The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-01 00:00:00

1 OST -OFFICE LONDON
EDlTlON.—Corrected in the -
a e postal divisions to the latest p real. To how recent
Ita.Tuoll, have been brought down may be juged from th. that
""angea cone quent on the deinis vf the is e Duke of Northum-
'sud have been introduced in their proper order n the Parilamen-
ws7 thvision of the work.
It, MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov 20, 1846.
powers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual.
Mne aPPear real y unlimited. Publish*. during it-series of forty-
, years, in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by
I'aq average of some fourteen thousand, and whose commerce
ea in St.ll larger measure, the "Post-otfloe Directory" has be-
enormously enhanced in bu.k, as also in the complicated
oILS.7etY of its italispensable contents•• The admirable success with
ZSSL.9I the reallyenormous difficulties of his task have been overcome
;ft the indefatigable publisher has been proved by the experience
4" Years ; and we need say little more than that, the present
suttee ph:seine the same tokens as its predecessors, of intel igent
eon,and ingenuity of arrangement in packing into reasonable
yek?au, and producing in lucid order its mil ions of facts and
" Mee. Within two thousand pages every man may learn
...IniarYirtelnatnmgchterzois,
Ought to know about every one of his co-dwellers in
their businesses. as wel as everything neces
rasto facilitate hint in his own. The very rapid fail ension of our
itst;al..systein, and the new necessarym with some
.conttio-
tSeee,tates, have rendered some extensive additionsw
• "(-.)ns aPpropriated to Conveyance he 1 ost-office.
iiiformation given under those headsnett only as lull and ac
e
;74tt. as seas well possible to make them, but more new and re-
Lhan sve should have thought attainable its a work of such mag-
-L:se. Pretixel to the volume is about the best Map of London we
pet to have met with.
The for' TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846.
annual publication of this work—the volume for
Neje,' I'w 'Med. It is a wonderfully different affair from the
the eenaY, which used to consist of little or nothing more than
101habetieal list of tradesinen ; it comprises now. and has for
IStreeeYart Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court
1,8;'4Y, Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with
o of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very
illeepo%ll7revised, and supplies the latest information. Of course,
Point treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and hi minor
werk seems to bear the test of search into matters in
changes have been very recent.
, The f 0,.. MORNING POST, Nov. 19, 1846.
Nub ,',.Yssighth annual publication of this admirable work has
ants °leo') Asued. Any 4issertation on the usefulness of this volume,
rash. "ell-proven service in almost every counting-house in the
141;ltolis far so many years oast, must be quite unnecessary. sari
say, the present edition posseeses all the merit of its pre. c-
, ussZ's while the alterations and corrections in the various depart-
:sil na.ve been carried down to the latest period.
11„,,_ MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1546,
se,ts(l as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto
l'art'er e voluine for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
erasiotTargernent. The experience of 47 years has obviously
13tnnev by
Proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a D rec
wesota's a, ed completeness, wherein every species of fact convenient be
aesss„:' ois the merchant and trader is placed within
ociivsso The volume contains upwards of '2,000 closely-printed royal
ef eaamlltges. betokng awakeningul amount of industry as a matter
Ogee-II:Lan; andastonishment at the comprehensive-
nieoh 'machinery which could brim; within a common focus
timitiptkilaried and scatttes4 Intenlgence—erebracing, as it dots, ts
of sorari 'Y of heads
evevolg the servioes of a vast number
kb hntnrs. We'bel that the present volume is not to be
met ad In the Whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate of local
emit Vile information is no less a typographical wonder than a
of easgfassa Monument of diligence and enterprise. Some dozen or so
ena. rat
Directors are included in this huge periodical—the only
e, 6atns, of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence
nrnartienhttable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian principle over the
essivent,..,ll; The "Official Directory" is a key to the whole of the
Ithossrredoubaybia:.;)ftleea. and a record of official personages. This is fol-
Street Directory" exhibiting the tradesmen in evebry,
those at te,, and the points at which the streets are intersected by
irest, , ,
I ; synths the "Commercial and Professiona
a 1,,,,an alphabetical arrangement of the above. Then comee
Lestosetive eXeturY." in which the names are alloested untier their
eorT,43. The "Law Directory" is a list of judges,
+We of tit. "e., sergeants, barristers, attorneys, &c., with a cats-
'los of jaria",,ar,,ioUs Courts of Law, their 'officers, and their peculiari-
-151 Use resbitruun- The " Court Directory" comprises the addresses
"curd oess'Y and geatry ; and the " Parliamentary Directery
• elphab osse Nternbers of the house of Lords and Commons, with.
