The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-22 00:00:00

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POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY
for
17.—ARCH EDlTlON.—Corrected in the Parliamentary
and PostalB4 M
divisions to the latest period. To how recent a date th
alteratious have been Brought down may be judged from the fact that
he changes cons-quent on the demise of the late Duke of Northum-
berland have been introduced in their proper order !II the Parliamen-
tarY division of the work.
MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov. 20, 1846. •
The powers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual
volume appear reap unlimited. Published during a series of f,,rty-
eight years, in a Inetropolis whose dwellings increase in number by
A yearly average of some fourteen thousand, and velum coltilnerce
'expands in stli larger measure, the "Post-oftlee Directory" has be-
come enormously enhanced in bulls, as also In the complicated
variety of its indispensable contents. The admirable stfccess with
which the really enormous difficulties of his task have been overcome
by the indefatigable publisher has been proved by the experience
of neatly years ; and we need say little more than that the present
volume presents the same tokens as its predecessors, of intelilgent
trteth,'d and ingenuity of arrangement in packing into reasonable
emnil.ss, and producing in lucid order its millions of facts and
reference. Within two thousand pages every
man may learn
everything he ought to know about every one of his co-dwellers in thcgreat metropolis, their businesses, as tv@7l as everything neces-
sary to facilitate him in his ewn.. The very rapid ex ension of our
railway system, and the new postal arrangements with some conti-
nental states, have rendered necessary some extensive additions to
the sections a:,propristed to Conveyance and the Post-office. We
And the information given under those heads net 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 01 London we
"aPil'eu to have met with.

, Nov. ,'T TIMEShe forty-eighth annual publicationlB 1846.
of this work—the volume far
z847--is now issued. It is a wonderful:), different affair from 11w
'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
P a " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court
Directory," - ~
ostal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with
a hest of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very
!!trefully revised, and supplies the latest information. Of course,
the Postal treaty with Pritssia has not been overlooked ; and in minor
Points the work seems to bear the test of search into matters in
Witten changes have b' en very recent.
The forty- 3101tNING POS I', Nov. 19, 1846.
Just • • aigh"...i annual publication of th!s admirable work has
:tr been issuce7A Any dissertation on the usefulness of this volume,
ee its ',I'M-proven service in almost every counting-house in the
a tropen,
„ 3 for so many years ost, must be quite anneeessary. Suf-
e„ce ''' PO say, the present edition possesses all the inert of its prods-
' --80'.•s, while the alterations and corrections in the various depart-
"irds have been carried down to the latest period.
MORNING lIER.ILD, Nov. 21, 1546,
Bulky as the proportions of this indir/ensable work have hitherto
been the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
Amber 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
oaccess. The volume contains upwards of 2,0(10 closely-printed royal
Pagegs betokening a singular tuneunt of industry as a matter
ay° rmilation, and awakening ast:lnisliment at the comprehensive-
cfr. ra
.n ;ter
th
,v3uatroire<si.
e* Of 155 machinery which '`.;old bring within a common focus
olnLucilt,lelicity of and ac:atered intelligence—embracing, as It does, a
heir....,-- and involving the services of a vast number
-We believe that the present volume is not to be
:nlelled in rte Whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate of local
Dromairejac Information is io less a typographical wonder than a
of -. " uel4 , Molunnent of diligence and enterprise. Some dozen or so
ftec, it,te Itirectors are included in this huge periodical—the only
amulets eeTru.t„,._...,Aa
torifuthmelanwnual
dtri, be destined to a permanent existence
of the utilitarian principle over the
(31,0ve...441. The "0 Directory" is a key to the whole of the
Zroat bg-Mhyrrart,°lllecs, and aTecord of official personages. This is fol-
Street Directory," exhibiting the tradesmen iu edvettry,
those ,t, yi% and the points at which the streets are intersecte. 1
Directo,;,'F..t angles; while the "Commercial and Professional
4"Trd • .' alph ot the above. Then comes
a " respective Diran
ectoryab," e
itincal whicharrangement the names are allocated under their
Queen's callings. The "Law Directory"
icaue
_.
the strgeants, barristers, is a list ofi Judgite::
ttwiritpat
tee 0;1: the *various Courts of Law, theiraottfilocemrsey,slntetl
Of the nobillt cm.
ca.uliari-
irectpry
an ecord f
. jurisdlcti The " Court Directory" comprises the addresses
Y and gentry ; and the "Parliamentary m
It"'P„, ,
ap the Members of the House of Lords and Col mons,witl
a betical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning
113,.bers to Parlirunent, the surnames and eldest sons of peers, &c.
The, ' Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delis ery
latea of foreign
thc ;rY Post-since ir, the kingdom ; the cities and principal Pl.ftees . onghout the world to which mails are dispatched from Lond.n , thel
ace The " City ''
registersthe civic authorities, the public
postage • the railway mails and the cross-road mails,
companies o,Directory"
church A
m ar A ..,-__ • -
e brokers, the incumbents and ministers of the

