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I f' L • .2 6 . , ~...• .0 K0MEN.v......1.157112... ..... -.• ^ -- - 1E1i,...27171.1.,,..56 ~~=,_ OST • °MCP LONDON DIRECTOR Y Fes. r •_., For , Being the FIFTY-FIRST IBSO ANNUAL EDITION, Comprising, aniong other information, OFF ICIAL DIRECTORY; STREETI .IRECTORY COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY TRADES' DIRECTORY; LAW DIRECTORY ; COURT DIRECTORY; P ARLIAMENTARY DIRECTORY; POSTAL DIRECTORY; CITY DIRECTORY; CONVEYANCE DIRECTORY; RANKING DIRECTORY; 6 . &c. &c. &c. The following are Reviews of the Edition for the current year, /cbl ell have appearedin the leading Metropolitan Joernals : . SUN, NOVEZihra. 22, 1819. Jew The "Poste filee London Directory" has now been in existence ilrds of half a century. From small beginniege it Lao g ne on ie by incontestable imroving until this, the hfty-fle.t annual impression, '' his superior to its predeeessors, and which maY be considered as near an' approach to perfection as it is I crimes possible to attain in a work of this description. The " Post-melee "eitelon Directore7, for 1850 extends to 2,091 pages, and consists of ' o l ta "3 wan twelve separate directories, unier tee heats of " i re , o , ..,,,f l l4l . " The Street," " The' Commercial," "The Treees, .41,' L aw," " The c .urt," " The Parliamentary," " The Postal , " k es e City." "The Conveyance," "The Ranking," and "The urance D irectories." The " Official Directory" at once b di eates the position of every public 'employe. The " Str, et Three !err furnishes the names of the residents in each street or place includeing the only work that has ever even attemptea to t Z in one ge cral list the nobility and gentry as well as Tetrsee Merchants, professional men traders, and tradesmen of the opolle and its immediate environs. The "Commercial I 'free ., I li! . t obeli)* and , -Ir Y" has all these latter in complete alphabetical er er, while gentry will be found in similar arrangement ;e ,rao " Court Directory." The "Trades Directory" exhibits 11. Members of each of the two thousand trades classified die eeleti_ Y—the of of each being suitably distinguished. :. 4 e " Law Dicory" is devotee to the classification of the 7, 1 , ! l A_ hers of the profsssion, together with the general legal matter s eSP r oPriate to a work of this character ; while the " Parliamentary fu_irectoree furnishes all requisite information as to Peers and 141_erabers of Parliament, and as to their town residences and, country .Postal Directory" gives frill Instruction on the subject' r' %.,,1153' orders, and of the transmission of letters and newspapers tri t e i .e Parts of the world. The " Conveyance Directory " is devoted t iiie`,t e imPortant subject which its title indicates, as are the " Bank , e and "Assurance Directories." The proprietors of this, the Zetht Useful and roost accurate Mirror of the Metropolis of the World as ever been presented •to the public, are well justified in d_ i ki ngt their boat that—" Such a mass of facts of this particular i‘Triptioni was never presented to the public until in the pages of the itermosteepece London Directory;" and unceasing efforts have been sue v it ted to secure, not merely a 'large amount of info mation, but air ed an rangement, condensation, and classification, th it any de , - Xot Par. of this large volume may be referred to witont difficulty. ' °,II Y Is the information eontalned in this work most ample and ;art inct _ c•-e accurate, but it Is arranged in such an admirably clTir and manner, tat a reference can at once be ade with te tooaftest facility to an h y port on which may be desireh m It is not going ever ar t° Say d that this is far and away th e b est book of the sort re _ to the public. As might have ben expected, the tr,.,:'„411(1 most deserved success of the " Post. office'London DiFecz ihift.,,.:as induced several persons to attempt to vend spurious Riv , ‘ 4, ,l . ns of it ; and, in order to guard the publics against fraud, :we ihe'' the re the following extract front the preface, in . . wluch .. Tine reprletors allude to these atternp.s at imposftion : Ibeb_gerat success which has attended these efforts' has , minced te velz 7, l .t: that it is only necessary to announce a book to cieu!aln et ' th; ei _ ir ectoties,' and taking the titles of some of the sub-divisions : ( Nitre s ta likii ''et.lt, as ' Street Directory," Parliamentary Directory,' ig Directory,' ' Official Directory.' &c. &c. &c., in order to eta a sale ; and, in consequence, a year now seldom passes with . sem ' e experiment of the kind. There has been no instance of kneed, of these ePhemerals surviving the year of its production, or, ne e , f eilig. in the ordinary senee of the word, published, or even pi, eed in the newspaper circulation is always as secret te e able, and limited to those who have been induced to ' order app o 7; ..nd who, on scrutinizing, after having paid for it, are dis exp,ri:_ri that Is not the one they had expected. These aborti ve , pr o , Lelate 110 no injury to the ' Pest-office London Directory . the"Zindeed, to the small extent :to which they offer a contrast iliat the f i fe effect is produced. Stie it may be well for the public (liked bu oits should be known." In the case of such a volume, d. prtoe kiess of inliel:rianaYtl intsettlelkentirela e r n „ medre cost r m ee t y istNway n s n b g d er 2 e n n ite t i s s e t co dl i: lt erz ey Y irrelevant an to accuracy attention ` iio the fact that, taking .44 4 other ° MY, and without reference to the general typographical iro,,, arr angeraents it is by far the cheapest book which issues e 4 the E n ii..... ' guise press. . —.--- This is ' TIAIES, NOVEMBER 23, 1849. O f „,, _ .. in some respects the most wonderful book in the world. ke"truopotliler city could so vast a record be compiled ; and in no other l'ate en. Is could such a work be undertaken and executed by prl com,,t,!.erPrise. Tins "hand-book to the commerce of the first !leaner, oial c!ty of the world" has now reached its 51st annual ub • , onish„:...!T l as the language of eulogy, if not of admiration and as 1112rrt,,'n',1, has wzll nigh been exhausted in successive announce -I,a.,Xii termer editions, it may be aufileent now to say that the irii,i,,.'._7iol 1850, like. its immediate predecessors, is not less . huge tit,i,."l3l).ehentive in its design than minute and accurate in its de ,tllker, ra , e ,,.." 1.8 . Kelly's "„rest-office London Directory" hal, indeod, il ation r a ''' as a publication which we are perm:ttad to regard w . ith Weak,. Pride, not only as an annual witness to the fast-increasing or th_"! resourOes, and population of London, but also as an example Lew c 4rottlean undertakiwn which in this country are left to., be el'ecll, 3' the energy and p ' erseverance of private citizens. h,lieltICING CHRONICLE NOVEMBER, 22, 1 . 849 . . rutin Just received the fifty-first annual publication of this Nvork. It would be altogether unnecessary to attempt een,l4:e.t.the value of this large volume (extending, as it does, to bitnn.B74.More than 2,000 pages) to the great portion of the inha '44l' that this his the first commercial city In the world ; but it is pos tan), in other parts of the empire, its nature and importanc . c 'lto% e b e sa well known or appreciated. It may, therefore, be utted that it contains in Itself not less than . twelve separate rate Qot.,4l'er!e!, tinder the heads of " The Official," " The Street, , " , Tire The Trades," " The Law," " The Court,' 9.hi , ) , The i t en 'ar}'," " The Postal," " The City," " Tao Conveyance. :set, 19king" and " The Assurance Directories." The mass of tnetn..ernislied under each of Rime heads is of the most varied cha in the information contained in it is arranged and classiVd NU E ; admirable mariner that any matter sought for, legiti -10,4 etithig within the scope of snch a publication, may be referred this iie_the y.reatest facility. As far as we have hoen able to test edition, the same care has been expended on it as on the te eeli "lts Yolu d n . I nes, and the ceructions have been made up to the . most ~ 0 ,1 .-..ee• Taking it altogether, we feel the proprietors are usti lien of - 4 4 ,Ying that this work is the best mass of condensed informa- the kind ever laid before the public. 'appith ee 14011 XING HERALD, — l\ -, TrevEars= 23, 1849. ar,„"escriptive punctuality this stupendous work makes its eu1,,...:L., at the fall of the year. and adds another to the large hoe' lls w . ,c l ,Cli have gone before. The gence and activity whic i th an di sh ally c haracterised its pre.paration seem to increase rather the e o , Mish with each annual recurrence of the undertaking, and rele t i „ i v just issued exhibits bath to an extent which . Is unparal /ihia it `„ c history V compilation. Let it be borne in mind that Dat eB, e:., crimson boards there are upwards of 2,000 royal octayo !lad i ,,,,f 11 Page filled to its utmost limits with smatl letterpress, 'act ! go word comprised therein the record of a real and practical 3111 011 1 1 Qinel l-ica May thus be gathered of the vast amount of labo . ar Red o , ,aa been expended upon the framework of a cyclopredut, th e i' snail present at a glance a complete and irrefragable view of l ' l veg ers° nai and ' commercial ' contents of the entire metropolis. fre,, ellicar has exhibited the improvement which naturally comes h ie r IN ! i e ged experie stability et position, and the volume ' ' ' e c 04 Pe°b ablY as perfect a book of its class as it is within the M eof is hart s a nlndustry to accomplish. Day by day is It tested in the town. but when do wo lr.ar of error or inex .h acti- - ebo tit , 01.4 e arrangeme n t i s su c h that you may ascertain . the . .e cr ae rolle l'ilet i r i s , v ery individual of position or public . occupation , if yon in, or the trade t a me, you can turn to the street he lives etapl oy r, and he does not escape you. Whether , a Oovernmen he ts t : Bank director, a professional man, or . a small trader,_ i ntest ( i. n f ound in his proper place, and this 'n t which thi 4cl eeted inle ultY or loss of time. The analytical method s tea m, and the immediate grasp of whatever information is e eei vab lnd this again Everyvi to an extent that meets every Irisi(4l , ' e exi gcncY. ear the entire volume undergoes Fe. en abl _ :ind we can but admire the efficiency of the process, which 15ur„, fork a vast compendium of minute and isolated details to be WIL __ l °r the time being, of the errors which the shifting accidents clo se ,ye perpetually generating.. The present volume does not seri es 0,, alteration, as regards plan, from that of 1849. We have a t rade s „ ,cearede directories--namely, of official