The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-18 00:00:00

POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for
IB47.—MIRCP: EDlTlON.—Corrected in the Parlftmentary
and Postal divisions to the latest wriod. To how recent a date th
alterations have been brought down maybe judged from the fact that
he changes cons ,quent on the demisa of the hue Duke f Northum-
berland have been Introduced in their proper order n the Parthmen-
tarY division of the work.

MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov 20, 1846.
The powers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual
70111 me appear realty unlimited. Publishe t during a series of f. rty-
eight years, in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by
a yearly average of some fourteen thous:nil, and whose commerce
expands in stlll larger measure, the " Post-office Directory" hr. s be-
come enormously enhanced in busk, as also in the complicated
Variety of its indispensable contents The admirable success with
Which the really enormous difficulties of his task have been overcome
by the indefatigable publisher has been proved by the experience
of many years ; and we need say little more than that the present
volume presents the same tokens as its predecessors., of intel igent
Method and ingenuity of arrangement in packing into reasonable
Compass, and producing in lucid order its milieus of facts and
reference. Within two thousand pages every man may learn
cYarythinglte ought to know about every one of his co-dwellers in
the great metropolis, their businesses, as well as everything neces-
sary to facilitate him in his own. The very rapid extension of our
railway system, and the new postal arrangements with some conti-
nental states, have rendered necessary some extensive additions to
the sections appropriated to Conveyance and the Post-office. We
End the information given under those heads not only as full and ac-
curate as it was well possible to make them, but more new and re-
cent than we should have thought attainable in a work of such mag-
nitude. Prefixed to the volume is about the best Map of London we
JAPPen to have met with.

• TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume for
1847-1 a now issued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the
old Directory, which used to consist of little or nothing more than
the alphabetical list of tradesmen ; it comprises now, and has for
some years, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court
Directory." a " Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with
a host of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very
carefully revised, and supplies the latest information. Of course,
the postal treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and in minor
Points the work seems to bear the test of search into matters in
Which changes have been very recent.
MORNING POS r, Nov. 19, 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this admirable work has
Jost been issued. Any dissertation on the usendness of this volume,
after Its well-proven service in almost every counting-house in the
Inetropelie for so many years past, must be quite unneeessary. Suf-
fice it to say, the present edition possesses all the merit of its prede-
cessors, while the alterations and corrections in the various depart-
=eats have been carried down to the latest period.
MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1546,

Bulky as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto
been, the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
Bother enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously
enabled the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory
of unrivalled completeness, 'wherein every species of fact likely to be
wanted by the merchant and trader is placed within convenient
access. The volume contains upwards of 2,000 closely-printed royal
octavo pages, betokening a singular amount of industry as a matter
of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the comprehensive-
ness of the machinery which could bring within a common liie.us
So much varied and scattered intelligence—embracing, as it does, a
Multiplicity of heads, and involving the services of a vast number
Of contributors. We believe that the present volume is not to be
Eat Wild in the Whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate of local
and specific information is no less a typographical wonder than a
Orodigioite monument of diligence and enterprise. Some dozen or so
of separate Directors are included in this huge periodical—the only
one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence
a veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian prineiple over the
ornamental. The " Official Directory" is a key to the whole of the
_Government offices, and a record of official personages. This is fol-
lowed by a "Street Directory," exhibiting the tradesmen in every
ththole ansuilantfhtanednathies ;we Points at wehich the streets are intersected by
"Commercial and Professional
Directory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the above. Then comes
reec.
peTrchadyees'c liathgireecte.ory," in which the names are allocated under their
Queen's counsel, sergeThanets,"bLararwis'teDrsirecartoryme" is a list of judges,
Queen's
ISM Of the various Courts of Law, their officers, and their peculiari-
ties of Jurisdiction. The "Court Directory" comprises the addresses
Of the nobility and gentry ; and the " Parliamentary Directory" is
a record of the Members of the Hoise of Lords and Commons, with
an alphabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning
Members to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of peers, &c.
The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery o
every Post-office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal places
throughout the world to which mails are dispatched itom London ; the
rates of foreign postage ; the railway mails and the cross-road mails,
eco. The " City Directory" registers the civic authorities. the pubic
companies, the brokers, the incumbents and ministers of the
churches and chapels, the newspapers, &c. ; and the " conveyance
Directory' includes the railway tables, the coach and booking offices,
the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance
Directories. These various heads will serve to indicate the multi-
tudinous nature of the contents, for out of them come a variety of
Subordinate directories, which meet every conceivable want, pre-
senting a curious analysis of the public and private institutions of
the metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person is to be
found under his proper section, from a prime minister down to a
sheriff's officer—every establishment, from a palace to a lodging-
house. The editor, in his preface, takes occasion to congratulate
himself on the many improvements he has 'this year introduced,
principally flowing from the employment of " selected agents," instead
of the ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific
alterations, the sew postage treaty with Prussia, which came into
Operation on the Ist of January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable
extent the rates of postage over a great part of the Continent, seems
the Most important.

MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846,

The " Post-office London Directory: 1847," is just delivered.
Though it is apparently limited to London, it is in reality a national
Work. None of the leading towns can well be without it ; it must
be an essential to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well as to
every place of business in and about the metropolis. It Is an invalu-
able work of its kind ; and the extent and minuteness of its useful de-
tails are truly wondei fill. Being prepared " under the immediate and
Special patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest
and completest means were, of coarse, at the command of the pro-
prietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy os the voluminous
and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is the forty-
eighth annual publication. Few commercial and trading, men can
'ow require particular description of the really important and useful
information, to almost every party in any sort of business, occupying
the two thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages of this Di-
rectory. Preceded by au admirable and perspicuous Map of London,
prepared expressly, it is declared, for the work, by Mr. B. R. Davies,
there are divisions comprising, among other information, " Official,"
Street," " Commercial," " Trades," " Law," " Court," " Parlia-
mentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance," "Bankin;," and many
ether Directories.

The hope is expressed in the preface that this forty-eighth annual
edition of the " Poet-office London Directory" may be found " in all
respects to equal the best of its predecessors." From very consider
able examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and
aformation on matters which it must be so difficult, labori,,us, and
expensive to collect, we hesitate not to say, that this unassuming
wish is liberally realised. It not only equals the beet of its prede-
cessors, 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 additions, largelyaddlngto
all
asettlness of the book. It Is intimated, and truly, that although
competition has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous proof
that there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours to per-
fect the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is
observed that it has been, "even hi a pecuniary point of view, bone-
/Ida' to the public, is proved by the fact that important improve.
meats and additions are annually made without any increase of
3trice "—a result that, it is declared, " could not have been the
Cue, had the public patronage been divided." With reference
to the price, we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful
Ait can be profitable to provide such varied materials
—and materials constantly changing and requiring so much
and such ceaseless labour and cost to procure, and then to classify.
Nothing but a tremendous sale could make the speculation answer.
A_.mong the important alterations will be found those introduced into
e " Foetid" Directory. It is, indeed, singularly full, useful, and
complete ; and must much increase the daily, it might be more truly
pronounced 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
German States,
Hamburg, Hanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Olden-
burgh, Poland, Prussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg,
ke. &c. &c., 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 work are of the highest order, and render it,
of its kind, we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for
its completeness, fulness, and usefulness.
SUN, Nov. 18,1846.
The present is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office
Mention Directory," and a truly marvellous effort of compilation it
Is. The " Post-office Directory" has been for some years under
the management of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of
this work, there were divers other Directories in the field. They
have, however, all disappeared, and the " Post-office Directory"
slow rules alone. This astonishing success, however, has not had
the effect of making the proprietor of this gigantic work careless.
He is too thorough a man of business not to be perfectly aware
that the fruits of his success can only be reaped by a continuance
of the same untiring energy by which the success was in the first
instance achieved, and accordingly we find that the " Post-office
Directory" for 1847, is even more highly finished in all its elaborate
arrangements than any former edition of the book. The extent and
minuteness of the details furnished, tender the work indispensable
to every commercial and mercantile itstablishment. So ielinirably, however, is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that there is not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the
articular page required to furnish the information—a marvellous
Initance of clearness of arrangement in a vs ork consisting of upwards
of two thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages. This
Directory is certainly the most complete work of the sort ever
offered to the public. Of not only the usefulness, but the indispen-
sable necessity of such a work, no man of business can for a moment
entertain a doubt ; and considering the completeness and fulness of
the information furnished, and the enormous outlay of time and o
capital that must have been made in order to acquire and digest the
Information, the very reasonable price at which the work is published
is really wonderful.

