The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-02 00:00:00

SPORTING
THE CHESTER
Entries in town up to eight
Y.

iTELLIGENCE.
CUP ENTRIES.
o'clock on Wednesday night.

Yrs.

Vampyre
Strungbow
The Gcnt 4
Champion 5
Backbiter
Tarn Wadlin
King of Oude
Peep-o'•llay
Truth ... 3
Mouse
Joe Sutherland 5

by Gladiator, out of
Khnrassan's dam 4
Exeter
Python
c by Sir Hercules, out
of Lantern
Nat
Reversion
(JO orpe
1 Pitt-ford ...
I • 4
Clincher .... 4
Glauca
Cock tail 5
Mark Tapley
Sauter-le Coupe,
Christina
1.1,)1d Harry
Panc pn
Lingiun 5
Jack LeE,ming
Acqve (by Tomboy)
Miss Ann

Baby
c by John o' Gaunt,
dam by the Sidler
out, of liits Etty
Snowstorm
The Flying Gout (late
Dabc)tah Chief)
Baroness .
o by Gladiator out of
the Abbess
AL:ntague 5
Baru& s
Torpor
Harpsichord
Officious
Hurry Scurry ... 3
William the Conqueror 4
G leLh
Prestige 3
The Juggler 5
Bricgtou
Priestess
Wallflower
5
Sweetheart
Old Claret
Brother to Douzh
Cariboo 4

Don JUSII
Cockermouth
Russborouh

Dough
Ettlian .......... 4
Little Jack
Melia
R.!incteer
in .isclihrr.±z
Miss Helen, by Mel-
boure.•
St. Ge srg-
GI idiole 4
5
Fiateup
f Holderness

Cossack
4
Won't you conic) cut
to-nigh'
Lord George
Dec au Darras
Queen Bee 3
Little George
by Gbic!iator out of
Lolly pop
Garforth
.
Bco Hunter ..
Landgrave
Entries at Chester up to

:iignor
("%linar
Troune^r
Gill; fl tvw
Brother to Trinhtt Ilcr 3
Nliss Spring
Foglernivl
Tightwt.ist
101,1 Dan Tuck ,!..r 5
I Vatican 5

Eva
Cyprus
Chii.f Justice

fi °Mock on WCCIIIC3aLIy

night
Knight of G-Nynne, The Unkoown, Roseue, Black
Doctor, Earl of W arwick, Lidy Evelyn, %Valise°, Cr Mul,
Spot, Mickleton, Clermont, S.,rito filly, Wild Rose, /ab-
bess of Jerveaux, llarriou, Blarney, Zadoe, Musician,
Lough Bawn, Carthagenian, Alotz ), Prior of Lauer-
cott, Eithiron, Lady Eden, York You're Wanted,Rheus,
h. by Verulam, out cf Whim, Joe Sutherland, Chi, f
Justice, C€aveyor, Sir Richard, Rubit.a, Loupgarou,
Seaman, Hippogriff, Aristocrat, The Iron Duke, Knight
cf Avenel, Sir Rabert, Melody, Thy Swindler, Electri-
city, Truth, Jenny Lind, Sir Philip, and Mulgrave.
THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
Entries in London up to eight o'clock on Wednesday
night:—
Sir John, Lord George, Tufthunter, St. Leger, Tip-
perary Boy, Stranger (0.-h.), Melford (h •b.), Briti-h
Ye man, Agis, B jaz t.
At Cheater, up to Five OVIOCIC..
Skipper, Maris Day, Mulligan, Maurice Daly, Half-
and-Half, bit m by Groysteel, Pot, r Simple, April Fool,
b g by lon, Sam Hood, Carving, Vairiliop-, The Victim,
Come Again (late Ma/tented), Ahd l-Kider, 'Tiding;,
Feirahrn, Rattrap, Little Q.reer, lllnkerrady, Ida, Shin-
rone, Yourg Dutchman, Venge.inc..., Thn Young'un,
Fugitive, St. Helier, lir,seue, Penn h, Sir Peter Laurie,
Verax, Lucy Neale, Quadruped, Reinder, Fsl-ecicsure,
Isaac, Heroine, Volatile, Ringdove.
LIVERPOOL JULY CUP.
Entries at Chester.
The Merchrnt of Venice, Seaman, Woolwich, Caprice,
Earl of Warwick, The Marquis, Prior of Lanercost, c
out of John Cosser's dam, Eltniren, Chams, Hippolytus,
Peudemus, Lady Eden, Whim, Abber.s of Jerveaux,
Mark Tapley-, Ha by, Italian, CocktailoLangton, Brother
to Ellerdale, Chi: f Justice, Venus col-.
LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.
Entries at Chesser.
Becton, Wilmot, Ri,k, Idle Boy, Catnire,,Calculator,
,Larry's the• Lad, Conveyer,fThe Baroness, Old Claret.
(R ECEIV.ED itf,D'A )
CHESTER
ADDITIONAL ENTIVES.
Woolwich, Ondine. Maddsafe, lanthe, Catirire, Cap-
tain Grant, Nancy, Quicksand, Wilm ,nt, The Sweep,
Osbaldwick, Knook Knoll, Strap (late Flizallen), Jenny
Lind, Sir Philip, Harricot.
LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.
Colibri, Seignor of Holderness, Christiana, Docility,
Old Claret, Reversion, Doubt, Panope, Little George,
Lord George, and b f by Simoom out of Myrtle.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
Strike-alight and Soaveager.

