The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-04 00:00:00

IpOST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for
147.
The earliest copy of the work haBs boon but a few days issued, and
be following Reviews have already appeared iu the leading Metre-
Chan Journals :

The r TIMES, Nov. ISt, 1846.
.011 Y-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume for
1:17—is now issued. It is a wom'erfully different affair from the old
tractorY, which used to consist of little or nothing more than the
alphabetical list of, tradesmen ; it comprises now, and has for sonic
YeArs, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court Di-
':etorY." a "Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with a
o.at of other little digests. The volume appears to hues been very
1:."1-1117 revised, and supplies the latest information. Of course,
• Postal treaty with l'russia has not been overlooked; and in
Minor polite the work seems to hear the test of a search Into mat-
ters in which changes have been very recent.

lume MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov. 20, 1840.
Vo
The poevers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual
*nears really unlimited. Published during a series of forty-
e:ght 3 ears in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by an
,YearlY average of some 14,000, 4Etrger and whose commerce expands in still
Immure, the Post-office Directory" has become enormously
enhanced in bulk, as also in the complicated variety of its indis-
pensable contents. The admirable success with which the really
fn,?rinous difficulties of his task has been overcome by the inde-
auKable publisher has been proved by the experience of many years;
we need say little more than that the present volume presents
de 'Arne tokens as its predecessors, of intelligent method and 111gC-
qty of arrangement, in packing into reasonaule compass, and pro-
-3 cing in lucid order, its millions of facts and references. Within
Pages every man may learn everything he ought to know about
every one of his co-dwellers in the great metropolis, their businesses,
Uwell as
everything necessary to facilitate him in his own. The
rY rapid extension of our railway system, and the new postal ar-
rangements with some continental states, have rendered necessary
some extensive additions to the sections appropriated to Conveyance
404 the Post-oftice. we And the information given under those heads
bnot only as and accurate as it was well possible to make them,
tit more new and recent than we should have thought attainable in
werk of such magnitude. Prefixed to the volume is about the best
aliap of London we happen to have met with.

MORNING HERILD, ;(ov. 21, 1846.
been, Its the proportions of this indispensable work have hithert°
the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
further enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously en-
abled the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory of
inivalled completeness, wherein every species of fact likely to be
w Anted by the merchant and the trader is plated within convenient
access. The volume contains upwards of two thousand closely-
printed royal octavo pages, betokening a singular amount of Judas-
try as a matter of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the
comprehensiveness of the machinery which could bring within a
atl er
ilniclOcen foacmusurtip muchllcity venial and scattered intelligence—embracing
of heads, and involving the services of vast
41nbers of contributors. We believe that the present volume is not
b.e matched in the whole world ; for such a mammoth aggregate
tehfaineal and 'Moine information is no less a typographical wonder,
Samna PrOdigiOMS monument of diligence and enterprise.
• e dnzen or so of separate directories are included in this huge
renodical—the 1
-- only one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a
perirmanent existence—a veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian
nciple over the ornamental. The "Official Directory" is a key to
the Whole of the Government Offices, and a record of official perso-
.nageo• This is followed by a " Street Directory," exhibiting the
areos
dienstneresnecitned by
thoroughfare, and the points at which the streets
Y those at right'arigles; while the " Commercial and
Then
Directory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the above.
en comes a " Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated
!tilder their respective callings. The " Law Directory" is a list of the
Ju(lge, Queen's counsel, serjeants, barristers, attorneys, &c. with a
7teloite of the various courts of law, their officers, and their peen-
14arities of Jurisdiction. The "Court Directory" comprises the ad-
. racsee of the nobility and gentry ; and the " Parliamentary Nreo-
-10ry" Is a record of the Members of the Houses of Lords and Com-
mons, with. an alp
of
habetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties
returningp Members to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons,
ite. The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt an 1
~elivery of every post-office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal
'"es throughout the world to which mails are dispatched from
•°llflon ; the rates' of foreign postage ; the railway man and h
er°BB.road malls, &c. The "City Directory" registers theclvlc
thorities, the public companies, the brokers, the incumbents and
!Asters of ekurches and chapels, the newsuapers, &c.; and the
.Conveyance Directory" includes the railway tables, the coach and
The volume closes with Banking
booking-offices, the wharfs, &c.
ald Assurance Directories. These various heads will serve to indi-
cate the multitudinous nature of the contents ; for out of them come
variety of subordinate directories, which meet every conceivable
want, presenting a curious analysis of the public and private institu-
tions of the metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person
is to be found ander his proper section, from a prime minister down
40 a sheriff's officer—every establishment, from a palace to a lodg-
ing-house. The Editor, in his Preface, takes occasion to congratu-
late himself on the many improvements he has this year introduced,
'Principally flowing from the employment of " selected agents," in-
oftead of the ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific
alterations the new postage treaty with Prussia, which comes into
*Aeration on the let of January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable
extent the rates of postage over a great part of the Continent, seems
The most important. •,

