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

POST.-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for
• ab,, IS47—atARCH EDITION.--Corrected in the Parliamentary
Postalsal'_se divisions to the latest p riod. To how recent a date th '
77 lls have been brought down may be judged trout the feet that
beria n'F4es cons attient on the details: of the la e Duke , f Northam-
' na have been introduced ill their proper order ii the Parliamen-
•""-Y division of the work.
The MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov 20, 1846.
sad„ PcriverB of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual
ataqie aPPear real'y unlimited. Publish° I during a series of fsrty-
77%;Years, in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by
47patirlY average ot some fourteen thousan .1, and whose commerce
tiotna cis instill larger measure, the "Post-office Directory"-has be-
'eari;t. en?rni°n4iY enhanced in bu k, as also in the complicated
~,,,, Yot its iudispensable .contents The admirable . uccess with
san,nethe really enormous difficulties of his task have been overcome
„f,ula indefatigable publisher has been proved by the exaerience
Ole nY Years ; and we need say lle more than that the present
ate,",l_ Presents the same tokens as its predecessors, of iutel agent
es..."'cl and in of arrangement in packing alto reasonable_
1.-"srarPensi !. and. Producing in lucid order its mil ions 01 facts and
. :10_4r:et:tom.
eatar'onploiiiiii., two thousand pages every man may learn
...ryhing ire ought to know about every one of his co-Ci, ell,rs in
their businesses, as wel as everything neces
;ZIG_ facilitate him in his min. The very rapid eox- elision of our
tiaiZstasYstern, and the new postal arrangements with some coma-
the secti states m,
have rendered necessary somo extensive additions to
lull the ?as aPpropriated to Conveyance and the 1 ost-ofilae. e
Utiraia 'nfornitMn given under those heads not only as full and ac-
avast than it was well possible to make them, but more new and re-
baud we should have ihouant attainable in
he n workM of such lama-
liiiPPeU -e* Prefixed to the volume is about the best ap of London we
to have met with.
The fort • TIMES, Nov. 18, 1446.
1847_1 y-eigh4l annual publication of this work—the. volume for
°ld Dir',t^ issued. It is a wonderfury different affair from,the
ii.i7itbee;:ytirar;iy: svhlch nsed to consist of little or noth.ing more. t iirsia
...-_ P abctical list of tradesmen ; it comprises now, ail
.I.ta,s or
" Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a
„tom t
;heed Y. a" Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory, with
earern.,?f other little (.1‘ igests. The volume appears to.have been very:
tia, aaaY rerieed, met supplies the latest informatiun. Of eoursc,
peinTs's.tal treaty with Prusaia has not been everlooksd ; and hi minor
aquas 'l's Work
- seems to bear the test of search into matters in
ttlanges have been very recent.
MORNING POS i', Nov. 19, 1846.
k he fn.,
hot heel annual publication of th!t; admirable work has
titer ,i-:' issued. Any dissertation on the usefulness of this vo.ilimtlie.,
',etre well-proven service in almost every cottating-hou.se I
~,iii._
siet 1 Pelts for so many years east must be quite unnecessary. a.
eteaatrts° saY, the present editio. n Possesses all the iner:t of its preae-
Issailu , While the alterations and corrections in the various depart-
' h•a're been carried down to the latest period.
billa MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1546,
beet) Yas the proportions of this indisaensable work have hitherto
hay: the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
obviously
tivner enlargement. The experience of 47 Y
orZlthe proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, tC. Pearordsfa.hcsatsalikl)ellrye, Directory
Naas jailed completeness, wherein every species of ac
enteiebnet
u.iE by the merchant and trader is placed within icon]
„,-7,58. The volume contains upwards of 2,000 closely-printed royal
era"Pges, betokening a singular amount of industry as a matter.
aellassa—ofPtlattinn, and awakening astonishment at the comprehens se-
a Machinery which could bring within a common focus
blentitift"l'arled and scattered intelligence—embracing, as it does, a
enPtlriltittoorfs helavds,t,e'aind involving the services of a vast number
mastehea • e ever that as present volume is not to be
,s ikai 8— ba Ilse whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate of local
• .
_,Paelfie . information Is no less a typographical wonder than a
e:6.°l‘3 monument of diligence and enterprise. Some-dozen or so
... alate Directors are included in this huge periodical—the only
-.Le. itsierns
• ___, ,of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence
s.
