The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-28 00:00:00

IDOST.-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for
„,.., _O3IB47—MARCH EHlTlON.—Corrected in the Parliamentary
141,""..ft_otal divisions to the latest period. To how recent a date tit,
'eorh,tti.,tis have been brought down may be judged from the fact that
heri„„l,l ;es censtetuent on the dernis, of the la e Duke i,t Northuin-
iuir_pave been introduced in their proper order it the Parles.men-
uinalOn of the work.
MORNING CIIRONIi-ILE, Nov 20, 1846.
vole PoWers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual
.!`,'"e appear real 7 unlimited. Publish° I during a series of forty-
,4ears, In a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by
4,4.1_Y average of some fourteen thousand, and whose commerce
‘7,o7irs inatal larger measure, the
t e"alh in blek as in the co
" Post-office Directory" has be-
Varl Yof items indil speen nsaablenced contents,, The also
admirable Success with
iratttne
, ~--•,,,Yenormous difficulties of his task have been overcome
or ti,„s'nuefatslgable publisher has been proved by the experiencet
voz„"..Y Years ; and We need say little more than that the prese
~'",_"l PreSents the saute tokens as its predecessors, of intelligeut
""esZiaede CM bagenuity of arrangement in packing esto reasonabled
ref.? ss'
an 4: Producing in lucid order Its milions- of facts an
stitit
___e !eta metropolle,
_ once. Within two thousand pages every man may lesariint
rel.:thing he ought to kriow about every one of his co-dweller.,
of our
their businesses, as we:l as everything nes_cs-
z_t_s facilitate him In his own. The very rapid ex:cnsion
conti.
,tni'alYetsistein, and the new postal arrangements
turikatici
tteheinfo witi?"me to
one appropriated to Conve
The sett' te6, have rendered necessary some extensive additionsm
_e
yanco and the 1 ost-o
ice. d NAV.
I it Was well possible to make
rin.lloo given under those heads not only as lul an I
re.
oent th them, but more new a te.
.e.
bitud. ao We should have thought attainable in a work of sack in g,
eur:.. we
to the volume is about the best Map of London we
e
to have met with.
The rep, s . TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846.
4,.._,.",'eigniii annual publication of this work—the volume for i
elf. noel' issued. It Is a wonderfully different affair from the
Dh5.,....
the .1-7."vrls which used to consist of little or nothing more than
e,,....'"Paabetical list of tradesmen ; it comprises now, and.
.h. has for ,
i3laa Years, a
t'imilitt
" Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a
Lec.t9rY.' a " Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," w
—or other little digests. The volume appears to hare been very
too
revised, and supplies the latest information. Of course,
.h..,`" Postal treaty with l'russia has not been overlooked ; and :n miner.
'watt the work seems to bear the test of search into matters in
vale, ,
-, ciimgeii have been very recent.
File forty. MORNING POS l', Nov. 19, 1846.
Nut les.
eighth annual publication of this admirable work has
fbeen Issued. Any dissertation on the usefulness of this volume,
its well-proven rervice in almost every counting-houseeosiry in
stofhe.
Pells fir so many years past,
wee lt to the merit . rede-
say, the present edition possesses all
must be quite unne
of
its.p
ikite"°.h.lss while the alterations and corrections in the various depart-
"' tuers been carried down to the latest pe/iod: _

/AO. MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1546,'
as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto
:72, the voleme for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
nnsn!
unrivalledt-eren
lurinsment. The experience of 47 years has obviously
n'ibled the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory
Completeness, wherein every species of fact likely to be
,_ed by the merchant and trader is placed within convenient
The volume contains upwards of 2,000 closely-printed royal
t_ltires, betokening a singular-asimunt of industry as a matter
la --4.l"ttoil, and awakening estenisnment at the comprehensive-
:a of the machinery which Could bring within a common focus
-much varied and scattered intelligence—etnbracing, as it does, a
hafitiplicity of heads, and involteng the services of a vast number
_(*c•litributors. We believe that the present volume is not to be
""itch. ad in the whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate if local
tilecille information Is no less a typographical wonder than a
Ilitcus monument of diligence ant enterprise. Some dozen or so
separate Directors are included in this huge periodical—the only
'gas it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence
a veritable triumph, Indeed. of the utilitarian principle over the
ornamental. The " Quad Directory" is a key to the whole of the
government offices, and a record of' official persorlageil. This is fol-
by a "Street Dint:torn' nulghttiod the tradesmen in every
tistfroughfare, and-the points at which the streets are intersected by
these at right angles; while the "Commercial- sad Professional
Directory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the above. Then comes
it "Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated under their
respective callings. The " Law Directory" Is a list of judge.,
Queen's counsel, sergeants, barristers, attorneys, Ste., with a cata-
logue of the various Courts of Law, their officers, and their pecultari-
ties of jurisdiction. The "Court Directory" comprises the addresses
Or the nobility and gentry ; and the " Parliamentary Directory" is
it record of the Members of the House of Lords and Commons, with
an alphabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning
lltembers to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of peers, Ice.
