
ceesed's trousers were unfastened and open, but one button M,
of the waistband being fastened. There was blood on the la
wood where his heed lay, and in another place below Lk
his feet, about seven feet from that spot of blood, there was gt
another about the size of the crown of a hat. The gram
was stained with blood, also between the two tips or horns se,
'of the gully in which the body was placed. The crop M.
close to the spot was marigold-wortzel, and witness did not
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'observe that it was trodden or injured. Upon ex- 1,,t
ambling the body he found that the jacket and waistcoat sk
were unbuttoned, and that the braces were unfastened. II:
lAfter the body was taken to the Napier Arms witness took us.
possession of the clothes produced.
Mr. G. W. Locke, M.R.C.S., New Brampton, said that eft
the boy Tree called him at half-past 4 o'clock on Wades*. f:
day, to see deoesaed at the chalk heap. He examined the si
body, and found that death had taken place about four so.
hours previously. The collar of the shirt, vest, and jacket to
were covered with blood, and much tumbled. The troweers
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was bloody, as if something had been wiped ori it.
The face was injured by a violent blow on the right is
side. On the same side of the throat there was goo
an incision about two inches in length. It appeared to have le
been made by a sort of stab with • somewhat blunt Mitre- as
monk The knife produced (a shortened dinner knife, with st
a white handle) would have caused such a wound. Witness '••
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made a post mortem examination the next day, and disco- at
valved • second wound in the neck below the other.
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THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JULY 30, 1862

1 Orly.

(THIS DAY.)• I M.P. for Lambethlese, has joined the direction of the
London and Middlesex Bank.
The Flintahire Lead and Zinc Company(Limited)
is announced, with a respectable board. The capital
is 150,0001. (with power to increase to 260,000 E)
in 101. shares. The object in to smelt ores of
zinc and lead, and to manufacture the protects
therefrom on a large scale, in addition to Bennett's
Patent Tinned Lead Pipes for water service. The
patent referred to is highly valued, and consists
in a simple and economical mode of pressing sad
tinning the interior surface of lead pipe in one
operation, thereby rendering it completely in-
nocuous for water service. Its efficacy is at-
tested by a certificate from Dr. Letbeby. It
is mentioned that favourable arrangements have
been entered into with a well known firm,
the holders of the patents, who will transfer their
extensive premises at Bagillt, in North Wales, at
a valuation, upon the bond fide arrangement that
, I two-fifths of the purchaae-money shall consist of
shares not entitled to any dividend until the other
shareholders have received 8 per cent. out of net
profits.

Timm: Emma.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 941 to 4, both
for money and the 7th of August, opened an closed
to-day at the same quotation. The official business
report is se follows :—Three per Cent. Consols,
for money, 94f,
itedf, ; ditto, for amount
"IgUgt 7), 9441 t ; Zang Stock, 237, 2io
Three per Ceuta. Axed, 94f, 11, ; New These
per Casts., 941, f f, f • New Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 77f, ; India St'ock, 227 • ditto Five per
Cent. Stock, 106 i, 1, f, ; ditto Bonds, 29s.rem. ;
Five per Cent. `enfaced" rupee paper, 104#.
The India Five per
.Cent. Stuck was steady at
1081 to 109. A fresh rise of ss. has taken place
in Exchequer Bills, which closed at 28e. to 28e.

prem.
Notwithstanding the extent to which attention
was occupied with the settlement, and which inter-
fered with fresh business, foreign stocks were firm,
and in several inetances prices have improved.
After the recognised hours Turkish scrip rose to
4 prem., ex div.
Late in the afternoon there was a sudden and
important rise in Peruvian Uribarren, and Three per
Cent. Bonds, the former being quoted 94 to 95 (or
about 3 per cent higher than in the morning), and
the latter 85 to 86.
The closing quotations for shares in new under-
takings to-day were' as follows :—Ocean Marine
Insurance, 10/ to f prem. ; Thames and Mersey Ma-
rine Insurance, 2} to I prem. ; Commercial
Union Assurance, par ; Universal Marine, 1 is
0/ dis. ; London and Provincial Marine, par ;
Mercantile Fire, 1 11-16 to 13-16 Ems.;
Metropolitan Wagon, If to 11 prem. ; U niaa
Bank of Inlaid, dia. to Bank of Hinds,-
tan, f dia. to par ; Irish Rolling Stock, / to j
prem. ; General Rolling Stock, I to prem. ;
Thames Express Steam Boat, ft to f rem ; Mid-
dlesex Bank, to 1 prem. ; Northern Railway
of Buenos Ayres, 11 to If prem. ; Thames and
Humber Shipbuilding, / to 1 prem. ; and Quebrade
Railway, Land, and laming, f to / prem.