people, streets, 1114 i'`,ll,. tr ades, lawyers, gentry, Members of l'e Yan -u - netun lries, and the postal machinery, Civicauthorities, eon taiej, cc , ead ba nkers —each of thes definite branches of fact con , under clitell t he their respective headsetsl the collateral intelligence ate s ra an of business may require, or like to know. Mr. Kelly's I niii e e 4 l ' oo k Is, in truth, your only real history of London ; and te, ... is a ' er Pripe Tube monument of laborious inquiry, of single-handed —rest ~",unexampled perseverance, it becomes of national in „tlnvoling"4a 3 concentrated chronicle of all that appertains to the h at e L ond on" ll°.vewn capital of Europe. If any one wants to see o nce bil. really is, let him turn over the leaves or the " Pc:st -50 tikti r ect OrY." and ponder (statistically or morally, as he will) Varied and multifarious contents. . N'othi,„ mortmEt rosp, NOVEMBER 24, len. tom D , '‘g rethinds one so forcibl of the Immense volume, wealth, LNniailmousness of this prodigiousmetropolis as the huge Directory entirilehtion register the commercial and ether orders of soei,ty resi fts precincts. Here has this " Post-office Directory" ha„,.g6log on. i ncreasing in size, , “t, Until it h' and multiplying in contents, for 51 ear, , as grown into abulk that makes one pause with won 1, And n o t 1 "i Prow Only has it swelled into gigantic proportions, but it lts two veft'a hundred ways, uatt has become as remarkable or I tcrit i s ~'n ' B B as it is marvellous for its greatness. To say such a kany , '",,e'rfect would-be absurd, for from its very nature it must have lhihk : tt'etQcts 1 therefore, we will not stop to point out where we 100itn,,,InPre judicious arrangement might be made, or a desirable Dliat i .Y introduced We must take it as It is—an astonishing corn %" ° f fact ! f ' Drot es .„ s, i ndispensable to he ever within the ready reach of 1 , 5 ‘ all 2•°W, the commercial, and the official man, and, indeed, In this persons. .congregated within this capital. The care bes OW , ft,tneod"ew edition is apparent throughout, and must have been qui lii r °U ? In amount. The " Street Directory," the " Commer ce ~ 1 , ec aorY," the " Trades' Directory," the " Law "Directory, 011 eorr o s e tal Directory," the " Conveyance Directory," are each and d O 5 to the last moment of publishing. We may safely book to the he Post -office London Directory" to be the worthy hand emunierce of the first commercial city of the world. , R MB TM .. , '''.0101•11,1"Gi AD Pond VERTISE, NovisEß 24, 1849. Ilk, ernos annual, yet mamliously clear volume —which, its el,e'' rest-office itsslf, is a wonder of the world—has just made 11113,4atranee. It has existed for half a century : the present is ihe 'me i ~, the It prepares for its second jubilee not only_ Droof a t ' . , t he Merits characterising its previous existence, but d wi i t t i s e apitei ti :L 4 t age only increase,s its strength, its I that vigilance. and an foe t ,„ ' . 7 Le be useful to all who by possibility can !Ma re it I, i",•.0.1 which it gives. Although the result of private enterprise, is any .',T.'ery respect as proudly national a work . as procee een t an i. ex ix 4 l - , ,, _ (i_sher in Great Britain ; and wherever it !nay leo ve '," 1 , no matter in which part of the world, it can b ri c o s tfail . to ludi s. '' a ', teaming but Rot incorrect notions of the world's hmisetrtoo eelegis„ We Inive so often had occasion to describe, not ~_7. , this minutely accurate yet gigantic Directory, t w ha h t ie w e e rv ea o n s - . It anZh___ada to the praise It now more than ever so amply des niti-trars to be su p er fluomslabonr yet we can hardly avoid generally Ni13,..g. the construction of this ' enormous compilation. It ? ', O ftlel l l l ,, fact, twelve distinct Directories, under the titles 'Th . L.' ~ The Street," "The Commercial," "The Trades," " The ( - w: " The Court " "The Parliamentary," " Ass e , 4, ' " The C•nve ance " The Banking," and ' The the Po , stl.l, tlio 'nee Directories " T Y hese ;leads clearly . indicat tty cof , I rni) ireo ti t t' ,: i cy c f,ntain ed In those divisions As regards " The `.stl as valuable in its results as it must have been litof t k ,. and laborious in the renaration it j)resents the names e ;oaidents in each street, square, pia ' ce, &c. ; and it t i t s due to Ille'a estetVe.tate that it is the only one that ever even a rel,„, „e in one general list the nobility and gentry, a c ad . :the is a . :T"4, professional men, traders, and tradesmen of the met Po- D I " ''', its e m , i all ~.. e latter ' OIIS. The " Commercial Directory" presents and itri'Y a te f in cernplete alphabetical order, while the nobility t h e" Tr.._ c Fnd in similar arrangement in the "Court Directory." e wo a ale similar Directory".exhibits all the members of each of t_ „Parokia6ades c lassified eV ti lv ti sub-divisions of each being -le ei - , Ydi , • ' s ne - 'e "is devoted to tt .._ assift,,, s,itignished. The " Law Directory" rat leq,l`'''h of the members of the the Peers suitable to a work of this character; while profession, together with the Ll "l.4 want ).`eg'.3' Directory" furnishes all requisite information t as to 1 14 tr; Tr:, bers of Parliament, and as to their town res undertaking Mel. entitled ._ s ats, &c. The Proprietor of this immense I,l?ption`?_ aeclare that,--" such a mass of facts . of this partieular s Post4as never presented to the public until in the pages of Win".ve bo o utte London Directory :' and that unceasing effor a ts . , b n (I 'N'ated ,nt se, to secure, not me...Ay a large arnonut of inform ' 4 4 ; 3' desi ro 4 an arrangement, condensation, and classification, that This is " tl icalty . ,'' lard of this large volume may be referred to without add that n the truth • mits to and it would have been justifiable to , : , t Only is The work ' unsurpassed in the world, but that all teoti.ihteirtiitate it, numerous as they are each year, have only IbM°ll nde s t ° re nder, if possible, more apparent the remarkable, I 'elti ke , . and most us excellences of this great original. The . Preceded by a 'well-deigned Map of London, . -- tnTl:l.3 b y DPlzfLy is,i'm WS, NOVESII3EII 23, 184 9. '- ` 4 ti n l lk ii - " n hal Presented itself yesterday for the lift : y d . first ould i t '-i.),..e Patronage. No new feature put forth i;e r e i n or m , ' a n t : r e e d s and tested,'bcasY to invent one; for the pion hay vn i i tt very suscell. Nile of F s') inany mire etpei knee, appears f re the einnial r, cdtlitions or provements. As hereto o __ I:lTh li "tenl g i rts at one rofererce the name and office of f li e s v t e a r) o , s : Thrleye. The t•treet branch includes in one: general . . , . ant clue to the h abitations, not only of the 171;,,zif Merchants rf' .nobility and gell.r.), and traders, great and small 7 ,, ie th e t, c , p o ,s,ional men, -,,"Mler ollarnerclal Directory" separates the latter , Eton a D ,2 Private individuals beino• classified in the thousand division. 3eilaroa!ars front the Trades' lists' that no fewer than try?. wand l 'arli a ,!.. g callings are exercised in the metropolis. The I. " Court' & embers of' 0,,, ',!tentary Directories" record the addresses of all the m they tt,igt:egislature and Jurisprudence of the country, whether ho. " 11l Lon ire Or ' • ~ tat Directory" gives every kst!rltlation rolati to not. Ihe Pos he d colonial postage. T tliiirr,nl°lMY order oft'''. n e l s an r for n. eig o t t a ~h the limits of the London . Te eth ..;•_Post 13 csPecially 'useful. °u The " Conveyance Directory" sets c abs, h&c, Minutest fact c onnected with railways, coaches, omnibuses, :r teat' l'lley-eoftclies, canals and waggons. This mass of info .- isibie,Preeeled by an ainiailack, and, according to the best,pos llntMl;ny--that of Mr. Peter Cunningham, author of ' The Printed7tl _r London ~_..the most complete map of London ever lind 10ce,...-.7 editor of this leviathan I:st of names, trades, placc, gr titn,r;..4991 sings in his pleface an In triumphal° over the fall ,t kst st ( h i " vitals and imitators, and intimates that his work a Your 4 ._alone, This implies monopoly —a condition seldom fa ' W "cell @B clleftPlloo, 20 1141 149W8fr /14 " rilit. N° F . ' ; ':x.q • s- t. N ° ,l7 801 1 • , . LON DON SATURDAY , • .t• I By. E.,2 - r 7 f , k 4 a XT TT "'INT Ca it lriEn /26Q-di 1...) 1%11 GO ) let.M. office Directory" is an exception. Although if is impossiMe to give a conscientious opinion of the details of a work conta ning upwar,,s of two thousand pages from a hasty examination of them, yet we have no reason to suppose that errors such as those we pointed out hi' a former volume exists in Ills. As a cursory test we took up the names of some individuals who hays bee's affected by very recent changes, and find that these changes are duly notif.cd. As regards price, this book is perhaps the cheapest thirty shillings' worth ever issued from the press. GLOBE, NovEmnna 23, 1349. Tha fifty-first edition, that for 1850, of this long-established and useful publication, has just been pahl,hed, and falls in no way behind its predecessors either . In its typography, accuracy. or ar rangements. The volume before us contains no less than 2,088 pages, being an increase, since 1841, of 233 pales; and, notwith standing the increased size, the price remains the same, viz., 30s. The present volume brings down to the ]::test date all 'Min =Wit respecting the residences, &c., of the Members of the Legis lature and the Government, of the nobility and gentry, and of the members of the various professions and trades carried on in the me tropolis. A work of such accuracy and general utility is an in dispensable requisite in the taunting-hou.ie and shop of every trader, and in the .ofiti:e of every professional man. As in the previous volumes, the contents are carefully arranged under the •ollowing heads .