The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WiNDsort, FainAy.—Her Majesty and Prince Al-
bert walked for a considerable time this morning on the
Slopes and on tl.e Terrace of the Castle.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
b 3 Lady Fanny Howard, took her departure from the
Castle in the middle of the day for town.
Baron Stocktuar left the Castle this naoroing.
Tlie Countess of Erroll and Lady Wit Hay drove out
in the Park in a pony phaeton this ru4hing.
The Royal Dinner Party at the Castle this evening
wul include the Earl of Uxbridge, the Ladies Eleonora
and Constance ''apt, Lord Paget, and lair. G. E. rind
the Hon. Mrs. nson. The Queen's private band will
he in at tendanc 'n the Castle this evening for quadrilles
and gallopades.
The Court will leave Windsor for Buckingham Palace
to-morrow afternoon about two o'clock.

Her Royal Ifghness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard, arrived at ber residence In-
gestrie House, • Belgrave-square, shortly, before two
o'clock yeterdal, afternoon, from a visit to her Majesty,
at Windsor Castle.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Prince
George of Cambridge, attended by Baron Koesebeck,
heft town yesterday morning for Richmond. Their Royal
Highnesses spent the forenoon shooting in Richmond
Nth, and i❑ the afternoon returned to Cambridge
House.

A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock, yester-
day afternoon, at Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square.
It was attended by all the Cabinet Ministers.
The Council sat two hours and a half.

Mr. Jardine, Mr, Cayley, M.P., and Mr. Montgo-
mery Martin, had an interview with Lord John Russell
yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Despatches from the Governor of the Honduras were
received yesterday at the Colonial-office,
Sir Colin Campbell and Mr. Spain had interviews
yesterday with Laid John Russell at the Colonial-office

THE NE PORT CONVICTS.

7'o THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—I, a country Chartist, have just read the letter in
your Paper of Jan. 19, of a London Chartist. Whether in
town or country, Chartists are ail one as to " the Charter;"
in ell other matters they, may differ, as heads and faces
differ. I agree with my London brother so far as thinking
that pcor Frost suffered rather for the headlong folly of
some of our brother Chartists than for his own ; but I dis-
agree with my brother in his opinion of the Whig Ministry,
whom I deem far more worthy of Frost's punishment, for
having prosecuted him,than was Frost himself. In the case of
Frost and his companions, law and a jury weigh as nothing
in my mind. Ino more believe that Frost sought to take
and ransack Newport, than i believe it to be the Whig
Ministers' determination to keep their places, though at the
imminent hazard of the Crown—which I do not at all be-
lieve, despite my low opinion of them ; or than I believe
that the design of the great meeting at Leeds on this day
is to throw all the country into confusion, and, if possible,
at least to annihilate the bread-taxing landlords. A jury
of Tories would no doubt bring all the principals of that
meeting in guilty, if the principals used such language as
ycu, to your high honour, have been continually using, and
if the Attorney-General prosecuted for sedition; Frost
teen to dethrone the Queen, or to take Newport !
All Chartists whom I know scorn and scout the
thought. But the prosecuting Whig Attorney-General
would hare it so; and the jury would have it so; and the
most ridiculous law in the world for all things but its hor-
rible penalties, would have it so; and the present corrupt
state of the franchise, allowing no unbiassed jury of their
peers to the masses, would have it so ; and thus, in m;
own most sincere belief, and in the utterly imrnoveatle
conviction, I am certain, of the masses, poor Frost was
basely condemned to death, and reprieved to what was,
probably, at the time, worse to him than death, and has
been transported to a convict settlement by a Government
deaf to the supplication of a million and a quarter of the
'. eeorle hacked, as they were believed, and knoen by ,
them-
valves to be, by far greater numbeis 1 I cannot, therefore,
join my London brother Chartist in thanking the Whigs
fer what they have done—on the contrary, I execrate
them ; yet will I give them my aid in keeping the Torres
out, and from my soul will I thank them, and ever with
all my might will I labour to keep them in, if they will
restore Frost, mid strive honestly and their best to abolish
the accursed Corn-laws, end to make every honest Erg-

its man, Irishman, and Scotch-I-ran in the United Empire
frr.e, by securing to him a free and unembarrassed vote in
the Guvernment of the courvry.
I remain, Sir, a cordial lover of your principles and con-
duct, so honestly manifested in your paper,
Jan. 21. A COI NTI.:1( CHARTIST.

The statement which appeared in a morning
Fper, that Mr. Larpent will stand for East Surrey on the
Liberal interest, is, we have reason to hclieve, unfounded.
The Hon. I\liss Devereux, only daughter of
Viscount and Viscountess llcreford,,has br en appointed by
her Majesty to succeed Alia Spring Rice, as Maid of
Honour to lscr Majesty;

EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF COM

MERCE.

The Annual General Meeting of this body was held
yesterday, Mr. SAwEas in the Chair.
THE IMPORT DUTIES.

Mr. MITCHELL, of Leith, brought forward a motion
on the subject of the import duties of the country, which
had lately been considered by a Committee of the
House of Commons. He had himself, he said, the
honour of being examined before the Committee, and
several other gentlemen of great experience and influ-
ence, and the opinion of every one was, that the Bri-
tish tariff was a mere piece of potchivork ; that the du-
ties on raw materials were enormous ; and that, though
they had been in some instances reduced, yet these re-
, ductions were not at all commensurate with the exigen-
cics of the times. In fact, the war taxes on commerce
were still continued, though every thing else had been
reduced since the peace. He would give on instance
of the absurdity of these laws. A friend of his lately
sent to Rotterdam, and bought a cargo of coffee. It
was shipped on board the gentleman's own vessel, and
carried to the Cape of Good Hope, where it was landed,
then re-shipped, and brought to this country. Could
any thing be more preposterous than that?
Mr. MACFARLAN-0!), yes ; he heard of things as
bad as that—for instance, the carrying of Norway timber
to Anierca and back again.—(Laughter.)
Mr. MITCHELL—Tnat was just ;mailer instance of
the absurdity and impolicy of these laws. The duty on,
European timber was now 565. 61 per load, or about
Is. 2d. per foot, which, among other evils, had much
:njured toe trade of the place. When the duties were
low, the Norwegians carried on a great trade here ;
hey were, in fact, our best customers ; and even the
common sailors spent their wages in Edinburgh on
goods of Scotch manufacture. But this had in a great
measure ceased, through the operation of the heavy
duties; and for whom were these duties maintained?
Why, for the advantage of a few shipowners, who sent
to sea a parcel of rotten ships, endangering the lives of
our excellent seamen ; and, for their advantage, the
inhabitants of this country were prevented from using
the best and most durable timber. They were prevented
' from using the raw material of what might prove a
most valuable manufacture—oak timber; for if the duty
on that article was reduced, this country might build
ships, not only for themselves, but for other nations.
He could state as a fact, that Russia and other Euro-
pean Powers were at present building steam.zhir.s in
America, and fetching them over with all the machi-
nery fitted in. Now, he l:ad no doubt, from our supe-
rior skill in machinery, that all those orders would have
come to us but for the high duties on timber. He
should, therefore, conclude by moving that the Cham•
her petition Parliament to adopt the remission and alte-
ration of the import duties which was recommended by
;he Committee of the House of Commons.

Mr. DICKSON seconded the moticn, which was unanl-
nously adopted ; and a Committee, Mr. Mitchell con-
rener, was appointed to draw up the petition.
The Chamber then adj)uraed.—Edinburgh Courant.