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

SPORTING I

THE CII ESTER
Entries in town up to eight
Yrs.

Vatn pyre
Strungbow
The Gent
Champion
Backbiter
Tarn Wadlin
King of Oude
Peep-o'. thy Boy
Truth ...
Mouse
Joe Sutherland
Raby
c by Juhn o' Gaunt,
dam by the Stdler
out of Mies Etty
Snowstorm
The Flying Gout (late
1).1.1 citah Chic t)
Baroness .
c by Gladiatcr out of

the otwss
Mta,t !gue
Barn, s
Torpor
liarptiehord
Officious ...
Hurry Scurry
William t hcCooqut ror
GlenLawk
Prtstige
The Juggler
Brington
Priestess
Wallflower
Kissaway
Sweetheart
Old Claret
Brother to Dough

Cariboo.
Cossack.

(TELLIGENCE.
CUP ENTRIES.
o'clock on Wednesday night.
Yrs.

by Gladiator, out of
Khora%san's dam 4
Exeter 3
Python
by Sir Hercules, out

Of Lantern
Nancy
Reversion
• dothorpe
Pitsf_ad
Clincher
Glauca
Cocktail
Mark Tapley .....
Sauter-le Coupe.
Christina
3old Harry
Pancpo
iLangtun. .
4-c al Leniug
' Active (by Turnboy)
Miss Ann
Don Juan
lecckennouth
Itussborough

DJuPL"h
uiartssa
Italian
Little Jack
Clelia
Reindeer
Windischgratz
Miss Helen, by Mel-

bourne
St. George
G 1 idiole
Docility
Flareup
Signor of Holderness
Calmar
Trouncer
Gills flower ...
Brother to Truthteller
Miss Spring
Fuglema❑
Tightwaist
Old Dan Tucker
Vatican

Damask
Won't 3ou come out
to-night
Lord George
Due au Durres
Queen Bee
Little George
f by Gladiator out of
Lollypop
G arforth
Ingratitude
Bee Hunter
Landgrave
Entries at Chester up to five o'clock on Wednesday

Eva
Cyprus
Dulcet •
'Chief Justice

night :
Knight of Gwynne, The Unknown, Rescue, Black
Doctor, Earl of Warwick, Lady Evelyn, Wallace, emus,
Spot., Mickleton, Clermont, Sprite filly, Wild Rose, Ab-
bess of Jerveaux, Harriott, Blarney, Zadoc, Musician,
Lough Bawn, Carthagenian, Alonzo, Prior of Lauer-
cost, Elthiron, Lady Eden, York You're Wanted,Rhesus,
h. by Verulam, out of Whim. Joe Sutherland, Chief
Justice, Conveyor, Sir Richard, Rubina, Loupgarou,
Seaman, Hippogriti, Aristocrat, The Iron Duke, Knight
of Avenel, Sir Robert, Melody, The Swindler, Electri-
city, Truth, Jenny Lind, Sir Philip. and Mu!grave.
THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.

Entries in London up Co eight o'clock on Wednesday
night:—
Sir John, Lord George, Tufthenter, St. Leger, Tip-
perary Boy, Stranger (b.-b.), Melford Britibh
Yeoman, Agis, Bajazet.
At Chester, up to Five o'Clock.
Skipper, Maria Day, Mulligan, Maurice Daly, Half-
and-Half, br m by Greysteel, Peter Simple, April Fool,
b g by lon, Sam Hood, Carving, Vainhope, The Victim,
Come Again (late Mahomed), Abd-el-Kader, Tidingu,
Farnham, Rattrap, Little Queen, Makeready, Ida, Shin-
rone, Young Dutchman, Vengeance, The Young'un,
Fugitive, St. Helier, Rescue, Penrith, Sir Peter Laurie,
Verax, Lucy Neale, Quadruped, Reindeer, Foreclosure,
Isaac, Heroine, Volatile, Ringdove.
LIVERPOOL JULY CUP.
Entries at Chester.

The Merchant of Venice, Seaman, Woolwich, Caprice,
Earl of Warwick, The Marquis, Prior of Lanercoat, c
out of John Cosser's dam, Elthiron, Cmus, Hippolytus,
Pandemtut, Lady Eden, Whim, Abbess of Jerveattx,
Mark Tapley, Raby, Italian, Cocktail,%Langton, Brother
to Ellerdale, Chief Justice, Venus colt.
LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.
Entries at Chester.

Becton, Wilmot, Risk, Idle Boy, Caurire, Calculator,
Larry's-the-Lad, Conveyer, The Baroness, Old Claret.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
CHESTER CUP.
ADDITIONAL ENTRIES.

Woolwich, Ondine. Madesafe, lanthe, Caurire, Cap-
tain Grant, Nancy, Quicksand, Wilmont, The Sweep,
Osbald wick, Knook Knoll, Strap (late Fitzallen), Jenny
Lind, Sir Philip, Harricot.
LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.

Colibri, Seignor of Holderness, Christians', Docility,
Old Claret, Reversion, Doubt, Panope, Little George,
Lord George, and b f by Simoom out of Myrtle.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
Strike-a-light and Scavenger.

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 offer 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 Borough 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 been com-
municated I might have felt some difficulty in men-
tioning it, but 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, asking him wby 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
some time 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 nil, cell
and said, "Now I want you to answer a questio_tiei:
am going to put to you, and to answer the truth.ani; It
me tell you that your case is a serious on!, a
know all about it. You were employed .09 Mr.
He then /36.4 "
Hilton ?" I answered, " Yes."
then said that he
Ah,
you see I know all about it."
placed, as that was
came as a friend to advise mbeeetnoll7c;;onrfbeesscaaulsle Imkynceawse,
and where the property bad
which the mwya s only nvl ye r
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rchanceserious
ofs
one—robbery,
inflicted,
floi eibegbt
eel;
if
s forn
tlsiealfidrst offence.l'here
hea-
viest cf•punishment was I..,ofound guilty, after
welredolonuort
say you will be tr,a,nsiporte.d , but mind, I do not say
that you will not.
tprlaenaslii)nogrtednolatstgsuesilstiYon.
said I had never had any of
the property. He replied, " Oh, if that is the case I
will bid you good morning." I asked him if he knew
when the sessions were ? He 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
that is lute stated, the chaplain has been going beyond
the line of his duty.
Mr. Pollock-1 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, r.or the second, nor
the third time.
Mr. Maude said the visiting justices would inquire
into the charge.
Mr. Pollock said the whole statement was a very
remarkable one, and no doubt it would be inquired
into with proper care.
The Recorder—Mr. Maude would inquire into the
matter, and if it was found to be true the visiting jus-
tices would apprise the chaplain that he had gone be-
yond his duty.
Malys the depositions were blinded pp to it Monde,