The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-12 00:00:00

POST-OPPICt LONDON DIRECTORY for
Tbe 1847.
fGll° earliest copy of the work has been but a few days issued, and
Wing Reviews have already M
nittio Journals : appeared in the leading etro-

TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846.
1141.11,e _rmi.y-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume
- now issued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the old
rY, which used to
;sitconsit of little or nothing more than the
41:betica, 1 list of tradesmen
rect.'s, a Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court Di-
beet I?" a " Postal Directory," a "Conveyance Directory," with a
tat._,.ot other little digests. The volume appears to have been very
1.17411 Y revised, and supplies the latest= information. Of course,
n,Ll_,ostal treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and in
t;,„"z,°,r }Mats the work seems to bear the test of a search Into mat-
-. 14 Which changes have been very recent.

MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov. 20, 1846.
The appears
, " of expansion exhil4ited .by this most useful annual
"e really unlimited. Published during a series of fort 3, •
eight
)5,,,,- ears in a metropolis whose dwellinr,s increase in number by an
Iff._"Y average of some 14,000, and whose commerce expam:;, in st!li
'4untesure, the " Post-office Directory" has beeomc, enormously
h._ eed in bulk, as also in the complicated ve.:,e.ty of its iodis-
• e contents The adirfatthle success ',vith which the really
ktfure difficulties of h
5,, _ le Publisher has bean 's. task has' been overcome by the inde-
C_awe need say little Prived by the experience of many years;
111.1'e than that the present volume presents
"doulolYn fiarrang,,m.mt,
„..7!
of
tokens as •
,te Vedecessors, of intelligent method and Inge-
in packing into reasonable compass, and.pro-
-2•000f, 'I 1, mint,
order, its millions of facts and references. Within
eery a'-‘4 every man may learn everything he on ht to know about
all re
of his co-dwellers in the great metropolis, their businesses,
• Well as everything necessary to facilitate him in his own. The
arid extension of our railway system, and the new postal ar-
rite
km, Ments with some continental states. have rendered necessary
404 e exten.ive additions to the sections appropriated to Conveyance
itot the Post-office. We find the information given under those heads
Nitfull and accurate as it was well posf.inle to make them,
..' work new and recen• than we should hay:, thought attainable in
Zl_tork Of _
such magnitude. Prefixed to the volume is about the best
79 or London we happen to have met with.

111143, MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846.
b",s, as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto
44,,LIT.tise_volume for 1847 carnes forth under circumstances. of still
41461 thniargeMent.
atri,,,aneoProprictor, Tho experience of 47 years has obviously en-
Mr. Frederick Kelly, to prods ce a Directory of
*Medby iOurnP'.eteness, wherein every species of fact likely to be
mss. tnerchart and the trader is placed within convenient,
.e volume contains upwards of two thousand closely -
k 9 '49 as •hinted • 43-111 octavo pages, betokening a singular amount of indus-
tarn,. 4 matter of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the
hensiveness of he machinery which could "ling within a
%icon focus so much varied and scat.ered Intel' igenee—embracing
Elatrid°ea a multiplicity of heads, and involving the services of vast
of contributors. We believe that the present volume is not
of I Matched in the whole world ; for such a mammoth aggregate
tkaral and specific information is no less a typographical wonder,
a prodigious monument of diligence and enterprise.
tori,,,,e dozen or so of separate directories are included in this huge
Dir,„—"eal---the only one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a
1111Z4nont existence—a veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian
th,:tazde over the ornamental. The "Official Directory" is key to
ii2rlole of the Government Offices, and a record of official perso-
-i trZi". This is followed by a " Street Directory," exhibiting the
,„.14V trtexl in every thoroughfare, and the points at which the streets
When zonal
by those at righrangles •' while the "Commercial and
Theri-2"al Directory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the above.
tlra ~oMes a " Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated
__ their respective callings. The " Law Directory" is a list of the
tii7liaritle'sgsueen's counsel. serjeants, barristers, attorneys. &c.
heir with a
of the various courts o law, their officers, and peen-
'dress" 41, Jurisdiction. The " Court Directory" comprises the ad-
-tory" u,°' the nobility and gentry ; and the " Parliamentary Direc-
record of the mbers of the Houses of Lords and Com-
I'vtOrnian alphabeticMe list of the boroughs, cities, and counties
Peers, tr," Members to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of
.ell''ery 0f " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and
1"" thr,,!'fery post-office in the kingdom the cities and principal
tendon; without the world to which mails are dispatched from
the rates of foreign postage ; the railway mails, and h-
civic d mails, &c. The "City Directory" registers the civic au-
Psters—, the Public companies, the brokers, the incumbents and mi-
sf churches and chapels, the newspapers, &c.; and the
lakiTivloYance Directory" includes the railway tables, the coach and
*44 .!..-_°lnces, the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking.
ettte7reurance Directories. These various heads will serve to /rid'.
avi,4l multitudinous nature of the contents ; for out of them coins
Vrnt_t9' of subordinate _directories, which meet every. conceivable.
tleoi'oresenting a curious analysis of the public and private institu-
kto the metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person
tO asZ t9llllll under his proper section, from a prime minister down
111g,lrifrs of establishment, from a palace to a lodg-
bite j,7' e• The Editor, his Preface, takes occasion to congratu-
prtt4Maelf on the many improvements he has this year introduced,
tleadl'all. flowing from the employment of " selected agents," in-
Ittera?,' the ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific
Lttentthe" ratthe
optraCns the new postage treaty with Prussia, which comes into
es
olsft of January 1847, and disturbs to a considerable
-^ molt important.l,oStage ove'r a great part of the Continent, seems