_7antable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian principle over the
.n• tal. The " Onietal Directory" Ws key to the whole of the
tze.d7ventilgtlif6nzt.t...eAffisiitreesdeetthansDpeidreiaciito:enriYit,-1 of 0e..7.er"-,,5-^sages. This is ful-
; white "twh.'"ehle..h:tthineg *sihtreeettlareesminetenrsieneteevdebrayv
liloso at right angles
Directory" is an alphabetical arrangementinenin
It " Trades' Directory." in width theu arenames treh
etalabove.
andallocated ProfessionalTunder
thcomese
tea_ PectPre callings- The " Law Directory" Is a list of judges,
'Queen's counsel, sergeants, barrtayrs, attorneys, &c., with a cute-
' "Is_ ee
of
the. various Courts of Law, thelroffiders ,and their peculiari-
`7,
the nobility
jurisdiction. The "Court Directory" comprises the addresses
ill_lh
rhobillty and gentry; and the "Parliamentary Directory" is
:e_eo_el.ef the Members of the House of Lords and Commons, with
cirluptiabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning
alal?arse
tto Parliament, the surnames and eldest sorra of peers, ke-
_ cstal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery o
44.,;.thrzr....
r;oitgn:ep.:'jnta :it:: kiagdom ; the cities and principal Places
."oglif
int the world to which mails are dispatched from London ; the
the railway mails and the cross-road mails,
teaptaallie•
City Directory" registers the civic authorities, the public
eatirr St the brokers, the incumbents and ministers of the baZaiesr and chapels, the newspapers, &c. ; and the " I onveyance
41,--.lr Y includes the railway tables, the coach and booking offices,
D. e.,,ir "uarfs. &c. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance
thC:7..rlM These various heads will serve to indicate the multi-
atibos natups of the contents, for out of them come a variety of
thatrinlngsuetruttrao • directories, which meet every conceivable vranit, proe-f
_ etas analysis of the public and private instituitscntios
be
Teti, Polls and of the commercial world. Everyperson
aheere.,asllder his Proper section, from a prime sinister dowsei
lodging-.
a.
Nu e. anger
establishment, from a palace to a <till,
hielamt
aThe editor, hi his preface, takes occasion to coantermaiiieed..
Pristairmeatolae many improvements he has
selected
yaeag i
q the 4n Bowing rem the employment of '
meagernts," instead
the specific
kr
,ntarybe carriers of the Post-office. J! gliteratiatiens
utt . sae rates new postage treaty into
which
came • o
a conside-able
eaten,. °,,n on the Ist et
postageJuary 1847, and disturbs o
with Fianna,
t
til°st linPortanti
of gover'a great part oi the Continent, seems
'Plia , MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18,
hen a . Poet-office London Directory, 1847,7'
is
just
a national
1846.
delivered.
beek".,,,.it la aPParently limited to London, it is in rea y
it
mast
a • 'cote of the leading towns can well be without it ;well
as
to
eyer;
ofdetnentia to every counting-house in the kingdort,i
"an invalu-
a%
_Place business in and about the metropolis.
aimbi work aa i
mg. patronage ate and
ts.gkiend ; and the extent and ininutene.ss of itss useful‘de-
-40,,,,Zis truly wonderful. Being prepared " under the immesh
of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest
Prkt:roPletest means were, of course, at the command of the. pruu-
aid :r, Mr. Kelly, to secure' the entire accuracy or the.volumtno s
11104"Tded contents of the bulky work. The present.is the forty-
%nit annual publication Few commercial and trading men can
Iwo r6qlllre Particular description of the reall• important anti useful
th_ 'matter,
•twa., ,to almost every party in any sort of business, occupying
teat° Lnousand closely but clearly printed octave pages of this Di-
Preasa' Preceded by an admirable and persaicuous Map of London,
there .."`" expressly, it is declared, for the work, by Mr. B. R. . Davies,
iiitr„l.
Inenta,al a „visions comprising, 'among other information,.