The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery o
%very Post-office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal places
throughout the world to which mails are dispatched from London ; the
rites of foreign postage ; the railway mails and the cross-road mails,
Lc. The " City Directory" registers the civic authorities, the public
Companies, the brokers, the incumbents and ministers of the
churches and chapels, the newspapers, &c. ; and the " I 'onveyance
mireetory" includes the railway tables, the coach and booking offices,
113,. Wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance
_ Irectotles. These various heads will serve to indicate the multi-
tudinous nature of the contents, for out of them come a variety of
uthordinate directories, which meet every conceivable want, pre-
aeatint a curious analysis of the public and private institutions of
r Metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person is to be
sheriff's
under his proper section, from a prime minister down to a
7,_7iff's officer—every establishment, from a palace to a lodging-
Zrgse- The editor, in his' preface, takes occasion to congratulaie
-uriluself on the many improvements he has this year introduced.
ertheflowing Item tae employment of "selected agents," instead
erdinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific
▪ muttons, the new postage treaty with Prussia, which came into
*Aeration on the Ist ei January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable
sae
the rates of postage over a great part of the Continent, seems
sat Most important!
MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846.
ite,ll" " Post-office London Directory, 1847," is just delivered.
iet.ruitli it is apparently limited to London, it is in reality a national
tjlt. None of the leading towns can well be without it ; it must
;141 essential to every counting.heuse in the kingdom, as well as to
Place of business is and about the metropolis. It is an invalu-
ut44ll work of its kind ; and the extent and minuteness of its useful de-
truly Wondei ful. Being prepared " under the immediate and
'Pod al patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest
end ecmpletest means were, of course, at the command of the pro-
rsSetor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the voluminous
d crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is the forty-
lutllth annual publication. Few commercial and trading men can
!",re require particular description ef the reall. important and useful
Mforrnat ion, to almost every party in ally sort of business, occupying
the two thousand closely but clearly printed octave pages of this Di-
rr-,r.Y. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous Map of London,
efaced expressly. it is declared, fbr the work, by Mr. B. R. Davies,
;.ir's are divisions comprising, among other information. " Official,"
41 treat," " Cemmerced,,, "Trades," "Laver" " Court," " Parlia-
lltturY," " Pestal, " City," "Conveyance," "Bankin,;," and many
%eel' Directories
The Lc, *
gxll. Ps s expressed ia the preface that this forty-eighth annual
r_uon of the " Post-office London Directory" may be found all
XPects to equal the best of its prechcessors." From very consider
L'ie examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and
'Stormation en matters which it must be so difficult, labor! us, and
nAensive to collect, we hesitate not to say, that this unassuming
man is liberally realised. It net only equals the best of its prede-
e.,._
, lnt.but in several particulars it surpasses all Its predecessors.
ii;Z__.foyination is not only fuller in many respects, but there are
Important alterations and addition., largely adding to the
ess of the book. It is Intimated, and truly, that although all
**taPetitio
lb*. n has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous proof
feet' there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours to per-
the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is
„Z• .-Ted that it has been, "even in a pecuniary point of view, bene-
eft"tn the public, is proved by the fact that important improve-
Price ea additions are 'annually made without any increase of
e, result that, It is declared, " could not have been the
do h. ,_,ad the public patronage been divided." With reference
Pnce, we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful
it can be profitable to provide such varied materials
aDd material* constantly changing and requiring et, much
and such ceaseless labour and cost to procure, and then to classify.
...taking but a tremendous sale eould make the speculation answer.
the the important alterations wlll.tat found those introduced into
"ffil " Postal" Directory. It Is, indeed, singularly full, useful, and
Complete ; and must much increase the daily, it might be more truly
Peenounced its hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the
trader, or the professional man. As the new treaty with Prussia
eaccea very considerable changes in the rates of postage as effesting
the Austrian dominions, Baden. Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the
German States, Hamburg, Manover, Luhetk, Mecklenburgh, Older.-
burgh, Poland, Prussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg,
kc. ke. Ecc., those changes are detailed " precisely as they arranged
to come into operation on the ist of January, 1847." The other
changes are not only numerous, but all the intelligence is announced
to be brought down to a period as late as was compatible with the
appearance of such a volume in sufficient time for general circulation,
Prior to the commencement of the year for which it is designed. The
business merits of the werk are of the higiiest order, and render it,
of its kind, we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for
its Completeness, fulness, and useftriness.