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

POST -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for
1847•--MARCH EDlTlON.—Corrected in the Parliamentary
and Postal divisions to the latest period. To how recent a date tit*
iterations
have been brought down may be judged from the fact that
be Changes consequent on the demise of the late Duke cf Northum-
tladd have been introduced in their proper order in the Parlismen-
wiT division of the work.

MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov 20, 1846.
~.i7at,lthe ['rowers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual
L'ate appear real unlimited. Publish° i during a series of forty-
Years, in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by
" Yearly average of some fourteen thousand, and whose commerce
tx
°ands instill larger measure, the "Post-office Directory" has be-
I'vtee enormously enhanced in bu'll, as also in the complicated
variety of its indispensable contents. The admirable success with
ch thoreally enormous difficulties of his task have been overcome _
tiY; the indefatigable publisher has been proved by the experience
inianY Years ; and we need say little more than that the present
osams
aletheeresents the same tokens as its predecessors, of intel igent
and ingenuity of arrangement in packing into reasonable
;e7Pases and producing in lucid order its millions of facts and
...._.erenee. Within two thousand pages every man may learn
he ought to know about every one of his co-dwellers in
great metropolis, their businesses, as we'l as everything neces •
Sar7 to fadlit.lie him in his own. The very rapid extension of our
Vital Y sYstens, and the new postal arrangements with some conti-
the ~,",;tritess have rendered necessary some extensive additions to
gro';',"tolig appropriated to Conveyance and the Post-office. We
information given under those heads net only as full and ac-
_ mate us it was well possible to make them, but more new and re-
Wii...'itan we should Uve thought attainable in a work of such ntag-
n. Prefixed totho volume is about the best Map of London we
'WEAR to have metwith.

TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846.
IsTho e!brir-eighta. annual publication of this work—the volume for
.7.3 now Missed. It is a wonderfldly different affair from the
old Directory, which used to consist of little or nothing more than
so;lalPhabetical list of tradesmen ; it comprises now, and has for
Years. a " Street Direetory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court
-TrY." a" Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with
:,:re °tether little digests. The volume appears to have been very
. y revleel, and supplies the latest information. Of course,
postal treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and in minor
POluts the work seems to hear the test of search into matters in
eL changes have been very recant.
The fort MORNING POST, Nev. le, 1846.
Om bee F-eighth annual publication of this admirable work has
Vier Hl' bleed. Any dissertation on the usefulness of this volume,
esetr "swedl-proven service in almost every counting-house in the
les iZtiti ter so many years past, must bo quite unnecessary. Siff-
*" lay, the present edition possesses all the merit of its prede-
feline the alterations and corrections in the various depart-
" inVe been earned down to the latest period.
ten— MORNING HERALD, Not. 21, 1546,
Bey as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto
•7,,..e. the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
.71b lier
enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously
the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory
led
!rut rivall— comleteness, wherein every species of fact likely to be
id by the merchant and trader is placed within convenient
to8oil:. The volnine contains upwards of 2,000 closely-printed royal
Of 00,1 P„ttus, betokening a singular amount of industry as a matter
rie,‘"Pilaticos, and awakening asteuisnment at the comprehensive-
s, much
the machinery which could bring within a common focus
uhrittileh ruled and scattered intelligence—embracing, as it does, a
of heads, and involving the services of a vast number
Nialutors. We believe that the present volume is not to be
• 1,47.„_111 the Whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate of local
information is i.e less a typographical wonder than a
or_duigtar4all6;.. Wrintkle.,-Seate-dozes tie es
Dfreetors are included in ad. lingo periodiesl—the only
of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence
'tellable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian principle over the
"437,isfie ental. The " Official Directory" is a key to the whole of the
sowedninfent offices, and a record of official personages. This is fol.
" Street Directory," exhibiting the tradesmen in every
thes,-2`L'are, and the points at which the streets are intersected by
'lteeto4t right angles ; while the "Commercial and Professional
a.e.4.7" antaphabetical arrangement ot the above. Then comes
tespeiee biractory," in which the names are allocated under their
Queen, 'o tailings. The " Law Directory" is a list of judges,
'counsel, sergemits, barriiters, attorneys, &c., with a cote-
sCrif
rigid various Codets of Law, their officers, said their peculiari-
-00, jiction The "Court Dlrectory" comprises the addresses
„_Ae nobility and. gentry • and the "Parliamentary Directory" is
airesiord of the Members of 'the House of Lords and Commons, with
ig,.„,tibetlcal list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning
T~.octal
to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of peers, &c.
S Post-office
Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery o
041.::::eo in the kingdom ; the cities and principal places
rates Rhein the world to which mails are dispatched from London ; the
postage ; the railway mails and the cross-road mails,
on The " City Directory" registers the civic authorities, the public
chefs, 444 the brokers the incumbents and ministers of the
"'rectory
and chapels, the newspapers, &c. ; and the " 'onveyance
Sh.W;,,..ttlr'S" includes the railway tables, the coach and booking offices,
&e. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance
teoc.‘""el. These various heads will serve to indicate the multi-
-11,,,76,111 nature of the contents, for out of them come a variety of
~,,':',rdinate directories, which meet every conceivable want, pre-
eli"unt a curious analysis of the public and private institutions of
se,hndletrolsolis and of the commercial world. Every person is to be
under his proper section, from a prime minister down to a
°Meer—every establishment, from a palace to a lodging-
-14,.e• The editor, in his preface, takes occasion to congratulate
I,llf on the many improvements he has this, year introduced,
ee P 111.7 flowing from the employment of selected agents'," instead
l
where ordinary carriers of the Post.office. Among the specific
..vta.attet :e s, the new postage treaty with Prussia, which came into
....
Zration on the Ist et January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable
rates ot postage over a great part of the Continent, seems
ieinost Important!
MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846.
1,116 "Post-office London Directory, 1847," is just delivered.
kgh is apparently limited to London, it is in reality a national
None of the leading towns sac well he without it ; it must
"c an essential to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well as to
ljbrY Place of business iv and about the metropolis. It is an ins-alit-
e work of its kind; and the extent and minuteness of its useful de-
tells
are truly wondetful. Being prepared " under the immediate and
patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest
and eornpletest means were, of coarse, at the command of the pro-
wietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the voluminous
and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is the forty-
....eighth annual publieation. Few commercial and trading men can
✓le require particular description of the reall. important and useful
safortnation, to almost every party in any sort of business, occupying
the two thousand closely but clearly printed octave pages of this Di-
teeters.. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous Map of London,
)repared expressly, it is declared, thar the work, by Mr. It. R. Davies,
there are divisions comprising, among other information, •• Official,"
"Street," " Commercial," "Trades," " Law," " Court," " Portia-
inenesros. •• Postal,' " City," " Conveyanee," "Bankln;," and many
Abet Directories.
The hope is expressed is the preface that this forty-eighth annual
edition of the " Post-office London Directory" may be found "in all
respects to equal the beet of its predecessors?' From very consider
table examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and
Information on matters which it must be so difliculit, this
unassumingborius,and
expensive to collect, we hesitate not to say, that
'Wish is liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede.
cowers, but in several particulars it surpasses all its predecessors.
The information is not only fuller in many respects, but there are
Several important alterations and addition., largely adding to the
usefulness of the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all
t°_,nilfistition has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous proof
~
'l4S__, there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours to per-
,e,_ the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is
i<• w....,-"eenved that it has been, "even In a pecuniary point of view, bone.
tO the public, is proved by the fact that important improve-
-1,,57:11 find additions are annually made without any increase of
"—a result that, it is declared, " could not have bout the
• ue, bad the public patronage been divided." With reference
hthe price, we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful
w it can be profitable to provide 'itch varied materials
"--and materials constantly changing and requiring so much
and mach 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
the Foetal" Directory. It is, indeed, singularly full, useful, and
complete ; and must vouch increase the daily, it might be more truly
'renounced its hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the
-trader, or the professional man. As the new treaty with Prussia
'caused very considerable changes in the rates of postage as effecting
'the Austrian dominions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the
• 4German States, Hamburg, Manover, Lubeck, Meeklenburgh, Olden-
burgh, Poland, Prussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg,
dtc Ikc. Sec., 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 circalatiou,
Prior to the commencement of the year for which it is designed. The
boldness merits of the work are of the highest order, and render it,
*f its kind, we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for
41 Completeness, fulness, and usefulnens.
SUN, Nov. 18,1846.
. The present is the forty-eighth annual edition of the "Post-office
'London
Directory," anti a truly marvellous effort of compilation it
is. The " Post-OffiCe Directory" has been for some years under
Lillemanagement of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of
work, there were divers other Directories in the field. They
eve,
. however, all disappeared, and the " Post-office Directory"
the
rules alone. This astonishing success, however, has not had
1`
effect of making the proprietor of this gigantic work careless.
that is too thorough a man of business not to be perfectly aware
ufat the fruits of hissuccess can only be reaped by a continuance
'ef the same untiring energy by which the success was in the first
instance.s achieved, and accordingly we find that the " Post-office
Directory" for 1847, is even more highly finished in all its elaborate
angements than any former edition of the book. The extent and
iTnuteneets ef the details furnished, render the work indispensable
611,17 commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably,
it
141:2!ever, is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that
"-`•e is not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the
Ur,tieftlar page required to furnish the information—a marvellous
"'ranee of clearness of arrangement in a 31 ork consisting of upwards
Vero thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages. This
ee.reetorY is certainly the most complete work of the sort ever
se,red to the public. Of not only the usefulness, but the indispen-
-8:44 necessity of such a work, no man of business can for a moment
lb:ttian a doubt ; and consiSering the completeness and fulness. of
information furnished, and the enormous outlay of time and o
IZPlial that must have been made in order to acquire and digest the
nrination, the very reasonable price at which the work is published
reallY Wonderful.

GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846.
Xellyts invaluable work, the " Post-olllce Directory," has just
itront its, appearance fir the ensuing year. The vast mass of infor-
,,b-Z°u which this book contains, makes it not only desirable but
I,,,ditelY necessary as a part of the Vilest furniture of every man of
4,-"
sth"""en ; and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else,
Td localitiesconcerning of the greatythin metrog pol nis. In its presetrantdextended form,
1,„ took is an absolute curiosity ; the labour and expense which it
Ito bring it to its present state of porfeetion must have bean
kn'ani,,,_". In turning Over its two thousand pages, one hardly
--"8 Which most to be struck with and admire—the excellent
arra„_
tht
..,",orrtent and utility of such a compilation, or the magnitude of
~,,7aitaY which requires such a directory. The volume, moreover,
.„,,a,„t map of London and the suburbs, corrected
4'n tt:thie latest strides- of " bricks and mortar."
Nov.
this highly-
glit:l43.6.
The tort WEEKLY ll)IS
'important and
Y-eighth annua pu
1'1:Jul work kas just been issued ; and we must confess that its
bilikeTatCioini'
"9' appearance has surprised us not a little ; and when we reflect
thatthct_tb.e_uriee remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting
ed we are pleased at the liberality
hap. —4l,:rutis must have increas ,
t book useful matter. Among other
' Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, per-
intern-tam ever contained so much
a,, ,_ ott, there is an " Official Directory," a " Street Directory,"
r2ntercial Directry," a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Dir'ec-
hire,: " Court Directory," a" Parliamentary Directory,''a "City
ordinaryliftt a' well as to the gentleman who occasionally dabbles in
the i,.... Every description of information has been corrected to
clefts; ---t pcuible period, and that information is arranged with a
~„,_•leia and simplicity which must have involved great activity of
-'"gruu and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an excellently
71,
uarbved 1-map of London, mere extended and accurate as to the
ere s than any map we have seen ; and to make it as complete a
Directory"cc as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal
there are the new rates with various parts of the Con-
Alto" which will come into operation on the let of January.
.._ Rether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we
; nct surprised that other Directories should have gone to the
cilb of all the Capnlets.

BRITANNIA, Nov. 21, 1646.

ri The French people have done themselves some credit by their in,
astrial Rem_ expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though in-
me.
ri
seneuanstdparietty, they appear quite insignificant compared with
Volu
exposition presented to the mind by tins mighty
14011 d Keeping pace with the advancing trade and population of
an, it still increases in bulk, and keeping pace with the move-
Zveen_t of society in a more important particular, it vigilantly seizes
Y aPPortunity of improvement to insure more perfect accuracy
mcil
ina2nore complete classification. We find in this volume many in-
tr,tin.teals of superiority to former issues, which, though comparatively
g, show the intelligence and care exercised over every depart-
"' It may be mentioned, that by the employment of private
agents, the changes of residence are now brought down te a later
Period than formerly, and the value of the " Directory" is cense-
cltlently enhanced. We have before spoken of it as iadisponsable to
the
~Pr°Per management of business. Its authority is now so univer-
-a..Y established, both at the Post-office and throughout the metro-
Pelts, that any further recommendation of it is superfluous.
JOHN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846.
This annual leviathan to already completed and published ; but
a Proof that the rapidity with which it must have passed through
e Press has not' operated against its carena accuracy, we may
!Petition that the changes rendered iteceesary by the very recent
demise of Mr. Stewart, M.P. for Retifrewshlre, are duly attended
ao„(8ta Pages 1669 and 1676). We have so frequently expressed our
iPProbation of this most valuable work, that we hardly know how
° vary our commendation. It contains everything that can pos-
Mbi, be required in a directory—so full, so complete, so compre-
hensive are all its details. And whets to this we add the extreme
accuracy which pervades every department, we know not what else
oe said in its praise. The machinery by which such volu-
iutt ous information is obtained, arranged, and superintended, so as
n avoid errors, must oi itself be among the " curiosities" of modern
literature.

ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846.
A book of this kind. brought out even without much pretension,
would be indispensable to every gentleman's library, every merchant's
'Tainting-house., and every trader's shop. But edited as this is, with
:5e utmost care—its materials being collected through the most au-
thentic channels, and embracing in its range every head of personal
and commercial intelligence essential to the completeness of such a
work, we cannot suppose that any house, publi: or private, which
." tanlafford a IY:A of reference, will to without this compendious
lalll4. The arrangement is admirable. You can find any name
Yon want in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete—the
Court—trades—streets—offices—hotels, forming, upon the whole, a
8 of local information sueh as could not be brought together with-
sZtriterdinary inetuatry, mated by an entire command of all