Uerebass ,eucal list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning
The ?".0 ‘.O Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of peers, &c.
every po;:l Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery o
thro,,""ofilce in the kingdom ; the cities and principal places
tatea-`orut the world to which moils are dispatched from London ; the
Throreig es •
"agrailway mails and the cross-road mails,
collimate. Cif Directory" registers the civic authorities, the publicl
"'rectos lite brokere, the incumbents and ministers of t
ector ;;n- Chapels, the newspapers, Ste. ; and the " Conveyance
the wh, includes the railway tables, the coach and booking offices,
&c. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance
tardsLirse'`'nes. These various heads will servo to indicate the multi-
at,ips natare of the contents for out of them come a variety of
%set. 'nate directories. which 'meet every conceivable want, pre-
the thulegtr4oc4ri°'" analysis of the public and private institutns
be
teem polis.and of the commercial world. Every person is tow
Sliseineasnder his
kikitif he editor, in his
proper section, from a prime minister down a
house The establishment, from a palace to a lodging-
preface, takes occasion to congratallue
Kielpar the many improvements ne has this year introduced,
4r the uY!l°..fing from the employment of " selected agents," instead
alteratioiTnarY carriers ot the Post-office. Among the specific
°Perstia,_ the MOW postage treaty with Prussia, which came into
44,4 On the Ist ot January 1847, and disturb. to aconsiderable
the ° rates of Pottage over, a great part of the Continent, seems
)ho
trePortants
The MORNING ADV ERTIER, Nov. 18, 146.
I.ondon Directory, 1847, Bjust delivered.
*ors! apparent limited to London, It is in reality a national
None of the leading towns tan well he without it ; tt must
abeery Place of business in and about the metropolis. It is au amuseinlce. Work of Its kind ; and the extent and minuteness of its useful de-
• :.ire truly wonder
ful. Being prepared " under the immediate and
sadal Patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest
tuiet"nildetest means were, of course, at the command of the pro-
wl or, C. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy ot the voluminous
sisesar(Jwded contents of the bulky work. The present is the forty-
tt-rul minuet publication. Few commercial and trading men can
is,* require particular description of the real', important and useful
'eortnation, to almost every party in any sort of business, occupying
t*S thousand closely but clearly printed octave pages of this Di-
teretory, Preceded by an admirable and pereolcuous Map of London,
there
expressly, it is declared, fbr the work, by Mr. B. It. Davies,
are divisions comprising. among other information, " Official,"
Strset.'' " Commercial," "Trades," " Law," " Court," " Partin-
" Foetal, " City," " Conveyance," "Buskins," and many
*th'„tr Directories.
7ihe hope is expressed is the preface that this forty-eighth annual
Ition of the " rust-office London Directory" may be found "in all
consider
able
androm varied v contentse r very
een
arlDteects to equal thus btrleet
moci"tsevetcyesfsouirls.
isalerrniaatiouninoanti°matters which it must be so difficult, ',abort us, and
-al'elosive to collect, we hesitate not to say, that this unassuming
",sh is liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede-
(4lio, but in several particulars it surpasses all its predecessors
'he information is blot only fuller in many respects, but there are
Le'etal -important alterations and addition*, largely adding to the
Intinsated, and truly, that although all
‘,-"efelness of the bo..k. It is
—4nPetltion has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous proof
feet• in the multifarious labours to par-
thethere has been no relaxation
extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is
ni)setv e it " •nin a pecuniary point of view, bene-
est , e that has beets, eNe
aLto the public, is proved by the fact that importaut improve
nrl.7 44(1 melltions are mutually made without any increase .1
's."—is result that, it Is declared, "Could not Stave been the
rate
t the tublic patronage been divided." With reference
h°°,; Pack we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful
_alt eats be profitable to provide such varied materials
ss, materials constantly changing and requiring CO napch
~."`". such ceaseless labour and cost to procure, and then to classify.
but A ga tremendous sale could make the speculation answer.
