The Sun. — 1862-07-29 (London, England)

THE HORRIBLE MURDER OF A BOY AT  CHATHAM LINES.  Yesterday Robert Alexander Burton, 18, who stands charged on his own confession with having wilfully murdered Thomas Frederick Houghton, by cutting his throat, on the afternoon of Wednesday last, was placed at the bar before the Rev. J. Framley, county magistrate, at Rochester, by Mr. Everest, superintendent of the Kent police, under remand from Friday last. The prisoner, who is a strong stout built youth, with light hair and complexion, manifested the utmost coolness, being apparently the least interested person in the court. The moment the doors were opened a rush of people of both sexes, anxious to obtain a view of him, entered the space devoted to the public, and created some confusion for a short time, to the amusement of the prisoner, who smiled and even laughed, until the circumstance was observed, when he resumed quickly a composed demeanour. The prisoner had seated himself in the dock, and upon being ordered to stand he rose with a military attitude, which, no doubt was due to his training in the militia, and stood in the position of attention. Superintendent Everest said that he did not propose to take any further evidence: on the present occasion, and it would be very desirable to have the prisoner remanded to a future day, by which time the case against him would be more complete. The Magistrate—Well, prisoner what have you to say why you should not be again remanded ? Prisoner—l am not going to object. I have nothing to object. You may remand me if you like. Magistrate—Very well ; you stand remanded. The prisoner was then removed from the dock, apparently quite unconcerned.  RETIREMENT OF A CLERGYMAN PROM THE Cutateu.—The Rev. C. Nevile, who has recently resigned the incumbencies of Wickenby and ThorneY, in the diocese of Lincoln, has published a lengthy statement, explaining his reasons for taking that personally momentous step. It appears that the rev. gentleman some time since informed the Bishop of Lincoln that it was his intention to resign his Church preferment at the close of this year. "The present Prayer Book (says Mr. Nevile) represents the exact state of religious knowledge in an age so barbarous and ignorant that poor helpless girls were roasted to death by archbishops, old women were hung as witches b judgesYtto be on the bench, and 8,0 i 0 clergymen were too illiterate m", allowed to preach. The confused and contradictory Prayer has of theology contained in our Book of Coral_n% m our national permitted to supersede the Word of 1" a every man to tional Church, and it becomes dutythe,.._,,in remaining in it. consider whether or not he is justified . . I gave my For my own part, I have no choice. voolc on the faith of explanations to the present Prayer Book of Paley, Wheatley, and nations to be found in the w Towline, which ct on the express understandwere put into my hands by the Church herself. I signed by contract Thirty-nine Articles was never ing that actual assehtttin a well-known form of absolution expected of me ; that `censures,' and therefore in our the word `sins',limothing;' that the Athanasian Creed was Church rasant r natory clauses very much to altogether a forgery, the dam that there was no difference whatever inin lt)leie la:nednitteiodn' and f baptized and unbaptized infants who die The 'revival of Church principles' et been i jzfanCY• . . my contra latitudinarian explanations, these has hasset aside fatally changed, and I contend that a court of equity ought to declare it void,"  -