The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-18 00:00:00

POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for
1847.—MARCH EDITION.—Corrected in the Parliamentary
zind Postal divisions to the lalest p=ried. To how recent a date th
•
alterations have been brought Sown may be judged from the fact that
he
changes cons quent on the demise of the la e Duke cf Northum-
berland have been introduced in their proper order in the Parlismen-
tary division or the work.
MORNING CHRON*LE, Nov 20, 1846.
The powers of expansion eXhibited by this most useful annual
volume appear rears, unlimited. Publishe 1 during a series of f'rty-
eight years, in a tnetropolis whose dwellings increase in number by
a yearly average of some fourteen thousand, and whose commerce
expands in stll larger measure, the "Post-office Directory" has be-
come enormously enhanced in lark, its also in the complicated
variety of its Indispensable contents The admirable success with
which the really enormous difficulties of his task have been overcome
by the indefatigable publisher has been proved by the experience
Of many years ; and we need say little more than that the present
volume presents the sane tokens its its predecessors, of intelligent
Method and ingenuity of arrangement its packing into reasonable
compass, and producing in lucid order its millions of facts and
reference. Within two thousand pages every man may learn
everything he ought to know about every one of his co-ilwellsrs in
thegreat metropolis, their businesses, as well as everything neces-
sary to facilitate him in his own.* The very rapid extension of our
railway system, anti the new postal arrangements with some conti-
nental states, have rendered necessary some extensive additions to
the sections appropriated to Conveyance and the Post-office. We
nivi the Information given under those heads not only as full and ac-
curate as it was well possible to make them, but more new and re-
cent than we should have thought attainable in a work of such mag-
nitude. Prefixed to the volume isittbout the best Map of London we
happen to have met with.
TIMES, Sims 18, 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume for
1847—is now issued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the
old Directory, which used to consist of little or nothing more than
the alphabetical list of tradesmen ; it comprises now, and has for
some :veers, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' I)irectory," a ,Court
Directory," a " l'ostal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory" with
a host of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very
carefully revised, as id supplies the latest iniormation. Of course,
the postal treaty vvith Prussia has not been overlooked ; and in minor
Points the work Seems to bear the test of search into matters in
which changes have been very recent.
MORNING POS r, Nov. 19, 1846. The 'forty-eighth annual publication of ths admirable work has
Just 'seen isstted. Any dissertation on the usefulness of this volume,
an sr its well-proven service in almost every counting-house in the
r_.'etroisolis for so many years past, must be quite unneeessary. Sur-
vive tt to say, the present edition possesses all the merit of its prede-
cessors, while the alterations and corrections in the 'various depart-
Meats have been carried down to the latest period.
MORNING lIERALD, Nov. 21, 1546,
Bulky as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto
been, the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
further enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously
enkbled the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory
of unrivalled completeness, wherein every species of fact likely to be
'wanted by the merchant and trader is placed within convenient
access. The volume contains upwards of 2,000 closely-printed royal
octavo pages, betokening a singular amount of industry as a matter
of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the comprehensive-
so mess of the machinery which could bring within a common focus
much varied and scattered intelligence—embracing, as it does, a
multiplicity of heads, and involving the services of a vast number
or contributors. We believe that the present volume is not to he
matched in the whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate of local
and specific information is no less a typographical wonder than a
Prodigious monument of diligence and enterprise. Some dozen or so
of separate Directory are included in this huge periodical—the ouly
one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence
—a veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian principle over the
nalTlenlaA. The " Official Directory" is a key to the whole of the
lowed'erlyStent offices, and a record of official personages. This is fol-
uthfbY a " Street Directory," exhibiting the tradesmen in every
oeeungltsfarrigeiitanedhgthieeer
while the
effich the streets are intersected by
Directory" is an alphabetical
arrange7neeTtnomfethrcelatehaonvde. PTrhoeft,secsolordnesal
a " Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated under their
reepective callings. queen's counsel, sergeants, attorneys, witls cata-
ogue as The "Law Directory"' is a list of judges,
, barristers,
s. 5 the various Cour ffi
is of Law, their ocers, and their peculiari-
e"fellc ir i
nobility seto The "Court Directory" comprises the addresses
and gentry' and time "Parliamentary Directory" is
record of the Nlembers of the House of Lords and Commons, with alphabeticid list of the boroughs, cities, and ceuntics returning
Zdembers to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of peers, &c.
The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery o 1
every Post-office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal placeste
throughout the world to which mails are dispatched from London ; h
rates of foreign postage ; the railway malls and the cross-roadmails,
&c. The " City Directory" registers the civic authorities, the public
the
companies, the brokers, the incumbents and ministers o
churches and chapels, the newspapers, Esc. ; and the "' onves unc
Directory" Includes the railway tables, the coach and hooking offices,
the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance
Directories. These various heads will serve to indicate the multi-
tudinous nature of the contents, for out of them come a variety of
subordinate directories. which meet every conceivable want, pre-f
a toenting a curious analysis of the public and private institutions o
the metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person is be
a
found under his proper section, from a prime minister downd to