Direct:), jr.cl chapels, the newspapers, &c. ; and the "‘ 'onveyance
the wi, ' Includes the railway tables, the coach and booking offices,
1211n,„-1513, &C. The volume closes with Bunking and Assurance
tug' ""05. These various head. will serve to indicate the multi-
n
,41.ineus nature of the contents, for out of them come a variety of
rdinate directories, which meet every conceivable want, pre-
rting curious analysis of the public and private institutions of
Yot i Metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person is to be
and
sd under his proper section, from a prime minister down to a
Ira oflicer—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,
of ri
cirdallY lowing from the employment of " selected agents," instead
„,.The Ordinary carriers of the Post•office Among the specific
:'.orations, the sew postage treaty with Pru,sia, which cans, into
-oPeration on the lot of January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable
extent the rates of postage over a great part of the Continent, seems
tne Most important.

MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846.
_The " Post-office ;.ondon 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 kir.gdem, as well as to
every place of business fa and about the metropolis. It is an invalu-
table work of its kind; and the extent and minuteness of its useful de-
tails are truly wondet ful. Being prepared " under the immediate and
SP. clap 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 to the voluminous
and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is the
fight=forty-
ei annual publication. Few commercial and trading men can
equire particular description of the real] important and useful
Information, to almost every party in any sort of business, occupying
the two thousand closely but clearly printed octave pages of this Di-
rectory. Preceded by an 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
r."
ectories , " Postal," "City, ++Oonveyanee," "Ilankin..," and many
other Di
The hope is expressed in the preface that this forty-eighth annual
edition of the " Post-office London Directory" maybe
found " in all
respects to equal the beet of its pretheessome From very consider
able examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and
Information on matters which It must be so difficult, labori us, and
expensive to collect, we hesitate not to say, that this unassiohing
wish Is liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede-
tenors, but in several particulars it surpas-es all its predecessors
The Information is not only Miler in many respects, but there are
116`;•eral important alterations and additions, largely adding to the
usefulness of the bo-k. It is intimated, and truly, that although all
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 in a pecuniary point of view, bene-
ficial to the public, is proved by the fact that important improve
meats and additions are annually made without any increase of
Price "—a result that, It is declared, " could not have been the
!age, had the public patronage been divided," With reference
tirin
both Price, we certainly
olYncl it
must acknowledge that it is wonderful
can be profitable to pro varieds - Materials constantly- changingvide andsuch requiring oatmuc h
Titattzltncgh ceaseless labour and cost to procure, and then to classify.
but a tremendous sale could make the speculation answer.
Amon-
the “t..tne important alterations will be found those introduced into
pronounced"
x-al" Directorcompletesy. It is, indeed, singularly full, useful, and
trader, or the truly
caused very :oil'
must much increase the daily, It might be more
4 s derable
a hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the
rraßsienal man. As the new treaty with Prussia
the Austrian
%Mats States dominions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the
changes in the rates of postage as effecting
t_Urgh. Polana:pratnbarg,lianorer, Lubeck, Mecklenburg!), Olden-
tee. 8,,, thosenot changes are detailed " precisely as they arranged
Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg,
change* are oPeration on the Ist of January, 1847." The other
d
Only numerous, but all the intelligence is announce
appeareeee 0 _ Own to a period as late as was compatible with the
t such a volume in sufficient time for general circalation,
prior to the Commencement
The
hee,....._
merits
of the year for which it is designed.
of 11757_,.iw of the work are of the highest order, and render it,
!ter ,0_`41?44 e 'amebic, a publication unexampled in the world for
,upteteness, tableau, and usefulness.
Lonationpriri,r_enot:olar SUN, Nov. 18,1846.
ril,Le forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-o ffice
L. The and a truly marvellous effort of compilation it
disappea.red,
ee., _
___ P 5 office Directory" has been for some years under
this in4uagenient of Mr Kelly. Until he became he manager of
work, there were dlr. era other Directories in the field. They
This
have, however, all how rules alone
110 is thorou h
the effect of .'
and the " Post-onice Directory"
Making theastonishing success, however, has not had
Proprietor of this gigantic work careless.
that the fruits of g a man of business nut to be perfectly aware
of the same untiring his success can only be-reaped by a continuance
Instance achieved, energy
by which the success was in the first
Direetory" for 18 , and accordingly we find that the " Post-office
arrangement 47, is even more highly finished in all its elaborate
Ininutene a than any former edition of the book. The extent and
to ___
cry
ss of the details furnished, render the work indispensable
h„,.!_ve e commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably,
."rev r, is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that
there is not the sit 1 t
gl. est difficulty experienced in referring to the
articular a„.,_
0_ Page required to furnish the inf .rmation—a marvellous
of 'Cw",,cer clearness of arrangement in a is ork consisting of upwards
Direct° thousand closely but clearly printed octavo Pages- This
rY is certainly the most complete work of the sort ever
offeredsablen to the public. Of not only the useffilness, but the indispen-
sable of such a work, no man of business can for a moment
~,,
.„ _ n a doubt ; and conskering the completeness and fullest of
c-"a-'‘,Llrnatien furnished, and the enormous outlay of time and o
Capital that must have been made in order to acquire and digest the
is rII! tion, the very reasonable price at which the work rs published
really wonderful.