12he p,, .OkNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846.
it i.,
" -0111ce' London Directory, 1847," is just delivered.
Os.apparently limited to London, it is in reality a national
Tan 'bane of the leading towns can will be without it. It must
nryAlace to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well as to
ef business in and about the metropolis. It is an in-
alelrk of its kind; and the extent and minuteness of its
41Mit.7ai. are truly wonderful. Being prepared " nyder the im;
Los and special patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General. '
the
iTst
.and completest means were, of course, at the command
nic).._vaPnetor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the vo-
'at fc:r crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is
late ea'Y'eighth annual publication. Few commercial or trading
413,1 n now r •
equire particular description of the really important
_information, to almost every party in any sort of business,
;tin, Wirthe two thousand closely but clearly-printed octavo pages
11 ndo„ eetorY. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous map
ba;i_pre. pared expressly, It is declared, for the work by Mr.
1;7.0 eti them are divisions, comprising, among other inforrna-
e'utit, " Street," " Commercial," " Trades," " Law,"
Thai
r 4 Parliamentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance,"
...Pup JR." and many other Directories.
ati,444oPe is expressed in the preface, that this forty-eighth annual
717*.et:f,the " Post-office London Directory" may he found " in all
Clable `0 equal the best of its predecessors." From very cons!
rurtl4,lartlination of the marvellously full and varied contents and
_ on matters which it must be so difficult, laborious, and
011 IJ.to collect, we hesitate not to say that this unassuming
;711ork liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede-
;:e 1.11 several particulars it surpasses all its precursors.
iz:nl4,.._mation is not only fuller in teeny respects, but there are
.`44l,lmPertant alterations and editions, largely adding to the use-
°f the
" book.
It is intimated, and truly, that although all
1. has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous
toAerfthat
~there has been no relaxation in the multifariouslaboituriss
„,wert.,;.l.ne extraordinary work. In speaking of past success,
L'Al to ;41, mat it has been " even in a pecuniary point r,f view bene
fl-
„ut PUhlic, is proved, by the fact, that !moor' ant improve-
elFe additions are annually made without any increase of
13sa a result that, it Is declared, " could not have been the case,
!lee, Public Patronage been divided." With reference to the
cale Certainly
tO.._"e Profit-, must acknowledge that it is wonderful how it
bo,statab, ...de to provide such varied materials- and materials
,jlr no__ellanging and requiring so much and 'such ceaseless la-
Zetaloos ;'...st to procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a tre-
Vrtent • °l!kie could make the speculation answer. Among the itn-
neetcgaterations will be found those introduced into the " Postal"
°fllst •It is, iadeed,
lan, Tanen singularly full, usefal, and complete ; and
rt, .„,.....,rease the daily, it might be more truly pronounced its
naf`...‘"Tl.Par.ticularly to the merchant, the trader, or the pro-
in'irnatble '"411
changes
iiAlatllhe stew treaty with
ncaused
Avue, eo nsl
gaveacDremen, Denmark, the German States,
14411:Ahradiien' k, aiecaienhurg, Oldenburgh,Poland,Prus-
eLSaXnn;, sawnelenr'and Norway, Wurtemburgh, &c., &c., &c., those
0pe7,43.71 are detailed " Precisely as they are arranged to come into
01,*"011 on the first of Jauary, 1847." The other changes are not
(10% numerous, but all thenntelligence is announced to be brought
stlei;`a volume Period
in as late as was compatible with the appearance of
me sufficient time for general circulation, prior to the
titsn of theear for Which i t is designe d. The b u siness
are of the hig hi
hest order, and render it, of its
kind Of the work
tem, we imagine, a publication
unexampled in the world for its
Muteness, fulness, and Usefulness.