—" The Official," " the Street," "the Commercial," " the Trades," " the Law," " the Court," " the Parliamentary," " the Postal," " the City," " the Conveyance," " the Banking," and " the Aisuranee Directories ;" and by the aid of a copious Index which is prefixed, any information which may be required can be got without trouble or loss of time. SHIPPING GAZETTE, DECEMBER 14, 1849. The persevcrance amJ enterprise a Messrs. Kelly and Co. have agsin been manifested in tkc publication of the " Post-office tory," which comes forth at the appointed time with, if possible, iacreased claims 'upon the patronage of thom whom it concerns. The energy which has beat shown, for half a century past, spon the production of tilts gigantic volume, has e,tablishe.l such a cons- Vete system of machinery as to ensure a degree of accuracy in the periodical correction of the several branches of information which it is its province to supply, that a few years ago would have been thought impossible. But there is no mistake in the matter. The Directory of Messrs. Kelly is a masterpiece of unwearied industry, and the only book of a professedly useful and practical character that the merchants and traders of the city of London can NOT do without. It presents at one view an immense compendium of facts, arranged with such admirable precision and method as to be surely and immediately available. The book is divided into a circle' of Directories, each having a 'specific headnamely, of Government Officials, Btreets, Merchants and Tradespeople, Trades, Lawyers; Placemen, Peers and Members of Parliament, Post-office and Civic Functionaries, Conveyances, Fanking-houses, and Assn - ranee-0 ;ms. The plan thus adopted is replete with advantages, for, if you Intve forgotten the name of any individual whose residence you desire to know, you find him under his occupation; the latter branch of analysis giving also a comprehensive tableau 'of the number of parsons engaged in each of the multitudinous avocations carried on within the boundaries of the metropolis. The reputation which the " Post-office Directory" enjoys has not beat gained without warrant. It has proved itself to be immeasurably superior to all other attempts which have from time to trine been made to super sede it ; and it may now be fairly viewed as a book of reference beyond the',-remotest possibility •f rivalry. That it will maintain this position there can be no doubt, for every, year corroborates the public faith in its truth, and witnesses the continuance of that close and critical supervision, without which its credit and its value would greatly diminish. WEEKLY DI3PATCIL NOVEMBER 25, 1849. he fifty-first annual publicatioU of this most useful commercial work is now before us The praise we accorded to former edition. may be imported into this notice without the slightest fear of being charged with exaggeraton. Everything connected with the volume is marked with unflagging energy, and a desire to send it forth to the public in the most Perfect -- and useful form. The principal matter is comprised under eleven heads, namely :—An " Official DI ; ectory ;" a " Street Directory ; " a " Trades Directory ;" a "Law Directory ;" a " Commercial .DirecLary ;" a " Court Directory ;" a " Parliamentary. Directory;" a " Postal Directory ;" a " City Di rectory ;" a " Conveyance Directory ;" and a Banking Directory ;" The " Official Directory" contains an alphabetical list of persons h Iding situations in the East India House, Bank of England, the various Law, City, and all other public offices ; list of her Ma e Sty's Privy Council, the chief officers of State, and of her Majesty's Household, tee. The " Street Directory" contains the names and residences of private individuals and persons as;ociated with trade and the professions. The " Commercial Directory and Professional Directory" contains • an alphabetical list of all persons engaged in business, with an elaborate index, which enables any one, at a glance, to refer to any description of persons, whether brokers, bul lion merchants, artists, agents, or manufacturers. " The Law 1)i -rectory" points to the naa.es of all persons who hold offices in the Court of Chancery, the Court of Queen's Bench, the Common Plea', the Court of Exchequer, the Courts of Bankruptcy, the Court for the Belief of Insolvent Debtors, and the nature of those offices ; there is, besides, a complete list of attorneys, and their residences. - " The Couft Directory' enumerates the names of ladies and gentle men 'unconnected with any trade or profession. "The Parlia mentary Directory" contains a list of the House of Peers, arranged according to their orders of precedence, with their names and residences ; and an alphabetical list of the Members of the House of Commons, with the counties and boroutlu they represent, end Their London residences and country seats. " The Postal Directory" conveys every information relative to the rates of postage, the limitation of weight of letters, and their size, Szz.; the names of all post-towns, and also of the resident post-masters. The " City Directory" contains the names of the Aldermen and Common-Councilmen, the harbour-masters, market-collectors, a list of sworn brokers, a complete list of London and provincial newspapers, town and country newspaper agents, &c. The " Con veyance Directory" affords every information connected with the departure and arrival of railway trains ; a list of Inns, wharfs, and quays, and the places whence waggons, vans, carts, vesse.s, barges, and boats leave for inland towns and villages. The "Banking Di rectory" contains a list of banking establishments throughout the country, the limit of the circulation of each, their branches, &c. We have now partially enumerated the counents of this enormous volume, and are bound to pronounce it an honour to this great commercial cation, and to the enterprising publishers. There is no other work in which so much useful information is imparted, not to the man of bnsiness only, but to the Peer and the peasent, seeing that whilelevery counting-house desk groans und6i the weight of the Directory, the latter will find no difficulty In seeking access_to its pages. EXAKINF.R, DECEUtER 1, 1849. - - This most useful and admirable book has entered on Its second half-century. This is its fitly-first publication. But age adds to its strength and resources, and it was never so elaborate or so accurate AS now. It comprises, as we have often said, many Directories, and contains ample information for inquirers of every class. There is no information wanting in it which such a hook ought to give, or which dwellers In this great city are likely to require. Its " Official Di rectory" gives the name of every pubic cinployis, and all needful detail as to the public offices. Its " Street Directory" comprises every class and kind of London resident—an attempt never before in.ide in such a compilation. Under its " Commercial and Trades' Directories" are arranged, in all classes, all who pursue the two thousand various business-occupations with which London is so grievously overstocked. The "Cunt and Law Directories," and those of "Banking and Assurance," have the like merit in their several departments. In the " Postal Directory" we have the some what complex machinery of St. Martin's-le-Grand, and the countless offices and duties therewith connected, made clear and easy of com prehension. Nor is the "Conveyance Directory" less useful. It is obvious that without a strict arrangement and classification such ample and various information as this would be cumbrous and un serviceable. But in its order, divisions, and condensation, we have perhaps the most characteristic features of this extraordinary com pilation. The " Street Directsry" is worth consulting with a view to this. It not only tells you the number of the house you want, but it indicates its position and whereabouts. Let us add that Mr. Kelly's information is brought down to the very latest date, corn prising even the present Lords Albemarle and Alvanley, and the last election for Colic. BRITANNIA, DECEMBER 1, 1849, Of all the wonders of industry and skill produced by England in the course of the year it would be difficult to single out any one so remarkable as this. We should pronounce the effort impossible, were not its successful accomp'ishment before us. Let any one con sider the extent of our metropolis from east to west and from north to south —let him traverse some of its more crowded districts, and, passing from broad open lines of thoroughfare, dive down into winding lams and cross courts, imperfectly known to even the most diligent seeker of " short cuts"—let him then stretch out into the sueurbs, and mark the innutnerab e lines of roads branching out in all direction—let him glance as he goes at the various trades and occupations which everywhere meet his eye—and then ask himself what must be the amount of labour required to collect into one book and range alphabetically the name, the abode, and the occupation of every holder of every house in this mighty city. And not only so, but to give, as it were, a chart of every square, street, a'ed alley, indicating every turning, and describing the character of every house, and the name and calling of its inhabitant. Further :set, to collect together every member of every craft in this huge hive of indostry, and to exhibit them, scattered as they are and unknown to each other, in a compact form together, so that any one tradesman, be he a butcher, baker, or candlestick maker, may be picked out, without an instant's loss of time, from the crowd of his fellows. The production of such a work, so perlect in all its parts, and so minutely accurate, is a striking proof of our social progress, and, by showing l:ow far the science of human classification may may be carried when men are most thickly packed together, seems to indicate a more advanced stage of social fellowship then we have yet reached. The most ad mireble feature in this marvellous work is, that its size on' t y adds to its clearness and precision, Exhibiting so readily the humbleA name, whd'e embracing the metropolis, it puts one in mind of the trunk of on elephant, which can pick up a needle or root up a tree. One of its peculiarities is. that the whole book seems to have been compiled only the day befo e it is is sued, so lately is every change recorded. Even the typographical execution is a wonder of accu racy ; and the appearance of the whole work, throughout its two thousand pages and upwards, is :fair and uniform, reflecting great credit on the press of the Messrs. Kelly. Success so complete as to drive every competitor from the field has in no way relaxed the ex ertions of the Proprietors to =suit, the puteic co.wertirnce. The volume expands with the metropolis itself, and notes every change with the fidelity of truth itself. Every person who has had occation to consult it must bear testimony to its judicious arrangement and its inestimable usefulness for Eel the varied aims of London busi ness ; and to the great savingerfti me it effects for all purposes of re ference. In s word, it is the largest collection of facts in the world, and the most compete exposition of the life and industry of the me tropolis that could possibly be desired. Jc)IIN BULL, NOVEUBER 21, 1349, As often as this gigantic volume meets the eye ht its annually renewed form, the question rises in the mbni, how it is possible to trace, in the ever-shiftnag stream of London life, each unit of the