1.1.7ing the important alterations will be found these introduced into
sss Postal" Directory. It is, indeed, Angularly full, useful, and
41:1 "Plete • and must much increase the drill), might n.. mo truly
pre,c'u ed' its hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the
irtauder.,-I:4P
the roteesienal man. As the new treaty with Prussia
t
very emtsiderable changes In the rates of postage as effecting
ed the Atistrinn dominions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the
~, 1 °lad-ertnan States, Hamburg, Hanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Olden-
d, Prussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg,
ssechanges are detailed " precisely WI they arranged
to • &e, ice.' those
crone into operation on the lit of January, 1847." The other
V:beties
bye are
h not only
to a
numParierous, but all the intelligence is announced
period as late as was compatible with the
ati3,4rar,ig
oft w
sduochna v
volume in sufficient time for general circulation,
Drier to the commencement of the year for which it is designed. The
mites merits of the work are of the hignest order, and render It
%to. 1,1, kind. we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for
`‘•anpleteueas, fulness, and usefulnew.
SUN, Nov. 18.184 i.
yThe Present is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office
ndon Direstory," and a truly marvellous eflbrt of compilation it
The " Poet-office Directory" has been for some years under
—knit tof Mr. Eelly. Until he became she manager of
thls gemen
h.,' Work, there were divers other Directories in the field. They
.."ve, however, all disappeared, and the " Post-office Directory"
riOw
th, 'nes alone. This astonishing success, however, has not had
effect of making the proprietor of this gigantic work careless.
the„.ts too thorough a man of businees not to be perfectly aware
er-,`,..1e fruits of his success can euly be reaped by a continuance
leo" same untiring energy by which the success was in the first
1.),."141ce achieved, and accordingly we nd that the " Pest-office
n..;,eturY" for 1847, is even more highly snished in all its elaborate
-,,gsn'ents than any former edition of the book. The extent and
to e4,-,-"saels et the details furnished, render the work indispensable
h ....erY commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably,
11°1-ever, is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that
el.'s!! not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the
ice Page required to furnish the information—a marvellous
siss-ece of clearness of arrangement in a a ork consisting of upwards
bir',wo thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages. This
offesestas to is certainly the most complete work of the sort ever
sat,' to the public. Of not only the usefulness, but the indispen-
tteeri:faisnessity of such a work, no man of business can for a moment
& doubtcotuneering the completeness and fuleess of
gewall'orMatieu furnished, and the enormous,outlay of time and o
that tuust have been made in order to acquire and digest the
is eeallYrrpation Wonderful , the
ester
! reasonable price at which the work is published
'

Kell , GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846.
tome Y 5 invaluable work, the " Post-obice Directory," has just
hi 'ta eePearance for the ensuing year. The Tait mss of juror.
4tl" 'which this book oontains, makes it not only desirablebui
14°Ititel
beiii„
.Y necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man 0,
eth„
.7... and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else,
.„_."e-etitures to know anything concerning the trades, professions,
',Z.i.t.ocalities of the great metropolis. In its present extended form,
14.'-'°lie an absolute curiositylabour aud expense which it
,t_cost to bring it to its present state of perfection must have been
en,.,'"lse. Iu turning over its two thousand pages, one hardly
~„;:we which most to be struck with and admire—the excellent
ti:;_gmetit and utility of such a compilation, or the magnitude of
e„,4"tY which requires such a directory. The volume, moreover,
4,.....unti as excellen'. map of London and the suburbs, corrected
te the latest strides of " bricks and mortar."
WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1546.
eilbe forty-eighth annual publication of this highly important and
17 'work kiwi just been issued ; and we must confess that its
thatY appearance has surprised us not a little ; and when we reflect
the ,- • e unaltered, although the expense of collecting thit_ . PrAce remain
t. Material. must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality
hap Kelly, the proprietinor._
soln a commercial point of view, per-
mach useful matter. Among other
1., no book ever contained ed
,uormation, there is au Official Directory," a " Street Directory,"
a • Trades' Directory," a " Law Dime-
!'" Commercial Directory,'
Ler e o Court Directory," a", Y, aParliamentary Directory," a "City
tereetory." a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking Direc-
t'r7,"—in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting and
'lluable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and pens ns In
thilus.ry 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
ti_eartioss and simplicity which must have involved great activity of
'lnd and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an excellently
"graved Map of London, more. extended and accurate as to the
tohurbs than any map we have seen ; and to make it as complete a
I.Brthee
X possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal
Itrectory 8 t "
a there are the new rates with various parts of the Cone
'tient which will come into operation on the Ist of January.
41.,t6ilether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we
'`‘e net surprised that other Directories should have gone to the
toinb of all the Capalets.
• ISBIT.kNXIA, Nov. 21, 1146.
4The French people have done themselves some credit by their in-
tl-t," ritl expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though in-
-4 tillll and pretty, they appear quite insignificant compared with
industrial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty
4,,uPe• Keeping pace with the advancing trade and population of
tict"eell. it still Increases in bulk, and keeping pace with the move-
‘,nt of society in a more important particular, it vigilantly seizes
9,,irY stMortunity of Improveent to insure mere perfect accuracy
etZ,lnnre cotnplete classificatiomn. We find in this volume many in
teifile" ef Superiority to former issues, which, though cotnparatively
re;.ng, Olow the intelligence and care exercised over every depart-
..-", It may he mentioned, that by the employment of private
15-pte the changes of residence are new brought down to a later
ee.t4, than formerly, and the value of the " Directory" is conse-
11,—"tly enhanced. We have before spoken of it as indispensable to
Pali
enProper mauagement of business. Its authority is now so univer-
,„„Y established, both at the Post-office and throughout the metro-
" 4% that any further recommendation of it is superfluous.
This JOHN BULL, e, 1146.
ii, annual leviathan is already ,
completedp and published ; but
tl,Proor that the rapidity with which it must have passed through.
theettiesibas not operated against its careful accuracy, we rn.ayt
4,46_11 that the changes rendered ilecessery by the very recent
to : of lir. Stewart, for Rearewshire, are duly attended
itepr se Pages 1669 and 1676)M.P. We have so frequently expressed our
u, ebation of this most valimble work, that we hardly know how
,14_4r, ear commendation. It contains everything that can pos-
-I,:Zyne required In a directory—so full, so complete, so compre-
Zlk are all Its details. And when to this we add the extreme
eitzreYwhich permutes every department, we know not what else
41
11l erh f:u r. its praise. The machinery by which such volt'.
4, 7,4 10
di tfortuation is obtained, arranged, and superintended, so as
I:;si,nmust oi itself be among the " curiosities" of modern
woA book
n ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846.
~.. f this kind. brought out even without much pretension,
tudispens bl
-pmte,..,___ ae to every gentleman's library, every merchant's
and every trader's shop. But edited as this is, with
thllte47°_'"tcunehree' —its materials being collected through the most mi-
lted ec 'aa lels, and embracing in its range every head of personal
~,,„,r,.
wnunercial intelligence essential to the completeness of such a
tuiafroi. cenuot suppose that any house, public or private, which
`Mara,. u ,p, b 10k of reference, will be without this compendious
Y vi,n, . ie arrangement is admirable. You can find any name
~......t la 4 moment. All the heads are clear and complete—the
tat
—agea—streette—oftces—hotele, forming, upon the whole, a
1111""aillfertuation such as could not be brought together With-
-. 6 'KUIP4r4II4Ar7 .14guatry, misted by sia mire Gormand of rill