sheriff's officer—every establishment, from a palace to a lo
house. The editor, in his preface, takes occasion to congratulaied
himself on the many improvements he has this year introduced,
Principally flowing from the employment of '• selected agents," instead
of the• ordinary. carriers of the Poet- office. Among the specific
alterations, the stew pestage treaty with Pru• which came into
°Peration on the lot of January, 4847, and disturbs to a considerableeais
extent the rates of postage over a great part of the Continent, 8e
the most important.
31ORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846.
The " Post-effice London Directory, 1847," is just delivered.
ed.
Though it is apparently limited to London, it is in reality a nationalitmust
Work. None of the leading towns can well be without it ;
be an essential to every counting-house in the kingdom,asm,i-
every place of business in and about the metre-polls. It is e
invalu-
able work of its kind.; and the extent and minuteness of its usefuli ded.
tails are truly wondetful. Being prepared " under the immediate. an
'pedal patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest
and completest means were, of course, at the command of the pro-
prietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the voluminous
and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is the forty.-
eighth annual publication. Few commercial and trading m
now require particular description of the mall. important and useful
ee
Information, to almost every parts- in any sort of business, occupying
the two thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages of this Di-
rectory. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous Map of London,
11
prepared expressly, it is declared, for the work, by Mr. B. R. Davies,
there are divisions comprising, among other information, ' 0- tci
Street," "Commercial," "Trades," "Law," " Court," " larise-
nientary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance," "Bankins," and many
other Directories.
The hope is expressed In the preface that this forty-eighth annual
edition of the " Pest-office London Directory" may be found "in all
respects to equal the bs et of its pred.cestors." Front very consider
able examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and
information on matters which it must be so difficult, labori us, and
expensive to collect, we hesitate not to say, that this unassuming
wish is liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede-
cessors, but in several particulars it surpasses all Its predecessors
The Information is nut only fuller in many respects, but there are
several important alterations and additions, largely ridding to the
usefulness of the bo k. It is intimated, amid truly, that although all
competition has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous proof
that there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours
eelaebeocucresto,
ipteris.
feet the extraordinary work. In speaking of p
observed that it has been, "even in a pecuniary point' of view, ben.e:
i
ficial to the public, is proved by the fact that important mproie
meats and additions are annually made without any increase of
price "—a result that, it is declared, " could not have been the
ease. had the public patronage been divided." With reference
to the price, we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful
how it can be profitable to provide such varied materials
—and materials constantly changing and requiring so much
and such ceaseless labour and cost to procure, and then to classify.
Nothing but a tremendous sale could make the speculation answer.
Among the important alterations will be found those introduced into
s the "Postal" Directory. It is, indeed, singularly full, useful, and
complete ; and must 'such increase the daily, it might be more truly
pronounced its hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the
trader, or the professional man. As the new treaty with Prussia
cthaeusedAti.vterrtyancodnesreidriaebnlee, changes in the rates of postage as effecting
German States, Ha
_,fibiug,lialaadteirnii;erl.laLvuabrieac,k,B3rieemekenie,
gh, Poland, Prussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg,
n bDuerngmh ,arkOlden-
bur
into operation on the 1;t. of January,
those changes ere detailed " precisely a.s they arranged
to come
tchabnges are not only numerous, but all the intelligence is announced
1847." The other
e brought down to a period s lte as ws compati with the appearance of such a volume in euafficiaent time for generalble circulation,
prior to the commeneement of the year for which It is designed. Tke
business merits of the work are of the highest order, and render it,
of its kind, we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for
its completeness, fuloess, and usefulness.
SUN, Nov. 18,1846.
The present is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office
London Directory," and a truly marvelloue effort of compilation it
Is. The " Post-office Directory" has been for some years under
the management of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of
this work, there were divers other Directories in the field. They
have, however, all disappeared, and the " Post-office Directory"
now rules alone. This astonishing success, however, has not had
the effect of making the proprietor of this gigantic work careless.
He is too thorough a man of business not to be perfectly aware
that the fruits of his success can only be reaped by a continuance
of the same untiring energy by which the success was in the first
Instance achieved, and accordingly we find that the " Pest-office
Directory" for 1847, is even more highly finished in all its elaborate
arrangements than any former edition of the hook. The extent and
Milattelleas of the details furnished, lender the work indispensable
to every commercial and mercantile eseablishment. So admirably,
however, is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that
there is not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the
Particular page required to furnish the inf rmation—a marvellous
instance of clearness of arrangement in a w ork consisting of upwards
of two thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages. This
Directory is certainly the most complete work of the sort ever
offered to the public. Of not only the usefulness, hut the indispen-
sable necessity of such a work, no man of business can for a moment
entertain a doubt ; and const'ering the completeness and fulness of
Use information furnished, and the enormous outlay of time and o
capital that tuust have been made in order to acquire and digest the
Information, the very reasonable price at which the work is published
1$ really wonderful.