ceunticss multitude, and to identify on each individual spot the beings that house and nestle there. And another question follows naturally in the train of the former—how is it possible that such an undertaking can repay the enormous outlay which of necessity it must occasion, at a price. for the size of the volume, sa exceedingly mothirate. On the latter point, however, the mural re-appearance of the volume, in an ever improved and enlarged form, is a sufficient answer. Patriotic as his laborion , oundertaking proves Mr. - Belly to be, we apprehend he is too who a man to push his patriotism to the extreme of making the public a present of , the volume ; and on the other hand the pubic is hardly to be supposed so insensible to its own interest and inconvenience, as not to give the abundant encou ragement it deserves to a work so eminently usetul. As for the accuracy of the information, down to the latest practicable moment, It se happens that the present year affords several remarkable tests. Two Noble Lords, the Earl of Albemarle and Lord Alvanley, have died within the last month, the Cork election has only just been gazetted, and two Bishops have been created, though neither of them is as yet consecrated. Nevertheless we find, on turning to the Peerage, the two noblemen who have recently succeeded, in their proper places ; Dr. Hind and Dr. 011ivant settled in their sees; and in the " Parllamentary Directory," Colonel Chatterton, the new Member for Cork, duly registered. CIIITRCII OF ENGLAND QUARTERLY REVIEW, JAVUARY, 1850. We well remember a gentleman of a somewhat unimaginative turn, on being appealed to for his opinion of Mr. Dickens's works, replied that they did not appear to him to contain much general in formation. This would hare been the very book for him, for it is full of general information. We recollect " Kent's Directory," the first of the family to which this work belongs ; and we also remem ber the " Post-office Directory" in its cradle, and a somewhat weakly and rickety bantling it was. We never thought it would have attained to the fair proportions of the volume before us, or have displayed the in teidgence whi :11 we find in its pages. Exclusively of a " Street," " Commercial," and " Court Directory," it contains all sorts of information desirable to the merchant and the tradesman; while the Post-ofilce regulations, in addition to their fulness, have the crowning recommendation of authenticity. Among the number less competitors for public favour at this time, we know none more valuable to a mercantile man as a " Christmas or New Year's UM.' CBURCIT AND STATE GAZETTE, DECEMBER 28, 1849. Here is an annual which has completed its first half century, and which is almost load enough for a moderately strong man to carry. From the excellent map of London, at the beginning, to the last Page—(and there are upwards of two thousand of thein)—thero is not a word in this gigantic viaanc which a critic can cavil at : his occimation is gone. In the pages before ns there is no flattery—as little of foolish argument—and nothing but truth. Nothing but truth I —and yet it ia.a guide to our national offices—a Directory for our streets and all who therein dwell—as well as for Trade, Law, the Court, the Parliament, and the City. In short it is a book th • t everyLody, at some time or other, stands in need of; and, as we have said before, it not only tells nothing but truth, hot is the only unin spired book of which such a character can be given. SPECTATOR, AoyEatnAa 24, 1849. This has no new features of any importance, but its utility and completeness arc enforced afr es h at ea , 11 examination. We say nothing of direct and obvious uses for reference, because we have often spoken of them ; but wheth er f ar the purpose o : discovering the domicile or busines o a r,erson of whom the inquirer has but slender trace, or for to kill the a pp are ntrespectability of a man by tracing his whereabo lei several years, or for going direct to your point in a neighboar d or street to which you ar e a stranger, this 9 1, An d 114 !Act rguracs . are puriTglecl• For example, Black friars-road is some three-quarters of a mile long ; you have to get to a particular liuuee, but you know not whcroabeuts the number Is— whether at the Bridge or the Obelisk end, or any intermediate po'nt. You turn to • he "Street Directory," and rind that No. 137 is next door to Surrey Chapel, celebrated of yore" as Rowland Bill's. Even if you have no local knowledge, a simple divlsion of the numbers will tell you whether the house you seek is towards the EMIS or middle of the street. Art this is only ona incidental use of the remark ibis volume. COURT JOURNAL, DECEMBER, 22, 1549. Amongst the many Instances of metropolitan industry and skill, we can point to none more remarkable and useful in its w...y than the " Post-office London Directory." We have but to draw atten tion to the vast extent of this metropolis, with its great mass of population. embracing all ranks, professions, an 1 trades, and we may form some notion of the immense labour and energy which must have been expendel before suck materials could have been got into such a systematic form as that at one glance we can be made acquainted with every street, every house, and every individual, whether amongst the nobility, gentry, merchants, professional men, traders, and tradesmen, with the private residences and places Of business of each, within the metropolis and its immediate environs. This publication is not simply one Directory, hot comprehends an " Official Directory," a " Street Directory,". " Commercial Direc tory," " Trades' Directory," " Law Directory," ." Court Directory," " Parliamentary Directory," " Postal Directory," " City Directory," "Conveyance . Directory," "Banking Directory," &c. The "Street Directory" furnishes the names of the residents in each street or place. The " Commercial Directory" has :all these latter in com plete alphabetical order, while the nobility and gentry will be found in similar arrangements in the "Court Directory." The "Trades' Directory" exhibits all the members of eack of the two thousnad trades, classified distinctly—the sub-divisions of etch being suitably distinguished. The " Law Directory" is devoted to the classifica tion of the members of the profession, together with the general legal matters appropriate to a work of this character; while the " Parliamentary Directory" furnishes all requisite information as to Peters and and Members of Parliament, and as to tl:oir town residences and country seats. The " l'ostal Directory" gives full instruction on the subject of Money Orders, and of the transmission Cf letters and newspapers to all parts of the world. The "Conveyance Directory" is devoted to .the important subject which its title indica' es, as are the "Banking" and "Assurance Directories." Such a mass of similar information was never exhi bited, until the appearance of this work; and when we look at its stupendous appearance we are proud to encourage the undertaking upon national grounds. BELL'S WEEKLY MESSENGER, DECEMBER 22, 1849. No book in existence conveys such a vivid and iMpressive idea of the magnitude, wealth, and almost Infinite occup Aims of the dwellers in the metropolis of the world, as the volume now before us. and which has establishe for its compiler a reputation which will last as long as England shall continue to hold her position among the nations of - the earth. Without a careful examination of the contents of this immense volume, it would be impossible to form an thing like a correet Idea of its value, o r o f th e l a b our which musT have been spent in its compi ation. Certainly no merchant er tradesman. no puilic or private company, ought to be without a copy. Under its twelve separate Director:es, London and its professions and trades are so fully and accurately classified, that nothing legitimately belonging to either of these heads will be looked for in vain. . ERA, NOVEMBER 25, 1849. This publication, which is a kind of national annual, has now bsen more than half-a-century before the public. It contains now no fewer than 2,091 pages of most weft and appropriate information, under - the heads of the "Official," the " Street," the " Commer cial," the ". Trades," the "Law," the "Court," the "Parliamen tary," the "Postal," the "City," the "Conveyance," the " Banking," and the " Assurance Directories," &c., &c , i n re f erence to all of which it gives what thousands, particularly those in business, will desire to know. '1 he numerous facts here collected ferns an extra ordinary mass of valuable Intelligence, and the only wonder is how so many authentic particulars can be gathered together In one book. It is only the experience and consequent improvemeuts cf years that could do so much. Many are the people who must be engaged in gettng up this printed world of information, notwithstanding the .system of accumulation which is deubtless observed in preparing every new volume. What book can tell you so much in reference to the occupations and domestic relations of people? The mere ad- dresses ate sufficieut to excite special wonder —look at the-Smiths, for. instance, or the Browns, and you will marvel that there are so many of each in the world. It must be borne in mind, however, that tills extraordinary Directory does not confine itself to people's whereabouts, nor what companies dor or profess to do. We have all that is official set forth, and a book of reference for all occasions cm tinted with the business of life. The publie now find this Loak in dispensable to the various commercial and social purposes to which it is devoted. MINING JOURNAL, Nor teas 24, 1849. This useful and, to a commercial man, necessary publication, has again Made its annual appearance, with Still greater accuracy and eclat, if possible, than its more immediate predecessors. As a gene ral Directory, it is immeasurably superior to those pseudo-cheap and ephameral publications which, under various phases, and dif ferent denominations, have struggled into existence by plagiarism from this work, and which, by the preface, we see are now totally defunct. The price at which the book is published, places it within the reach of that class (the trading community) for whom it is espe cially designed, while to the courtier and Parliamentary man it has the recommendation of affording him tha most useful and accurate summary to be obtained of the "modern Babylon." LITERARY GAZETTE, DECEMBER 1, 1849. Talking of Annuals, this is the real and veritable Triton of the Minnows—the genuine useful Repository, 'he unquestionable Pro phetic A Imanack, that will guide to thousands of unknown events. 