llovirg6- ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 184;
Ir The " Post-orrice, London Directory, 1847," is Just delivered.
hetilh it is appaientiv limited to London, it is in reality a national
Th`tTk-• None of the leading towns can will be without it. It must
.4 an easential to every counting-house In the kingdom, as well. i
as to
*very place ofbusiness In and about the metropolis. It Ivan n-
Valuable work of its kind, and the extent and minuteness of its
useful details are truly avonderffil. Being prepared " nader the irn-
Mediate and special patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General,, ' lbo amplest and completeat means were, of course, at the command
tr the proprtor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of tho vo-
linninous and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is
The forty-eighth annual publication. Few commercial or trading
tlen can now require particular description of the really important
and useful information; to almost every party in any sort of business,
"nPYing the two thousand closely but clearly-printed octavo pages
of4this Directory. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous map
London, prepared expressly, It Is declared, for the work by Mr.
It
•
R. Davie, there are divisions, comprising, among other informs-
.'
Court " °Ma "
il," " Street," " Commercial," " Trades," " Law,"
'", " Parliamentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance,"
Ranking," and many other Directories.
The hope is expressed in the preface, that this forty-eighth annual
edition of the " Post-orrice London Directory" may be found "in all
peaseres to equal the
hoth of Its predecessors." From very coast-
slerable xamato of marvellously Mil and varied contents and
Information on matters which it must be so difficult, laborious, and
expensive to collect, we hesitate not to Bay that this unassuming
h la liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede-
cesaonl, but in several particulars it surpasses all its precursors.
Thr. Information is not only fuller in many respects, but there are
aeforal important alteratinus and editions, largely adding to the use-
fUlnesa of the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all
competon has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous
IProof that there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours
to perfect the extraordinary work.- In speaking of past success, it is
observed that it has Men "
cial to the public, iseven in a pecuniary point of view benefl-
ro by the fact, that important improve-
'lents and additions provednlly withent any increase of
lir. ca"—a recall that, it is declared, mallscould not have been the case,
t d the' publi• patronage been divided." With reference to the
/rice, we certainly must acknowledge that it Is wonderful how it
cat I,e Profitable to provide such varied materials- and materials
”nstantly changing and requiring so much and such ceaseless la-
bour
_,miitond cost to procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a tilt-
, !nor as Sale could make the speculation answer. Among the itn-
!lLtirtttit alteratiens will be found those introduced tato the " Postal"
Must tor,. It is, indeed, singularly full, usethl, and complete ; and
Much increase the daily, it might be more truly pronounced its
hourly
fe,,,value, particularly to the merchant, the Vader, or the
_pre-
' . • nal man... As the new treaty with Prussia 'c'aused Very efftifilt
sierable changen in the rates of postage as affecting the Austrian do-
Itlvies Paden, Bavaria, Breinen, Denmark, the German States,
arriburgh, lino
---"er, Labock,' Mecklenburg, Oldenburgli, Poland,Prun-
a" Sax"Y, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburgh, &c., &c., &c., those
changes are detailed " precisely as they are arranged to come Into
•Peration on the first of January, 1847." The other changes are not
°WY numerous, but all the intelligence is announced to be brought
'Own to a period as late as was compatible with the appearance of
ellen a volume in sufficient time for general circulation, prior to the
Ittnnitnencement of the year for which it is designed. The business
erita of the work re ot the highest order, and render lof its
Lind. we imagine, aa publication unexampled la the worldt, for its
•vnapletenfis, fulness, and usefulness.

SUN, Nov. 18, 1146.
'MS present Is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Poet-office
tendonle Directory," and a truly marvellous ekort of compilation it
The " Post-office Directory" has been for some years under the
Management of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of this
Zrork, there were divers other directories in the field. They have,
.05vever, all disappeared, and the " Peet-otlice Directory" now rules
alone. This astonishing SIICOS6C, however, has not had the arise of
Making the proprietor of this gigantic work careless. lie is too
thorough a man of business, not to be perfectly aware that the
Irnite of his success can only be reaped by a continuance of the same
tainting energy by which the ',Recess was in the first instance
achieved ; and accordingly we find tt,at the " Peet ()Rice Directory"
for 1847 is even more higialy finished in all its elakerate arrange-
ments than any farmer edition of the book. The extent and int-
muteness of the details furnished render the work indispensable to
every commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably,
however, la this multifarious information digested and arranged, that
there is not the slightest difficulty experienced In referring to the
Particular pate required to furnish the information—a marvellous
instance of clearness of arrangement in a work consisting of up-
'wards of 2,006 closely but clearly printed octavo pages. Its con-
tents aro arranged under various heads, as, for instance, the
Direetery," the " Street Directory," the " Commercial
liirectory," the " Trades' Directory," the " Law Directory,"
the " Court Directory." the " Parliamentary Directory," the
Postal Directory," the "City Directory," tke " Conveyance
Directory," the " Banking Directory," and some others. Many ins-
Portant alterations have been introduced into the " racial three-
lorY." The new postal treaty with Pressia, which comes into ope-
taliou on the Ist of January next, will effect very considerable
,tluAlges in the rates of postage te piletal ill the Austrian dominions,
Andqn, Bavaria, Bremen. Denmark, the German states, Idamburgh,
ilanoyer, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Oldenburgh, Poland, Prussia,
kussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburgh, &c., &e. Theile
changes are fully detailed in the " Postal Directory " of the present
Volume. The work, moreover, is illustrated by a clearly engraved
and accurately drawn map of London in 1847, on a scale of three
Incises, to the mile. This Directory is certainly the most complete
work of the Fort ever offered to the public. Of not only the useful-
Am, but the indispensable necessity of such a work, no man of busi-
teas can for a moment entertain a doubt ; and, considering the con s-
Pletehess and fulness of the information furnished, and the enormous
outlay of time and of capital that must have been made in order to
Require ant digest the information, the very reasonable price at
Which the work is published is really wonderflil.