EXTRAORDINARY EXCESS OF DUTY
BY A GAOL CHAPLAIN.
A case is exciting public attention at Manchester,
arising out of a charge against the Rev. P. J. O'Leary,
chaplain of the new Borough Gaol, which possesses
an interest beyond this neighbourhood.
The case before the Court of Borough Sessions on
Monday morning was one in which Robert Burgess
and William Hewitt were charged with stealing, on
the 27th November last, a piece of wrappering, value
ss. The jury had some difficulty in agreeing upon
their verdict, but efter leaving the court for about ten
minutes they found Hewitt guilty, and Burgess not
guilty. On returning to court with these verdicts,
Mr. J. Pollock (counsel for the prisoners) rose and
addressed the bench (on which were Mr. R. B. Arm-
strong, the Recorder, and Mr. D. Maude, stipendiary
magistrate), to the following effect :—I think it right
to make a statement at this stage of these proceedings
with reference to Burgess, who has just ;been
acquitted, which Ido solely in the discharge of a pub-
lic duty, but which I confess I rise to make with great
regret. I say with regret, because it reflects upon
the character of a reverend gentleman whom I know
personally, and a gentleman for whom I have great
respect—l mean the chaplain of the B ,rough Gaol.
The facts were communicated to me through the pri-
soner's attorney in the first place, and since then by
the prisoner himself; and are to the effect that he
(the prisoner) has been urged by the chaplain to
plead guilty to this charge. And if this was the first
occasion on which such a statement had heen com-
municated I might have felt some difficulty in men-
tioning it, hut I regret to say that it is not the
first occasion. At the late assizes at Liverpool, a
treasury official made an observation to the governor
of the gaol, aekiug him why a prisoner on that oc-
casion had not been induced by the chaplain to
plead guilty ? And this was an observation the
more significant because it came from a treasury
official, at a time when he was disallowing all costs
where the prisoners pleaded guilty. I should not be
discharging my duty if I did not mention these cir-
cumstances. If I could have seen any way of avoid-
ing it I can truly say that I should have done so.
I feel that I am making a charge against a reverend
gentleman in his absence.
The Recorder—lt is in his absence, and it will be
sometime before he can be made acquainted with it.
Mr. Pollock—Well, if I could have had an oppor-
tunity of seeing that gentleman this morning I should
have done so, because I feel that this is a severe re-
flection ; but this being the proper time to bring it
forward, on the verdict of the jury being given, I
have had no discretion in the matter.
The Recorder—l must say that the chaplain ought
not to influence prisoners in this way.
Mr. Pollock —Perhaps I had better read the pri-
soner's statement, because it will enable the chaplain
to see precisely what the charge is, and will give him
the opportunity, which he will no doubt desire to
have, of denying it or of meeting it fairly. It may
be that he has not been actuated by improper motives,
and has only acted from a mistaken judgment. I
can imagine he may have mistaken his duty, and
have done this with perfectly honest intentions, but I
will read the statement from my brief. The Learned
Counsel then read the following extract from the pri•
soner's deposition :
The prisoner said—The chaplain came into my cell
and said, " Now I want you to answer a question I
am going to put to you, and to answer the truth. L.q
me tell you that your case is a serious one, 512cte
know all about it. You were employed Mr.A
Hilton ?" I answered, " Yes." lie then sarod,
id that he
you see I know all about it." He then
asalsl
tlhatWas
knew,
came as a friend to advise me to confeds:
and where the property had been placed,
my only chance of obtaining
._t e mere'roirh mhy
hen-
was a very serious one--.-rob. btee
viest of punishment was inflicsare.rifd ,‘forundigcuilty, after
pleading not guilty. here were four
fur the first offence. Ido not
; t mind, Ido not say
transported last sessniosenosrt.e.ds
say you will be tri:
replied,
had. never had any of
that you will not.
the property. He rep Oh, if that is the case I
will bid you good morning, I asked him if he knew
when the sessions were ? y lie replied, " Yes, but as
you refuse my advice and have taken your own, I may
not answer any questions."
The Recorder—lf that is true, if all has been done
thi:t is here stated, the chaplain has been going beyond
the line of his duty.
Mr. Pollock—l sincerely -trust it may turn out not
to be correct, and that the chaplain has not exceeded
his duty ; but I should not have mentioned it had
this been the first time a statement of this nature had
been made ; but it is not the first, nor the second, nor
tie third time.
Mr. Maude said the visiting justices would inquire
into the charge.
Mr. Pollock said the whole stater: ent was a very
remarkable one, and no doubt it would be inquired
into with proper care.
The Recorder—Mr. Maude would iequire into the
matter, end if it was found to be true the visiting jus-
tices would apprise the chaplain that he had gone be-
yond his duty.
Here the depositions were handed pp to Mr. Maude,