01 its bulky and mo;t intelligent predecessor we observed, that it could only. belong to, and be produced in England; we ought, perhaps, to have said, in London. We need not repeat our praise of the industry employed (it must be constantly, from year's end to year's end), nor our wonder at the mass of minute information thus collected into one grand volume —a very . mountain of distinct par ticles ! But we must point attention to the lateness of the date to which this information is brought up. Incidents - and changes not yet a. fottnight old are enumerated here with the same precision as if they had taken place at midsummer. Fifty years' practice has indeed lea to perfection. ATLAS, NOVEMBER 24, 1849. A stranger would take a week to trace the increase of London within the last few years. In this most unique of publications he may see it at a glance Year after year the volume continues en larging, till the once modest tome bids fair to become the most portly octavo ever sent out from the press. After the reader has done admiring the astounding immensity of the metropolis, and the enormous multiplicity of its trades, companies, and buildings, he may begin to admire the stupendous labour and enterprise with which a private undertaking like this is begun and carried on. The present volume is on the plan of former years —a plan combining so much utility to every ono as scarcely to need improvement. The publica tion Is carried down to the latest -moment; several iMportant changes being registered which occurred as late as the 13th of this present month. This digest of the,immensity of London is much snore than a mere mercantile convenience. As a stallitical account, it has the highest value, forming, In many respects, one of the most extraordinary books in the world. lIERAPATII'S RAILWAY JOURNAL, 'NOVEMBER 24, 1849. The " Post-office London Directory" for 1850 is out. It occupies a space on one's book-shelf as large as two or three other good sized volumes put together, and, in point of utility, especially to the commercial classes, it must occupy a first place in public esti mation. In it is contained a mass of most useful information ; information that is not to be found elsewhere. Additions and corrections are observable in the present edition of the " Post-office Directory ;" so that the Messrs. Kelly appear determined to distance all attempts at competitien and undermining, whether from a host • of little competitors to p. , rts of the work—constantly appearing and as periodically dying off—or from Members of Parliament; for be it remembered that some time ago, certain gentlemen of the Lower House, seeing so great and important a work successfully conducted by private enterprise, thought it time for the Government to stop and take possession. A little delibera tion, however, soon taught them that though the position of head of the " London Directory" was a desirable post to occupy, it was one which they could not manage without encountering too much labour and risk of failure. The " Post-office Directory" has now reached Its 51st year, a good age, but it seems to be all the better for it, and likely to improve in appearance every year that it grows older. We th:nk the public are much indebted to Messrs. Kelly for the great exerticns they evidently bestow in the pro duction of a work of so much national utility. It is a work of evvery•day reference which no person in the active walks of life should be without. 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ONDON AND NORTH-WE'STERN ja_,4 'Notice is hereby given, that the next lIALF.YEARLY ORDI NARY MEETING of the London and North-Western Railway Company will be held' at the Euston Station, London on FIUDAY, the 22d day bf Feb., 1850, at Twelve o'clock precisely ; and immediately after the transaction of the business of such meeting, an Extraordi nary General Meeting of the Company will be held, at the same place, for the special purpose of considering the propriety of, and d.:termining as to, the adoption and exercise of the powers and pro visions, or some of, them, which the Company may become en titled to adopt and exercise, under the authority of an Act of Par liament passed in the Bth and 9th year of the reign of her present Majesty, chapter 42, for authorising the proprietors of canals to become carriers, and to exercise other powers and privileges in such Act mentioned ; and f•r the further purpose of considering, and approving or disapproving, the undermentioned Bills, respec tively, proposed to be introduced into Parliament in the ensuing Session (drafts of which Bills will then be laid beicre the ifeeting,) viz..— "A Bill to authorise the abandonment of part of the undertaking of the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, and to alter some of the provisions of the lease thereof to the London and North- Western Railway Company." .‘ A fill to authorise the Chester ltd Holyhead Railway Company to lease theirundertaking, to the London and North-Western Railway Company, or to make other arrangements relating thereto, and for other purposes-7. "A 13111 to authorise an alteration in the line of the Buckingham. shire Hallway at Oxford." "A Bill to enable the East and West India Dock and Bir mingham Junction Railway Company to make certain branch rail ways, and to amend the Act relating to the said Company, and to authorise the lease of the undertaking, and for other purposes." GEO. CARR GLYN, Chairman. CIIAS. LAWRENCE, Deputy Chairman. HENRY BOOTH Fecretaries. • CHARLES E. STEWART, Easton Station, London, Jan. 24, 1350. FaMIGRATION. --BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, Duke-street, Southwark, London-bridge. invites settlers to inspect his EMIGRATION TENTS, which are fitted up with every requisite, at a moderate cost. May he seen any day at his Manufactory, 2, Duke-street, Southwark, one being pur posely erected, with cot, A Warehouse, 20s , P i ccadilly. sling, table, and camp stool complete. rrilE NOVELTY m ost recently i ntroduced by jIL MESSRS. NICOLL is caned NICOLL'S PATENT EIDER DOWN PALE'I'OT, such novelty emsistinK in the adaptation of Eider Down in the formation of NICOLL'S PALETOT, the original elegance and utility of which is, however, faithfully preserved. Ehlers are foand in great members in Iceland and the Fens Islands, where their beautiful and delicate down is well known to be proof against the most severe cold, and even the small quantit3 which can be compressed and concealed between the two hands, wilt.serve in the formation of a I 'aletst, which, w hil e it h as most extra, ordinary lightness, has, nevertheless, more warmth than the finest and thickest blanket, the great desideratum for a whiter garment being thus accomplished, namely, personal warmth without fatigue. P u bli c inspection is invited at MESSRS. NICOLL'S wholesale and relate n arerooms, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT -STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL, London. THE NICOLL PALETOT (Registered 6 and 7 Vict., cap. 65) WAREROOMS, 114, 116, 120, REGENT STRE ET, and 22, CORN HILL. Many have anumed`the tuts of the word PALETOT, but Maui. NICOLL are the sole Patentees of the design and material. The Wholesale and Counting House Departments for the London Branches in the Shipping and Woollen Trafts are in CHANGE ALLEY. CORNIIILL, and 120, REGENT-STREET. The NICOLL is the distinguishing name given to a garment secured by Royal Letters Patent from general imitation. It has all the advantages of Messrs. NICOLL'S original invention, the RE GISTERED PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH. The NICOLL PA LETOTS are charged One, Two, Three, and Three-amt a-half Guineag, according with the climate or purpose for which they, may be required. ill E TR OPOLITAN ASSOCIATION. SANITARY The Right H PRESIDENT. Icon. and Right Rev. the L or d Bi s hop of LONDON. The imperative necessity of health measures adequate to the wants of the 2,000,000 inhabiting this great Metropolis, has been so incontrovertibly established by the disclosures made during the late epidemic, and the Sacrifice of life which has taken place has been so appalling, amounting to no less than 14,590 souls from cholera, and 3,833 from diarrhoea--in all a Las of 18,422 lives, that it is felt a time has arrived when the people are entitled urgently to demand from the Legislature efficient and comprehensive enactments, in Order to prevent not only the recurrent ravages of pestilence, but the lamentable waste of life and attendant misery which every day ex• hibits. To promote the attainment of measures so inestimably ad vantageous this Association has been formed. The clergy of the metropolis we niece particularly called upon to assist the Association to the utmost of their power by the formation of Branch Associations In every district and parish. With these the Parent Association will gladly co-operate. The zealous support of all classes is earnestly solicited in this vast: of prevention, the bene fits of which must extend to all, though they will be most apparent in the improved state of the dwellings of the poor and of the MEE labour ing classes, and in th e e l eva t e d social condition of th e people, i n greatly reduced local burdens, and in the diminished amo un t o f wiaowhosd and orphanage. A PUBLIC: tlhBlsso,AastsocFgraeteionina,wonilsl, bilauh.elGdreoatti WEDNESDAY, the 6th u ay, Queen-street, Li nao l n ' s The Lord Ipslip of LONDON r G or f ' in the chair'. 7 .Cl;Ciiair will be taken at Two o'clockprecisely. Au Annual Subscription of it. Is., and a Donatio n o f 5/ . 