The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-26 00:00:00

MORNING POST, NovE=EB. 30, 1845

It Is just halfaceni;; sincethe " Post-office London Directory"
ling. made Its appearance. But how small, how limited In its objects,
• Y•
r Inefficient in its attainments it then was, compared with what
how is ! London itself, with its commerce, its extensions, its
toPnlation, its Improvements of all sorts, does not so far outstrip
the London of 1800 as the " Post-office Directory" of 1849 does
that of the first year of its publication. To the enerzv, the enter-
and the nnwearying exertions of the Messrs. Kelly this great
Loeb opolls is indebted for having a directory worthy of the gigantic
blterests contained within its circumference. Such a directory no
4._lither city in the world can boast of possessing. It is really amazing
'.ol)en this huge volume and contemplate the mass of inTormation
eolktained therein ; and when its accuracy is tested by referring to
detail 3 within our own personal cognizance, it is impossible to
Vrlthhold the exp-ession of our admiration for the stupendous cum •
Nation, and of our belief in its general truthfulness. The classifica-
Yon is most complete, and under the heads of " Official." " Street,"
Commercial,', " Trades," " Law," " Court," " Parliamentary,"
Postal." City," Conveyance," Banking," &c., all the per-
&fel and other information which the most copious directory can
'rime
is found with the greatest facility. This work is really a
're monument of our country's commercial greatness and persever-
ing industry.

MORNING ADVERTISER, DECEMBER 2, 1848.
This remarkable, bulky, and well-known work, with the publica-
Win for 1849 (now on the eve of being issued), reaches Its fiftieth,
Or jubilee year; and, as if duly to celebrate that si4nal event,
lieFars. Kelly (for the proprietor) appear to have made, if possible,
riot only extra but extra,odinary exertions to distinguish it, by pre-
senting indisputably the amplest, the most clearly arranged, and the
coaspicuous and utill,arian c nnpl:ation of the kind that is
Known to the world. Its multifarious merits are such that it is an

In addition to the ordinary 'Assurance of Healthy Lives, this So-
ciety, early In the year •824, originated the plan of granting Policies
on the Lives of Persons more or less deviating from the standard of
health. Having issued one-fourth of the whole number of Policies
on Lives of that description, tire Board have tecently mind a careful
investigation into this branch of the business to be made. The result
of this investigation has proved highly satiQfactory as to the past, and
encouraging for the future. The data derived from long experience
'n this class of cases, and exclusively available by this society, en•
able the Directors to state with confidence their convection that the
system now adopted by them for Assuring Invalid Lives is as safe
and beneficial as that upon which the scale for Healthy Lives is con-
structed.

ON.ritAcTs.—A Public Institution near Lon-
/ don invites Tenders for the supply of the following Articles
of Consumption :

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1. MEAT, of the best quality.
2. BREAD.
3. COALS.
The average consumption to be estimated for the maintenance of
150 Persons and the rate of Tender to be in the first instance for
Three Months.

A Tender for WASHING, specifying the rate, per dozen, for house
and body linen is also invited.
Address A. IL, Messrs. grown and Standfast, Advertising Agent,.,
4, Little George-street, Westminster Abbey.

Just published, price 55., Evo., in cloth,
TIIE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC-
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ments in the treatment of urethral diseases, showing that the unne-
cessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting cause of
stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex-
terity in their use, when necessary, is the source of most of the se-
vere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa-
tally prevalent.
By F. B. COURTEDTAY,
" The operation of introducing a catheter through an impermeable
stricture is, without doubt, the most difficult in the whole range of
surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill
of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by
frequent practice."—Liston's Operative Surgery.
Fpblished by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street; and may be had of
all booksellers in town or country.