Nov. , 21, 1846.
Xelly's invaluable work, GLOBE
the " Post-office Directory," has just
blade its appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infor-
Illation which this book contains, makes it not only desirable but
absolutely necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of
business ; and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else,
Who requires to know anything concerning the trades, professions,
and localities of tie great metropolis, In its present extended form,
the book is an absolute curiosity; the labour and expense which it
.has cost to bring it to its present state of perfection must have bees
Immense. I(1 turning over its two thousand pages, one hardly
knows Which most to be struck with and admire—the excellent
arrangement and utility of such is compilation, or the magnitude of
the city which requires such a directory. The volume, moreover,
contains an excellent map of London and the suburbs, corrected
'lO%ll to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar."

WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15. 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this highly. important and
Cleful work has just been issued ; and we must confess that its
bulky appearance has surprised us not a little ; and when we reflect
that the price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting
the Materials must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality
of 311 r, Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, per-
haps, no book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other
Information, there is an " Official Directory," a " Street Directory,"
a" Commercial Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Direc-
tory," a " Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory," a " City
Directory," a " Conveyance Pirectory," and a " Banking Direc-
tory,"—in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting and
valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and pers ns in
ordinary life, as well as to the gentleman who occasionally dabbles in
trade. Every description of information has been corrected to
the latest possible period, and that Information is arranged with a
clearness and simplicity which must have involved great activity of
mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an excellently
engraved Map of London, more extended and accurate as to the
suburbs than any map we have seen ; and to make it as complete a
reference as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal
Directory" there are the new rates with various parts of the Con-
tinent which will come into operation on the Ist of January.
Altogether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we
are not surprised that other Directories should have gone to the
WWI of all the Capulets.

BRITANNIA, Nov. 21, 1846.
somel credit by their The French people have done themselves
in-
dustrial expositions. But it must be acknowledged though in-
genious and pretty, they appear quite insignificant
population
lamt
ii.g,11.1 mighty
the industrial exposition presented to the m
volume. Keeping pace with the advancing trade anddy
, it vigilantly move_
tes
London, it still Increases in bulk, and keeping pace with
Ment of society in a more important particular,
every opportunity of Improvement to insure more perfect accuracy
and
comparatively
depart-
and more complete claSsificatiou. We find in this volume many in--
stances of superiority to former issues, which, though corn
trifling, show the intelligence and care exercised over every
anent. It may he mentioned, that by the employment of private
aients, the changes of residence are new brought down to a later
Period than formerly, and the value of the " Directory" is ron„„
qiientiY enhance;, We have before spoken of it as indispensable to
""e Proper management of business. Its authority is now so univer-
-84113' established, both at the Post-office and throughout the metro-
PQII3. that any further recommendation of it is superfluous.
JOHN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846.
This annual leviathan is alre‘dy completed and published ; but
asi a Proof that the rapidity with which it must have passed through
Press has not operated against its careful accuracy, we may
.:uention that the changes rendered necessary by the very recent
tdoettifse
,Q of Mr. Stewart, M.P. for Renfrewshire, are duly attended
siblvyar
npr,,',,e,! Pages 1669 and 1676). We have so frequently expressed our
to "umition of this most valuable work, that we hardly know how
Y our commendation. It contains everything that can pos-
he_ybe required in a directory—.so full, so complete, so compre-
accur"eare all its details. And whets to this we add the extreme
can acvtv. which pervades every department, we know not what else
~„;__
u: i said in its praise. The machinery by which such volu-
i...„.:a"v%idnfornation is obtained, arranged, and superintended, so as
literature. errors, must of itself be among the " curiosities" of modern

ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846.
book of this kind. brought out CYCiI without much pretension,
trWOulci be indispensable to every gentleman's library, every merchant's
iting-house, and every trader's shop. But edited as this is, with
neptie utmost care—its materials being collected through the most au-
e channels, and embracing in its range every head of personal
,Z.:-.!,eonlniercial intelligence essential to the completeness of such a
_urK
aff. w cannot suppose that any house, public or private, which
youtUore d a book of reference, will be without this compendious
ale•
w The arrangement Is admirable. You can find any name
ant in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete—the
.._"rt=trades-"Streets—)3lCCS—hotels, forming, upon the whole, a
:"„, of local information such as could not be brought together with-
2Xtraorttnary indasiry, aniseed by an entire command of all