15s, con stUutes a Member. Subscriptions will be received by the following bankers :—Messrs. Glyn and Co., and Messrs. Barclay, B evan , and Co, Lombard -street; Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birebiu . ; lane ; and th e L ou d on an d Westminster Bank, St. jarJames's-square ; and by the H onorar y Secretaries, Mr. W. Lusigna n , MA hector Gavin, M.D. ; and Adolphus Barnett, M. 8., at 12, St. Ja mes ' s _ square and Crosby Hall, BLshopsgate. a t J a i rreys 1 nnaJust published, Oleo Os., 8,70. in cloth , aggravated by th e ord i - STRICTURE of the URETHRA ; its Patho logy and Rational Treatment, with important P ract i cal Ob servations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments i n th e Treatment of Obstructions of the Urinary Canal; showing how it i s that Strie become seriously complicated by the so-called " consequences of St r i cture. " The whole illustrated by numerous cases, which will be fou n d to embrace , in e a mo most adopted cases , n fo o r t onlyul eitheir cure,e s ist and dt at are lengtha every possible form of Stricture and its consequences, together with appropriate means of cure. By F. B. COURTENAY, 11.11.C.5.E . Those who are labouring miler long-protracted stricture, with all its accompanying miseries, will find detailed in this work modes of treatment adapted to such cases, the efficacy anti superiority of which have been tested by repeated practice; whilst th,:ee wh o are suffering under the loss severe forms of the disease May find the means of prompt relief, and at the same time such information as will protect them from becoming the victims of unskilful and violent treatment—the maln•spring of severe and complicated ob t structicns of the urinary canal. ' ' The operation o f introducing a catheter through au impermeable stricture is, with out doubt, the most difficult in the whole range of surgical oper a ti ons, and de elands all the prudence, science , and skill of a Waster. The ar can only be acquired. and that gradually, by freque n t practice. " — • - Liston 's Operative Surgery. of a 1 booksellers in town and country . townspeople sit _______ z _ 111 €etiug, at which they have rcsblved to raise 1,000/. to be expended— Le L am E i A n A g i t i o N r a i ti t a o v s .., S iu r t . t i, i t! e ts. a 2_ p 4 u .--- bli l e iti e 4001. in defraying the extra expense of hunting the country, north as w,.:11 as south, six days a week, and the everts in the imrrediate vicinity of Lea m ington four days a wce;;; ani d the remainder n summer amuse ments, such as archery files, hotticullural exhibitions., pyrotechnic displays, and balloon a.cents. The National Archery Club will hold their grand meetißg hero in 1851. A FFEC T ING CIRCUMSTANCE. --Last Friday a coup l e in Lybster, were married, and next day tho bride was a ouptc.—lghn Q'croes Journal. GREAT EXHIBITION OF THE. INDUSTRY OP ALL NATIONS IN 1851. A large public meeting of merchants, bankers, and traders of the City of London was held yester day, at two o'clock, in the Egyptian•hall, at the Mansion-house, to receive a communication from the Royal Commissioners, and to adopt resolutions thereon. The elegant and spacious hall—the scene of so many memorable festivals, meetings, and celebrations, both civic and otherwise—was alLut half filled within a few minutes of the doors being opened, but as the hour of two arrived it became rather crowded. Tee Lord Mayor took the chair a few minutes after two o'clock. Among those present we observed Lord John Rus sell, the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere, Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart., W. Cotton, , John Hurnphery, E , qe, Alderman and M.P., Raikes Currie, Esq., M.P., Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., Sheriffs Lawrence and Nicoll, the Governor of the Bank, the Deputy-Go vernor, Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., Alderman Thompson, M.P., Mr. F o r s t er , M.P., Ald erman Hooper, W. Tite, Esq , W. C. M. Kent, Eq., A. Caldecott, Esq., S. J. Loyd, Esq., Rev. Thomas Binney, Under-Sheriffs Millard and Wire, Aldermen Finnis, Major Finnis, J. T. Travers, Esq., Baron L. Roths child, M.P., Rev. S. R. Cattley, J. Bates, Esq., Wm. Cubitt, Esq., M.P, Thomas Cubitt, Esq., R. Harvey, Esq., J. 11. Palmer, E , q., Charles Francis, Esq., Thomas Baziey, Esq., chairman of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce ; R. W. Kennard, Esq., Charles Hill, late Sheriff, the Rev. C. Marshall, Henry Cole, Esq., W. C. Dilke, Esq., J. H. nicker, Esq , John Masterman, jun., Esq., Captain Ihbottson, Townes Webster, Esq., W. Jordan, Esq., Baron N. M. Rothschild, and Sir James Duke, M.P. The LORD MAYOR, in opening the proceedings of the day, said—l have called this meeting at the re quest of the Royal Commissioners, for the purpose of commencing a subscription towards carrying out the magnificent project cf his Royal Highness Prince Albert for an exhibition of the works of art and in dustry of all nations. The gentlemen who will speak will fully inform you of the object, and I shall therefore simply call upon them to move and second the several resolutions. His Lordship concluded by calling upon Mr. Cotton to move the first resolution. Mr. COTTON was received with cheers. He said he had unexpectedly been called upon to propose the first resolution, but he thought it right that at such a meeting as the present no private feeling or disin clination of his own should interfere with the arrange. relents which had been made. He was sensible that he would express himself very indifferently upon the subject before them, for it was only within the last few minutes that he knew he should have to speak. The object for which they had assembled was one in which they ought all to take a very lively in terest— (Hear)—for it was to collect in this great metropolis the efforts and evidences of the industry and talent which existed throughout the civilizcd world. They did not intend to confine the proposed exhibition to articles which had been produced by the industry and skill of their own countrymen, but they all wished to meet together on those friendly terms on which persons interested in the welfare of mankind bught to meet, and to collect in London the result of the industry and talent of the world in one great and comprehensive exposition - . The resolution which he held in his hand was as follows : " That the proposal cf his Royal Highness the Prince Ailoz.rt to open an exhibition of the works of in dustry cf all nations, in the year 1851, in this nictropc lie, is a measure in harmony with public f,:eling, and entitled to the general support of the community, and is eminently calculated to improve manufacturer, and to aid in diffusing the principles of universal peace." Whatever originated with the illustrious individual, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was entitled, he was sure, to the most favourable consideration of every inhabitant of this land.—(Cheers.) There was nothing to which his Royal Highness had directed his attention which did not deserve the support of every individual in the country. He spoke, he thought the theling of every inhabitant of Great Britain when he said they esteemed themselves very fortunate and thought it a source of great gratitude to the Almighty, in having Prince Albert placed in the eminent posi tion 'which he now held —(Cheers)— and he pre sumed there was no necessity for him to press upon their notice the fact that his Royal Highness had on all occasions not merely devoted his best at tention to everything which conduced to the happiness and welfare of the country, but seemed to give a charm and a vigour to every effJrt which he made for the accomplishment of an object, whether it was to promote the arts or to improve the condition of the labouring classes.— (Cheers.) That illustrious indivi dual had proposed that there should be an exposition of the industry of all nations in 1851, and it was stated in the resolution which he had read, that the measure was in harmony with the public feeling, and entitled to the general support of the community ; and he thought no argument was wanted to show that it was in accordance and in harmony with the public feeling ; and if so it followed as a matter of course that it was entitled to general support.— ((Cheers) He was anxious, not that this great effort should he supported by a few opulent in dividuals, but that the country generally should come forward, every one according to his means and ebility, towards the accomplishment of the object which they had in view. —(Cheers.) He knew that several persons subscrit..ed princely sums on occasions like that. Others were deterred from contributing any, being unable to spare similarly large subscriptions, and he was desirous, therefore, that they should not confine the present movement to those blessed with princely fortunes, but that all should be allowed to contribute in proportion to their means. It was the number cf . subscribers, and not the amount of each sum contributed, that would mark most accurately the general feeling and spirit of the country on the subject of the exposition. [Lord John Russell here made his appearance 021 the platform, and was received wish loud cheers, which were continued until he had taken his seat.] The subscriptions had nobly been commenced by her upon whom they must ever look with rever ence—our Sovereign—and who is entitled to our sincerest affection and loyalty—(Load cheers)—and he felt quite satisfied that the example which her Majesty and her illustrious Consort had set would be generally followed. Nothing would tend so much, he thought, to the promotion of art and science and the encouragement of industry than seeing what others were doing by the exertions of their talents in dif ferent and distant parts of the world. The effect of such an exhibition would be to promote those greet principles upon which the happiness and prosperity of the world greatly depended. Anotherobject which they had in view was one which must be dear to every man who had any regard for the welfare of his fel low-creatures, for it was the greatest of all objects —the preservation of peace and friendly inter course.—(Cheers.) Whatever glories attached to conquests and victories, nothing could compensate for the misery and distress which fighting and quar relling brought upon the world—(Cheers)—but when they met to compete with each other net for the I destruction of life, but in order to promote the come forts and enjoyments of life, they would engage in a peaceful and rational contest from which they must derive the greatest possible advantages.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded by proposing the resolution which lie had read. Mr. J. DILLCN second , d it, agreeing heartily with the sentiments expressed by the lion. Gentleman who preceded him. lie might remark in speaking of this exposition, that all the world referred, mechanically - ,!as it were, to one view of it. They did not epeak of it as an exposition cf arts or manufactures, as a national or other exposition, but every mind naturally looked upon it in a different light, for it was an exposition of the in dustry of all nations.—(liear.) Philosophers, he be lieved, would call that the science of the subject. lie believed the proposition c )uld not but be in harmony with the sentiments and feelings of the philosopher as the wishes of the statesman, but that it should be in harmony with the public feeling of this country was most extraordinary, and this was evidence of the great progress of public feeling and of the rapid circulation of enlightened views, enlightened senti ments, and liberal principles.