The Sun. — 1842-02-22 (London, England)

OXFORD, FEB. 2.o.—The Hew. Mr. Garbett, the new Professor of Poetry, delivered the first BamptonLecture for the present -oar, } ,at St. M morning. Diary's Church, this mo • The church was crowded in every part. Mr. Grant, Commoner of St. John's College, has announced his secession from the establishment, and has follolled the example of Mr. Sibthorp. Se' Veral of the junior members of the University are expected to join the Roman Catholic communion shortly.  to put a halter round his neck who proposed a law, that he might be ready to give pp his life if he wantonly and unnecessarily wished to inflict a new restriction on the people. Such legislators as Mr. HARDY glory in their immunity, and, regarding. plenty of food as a great evil, they complacently—without any fear of the rope—Meke mid support laws to lessen and limit its quantity. The debate soon displayed to us a new feature in the character of 'some of our friends. Colonel Fox, who was followed by others, declared that he was for a total repeal, but not for that total repeal now, lie and they admit that the law is a great injustice, but they want gradually to get rid of it. What should we think of the police which gradually proposed to check btu-glary, or which promised to put an end to murder a few years hence? We regret to say that there are many men like Colonel Fox in the House, Mr. MAcAut.A.r, Mr. C. BULLER, and Mr. RICE, the Member for Doter, for example ; and they state as the ground of their reluctance instantly to st,  op the cruel robbery ordained by the Legislature,  Some questions were asked last night, in the House of Commons, relative to the case of Mr. ELTON; from the answers to which, it results that, in the opinion of the Admiralty, the Court-martial on that 'gentleman. was composed of officers on whose great knowledge and perfect impartiality_ not a doubt can be thrown ; that Captain WILLIAMi, the prosecutor, is an officer of high and unblemished character ; that Mr. ELTON was legally punished ; and that the Admiralty caused him to be released, because • they , thought, after his long imprisonment on board ship, the justice of the ease and the discipline of the Navy were satisfied. We scarcely ever knew an example- of the Admiralty not upholding the authority of a Captain, or a series of Captains composing a Court-martial, against a poor Middy or' any other subordinate. If indeed a Captain or an Admiral were concerned, the Admiralty might doubt or hesitate, but if the victim he beloW that rank, the Court is in general held to be immaculate, and he is denied all redress.  that there are vested interests under it. What can we expect from the Tories, who avow themselves our enemies, and are determined to be our tyrants, when our friends regard a sixpence of a Dowager's annuity, or a shilling of a landlord's rent, as of infinitely more importance than the health and lives of the people, now daily sacrificed. by the law which deprives them of food ? When we heard such sentiments from our friends, our hearts sank within us, and we felt at once an almost annihilating conviction that all hope of obtaining anything from Parliament must be given up, and the people must rely on themselves and on