The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-14 00:00:00

Such establishments do find employment at Cal-
cutta for many native artisans ; and will eventually
find employment for them in many districts where
the cane is grown, far remote from the presidency.
Thus, in promoting the growth of sugar in India,
much knowledge and scientific skill will spread
over Ilindostan, not written in a foreign language,
which the poor, helpless, ignorant Hindoo cannot un-
derstand ; or, if written in his own language, so ex-
pressed that he knows not how to apply them, but
developed in practice before his eyes—not the falling
and uncertain benevolence of the tender sentimen-
talist, but the profits arising from his own exertions
being properly directed to some useful object, in the
attainment of which the employed benefit as well as'
the employers, the country, and the public at large.
It is thus that commerce is the pioneer to civilisation
and Christianity, or that motives to industry go hand
in hand with these blessings.
It has long been a• matter of surprise that India
has not become a more extensive market for our
manufactures. Is it that there is a small population ?
—l3O millions. Is it that they prefer to go naked to
being clothed ? Certainly not; for the higher classes
are well clothed, and take much pride in a neat and
clean appearance, and in the extent of their ward-
robes. Then, why is it that so large a population
take so small a proportion of our manufactures ?
The bulk of that population are nearly naked,
simply because they cannot afford to purchase
a covering for their bodies. In all countries
it is necessary that the inhabitants should be fed ;
but in India, where many do 'perish for the want of
food, especially in times of famine, they will never,
or very seldom, be much inconvenienced for the want
of clothing. A more general and extensive consump-
tion of our manufactures must wait upon a more ge-
neral clothing of the Hindoo ; a more general cloth-
ing of the Ilindoos must wait upon their being in a
position to afford it ; and how are they ever to be in
a position to afford it until they can secure to them-
selves the full value of their own labour in producing
more extensively some articles of general consumption
both in India and throughout the world—such as sugar
and cotton ?

We want not the emigration of labour to India,
but that of skill and capital to control and direct the
natural acuteness of the Hindoos, Mussulmans, &c.
A fixed land-tax, as in Bengal, should be instituted
all over India, varying according to the capabilities
and position of the land, which should be held, not
merely on a short lease, but as long as the fixed an-
nual rent is annually paid.
No one accustomed to travel in the interior of India
can fail to observe the want of roads. Excepting the
neighbourhood of the Presidencies such means of com-
munication are unknown. We cannot see any imme-
diate likelihood of their being instituted except by
Government. The natives know not by experience
the value of such communications ; and the residence
of Europeans in India is too uncertain to induce them
to sink capital there, in an undertaking requiring
constant attention and superintendence.

SALE OF THE ORIGINAL DRAW-
INGS AND SCARCE PRINTS REMOVED
FROM STRAWBERRY HILL.

The sale of the above extensive and valuable collection of
original drawings and scarce prints, gathered with so much in-
dustry and care by the renowned Horace Walpole, opened yes-
terday at Mr. George Robins's Rooms, Covent-garden. The
catalogue contains nearly 1,400 lots, and offers a rich banquet
to the artist, the antiquarian, and the historian. A great num-
ber of buyers were present, and Mr. George Robins being en-
gaged at Lichfield-house, the rostrum was filled by his nephew,
Mr. E. Robins.

The principal purchasers were Mr. Smith, of Lisle-street,
Soho; Mr. Graves, of Pall-mall; Messrs. Tiffin, Evans, Co!-
naghi, Pickering, Newton. Strong, and Rodd.
The following are among the more curious of the lots sold,
wiih the respective prices attached :
Lot 6. The most renowned Prance John of Gaunt, Duke of
Lancaster, &c,, taken from a window in the college, of All
Souls, Oxford, died 1:399. Extra rare. 1/. 10s.

7. llicardus 11. kneeling at devotion. Very curious. IL 7s.
11. The Hight Noble Knight John Talbot, Earl of Shrews-
bury, in a suit of armour. Date, 1433. 21. 6s.
15. Jane, Queen of Scotland, A.D. 1434, and John Earl
of Somerset, A.D. 1397, and two small ovals in one plate.
Very rare. I/. 16.
16. King Henry VII. and Elizabeth of York, his consort,
from a painting by Holbein, destroyed in the fire of White-
hall, 1697. 11. 7s.

IS. Henry VIII. seated on his throne, Prince Edward at
the King's left hand kneeling, the Princess Mary and her con-
sort Philip 11. of Spain on the left, sad the Princess Elizabeth
sp!endidly attired, standing in the foreground at the right.
This rare print, engraved by W. Rogers, about the }ear, 1585,
is not known to have been recorded in any ether collection
during the last century. The original picture from which it
was taken was formerly in the St awberry-hill collection.
After a spirited competition between Messrs. Smith, Graves,
and others,it was eventually purchased for the trustees c f the
British Museum for 21 guineas.
24. Sir '1 homas Cromwell, Knight, from a painting by Hans
Holbein ; and Juhn Russell, first Earl of Bedford. 2/. 15s.

26. '1 bomss Chalonerus, from a painting by Holbein, 1655,
fine and extremely rare. 111. Ils. Mr. Smith.
39. Queen Elizabeth, in the magnificent dress in which she
proceeded to St. Paul's Cathedral on the day of general thanks-
giving for the victory gained over the Spanish Armada. Bril-
liant impression, but damaged at one corner. 41. 15s.
44. Mary Queen of Scots, accompanied by her infant son,
Prince James; and a curios portrait of Queen Elizabeth hold-
ing a feather fan. tl. 18s. Mr. Graves.
47. Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk (private plate, 1791) and
a tracing from a rare print of Thomas Howard, Duke of Nor-
folk, a print of the utmost rarity. 5/. 10s. Mr. Tiffin.
53. The Most Noble Robert Earl of Essex, Earl Marshal
of England, 1601, finely engraved, but bearing no artist's
name. fi/. 6s. Mr. Smith.

55. A sheet of pencil sketches by Vertue. 31. 10s. Mr.
Smith.

67. Dr. John Donne, A.D. 1591, half-length; and a very
curious portrait of Shakespeare, by W. Marshall, prefixed to
the 1640 edition of his poems. These two prints, scarcely
measuring six inches square, were secured by Mr. Smith for
31. 15s.

104. A leaf containing five rare prints; Francis Manner?,
Earle of Rutlande; Richard Sackville, Earle of Dorset;
another of the same; John Digby, Earle of Bristol; and Ro-
bert Cecil, Esq. 151. 4s. Cd. Mr. Smith.
128. The Right Honourable Sir Julius Caesar, Master of
the Rowles, in his official robes, octavo size. Very rare.
8/. Is. 6d.

The amount realised by the day's sale was very near 4001.
The sale this day will consist of portraits of the illustrious
and distinguished individuals of the reign of Charles the First
and during the Protectorate.

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The lion. Miss Hamilton, who has been appointed
one cf. her Majesty's Maids of Honour in Waiting, vice the
lion. Miss Cavendish, on the eve of matriage with Lord Em-
lyn, is }oungest daughter of Lady Charlotte Hamilton, and
aster to Capt. C. Baillie Hamilton, M.P. for Ailesbury, and
cousin to the Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Admi-
ralty. The salary of Maid of Honour is 3001. per annum from
the Civil List.
THE YEOMANRY.—The state of the country is be-
craning every day more alarming, and it is evident that this is
the opinion of the Government. The Yeomanry at Burnley,
in Lancashire, have obtained orders from Government to hold
themselves in readiness for immediate action. The people a.sk
for bread, and again they are to have steel and bullets,