, Nov. 21, 1846.
Kelly's invaluable work,GLOBE the " Post-office Directory," has just
7Zade its appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of Juror-
'nation which this book contains, makes it not only desirable but
absolutely necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of
'business ; and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else,
'Who requires to know anything concerning the trades, professions,
Sind localities of the great metropolis. In its present extended form,
the book is an absolute curiosity; the labour and expense which it
has cost to bring it to its present state of perfection must have beast
Immense. In turning over its two thousand pages, one hardly
knows which most to be struck with and admire—the excellent
arrangement and utility of such a compilation, or the magnitude of
the city which requires such a directory. The volume, moreover,
contains as excellent map of London and the suburbs, corrected
down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar."
WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1846.

The forty-eighth annual publication of this highly-important and
itsethl work has just been issued ; and we must confess that its
balky appearance has surprised us not a little ; and when we reflect
that the price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting
the materials must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality
of Mr, Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, per-
haps, no book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other
information, there is an " 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 Directory," and a " Banking Direc-
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 description 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
mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an excellently
engraved Map of London, more extended and accurate as to the
suburbs than any map we have seen ; and to make it as complete a
reference as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal
Directory" there are the new rates with various parts of the Con-
tinent which will come into operation on the Ist of January.
Altogether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors • and we
are not surprised that other Directories should have gone to the
tomb of all the Captalets.

BRITANNIA, Nov. 21, 1846,

The French people have done themselves some credit by their in-
itihtroeudgl with
l
in-
dustrial expositions. But it must be acknowledged that,
though
in-
genious and pretty, they appear quite insignificant c
the industrial exposition presented to the mind by thvolume. Keeping pace with the advancing trade and population of nf
. London it still increases in bulk, and keeping pace with the mova
Snout of society in a more important particular, it vigilantly seizes
every opportunity of Improvement to insure more perfect accuracy
and more complete classification. We find in this volume many in-
stances of superiorit7 to former issues, which, though comparatively
trifling, show the intelligence and care exercised over every depart-
Meat. It may be mentioned, that by the employment of private
agents. the changes of residence are new brought down to a later
Period than formerly, and the value of the " Directory" is conse-
quently enhanced. We have before spoken of it as indispensable to
the proper management of business. Its authority is now so univer-
Sally established, both at the post-Office and throughout the metro-
P°ll3, that any Ihrther recommendation of it is superfluous.
JOAN BULL, Nov. 28, I 84G.
This annual leviathan is alreuly completed and published ; but
as a proof that the rapidity with which it must have passed through
the press has not operated against its careful accuracy, we may
Mention that the changes rendered necessary by the very recent
demise of Mr. Stewart, M.P. for Renfrewehire, are duly attended
to (See pages 1669 and 1676). We have so frequently expressed our
Itpprobation of this most vi.luable work, that we hardly know how
!o r.!? our commendation. It contains every thing that can pos-
Y.bli required in a directory—so full, so complete, so compro-
'4"iVe are all its details. And when to this we add the extreme
accuraeY whi h
c._ e c pervades every department, we know not what el:e
D said in its praise. The machinery by which such volu-
minous information is obtained,
to av arranged, and superintended, so as
old errors, must of itself b
literature. e among the " curiosities" of modern

ATLAS, Nov. 28, 18 46.
A book of this kind. brought out even without much pretension,
WOuld be indispensable to every gentleman's library, every merchant's
counting-house, and every trader's shop. But edited as this is, with
the 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, public or private, which
can afford a book of reference, will be without this compendious
volume. The arrangement is admirable. You can find any name
You want in a moment. All the heads are clear mid complete—the
Cot—trades—streets--oftlces—hotels, forming, upon the whole, a
Miss of local infermation such as could not be brought together with-
°st tZtSitmUnary industry, assisted by an entire eSmunaial of all