—(hear, and cheers.) The resolution stated that such an exposition would improve and extend trade. Never was there an assertion more true. it was seid by some, " What, will yeu actually give re wards to_ encourage foreign mantif%eturers to excel us ?" He would answer " Yes, I would : but I would also give rewards to our own countrymen to excel the foreigner." The only real and solid principle of all trades and manufactures, and perhaps the only real siurce of excellence, whether in trade or arts— indeed in all the pursuits of human lire—was compe tition openly conducted on enlightened principles and administered by fair and honourable men.—(Cheers.) This exposition would also tend to universal peace ; they had had enough o f w .rr , bl oo d s h e d, an d ambition. Let them now have a peacef u l s t rugg l e o f competition in arts, sciences, trades, and manufactures, and the trader, the menufacturer, the banker, the mer c hant, the gentleman of fortune, the philosopher, and the statesman would equally and severally recognise it as the greatest blessing which could be conferred upon ' them.— (Cheers.) The resolution was then put, and carried with grea t wriAnircity. Mr. RAIKES CURRIE said he had the greatest satis faction in proposing a resolution which expressed th confidence of this meeting in the Commissioners appointed by her Mejesty. Those Commissioners had a most complicated and arduous task before them. But what of that ? Labour and difficulty are the conditions of every great work, and this would not be what they called it, a great work, except it was to be achieved by labour and difficulty. But by such men as he found in that Commission the labour would be confronter', and the difficulty would be overcome. He was sure that this meeting would agree with him in thinking that those Commissioners had been selected with the greatest impartiality and the greatest judgment.— (Applause) They found among them men of every shade of political opinion---(H ear' hear)—me n o f va rious ranks and occupat i ons, all distinguished or all remarkable in their respective spheres of action. They found there the most eminent of their public men— (Applause) —they found there men of high rank, and men ennobled by their patronage or their cultivation of art and science. They found there patriots and men of scierce, who had embellished and done honour to their country. They found there men who most efficiently represented the banking, the commercial, and the manufacturing interests ; and they found at the head of this Commission, not as a nominal and merely ornamental chairman, but as the very life and soul of this undertaking, the exince Consort of these realms.--(Cheers.) He need not remind this meeting that this great under taking had been mainly originated, and would be, they doubted not, assiduously and carefully watched over by his Royal Highness Prince Albert—by him who was associated and identified al ready by much that was wise, and sound, and useful—by him who, sirce his auspicious connexion with this country, had won his way by a quiet, unob trusive, rod most consistent course, till at last the very mention of his name called up in the minds of Englishmen the deepest feelings of affectionate re spect.—(Cheers.) He should say no more, but he well knew that his fellow-citizris and his fellow-country men, over and above the interest which they must feel, and they did le s!, in this great national experi ment, would rejoice in this opportunity of evidencing the sincerity and depth of th e i r f ee li ngs b y energeti cally and liberally co-operatieg with Prince Albert in this magnanimous and patriotic enterprise.— (Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving the following resolution : That this meeting entirely concurs in the reasons which have induced the Royal Commission to terminate the coati act with the Messrs. Munday, and to rest the success of the proposed exhibition entirely upon public gibe. ality." Mr. Trios. BARING, M.P., said he had the honour to second this resolution, and he must confess in doing so be was actuated much more by the selfish wish to associate himself with the proceedings of his fellow-citizens in the promotion of this object than by anything he could say, if it were wanted, to excite the liberality of his fellow -citizens towards promoting the object of this meeting ; but as it had been entrusted • to him to second, he might, he trusted, be allowed to add that at no happier time could this project be promoted, and in no better manner could it be offered to the support of their fellow countrymen. The plan emanated from one illusi trious personage, the nearest to the Throne, who had already earned the esteem and affection of English men by his virtues and his high attainments, and who now showed how fully he appreciated the industry, the energy, the perseverance, and the enterprise of Englishmen, by inviting them to compete with other nations in the exhibition of the results of their industry. I. came from high authority, but it was likewise supported by other console rations. It was an invitation to the world—an invitation from Englishmen to compete, not with any feelings of hostility, which they trusted were for ever extinguished, but with a noble sentiment of rivalry ; and it was offering at the same time a guarantee for the maintenance and continuance of peace.— (Cheers.) It was the result of a long-continued peace, be cause in times of war such a plan would be impracticable, and certainly after the termina7ion of a war it would be almost impossible. ' It was the growth of kindly feelings between nations arising from a long continuance of peacr, and it was at the same time a guarantee that the English people and the English Government wished for the maintenance of that peace. It would go forth to the world as the public declaration of the English nation, that they did not believe at present in the possibility of war, and that they trusted, and hoped, and believed that the peace might be maintained, and that the international relations might be continued ; because it was evident, if any possibility of a rupture of the peace were enter tained, an exhibition of the works of all na tions could not be planned for 1851. It was therefore a declaration of the people of England that their wish was for peace; and it was an invita tion to thcm—whatever might be the difference of • opinion between countries, although their institu tions might be as various as the products of their industry or their soil—to unite in one general exhibition to stimulate the works of industry and promote the progress of civilization. As regarded this country, it was presumed and he hoped it would stimulate the inventions of English industry, and materially assist in the further develop meet of those branches of industry which already existed. The resolution which he had the honour to second, stated that the contract with the Messrs Monday had been terminated. It had been thought that such a con tract seemed rather to exclude an appeal to public li beeality.—(ll an, bear.) That contract, therefore, in compliance with the public wishes, was now termi nated, the Commissioners having determined to rely on the national liberality and the national subscriptions. ; and it was to the people of England that this Commission appealed, and he was proud to say that it appealed especially to the citizens of London. There was no one who would doubt that that appeal would be successful, and if it were successful there was no one who would look with regret at having lent a helping hand to promote it. The resolution was then put and carried unani mously. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then stood forward to pro pose the next resolution, and his rising was the signal for an enthusiastic burst of cheering which lasted some moments. lie spoke as follows :—My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,—lt is in the capacity of a member of this great city that I propose to ad dress to you a few obseivations in support of the re solution which I have to move. The former part of the resolution which I shall have to move states it to be the cpinion of this meeting, that the preparation made for this exhibition should be on a scale and commensurate with the importance of the occasion ; and when I speak to you of the importance of the occasion, I should say I shall be giving a very inaccu rate view of the importance of the occasion if I were to tell you that this was an object cf th e Go vernment. I should be giving a very narrow view of the importance of the occasion if I were even to tell you that this was an object of the nation. I could only be giving a true account of the occasion if I were to tell you that it was an object bene ficial to all nations.---(Cheers.) .What we have to do is to endeavour to bring into one view those various products of manufactures, of arts, and of science, which shall show how much skill and in dustry have been able to effect, and in what manner those productions may be improved and carried to perfection. That, I say again, is an object in which all nations have an interee, and which shall benefit not ourselves merely, but the whole of the inhabitants of the globe, if we succeed in the object which we have in view. My Lord, it occurs to me, and must frequently occur to me, to have brought be fore tae the consideration of inventions which exhibit great skill, in which very often great science is dis played, for the purpose of increasing the means of de stroying one another. I hear continually that in one country they have found the means by which a man may be killed at three or four times the distance at which it has hitherto been possible. I hear from another country that an invention, with regard to the musliet, has e na bl e d a so ldi er to fi re s i x times, when previouly he would only have ' c e tt e n n mi a nt b ,s lateperis h teo, 4 di places nutes h i a n a rge his musk e t o nce . I find we have in anot her minutes disco veries by which it is said a ship be so injured th: - ,t the whole crevv inventions of which very short tone. Such " are i the eren tcountries, and which we continually andan any mustc un country :e e f a ß u r l u i f o t w l nii)tisi d eitffnhdoespeezlieonicl have e i sobliged madeh tos to e t inventions reap theilrey serve, it will be rewards trom the . diffeabject, rent i o ye:la - nents which think, of this exhibition to show how the arts and benefits of peace can be improved; how, while some men are carrying to greater perfection those arts of destruction, there are others who teach how mankind car have better and cheaper articles of clothing, how their hooves may be better furnished, ho w they m y be able to corn - muuicate