,O,flipciai. , '
Cornreercial," "Trades," " Law," " Court,, a
many
Coteries,
ii 2. " Postal,' " City," " Conveyance," "Bankin,' an y
Thahreet9nes'
elation Pe is expressed in the preface that this forty-eighth
,ainnual
Noe, "he "Post-office London "Directory" may be found in all
sage te to equal the best of its pred.cessors." From very consider
lefo!z_laraination of the marvellously full and varied contents and
e...a'="ioll an matters which it must be so difficult, labori us, and
brato collect, we hesitate not to say, that this unassuming
aiZa!aas liberally realised. It net only equals the best of its predes
ajci;';,,a ut in several particulars it surpasses all its predecessors.
sea,;Znrsti ation is not only fuller in many respects, but there are
43efulriasa Portant alterations and additions, largely adding to the
v4)nlinetiti°f the beak. It Is Intimated, and truly, that although all
"tat taaa,nahas disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous proof
ket the "n* been no relaxation in the multifarious labours to per-
apse. eXtraordlnary work. In speaking of past success, it is
, 11,1„;',7 that it _ , .
"even in a pecuniary point of view, bene-
-01.:_( the meg.
_ns
C, i proved by the fact that important improve.
..aalirr;l,l,,and additions are annually made without any increase of
e...L. -result that, it is declared, " could not have beea the
e,-7Fa• s.
~ 4h.,,, we public patronage hems- dioid.est."-- --With reference
slow -J"ce, We certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful
....aaa it can be profitable to provide such varied materials
0e,,-". Materials constantly changing and requiring so much
17. such ceaseless labour and cost to procure, and then to classify.
.aethin h
tremendous sale could make the speculation answer.
the origgth-telta important alterations will be found those introduced Into
Postal" Directory. It is, Indeed, singularly full, useful, and
and must cinch increase the daily, it might be more truly
)ilnowmcedite its hearty value, particularly to the merchant, the
trader. or the professional man. As the new treaty with Prussia
eased very considerable changes in the rates of postage as effecting
the Austrian dominions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the
States,hamburg, Idanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Olden-
German
burgh, Poland, Prussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg,
acc. &c. &c., those changes are detailed " precisely as
they arranged
4 come into operation on the Ist of January, 1847." The other
."alsges are not only numerous, but all the intelligence is announced
10-be brought down to a period as late as was compatible with the
',linearsuch a volume in sufficient time for general circulation,
ance of . . .
designed. The
rior to the commencement of the year for which it is
business
merits of the work are of the highest order, and render it,
iZ Its kind, we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for
-'
coMpleteness, fulness, and usefulness.
SUN, Nov. 18,1846

Y 315 present is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office
LZeden Directory," and a truly marvellous effort of compilation it
the The " Post-office Directory" has been for some years under
Ili Management of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of
have Work, there were divers other Directories in the field. They
h ye' however, all disappeared, and the " Post-office Directory"
°IT rules alone. This astonishing success, however, has not had
the ,ffe
j‘ et snaking the proprietor of this gigantic work careless.
tllat tVec thorough a man of business not to be perfectly aware
th`"e fruits of his success can only be reaped by a continuance
teste,e2arne untiring energy by which the success was In the first
laqz:"--'e achieved, and accordingly we find that the " Post-office
tai;tteonr:for 1847, is even more highly finished in all its elaborate
.gngements than any former edition of the book. The extent and
of the details furnished, render the work indispensable
hov,,er7 Commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably,
ther_
ir, this multifarious information digested and arranged, that
ertiluei_not this slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the
Itetan, 41' Page required to furnish the information—a marvellous
Of tw„s-e 01' clearness of arrangement in a A ork consisting of upwards
_thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages. This
Offered to
is certainly the most complete work of the sort ever
sablethe Public. Of not only the usefulness, hut the indispen-
tnttert,i,',°6BitY of such a work, no man of business can for a moment
the Li," a doubt ; and considering the completeness and fulness of
capital "j.,hiatien furnished, and the enormous outlay of time and o
Inform. ,", at Must have been made in order to acquire and digest the
Is rew;4lon, the ver reasonable price at which the work is published
.Y onderful!

It ell ' GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846.
