The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-25 00:00:00

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Massey, Neptune-street, Wandsworth, and T.
Umpelby, High-street, Lambeth, potters—W. Scaife and
J. Hunter, Bradford, Yorkshire, coach proprietors—T.
Milward and J. Southey, Uffculm, Devonshire, millers
—W. Brotherton, J. Bryan, and J. Peto, Hungerford•
wharf, oil merchants (so far as regards the said W.
Brotherton)—J. H. Langworthy and T. Pratt, Farm-
street, Berkeley-square, and Gloucester-mews East,
King-street, Portman-square, veterinary surgeons—R.
Dent and W. W. Page, Leamington Priors, Warwick-
shire, drapers—J. Bewley and T. W. Lisher, Beech-
street, Barbican, varnish manufacturers—J. Tattersall
and F. Piling, Salford, Lancashire, machine makers—
J. Blake and W. Short, Liverpool, ship chandlers—W.
Parsons, Colchester-street, Whitechapel, and D. Ed-
wards, Haverstock•street, Hampstead-road, builders—
G. Leeds, D. Morley, and J. Booth, Hulroe, Manches-
ter, small ware manufacturers (so far as regards the said
G. Leeds)—G. Day and E. Burman, Dewsbury, York-
shire, millwrights—W. Dowell and G. Dowell, Wapping-
wall, grocers—J. B. Pigott and R. N. Newton, Barnsley,
Yorkshire, linen manufacturers—Ellen Thackeray and
J. Thackeray, Radford, Nottinghamshire, cotton
doublers—S. Binsted and J. W. Prebble, Rotherhithe,
New-road, japanners—P. Griffith, T. . Griffith, and
E. L. Griffith, Pall-mall, wine merchants.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Edward Shelley, Liverpool, ale and porter dealer.

John Jones, Liverpool, agent.
Samuel Genese, Liverpool, auctioneer.
James Wood, Liverpool, assistant master.
Henry Liversedge, Liverpool, beerhouse keeper.
Thomas Duke, Liverpool, beenhouse keeper.
John Starr, Liverpool, clerk.
John Douglas Robinson, Liverpool, passenger broker,
Robert Milward, Worcestershire, beerhouse keeper.
Samuel Beard, Shropshire, labourer.
William Lediard, Worcester, cabinetmaker.

James Greenough, Lancashire, druggist's assistant.
Joseph Morris, Sussex, lodging house keeper.
James Gibson, Northumberland, painter.
Charles Hall, Portsmouth, beer seller.
Walter Scott, Southampton, printer.
George Hough, Huddersfleld, corn miller.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A. Drysdale, Edinburgh, silk warehouseman,' to meet
at the Ship Hotel, Edinburgh, June 30 and July 28, at
two.

W. Thomson, Edinburgh, writer, to meet within the
Temperance Hotel, Edinburgh, June 30 and July 21, at
twelve.

J. Campbell, Rothesay, joiner, to meet within Kin.
Loch's Hotel, Rothesay, July 2 and July 30, at one.

REFORM IN THE FEMALE COSTUME.
Last Thursday Mrs. Smith gave a public lecture on
dress and its relations, both hygienic and social, with
reference to the present and future fashions, at Hope
Chapel, Broadway. There was a very large and
fashionable audience; indeed, the lecture-room was
filled to its utmost extent. Mrs. Smith, after making
some preliminary remarks said that ladies should
at least, consult their comfort and health—that one
cannot exist without the other—but at present woman
was the creature of sunshine, and she sacrificed all to
, prevailing fashions and conventional forms. We
understood her then to say that there was phi-
, losophy in dress as in all other things; and that
it should be observed that the dress now coming
into use was adapted to all kinds of weather, and it was
especially adapted to out-door purposes ; " but," added
she, " let my sisters by all means preserve the long
robe for parlour purposes; for the sake, however, of
their comfort and for the sake of humanity, let them
adopt the new style. In articles of dress it is time that
women should begin to disenthral themselves from
vulgar customs, and think for themselves, at least in
articles of dress, and consult their own comfort and hap-
piness, and, I may say, the happiness of those
who come after them, even though they should for
the present be sneered at by the press. The costume
now being introduced is adapted to our institutions.
"Why should we," said Mrs. Smith, " care
for what is worn in profligate courts? We should
seek for what is healthful, and what will contribute
to our comfort, and adopt it. We, the daughters
of this Republic, why should we bo the slaves of foreign
fashions?—(Applause.) Let us come near to something
that will contribute to our comfort and health. It
would be curious (said she) to investigate the laws
which have precluded woman from assuming the manly
costume, but perhaps it would be found to arise from
the different organization of the sexes." Here she
admitted that there should always be a distinctive
character in the costume of the sexes. She then went
on to describe the various fashions of different ages,
and their inconvenience and danger to health. " But
you," said she, addressing herself to the ladies.
" have no right to destroy God's handiwork." It was a
duty they owed, not only to themselves but to their
posterity, to adopt whatever gave the freest action to
their limbs. As yet they were the slaves of fashion
and custom, which was in some measure to be attri-
buted to milliners and tailors. " We must (said she) ha►e
a dress easy of adjustment ; such a one as a lady can
put on without calling in the assistance of her neigh-
bours." Mrs. Smith then recommended the French
hat and Turkish trousers, but not so short as to trans-
form a woman into a figurante. Over this robe a Gre-
cian jacket, which may be adapted to the taste and
wealth of the wearer. Such a dress would give grace
and elegance to the person, and she who wears it would
walk with more ease and breathe freer. Public opinion
was in favour of them, and they should take advantage
of it. Mrs. Smith was loudly applauded during the
delivery of several passages of her address.—New York
Herald.