The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-05 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1841.

visions of the book, which are much more complete than in
former years."—Examiner, Jan. 10.
" What the work just named supplies to the fashionable, this
does to the general world of London ; as, instead of being
limited, as was formerly the case, to gentry or to traders, it in-
cludes both, and is, therefore, really a Street Directory.' The
intersection of the principal streets by others is pointed out—a
new and good idea."—Globe, Dec 22.
" This edition does great credit to the skill and industry of
the compiler. By superior arrangements and increased in-
formation, all its predecessors and competitors are thrown into
the shade; all other Metropolitan Directories were limited to
Gentry or to Traders—this includes both ; and, by showing the
intersection of the principal streets by others, great facility is
afforded in finding the situation of any street or court in length-
ened thoroughfares, and may, on this account, be considered as
in some measure superseding the necessity of referring to a
map. We cannot afford space to enumerate the many other
advantages which the present edition of the Post Office Di-
rectory nossesses ; but we may mention that the full Christian
names of parties are given, instead of initials; all the Counsel
and Ai' Jrneys of the Metropolis are inserted, and not only the
town residences, but the country seats of Peers and Members
of Pal 'siament ; and, from the official situation held by the
compil, r in the Post-office, he has been enabled to avail him-
self of all the facilities which his appointment affords, to give
the me at correct and latest information."---Weekly Dispatch,
Jan. 10.

" We noticed some proof sheets of this work a few weeks
since, with new improvements. It is now published complete,
and c mprises, among other information, a Street Directory, a
Commercial Directory, a Directory for Law, Trades, and the
Court (including the nobility, gentry, and others not engaged
in tra(l) or commerce), for Members of Parliament, the City
(including the public functionaries, Common Councilmen,
&c.) ; and gives, as might be expected, the most ample infor-
mation relative to the Post-Office. It cannot be necessary to
state in dttail,' says the compiler, ' all the improvements effected
in the present edition. Every division' of the book, and every
page, contains much that cannot be found in any other book
for the year 1841. Every particle of the immense amount of
information contained in the following pages has been collected
duringithe latter part of the month of November, and very
much even in the present month. In the City Directory the
list of Common Council is that of the members elected on the
21st of the present month. In any other Directory for 1841,
the list published will, on examination, be found to be the list
of those elected on December 21st, 1839, for the year ending
on the 21st of December, IMO. And so it is in every other
division of the book. Did space admit, thousands of instances
could be adduced in which the information is furnished a year
earlier than in any other Annual Work.' We have looked
over this Directory with some care ; and, as far as we can
judge, it appears to be the most copious and correct work of
the kind hitherto published. Altogether, we can safely recom-
mend it as a Directory esoecially adapted for all classes, and
country as well as town."—Son, Jan. 8.
" This handsome volume reflects the highest credit on the
enterprise and activity of the Proprietors. Each year some
improvement is effected which tends to add considerably to its
usefulness and value. In addition to its firmer contents, we
have this yoar a Directory for the Court, and another fur each
street, so that it may now be considered as complete and as
serviceable for reference as it is possible such a work can be
rendered. It has another recommendation, in having been cor-
rected up to the last week in the past year—an instance of des-
patch almost unprecedented, and only to have been perrormed
by the exeellence of the arrangements, and the rapidity with
which copies were thrown off by the Proprietor's steam-presses.
The Work is, in every respect, superior to any " Directory"
ever yet issued in the metropolis, and is indispensable to every
person engaged in trade in London or its vicinity.—Britannia,
Jan. 16.

" The work contains ten distinct Director ies ; the first of
which, the Street Directory, may be taken as a fair sample of
the entire book, and of its immense superiority over all others.
Previous ' Street Guides' have excluded the nobility and gen-
try or the tradespeople—curious Street Guides ! This includes
all, and is, therefore, a ' Street Directory'—the only one yet
in existence—of the Metropolis; it, besides, exhibits the inter-
section of the streets by each other—valuable information in
long thoroughfares. Then follows the Commercial Direc-
tory.' Next the ' Trades Directory'—a mot elaborate corn-
pilatios, occupying 248 pages of small print, in treble columns.
The Court Directory' appears much the same as other works
on the subject, unless that it is, perhaps, fuller. The ' Parlia-
mentary Directory' gives the idea of having been compiled
expressly with the view of distancing competition. The' City
Directory' comes next, and is followed by the Post Office in-
formation, so given that any one requiring accurate and precise
information on the subject must refer to it. The ' Con-
veyance Directory' in which is the railway matter, some of
-which is as recent as any that has yet appeared in our columns.
The Banking Directory' ;concludes a volume which
may be fairly considered a model of compilation, and is a
high credit to the establishment from which it emanates. We
find one Ault with this work—its title—which is, indeed, no
index to its voluminous contents, but rather gives an idea of a
common London Directory, than which nothing can be more
different. The Post-office Directory in its Parliamentary in-
formation, in that relating to Government Offices, Ambassa-
dors and Consuls in the Country Towns, in its Provincial News-
paper table, in its Post-office Regulations, Routes of Mails,
Railway Mails, and Cross-road Mails, Railway and Steam-
packet intelligence, and the Conveyance Directory generally,
in its Banking Intelligence, and copious details on the subject
of Fire and Life Assurance, contains information nearly -as de-
sirable to Provincial as to Metropolitan residents, and should
certainly bear a title more indicative of its contents than that of
Post-office London Directory for 1511.—Railway Magazine,
Jan. 16,