Kell GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846.
made y's invaluable work, the •• Post-office Directory," has just
whicharance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infor-
buslmation this book contains, makes it not only desirable but
ut 1
e•Y necessary as a part of the efface fluniture of every man of
tnose ; and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else,
thewho requires to know anything concerning the trades, professions,
localities of the great metropolis. In its present extended form,
11book is an absolute curiositylabour and e
mxpense which it
~,,aBost to bring it to its present state of perfection ust have been
s.'"rneose. In turning over its two thousand pages, ems hardly
enosee which most to be struck with and admire—the excellent
~i.rrangernent and Utility of such a compilation, or the magnitude of
isle efts, which requires such a directory. The volume, moreover.
c.entsing as excellent map of London and the suburbs, corrected
'town to the latest strides of " !nicks and mortar."
WEEKLT DISPATCH, Nev. 15, 1846.
The work-eighth annual publication of this highly.important and
nsend work has just been issued ; and we must confess that its
bulky appearance has surprised us not a little ;
that the
the mar -...,_
Price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting
and when we reflect
•e•"est must have i r ed we are pleased at the liberality
of llr, Kelly, the
there is an
ProPrietoarc. In a' commercial point of view, per-
information,
haps, no book ever coma! ed.much meld matter. Among other
a " Co
a "Law Dirac-
nunercial Directory," a " Trades' Directory," "nOffi so
cial Directory," a " Street Directory,"
tory," a " Court Directory," •• Parliamentary Directory," a "City
Directory," a " otrvevaneaDirectory," and a " Banking Direc-
t°ry,”---111 fact, the volume contains much that is interestieg and
Valuable to the tradesmen, the merchant, the lawyer, and pens ne In
ordinary lin), as Well as to the gentleman who occasionally dabbles in
t Every description of information has been corrected to
the laarnes test possible period, and that information EA arranged with a
cles and simplicity which must have involved great activity of
mind and exerUou of body. Sewed with the book is an excellently
engraved Map of London, more extended and accurate as to the
subitrbs than any map we have seen • and to make it
reference as possible, an almanac I's introduced. I " . complete
al
In the • Postal
Directory" there are the new rates with various
tinent which will come Into operation on theParat: of the Con-
Altogether this thats surpasses any or its a
toff
we
predecessors ;
are not Surprised other Directories should have gone to the
tomb of idt the Capulets.
BRITANNIA, Nov. 21, 1846.
The French people have done themselves some credit by their in-
dustrial expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though in-
genious and pretty, they appear quite insignificant compared with
the industrial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty
volume. Keeping pace with the advancing trade and population or
London,bulk, and keeping pace with the move-
ment of society in a m
ore important particular, It vigilantly seizes
every opportunity of
it still increasesin
Improvement to insure more perfect accuracy
and more complete classification. We find in this volume many in.
stances of superiority to former issues, which, though comparatively
Merit. g, show the intelligence and care exercised over every depart-
It may be mentioned, t_hat
by
the employment of private
new brought down to a later
agents, the changes of residence are
of
the
" Directory" is come-
Period than formerly, and the value ,
oken of it as iedispensable to
InentlY enhanced. We have before sr
is now SO univer-
"le proper management of business. Its authority
rice and throughout the metro-
841Y established, both at the Post-° i
..
t is superfluous.
Nils, that any further recommendation of i
JOHN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846.
This annual leviathan is already completed and
published ; but
passed through
the press has not operated against its careful accuracy, we
may
as a proof that the rapidity with which it must have
inention that the changes rendered necessary by the very
recent
demise of Mr. Stewart, M.P. for Renfrewshire, are duly attended
to (See pages 1669 and 1676). We have so frequently d our
expressed
aPprobation of this most valuable work, that we hardly know how
t° varY our commendation. It contains every thing that can Po
sibly be required iu a directory—eo full, so complete, so compr c-
._henstve are all its details. And whet; to this we add the extreme
'"waraoY which pervades every department, we know not what else eam be said in its praise. The machinery by which such volu-
minous information is obtained, arranged, and superintended, so as
to avoid errors, must of Itself be among the " curiosities" of modern
literature.

ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846. ....-A bOok of this kind, brought out even without much pretension
w°4ld be indispensable to every gentleman's library, every merchant's
-°4llting.house, and every trader's shop. But edited as this is, with
andutmost care—its materials bein collected through the most au-
work,...Nee
'Auntie channels, and embracing inc ts range every head of personal
and commercial intelligence essential to the completeness of such a
cannot suppose that aDy house, public or private, which
:1,...,1az0rti a back of reference, will be without this compendious
'`'...“4414 The arrangement is admirable. You can end any name
'''"', want in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete—the
~.co____llltstrades—streets--olllces—hotels, forming, upon the whole, a
'.4.111 Of loofa infoirmation such as could not be brought together with-
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