>d 7invaluable work, the " Post-office Directory," has just
kiktie its
"„ 11Ppearance for the ensuing year. The Tait mass of ifor-
Abso,n Which this book contains, makes it not only desirables but
Inti„.4telY necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of
vet,„'s ; and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else,
:4 Itn:localities of the great metropolis. In its present extended form,
6:1,00k is an absolute curiosity; the labour and expense which it
1,7 cost to bring it to its present state of perfection mast have bent
M,, ensa. Its turning over its two thousand pages, one hardly
ii c'Ars which most to be struck with and admire—the excellent
till"gornetit and utility of Bach a compilation, or the magnitude of
Con
ants requires such a directory. The volume, moreover,
fi.,atas excellent map of London and the suburbs, corrected
wyni t• the latest strides of " bricks and mortar."

WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1846.
The ibrty-eighth annual publication of this highly-important and
inful work has )ust been issued ; and we must confess that its
bulky appearance has surprised us not a little ; and when we reflect
that the prise remains unabered, although the expense of collecting
the meferthie mget have Increased. we are pleased at the liberality
‘tirlirlr, Kelly, the proprietor. in a commercial point of view, per-
Caps, ao book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other
Information, there is ass " 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 I iirectory," and a " Banking Direct-
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 descrip'ion 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
blind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an excellently
engraved Map of London, mere extended and accurate as to the
".barbs than any map we have seen ; and to make it as complete a
tference as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal
directory" there are the new rates with various parts •f the Con-
`"ent which will come into operation on the Ist of January.
'utogether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we
are
h.,_nct surprised that other Directories should have gone to the
of all the Capulets.
• BRITANNIA, Nov. 21, 1846.
42/le French people have done themselves some credit by their in-
g;tri, al expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though in-
tibt`°,4B and pretty, they appear quite insignificant compared with
Nti industrial exposition
thenpreseted to. the mind by this mighty
• Keeping pace with advancing. trade and. population of
111,.11. it still increases in bulk, and keeping paoe with. the move-
tver,, moiety in a more important particular, it vigilantly seizes
at
opportunity of improvement to insure more perfect accuracy
ati7ors complete classification. We find in this volume many in-
trifiC„ee of superiority to former issues, which, though comparatively
eitow the intelligence and care exercised over every depart-
at-,,ta It may be mentioned, that by the employment of private
14," the changes of residence are new brought down to a later
gnerZli,,th°o formerly, and the value of the " Directory" is conse-
the pi. enhanced. We have before spoken of it as indispensable to
gaily °Per management of business. Its authority is now so univer-
Do4eatahlished, both at the Post-office and throughout the metro-
, that any Anther recommendation of it is superfluous.

JOHN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846.
NI. a pi. nhal leviathan is already completed and published ; but
the prose that the rapidity with which it must have passed through
—ielitio„Ullss not operated against its careful accuracy, we may
den 1" that the changes rendered Necessary by the very recent
t°(lg-of r. Stewart, M.P. for Renfrewshire, are duly attended
4..‘l,ProbXecs 1669 and 1676). We have so frequently expressed our
vary of this most valuable work, that we hardly know how
c'or commendation. It contains everything that can
b▪ bl
required in a directory—so full, so complete, so comprc-
"curaCr: oh its details. And when to this we add the extreme
miq be pervades every departmmt, we know
.not what ells*
In Its praise. The machinery by which such vo u-
• avoid 2rMation is obtained. arranged, and superintended, so as
Lberkture7Tors. Must 0: itself be among the " curiosities of modern

1,,,,,,_ ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846.
Wouici—vbe,,c2f this kind. brought ortt even without much pretension,
.......°'inutlengeti.:::::enansabdle tobe 77
.gentleman'sg. library, every
with
'lle litm,"°use, and every trader's shop. But edited as this is,
iner.chatit's
theti„ utmost care -Its inaterills b d llected through the most ati-
P.' corm:lwo, ~. ern racing in its range every head of pestu•scohnaal
Ork,w, 41 intelligence essential to the completeness of
chil az,.. eanuot
yob
want ',llll e arr:unligPeZtthiast
aadniy,, house, pun.. or private, which
voltuZ dab bok of reference, will be ithout this corimmdione
h a Moment. All the beairdashiaer.c Icrarcaannd
`ues.—stre,ets—ollices—hotels, forming, upon the whole, a
I,ll.:lllpaitelyte_n name
orrnatton Bach as could not-be brought together with-
'
taaguETT. a:slated by au eatizo oomuaand of all