‘• This is a most comprehensive and extremely useful volume,
and the best of its kind that has yet been published. It con-
tains not only the addresses of the merchants and traders
throughout the metropolis, but those also of the resident house-
holders unconnected with trade or commerce, and is corrected
up to the latest possible date, consistent with its publication at
the opening of the year. Many variations from the plans of
previous Street Guides have been adopted ; on. of which, and
a most useful one, is the strictly alphabetical arrangement of
the names of persons having offices in one house, which we
have ourselves tested, and found quite accurate. The method
of showing where streets are intersected by others has also
been adopted, and the result adds much to the clearness ani
perspicuity of arrangement of the work. In conclusion we may
observe, that the exertions which have been made to render
this Directory worthy of its circulation—upwards of nine thou-
sand in the course of the present year—deserve the support it
has met with, and we can safely recommend it to the public."—
Morning Herald, Jan. 12.
This useful and laborious work is now before us ; it is a
Street, Commercial, Trade, Law, Parliamentary, Court, City,
Banking, and Conveyance Directory. This Directory differs
from its precursors, inasmuch as Gentry as well as Traders aro
included. The Marquis of Waterford's domicile is set down as
plainly as John Smith's, the tinman's. The information under
the head of " Post Office" is of great utility, including the
latest regulations ; the postage of letters to and from France,
Central Germany, Sardinia, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, ice.,
is accurately stated. The Conveyance Directory gives accurate
information este Railways, Coaches, Waggons, Vessels, &c.
Respecting town and country banking-houses, Assurance-
offices, aid Public Companies, titers is full and valuable in-
formation. The arrangement of the Peerage is excellent. In
the Parliamentary list the recent changes are carefully noted.
The list of the Law and Public Offices, with the hours of busi-
ness at each, is, we think, a novel feature. 'I he list of places
for registration of births, deaths, and marriages ; of law, parlia-
mentary, and patent agents ; of translators and short-hand
writers, are, obviously, of high utility. Into a work like the
Post Office Directory errors will creep ; but, as far as :we have
been enabled to glance through it, they appear to be few, and
we may safely pronounce the present production as far sarpass-
ing anything of the sort that has hitherto been attempted.—
Sunday Times, Jan. 17.
*.* It has been by interested parties falsely stated that the
Post Office Directory is sut of print ; such is not the case ; it is
still to be had at 19 and 20, Old Roswell-court, and of all
Booksellers.

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CIETY, 26, CORNHILL.

Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
MitreTons.

T. LAMIE MURRAY,Esi., Chairman.

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Premium for assuring 100/.

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30 12 4. 4l 40'12

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By the plan exclusively developed by the Society, a sleight
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case of premature death.
The report to the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors ,
prospectuses, tables, &c., may be obtained at the office of this
Society, by letter or otherwise, 26, Cornhill, Lando', or at
any of its Branchos throughout the country.
F. FERGUSON CAAIROUX, Sec

VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE ANL)
LOAN COMPANY.

No. IS, King William-street, City.
Sir JAMES DUKE, Aldcrmau, M.P., Chairman.
BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq.. Deputy Chairman.
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Charles Baldwin, Esq. I homes Nesbitt, Esq.
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every description of risk depending on human existence. And
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doubted Personal Security, to parties Assured with this So-
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BENEVOLENT FIRE and LIFE IN-
SURANCE, and NATIONAL BENEFIT SO-
CIETY, 351, StramL

Capital, 250,0001.
Under the Management of a Board of Directors.

This Society, in addition to the general business of Insur-
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persons of very moderate means to attain these objects hitherto
confined to the more wea_thy, viz.
Insurikg their lives in sums from 51. and upwards, se-
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Allowances during Sickness ; and Endowments for Children,
the Premiums being divided into Monthly Instalments for the
convenience of the Insured. Also for the protection of such
as possess only a small personal property, Insurances are effected
against loss by Fire, in sums from 10/. to 1001., by Quarterly
Payments ; thus Household Goods, Wearing Apparel, Stock
in Trade, Workmen's Tools, Acc., to the value of 201. can be
Insured, on payment of Sixpence every Three Months, duty
included.

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have guarded.
Prospectuses, detailing at length the various modes and rates
of Insurance, can be obtained on application at the office, 351,
Strand, oc to any of the Society's Agents.
HENRY WILSON, Actuary and Secretary.

NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that the BOOKS which are
kept in this office for the registration of TRANSFERS in the
Company, will be CLOSED, in pursuance of the provisions
of the Act of Incorporation, from Tuesday, the 16th day of
February, until Friday, the 26th day of February next, both
days inclusive. By order,
H. PATTESON, Secretary.
Offices, Warnford-court, Throgmorton-street, London, Feb. 1,
1841.

NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that the NINTH HALF-
YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS
of the NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY will be held in Lon-
don, in pursuance of the provisions of the Act of Incorporation,
at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on Friday, the 26th
day of February next.
!The Chair to be taken at one o'clock precisely.

GEORGE CARR GLYN, of the Beard
JAMES HUBBARD, Deputy Chairman of Directors.
HENRY PATTESON, Secretary to the Board.
Offices, Warnford-court, Throg,morton-street, London, Feb. 1,
1841.

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