The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-18 00:00:00

HONORARY PRESIDENTS,

CHARLES HINDLEY, Esq., M.P.. Dartmouth-house, Westminster.
JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport.

TRUSTIES.
James Alexander Douglas, Esq., 11, Queen-square.
Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square.
James Nisbet, Evq., Berners-street, 0 gford-itreet.
CHAIRMAN- —The lion. Francis Villiers, Berkeley-square.
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN -James Wyld, Esq., Charing-cross.
" The Times " Company affords guarantee to persons requiring the
~ame at the lowest pos,iblera'e, and divides four-ilths of the profits
T' us, by applying the justly popular principle of mutuality to public
guarantee, the pr •miutns, instead o being a tax upon honesty, be-
come a means of saving and !,,vestment.
Rates—From 7s. 6d. u wards. No charm* for stamps or extra
charg s. An allowance made in the guarantee premium, where a
life assurance and guarantee ore combined.
LEFE ASSIJRANC.,.

Life assurance, annuities, and endowments. Payments taken
monthly as well as quarterly, & Policies indisputable, save in
case, of fraud. Arrangements can he male with this office to pre-
vent the loss of a policy where the as.ured is unable, from temporarl
knibarrassmerit, to keep up the payments.

H B. SHERIDAN, Manager

Now heady, in 2,400 ,nipvrial octavo pages, price 363., with Map

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corrected from recen, Surveys.
POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for
1534. The work is 0, lilted in entirely new t.) pe from the
Casio and Glasgow Letter Foundry, and has been so greatly ex-
tended that the "Street Directory" contains 13',542 distinct names
or firms; these will be found correctly classified in all the other
priiic,pal divisions, Commercial, Trades, Law, aid Court, all of which
are increased in proportion to the ,;Teat extension of the " Street

Directory "
" The Fost Ofrce Directory has long tern the wonder of the pub-
wort% a monument of private miterprise and ingenious labour
win-41y without parallel " - Morning Herald, Nov. 4, 1853.

" Battersea, Bow, Rrixt,n. Bro ley (Mithileset), Camberwell,

lamorld,:e 11e,tth, Ciapham-road, Dais'On; Deptford, Hackney, Hol-
loway-road, Keoti h-town, Kingsland, New-cross, south Latnbeth,
St rattord, Wandsworth road, &c., &c , are essentially parts of the
great metropolis,' and, as sues, should obviously be included In any
Directors of London. . . In the Post-office Directory,' there-
fore, the inhabitants of these places appear in all the alphabetical

lists, so that the residence and calling of any one can be instantly
tr -teed in whatever part or the suburbs he may be lodged. This
renders the work one of the most useful that can be po,sibly ima-
gined for any purpose/of metropolitan life." -Observer, Nov. 13, 1853
" The indices ars very numerous, and immensely facilitate refer-
ence to the various sub-divisions of the book."--Morning Advertiser,
November 4, 1853.
"Deserves much praise ter the accuracy which pervades it and for
the lateness of the information."—Morning Chronicle, NovemSer 4,
1853.

The completest Directory yet produced, both as regards classifi-
cation and typographical execution."—lllustrated News, November
5, 1853. - - _ _ .

:171f-it be true, as all our readers will be ready to admit, that

there is no country like England, and no place like London, it is a
most consistent climax to add, and no guide book like the "Post
Office Directory."—John Bull, November 5, 1853.
" One of the most remarkable and useful works of the age, and
the manner in which the Messrs Kelly execute the task is descry-
ing.of the highest praise."—lleraPath's Journal, November b, 1853.
While this monster volume is a perfect desideratum for the office
and the counting-house, it is an extraordinary specimen of the com-
bine l arts of printing and bookmaking."—Mining Journal, Novem-
ber 6, 1853.
" Greatly incivaged in size by the introduction of a large number
of streets in the suburbs."—Weekly Dispatch, November 5, 1853.
" The edition of this w .indertul work has, to speak commercially,
ben enlarged some ten or fifteen per cent."—SpectatOr„ November
5,4853 _

filves no insignificant idea of the wonders of a city that-de-
mands such a work to register its multifarious contents."—Atlas,
Nov 5, 1853.
" The whole information Ilit3 been brought up with great care Arm
ACCURACY to the 19th of September." Sunday Times, November
6, 1853.

" A notice of this gigantic volume, proportioned to its size and
value, woald occupy our whole paper—we say its s.ze and value, for
they hold a pert.ctly equal measure."—Standard, Nov. 7, 1853.
" Already the Messrs. Kel'y and Co. had actually distanced the
most enterprising of their competitors. They have new rendered it
preposterous for any other compi►er to dream of emulating their ex-
traordinary enterprise."--Sun, November 7, 1853.
" A. closer and more rigid examination, disclosing its marvellous
accuracy and minuteness of detail, fills one with astonishment, and
tii,pcses one to regard the result as one of the greatest wonders in
this wonder-working age."— Morning Post, November 7, 1853.
" This annusl miracle appears again."—Globe, Nov. 8, 1853.
" ft is unrivalled - Indeed quite unapproached by any competitor
we have seen."—Examiner, Nov. 12, 1853.
"Upon a gentleman of our acquaintance stating to us that the two
great wonders of the age are the electric telegraph and chloroform,
we were induced to observe that there was yet a third, and that—
Kelly's Post-office London Directory."—Bell's Weekly Messenger,
Nov. 12, 1853.

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" Of the a'curacy of the Court Directory, we can ourselves Speak
with confldence."—Court Journal, Nov. 12, 1853.
" A most va,uahle, commodious, and almost indispensable work."
—Weekly Times, Nov. 13, 1853.
" The biegest as well as the best book of our acquaintance.'--
Punch, Nov. 19, 1853.