The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-14 00:00:00

POOrt NEEDLEWOMEN.

TO THE EDITOR Or THE MORNING CHRONICLE.
Sir,—Will you permit me to offer a very simple
suggestion with respect to the poor needlewomen,
namely, that there should be a registration, gratis, of
their names and addresses, to which persons wishing
to employ them might have easy access.
I myself, in common with every other mistress of a
family to whom I have ever spoken on the subject,
have often experienced the greatest difficulty in dis-
covering a needlewoman when I had occasion for one.
Their means, of course, do not allow them to ad-
vertise ; and as they necessarily live in by-streets
and obscure lodgings, it seems no easy matter to find
them out.
Valuable as your time must be, you have already
devoted so much to the cause of these poor creatures,
that I venture to hope you will excuse my troubling
you, and I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
February 10. J. P. S.

DIAMOND DUST.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
COQUETTE.—A young lady of more beauty than sense
—more accomplishments than learning—more charms 4'
person than graces of mind—more admirers than friends
—more fools than wise men for attendants.
Avarice and vanity are the principal elements of all
evil. _ _ _

Neither act nor speak ill, though free from witnesses.
Learn to stand more in awe of thyself than of others.
When the fox preaches. beware of your geese.
Were perfection itself on a throne, courtiers would
still find means to flatter it.
The secret of making ourselves amiable is to love.
True feelings and real sorrows open our eyes to the
full detection of those that are the spurious product of
ennui or affectation, and enable us to see distinctly into
the hypocrisy of others' hearts, by putting them to the
test of a comparison with our own.

THE SCREW PROPELLER.—OH Monday last a
question of considt ruble interest, in respect to steam
navigation, was argued before the Judicial Committee,
nt the Privy Council-office, Whitehall, Lords Brougham,
Campbell, and Langdale, Dr. Lushingtcn, and Mr. Pem-
berton Leigh being present. An application was made
by Sir Frederick Thesiger, on behalf of the patentees
of the screw propeller, for an extension of their patent,
which expires in May next. The evidence went to
prove that no lees than 30,0001. had been expended in
building the Archimedes and in defraying other weighty
charges to establish the screw-propulsion principle; and
it further apreared, that although no less than 32 ships
of war and 100 mercantile steam vessels had been con-
structed already upon this system, not more than two
or three had paid for the patent licence. These evasions
had been occasioned by the conflicting claims of five
different patentees; but, as these have now united in
one association, it is expected that all who have adopted
the use of the screw propeller will have to pay for their
licences. As the Admiralty are interested, either di-
rectly or collaterally, in this question to the amount of
about 25,0001, Sir John Jervis, the Attorney-General,
assisted by Mr. Crowder, Q.C., opposed the application
for an extension of Mr. Frank Pettit Smith's patent;
but, after examining Captains Chappell and Crispin,
R.N., and Messrs. Brunel and Galloway, engineers, their
Lordships decided on granting an extension of five years
to Mr. Smith's patent upon certain conditions; and there
is now therefore a fair prospect of that gentleman and
his supporters recovering a portion, if not the whole. of
the licensing moneys to which they are unquestionably
entitled.

SCOTCH AND ENGLISH ENTERPRISE IN DUBLIN.—
How comes it that strangers can flourish here? At the
head, or very near the head, of every trade, you find an
Englishman or Scutchman. Is this because they work
better?—and, if not, what is the reason? Can we not
compete with them —e, the natives, with native advan-
tages? M‘Glashan, the most prosperous publisher, isja
Scutchman; Pelson, the most prosperous confectioner,
ditto; Guon and Cameron, the most prosperous adver-
tisement publishers, ditto; Mr. Pigot, the music pub-
lisher, an Englishman; Mr. Butler, Medical Hall, ditto;
Mr. Andrews, Dame-street, ditto. Englishmen and
Suotehmen can prosper in Dublin, if we cannot. We
ought to ask ourselves, what have we done, or left un-
dune, that produces this result? I am convinced that
want (f a good business education and training--want of
being drilled into habits of punctuality---are the vest
impedimenta. leek to this,--Dublin