The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-19 00:00:00

HAMPTON AND MOULSEY RACES-FRIDAY.

One of the most'successful meetings ever known on Moulsey
Hurst was brought to a close yesterday in the presence of a
thin company. From the following return it will be seen that
the sport was very moderate :
The Innkeepers' Plate of 401., ;.dded to a Sweepstakes of 3
soya each, weights as for the Albert Stakes. The winner to
be sold for 80/. Heats once round and a distance. (10
Subs. )
Lord Chesterfield's La Gitana, 3 yrs (Nat) 0 1 1
Mr. Balchin's Clematis, 4 yrs
Mr. Shelley's Hellespont, 4 yrs
Mr. Geodwing's St. Prieux, 4 yrs 0 4 dr
Mr. Bacon's Ascanius, aged
Mr. Coleman's Carlos, 4 yrs
First heat—Hellespont the favourite; Clematis made all the
running, and won easy by a length. Second heat—Clematis
again made the running, but, after a fine race up the distance,
was beaten by a neck. The third heat was a " ditto " of the
second.

A Free Cup, presented by the Proprietor of the New Toy
Hotel, Hampton Court ; 3 yrs Est 71b, 4 yrs Bst 51b, 5 yrs
9st ; 6 yrs and aged 9st 51b ; mares and geldings allowed
31b ; wincers once 51b, twice 81b, and thrice 101 b extra.
Mile heats.
Hon. J. Sandilands' Moleskin, 4 yrs ...... ...(Wakefield) 1 1
Mr. Stirling's The Comptroller, 3 yrs ... ••
Mr. Balchin's Clematis, 4 yrs
lion. J. Sandilands' Easingwohl, 5 yrs
Moleskin won both heats in a canter, but was objected to by
Mr. Stirling, on the ground that Mr. Sandilands had entered
and run two horses.

ThUrsday afternoon a serious accident occurred
in the tan-yard of Jr. Thomas
Heoper, of the Grange, Ber-
mondsey, to a man named William True, aged 49 years. It
appears that True was employed, in shaving some skins close to
a wooden *nce, at a time when some 3oung men on the ad.
joining premises were amusing themselves by shooting at a
mark with ball. Several shots, had been fired, mrlum one of
the balls penetrated the fence, and. striking True passed
through the thick part of his thigh. . He immediately fell, and
h:s cries brought some of the other workmen t,. his assistance,
by wham the unfortunate man Was'coriveyed >fo Gruy's Hospital,
where he remains in a precarious state.

LONDON:
SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1841.

The House of Lords last night, after receiving a
number of petitions, took up the adjourned debate on
the Punishment of Death Bill, and an amendment to
some mySterious clause, of a mysterious nature, ex-
cept that it retains the punishment of death, of which
their Lordships shirked the discussion as indelicate,
was agreed to. With all deference to their Lord-
ships we cannot think that laws should be made
about matters their Lordships cannot speak of. Better
would it be to pass over the crime as an impossibility,
and never make a law on the. subject. The Earl of WIN-
CHILSEA, however, thought differently, and decreed death
fur what he could only describe by inuendo.
A second amendment to retain the punishment of
death for rape, also moved by the Noble Earl, was lost
by 64 to 60, and the Bill was finally passed. It is to be
extended as soon as possible to Ireland and Scotland.
The Criminal Justice Bill was read a second time, and
passed through a Committee after two divisions relative
to exempting Manchester from the Act.
The Dog-Cart Bill was put off for a week, in order to
drop it altogether. We earnestly recomend their Lord-
ships to read the admirable letter of Archbishop
WHATELEY before the next session, which may pro-
bably warn them against constituting themselves a
meddling Government, and prevent for ever such non-
sensical laws as dog-cart laws.
The Bribery at Elections Bill was passed, while the
very law-makers who pass it are preparing to bribe, or
are bribing, in every part of the country. What a
mockery !
Their Lordships adjourned to Monday.

In the Commons, Mr. LABOUCUERE, in answer to a
question, stated that a protocol had been agreed to,
which, he trusted, would lead to a satisfactory adjust-
ment of the Sound dues, but it was not yet ratified by
the King of DENMARK.
In reply to Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, Lord JOHN Rus-
SELL said that the Government had not given up the
ldla of erecting a monument to Sir SYDNEY SMITH.
The House a4journed, at an early hour, till Monday.

We have long ago, and repeatedly,-told the
aristocracy, the landowners, and the clergy, that
they were perilling things of infinitely more im-
portance than the Corn-laws by their obstinate
adherence to that avowed scheme of plunder.
We have, accordingly, not treated that question
for some time as one of mere pecuniary interest,
but as going to the root of the Constitution, and
endangering, by the continued existence of in-
justice, all the institutions of the State. Those
who can read the signs of the times will,
we believe, adopt thesaine conclusion, after
they have read the letter from a Lei-
cester Manufacturer to J. B. SMITII, Esq.,
the President of the Anti-Corn-law League,
which appears in another part of The
Sun. At any rate it is worthy of much at-
tention, and we are not sorry to see that it has
engaged the attention of the Tories.

The Standard describes the writer of the letter
as a fitter object for a State prosecution than any
of the three or four hundred Chartists whom Sir
JOHN CAMPBELL has placed in dungeons. " Its
purport is to frighten Englishmen with menaces
of blood-bespattered flags, and knives and dag-
gers plunged in the bosoms of sleeping women
and children." Though that is a gross misre-
presentation it will induce the Tories to reflect
on the subject. They are not destitute of
human feelings; they have souls, consciences,
and sympathies; they are not destitute of
fear, and when they find some of their
fellows, who are usually engaged in the
peaceful occupations of making stockings or
bobbinet, forsaking them, and forming a great
system of political agitation, writing letters indi-
cating a resolve to resist the law, and openly
preparing and inciting resistance, we cannot but
think that the Tories, who boast of their wealth,
and have much to lose, will pause, and ask
themselves whether the manufacturing popula-
tion could be driven to such a pass with-
out sonic sufficient reason. They will be driven,
whether they like it or not, to reflect on their
own course, and be forced on to adopt the con-
clusion, that a law to keep up the pr;ce
of food, however delightful to their
ima-
gination, when it leads to such consequences is
pregnant with evil. They cannot for one moment