OLORN, Nov. 21, 1846.
Kelly's invaluable work, the " Yost-office Directory," has just
made its appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infer-
'nation which this book contains makes it not only desirable but ab-
solutely necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of
business, anti scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else, who
requires to know anything concerning the trades, professions, and
localities of the great metropolis. la its present extended fonn, the
book is an absolute curiosity; the labour and expense which it has
Cost to hrieg itto its present State of perfection must have been int-
rnense. In turning over its 2,000 pages, one hardly knows which
Most t• be.struck with and admire—the excellent arrangement and
enmity of such a compilation, or the magnitude of the city which re-
quires such a directory. The classideation of the various profes-
sions, trades, and callings; in the court, commercial, and law depart-
Ments of the work ou the one hand, and the arrangement of the
streets of London on the other, as well as the great mass of informa-
tion of various kinds connected with the Post-odice, and the different
11-lodes of intercommunication, make it altogetker as complete a di-
rectory as can be desirpd, or as it is well possible to conceive. The
volitive, moreover, contains an excellent map of London aid the
Mari s. corrected'down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar."

- ,
WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1846.
The furty-el
ithth annual publication of this highly important and
Mild work has just been issued; 1 nit confess that its bulk
appearance has surprised us not aanlitwtlee;mand when we reflect that
the price remains unaltered,although the expense of collecting the
materials must have incre.,
Mr. Kelly, the proprietor. In ,avve are pleased at the liberality of
much
commercial point of view, perhaps,
no book ever contained so
mation, there is an ~ ern AZ %,,l_s_eful matter. Among other infor-
" Commercial Directory," a ...,7at..0j7." a " Street Directory," a
a .:.sp Directory," a " Law Dire-
niarrliatnentary Directory," a
tory." a " Court Directory,”
" City Directory," a " Conveyance
and a " Banking.
Directory ;" In fact, the volume containesethrY'" that Is Interesting
and valuitl4lc to the tradesman, the merchamntutht
meantionatihoas been cor-
sone In ordinary life, as well as to the gentlein he lawyer,
amen
od r 1 paejy-
dabbles In trade. Every description of infer
retted to the latest possible period : and that in
With a clearness and simplicity which must have Inv rt is arranged
manatilt:citcurate as
tivity of mind and exertion of body. Sewed with 'lle4 great ac-
the book is an
excellently engraved map of Londommore extended
to the suburbs, than any map we have seen ; and te,
Plete a reference as possible, an almanac Is introduced. In the :r I,''ra.
Directory," there are the new rates with various parts or thecr,osnttal'.
rent, which will come into operation on the Ist of January. Alto
I ether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and weiu:
Met surprised that other directories should have gone to the tomb
Oei
all the Caraietv,

JOHN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846.
This annual leviathan is already completed and published; but as
*Proof that the rapidity with which it must have passed through the
Dross has not operated against its careful accuracy, we may men.
tiou tkat the changes rendered necessary by the very recent decease
of Ur. Sitewart, M. 31, for Renfrowshire, are duly
attended to.
PP. 1669 and 1676.) We have so frequently expressed our approba-
lion of this most valuable work, that we hardly know how to vary
n a directory—so full,
our commendation. It contairis ever 'thing which can possibly- be
rei
itso comp3lrte,
3 details. And when to this we add the extremerehousive accuracy which
SO comp are all
Pervaeles every department, we know not what else can he said In
il Praise. The machinery by which voluminous infbrmation is
such
obtained, its arranged, and superintendedso as to avoid errors, Must of
elf be among the " curieSities" of modern literature.

ATLAS, Nov. S, •16.
A book of this kind, b ought out oven 1S
without much pretension!! 'would be indispensable to every gentleman's lilxary, every mer-
chant's enunting• house, and every trader's shop. But edited, as this
8, With the utmost care, its materials being collected through the
most authentic channels, and embracing in its :Arms every
head of
personal and winnamial intelligence essential to the cemplettness of
rieb a work, we cannot suppose that any house, puhllO or prl!ato.
w
...Lich can afford a book of reference, will be without this campen-
'', ('‘4l volume,. The arrangement is admirable. You can find any 'Uteyou want it a raarnent. All the heads are clear and complete
t.......,..
. -- court, trade;,, streets. cf.4..ces, hotels; forming, upon the whole.
- thus of local information such as could not be brought together
VittlUt eztraordiaary incluetry, assisted by an entire command of all