with one another from the 'most distant parts of the globe, and to communi cate to each other all those things which improve and civilize and elevate the character of man. Well, then, if that be the object of the exhibition, and if I have succeeded in showing that it is no partial, incomplete, or uarow object, which is sought to be Sir JOIIN Lunnisere moved the fifth resolution, and having at a farmer meeting expressed his views in fa vour of the undertaking, he contented himself with simply expressing an opinion that the year 1851 would be an epoch of productive industry. The Right Hon. IL LABOUCHBRE, in seconding the resolution, said he felt a deep interest in the cause they had met to promote, but he felt it alto gether unnecessary to dwell upon the importance of the proposed exhibition. There were, however, certain figures of arithmetic worth all the figures of speech in the world, and after the list they had just heard read by their secretary, he was quite sure the City would support the Prince Albert in carrying out this great scheme. He agreed with those who thought it ought to be a national undertaking, and he was re joiced that the Royal Commission had abandoned the original contracts, and thrown themselves entirely upon the country. Still it was nothing but an act of justice to say that the Society of Arts had done all it could to bring the matter to its present prosperous position ; and, believing that it would redound to the credit and improve the com merce of ,the country, he again rccommended it to the liberality of the people. The prosperity of a country like ours depended upon the continuance of peace, and as nothing was more calculated to promote amity all over the world than this plan, he gave it his most hearty support. lie had, therefore, much pleasure in seconding the reso lution.—(Cheers.) The Earl of GRANVILLE briefly spoke in support of the resolution. Similar exhibitions, he said, theyhad taken place in Paris, and served to incri•use the demand for the product had proved highly successful, products and manta , dun s Berlin, and Moscow, where of the countries of which the places he bad would be aTttheendpedrowpoisteh manyde exhibition he itiion. culties, but with the support of the city of L on d on namedhad no were an d other large towns he felt con fid ent it weu:d be ca rried to a successful issue. d re ou t b h t e The resolution was then put and carried unani mously. Mr. SAMUEL JONES LOYD moved a vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor, and took the oppor tunity of declaring his cordial and complete concurrence in the o bj ec t which had called them together. Thi s meet i ng was consequentupon another held in this hall sonic three months ago, when the citizens of London resolved that the exhibition ought to be carried -out upon a great national plan, and the eubscriptions they had heard today proved be yond all question that they were determined to carry out that resolution. The scheme was sanctioned with the Crown—the Government— and the resolutions cf the people of England assem • bled in every great city of this great empire , and under these circumstances the honour of the Crowr, and the good frith of the country , stood pledged to see this great undertaking carried oat.— (Cheers.) He looked upon the proposed exhibition as a great Olympic festival of modern industry; and he felt confident that its style, character, and magnitude would be commensurate with its object. The great Cap tain of the age, in his place in Parliament, declared tha t England could have no Little War, and he for one hoped England would have no Little Exhibition. fair jANA§ seconded the motion, and [PRICE OD. , - --- ,f accomplished b uft lf, el l . think y ou will agree • me In the concl • - . • ave topropoae, namely— That the funds requisite for this purpose ought to e provided by the voluntary contributions of individuals, rather th an f rom th e pu bli c revenue."... (11 - e - e:),, Such was the view entertained by his Ito eighness Prince Albert, who has been justly reed to as the originator of this undertaking. I think you will agree with me that such ought to be the case • and I feel no d ou bt th a t th e subscrip tions i n t that i t o o h t a t‘u7C unworthy i i are a largest e s tttehrem scale,in en e dt enterprise i s et c o o n bs d yh u o c w t w h it t h hca il it has been un d ertaken.—(Cheers.) Those who teophroetuhryl in first from this metropolis, and next variou s di s t r i cts of the country, will suc ceed—those who distinguish themselves by their skill, their invention, and the perfection to which they shall bring the products which they may there exhibit, will be men whose names will be justly reputed over the whole globe as those who are remarkable for carrying into effect objects useful to all mankind.—(hear, bear.) And if such shall be their character, I do think that they will be famed as the benefactors of mankind and be classed with those to whom the proudest me morials have been raised.—(rear, hear.) With these observations I will conclude by itimating that it is as one of the Members for this city that I appear before you, and not as an individual connected with the Gove-rnment of the country—and that the object for which we have assembled here is one which will redound to the honour of all the countries of the globe. The Noble Lord resumed his seat after proposing the resolution, which was to the effect that the funds be raised by voluntary sub scription. Baron Ronisceuree, M.P., seconded the proposi tion. lle did so with the greatest pleasure, as every where he had heard the exhibition spoken of most favourably. And he would add that the opinion conveyed in the resolution, that the expenses of the exhibition should be defrayed by volun tary subscription, was very generally enter tained. (Hear, hear.) The exhibition would be fraught with the utmost benefit and encourage ment to arts and manufactures, and would also have the great effect of cementing - those feelings of friendship between us end other nations, which all were so desirous to see—(Cheers)—and which would do more than anything to bring about the blessings of a lasting peace. They had heard much smith respect to the advantages that would arise ley the competition which this •xhibition would create between this and other countries. Some believed that the result would prove injurious, and some manufacturers had said to Lim, " Supposing I get a prize by the exhibition of my process of manufacture, what benefit shall I got ?" Why he was prese n t a s an exhibition of m anu f ac t ures in i'rance, and he heard many orders given for the articles exhibited, and he was convinced that many orders would be given for articles exhibited at the coming exhibition.—(lfear ) The success, however, of the suggestion depended upon themselves, and he hoped they would contribute largely to the fund. In London he hoped the list of subscriptions would be in proportion to its greatness, and the commercial importance of the country— nay, he hoped they would not only con tribute to the fund, but induce their friends to follow their example. If the exhibition was not conducted upon a large scale it would be a failure, and he was sure every one would deeply re gret such a result.—(liear, hear.) Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR moved the fourth reso lution, and as he had been very unexpectedly called upon to do se, he said he should do it very briefly. He owed the meeting some apology for appearing before them, for although he had the honour of 1 being one of the representatives of the metropo litan county, he had never yet earned the freedom of the City, but being requested to take part in this good cause, he could not refuse to give it a helping hand. No measure wss more calculated to lay the foundation of universal peace than this proposed exhibition. The true principles of commercial economy were laid down in the celebrated London petition of 1815, which stated that as the production of the nations of the world differed it was highly important that the country should be enabled to purchase the articles of other nations in the cheapest possible market, and he for one thought this plan was well calculated to afford in formation of the best method of accomplishing that object. It would demonstrate to the world the pe culiar manufactures and industry which the dif ferent nations of the earth most excelled le, and then they would be in a better position than we were at present to establish a sound commer cial policy. It was too much the habit of one nation to run down the manufactures of another ; but the devil was not so bad as he was painted, and so he felt it would turn out in the instance ke had mentioned. Now, with regard to the resolution itself, which was— Chat a public sub=cription ha immediately com menced throughout this metropolis, and that as the undertaking is of a national charac!e , ., all clastee be earnestly solicited to contribute thereto"— he hoped it would be liberally and generously re sponded to. One house in the City intended to offer a prize of 5001. for one article alone —(Cries of " Name.") fle was told that Mr. Sheriff Nicoll intended to give 5001. for the best specimen of a particular cloth—[A Voice—" Ah, to carry out the sweating system"] —and he trusted the City generally would be equally as liberal.---(Cheers.) Its. Alderman SALONIONS seconded the resolution, end gave it as his conviction that the proposed exhi bition would increase the prosperity of the country and promote the civilization of the world. The resolution was then p u t and carried unaui tuously. The SECRETARY then announced a list of subscrip tion, amounting in the whole to upwards of 11,0001. Amongst the names were the following :—Her Ma jesty, 1,0001.; Prince Albert, 500/. ; Lord John Russell, 100/. ' • Marquis of La ns d owne , 100/. ; Si r G. Grey, 100/. • Sir C. W ood, 100/. ; E ir l G ranv ill e, 100 / . ; Mr. Labouchere, 1001.; Sir J. C. Hobhoufe, 100/.; Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co., 500/. ; T. B ar i ng , Esq., M.P., 500/. ; Baron Rothschild, M.P., 500/. ; Sir Anthony de Rothschild, 500/. ; Samuel Gurney, Esq., 500/. ' • Abel Smith, E sq ., 500/ . ; M essrs. Morrison ; Dillon, and Co., 5001. ; Messr?. Robinson and Co., 2501 ; Messrs. Peto and Betts, 2501.; Messrs. Barclay, Perkins, and Co., 2001.; Messrs. Raikes Currie and Co., 2001. ; T. Cubitt, Esq., 1001 ; Wm. Cubitt, Esq., M.P., 100/. ; Messrs. Dent, Allcrofc, and Co., 1001. ; Messrs, Glyn, Halifax, and Co., 100/. ; Messrs. Masterman, 100/. ; Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co., 1001.; the Lord Mayor. 50/., &c. &c. I' 4 v ,