l'he present is the fort London Directory," 8172(, Nov. 18, 1846. -
ittus.auaTohee " Post in
ana-etirguhlyh annual edition of the "
marvellous effort of compilation it
Post-office
"oo,Ce Directory" has been for some years under the
wo,_:.Tnent of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of this
hove. there Were divers other directories in the field. They have,
alone eri all disappeared, and the " Peat office Directory" now rules
f
naati._ This astonishing sucessc, however, has not had the effect. o
thorou„gilte proprietor of this gigantic work careless.
units of
a man of business, not to be perfectly aware that i
anZ, of his success can only be reaped by a continuance of the same
koThog energy byHe is too
which the success was in the first instancF,
for nid z and accordingly we find t" at the " Post office DirectorY
tn 2,7 is even more highly finished in all its elaborate arrange
11111: than any former edition of the book. The extent and mi-
evl2eas of the details furnished render the work indispensable to
110:1Y,commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably,
111,0;1i/tar
ther7 r., is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that
ligi..j
~2.3 not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the
Page required to furnish the information—a marvellous
RINI ee Of clearness of arrangement in a work consisting of u
te-t.;44 f 2,000 closely but clearly printed octavo pages. Its con-
areo, arranged under various heads, as, for instance, the
bii"tial Directory," the " Street Directory," the " Commercial
liteen,!°l7," the "Trades' Directory," the " Law Directory,"
1, - Court Directory." the " Parliamentary Directory," the
biNensttal Directory," the " City Directory," the " Conveyance
llotteZ ',Y," the " Banking Directory,' and some others. Many itn-
lory.,. alterations have been introduced into the " Postal Direc-
ratio,, The new postal treaty with Prussia, which comes into ope-
ehae"h the Ist of January next, will effect very considerable
3ted Area in the rates of postage to places in the Austrian dominions,
Ilant.n Ili aria, Bremen, Denmark, the German States, liamburgh,
/tuzver, Lubeck,' llecklenburgh, Oldenburgh, Poland, Prussia,
7a. go mion and"corway, Wurtemburgh, &c., &c. These
"I—eos anon-' - - --- - --- •' ~ Directory "of the present
V01e,,, are fully detailed in the Postal
anti .:e• The work, moreover, is illustrated
...by a clearly engraved
Inoti`seettrately drawn map of London in 184,, on a scale of three
work t,O the mile. This Directory is certainly the most complete
news
'butt the
Fort ever offered to the public. Of not only the useful-
,'e_e_t _ e indispensable necc.ssity of such a work, no man of busi-
Netee'l for
d and the enormous
a moment entertain a doubt ; and, considering the corn-
einiyeee and fulness of the information furnishe ,
..—kiillr,?f time and of capital that must have beenaemuttudaebilne oprrdtueer
atto
eh the
digest the information, the very re
''''e work is published is really wonderfbl.

Itoll GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846.
Inao, 4: invaluable work, the " Post-office Directory," had just
appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infor-
4°, lat.n , which this book contains makes it not only desirable but ab-
bo., Y
--"'arY as a part of the office furniture of every man of
Ilutroyand scarcely leas
concerningdeed; for every one
professions,else, who
i3tatitte;°knevf anything the trades,
fand
.."°lt to °I the great motrepolts. In its present extended e
ittost b-rinns,bsolute curiosity ; the labour and expense which it has
inonBo It to its present state of perfection must have been im-
which
4tclC't t"tn'turning over its 2,000 pages, one hardly knows
an _
quires ~,,tl,ll ck with and admire—the excellent arrange eh
red.
siot,s,!nth tetnpilation, or the magnitude of the city w ichf
iTacie iector The classification of the various pro
tents °f "nd calllYng's in the court commercial, and law depart-
°lt "'IL on the one hand, and the arrangement of the
ihl°n 'sa Loncl°n on th other, as well as the great mass of informs-
,°,les of 11.-4 kinds connected with the Post-office, and the different
recto ntereo,
IlltinicatiOn make it altogether as complete a di-
be desired, or as' it is well possible to conceive. The
etttenro,2z.tover, contains an excellent map of London and the,
s'rrected down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar.'

WIRERLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15. 1846.
wTha
-,;`,,t'e,ighth annual publication of this highly important and
thpinst been issued ; and we must confess that its bulky
pri-"'e has surprised us not a little; and when we reflect tht Aet
relnains unaltered, although the expense of collecting h
'Kr. Kell~ateji' must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality of
4.7 'Dock evere Proprietor. In a commercial point of view, perhaps,
ell,ll, there ill
`4lltio- contained so much useful matter. Among other infor-
an " CIS tel Directory," a " Street Directory," a
!flry,4Mercial Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Dire-
„City " Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory,",,i a
Di=e tort'
rrtor-,4
a "Conveyance Directory," and a Bankng
and v„, Ya; in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting
4414);_ ordinary life, as well
al
eon, bit to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and per-
teeter2/1 trade. vr to tha gentlemen who occasionally
—very description of information has been cor-
With 143, the latest possible period : and that information is arranged
%Iv" clearness and simplicity which must have involved great cc-
e2ceue°: Mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an
t4b,,, the 11Y. engraved map of London,more extended and accurate as
tlete a suburbs, than any map we have seen ; and to make it as corn-
.lreeto'refe4ence as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal
neat thick there are the new rates with various parts of the Conti-
ether %tell will come into operation on the let of January. Alto-
not sq new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we are
au the ed that other directories should have gone to the tomb of
,

JOHN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846.
Priltooißr annual leviathan is already completed and published ; but as
Aks, h hat the rapidity with which it must have passed through the
tlet, tb" not operated against its careful accuracy, we may men-
or str.!,itt the changes rendered necessary by the very recent decease
tl'?' 1669 :„I'v,,art • M.M, for Renfrewshire, are duly attended to. (See
,°llOf 0,-,."" 1676.) We have 'o frequently expressed our approba-
Alr thin most valuable work, that we hardly know how to vary
r,equir„,,Tendation. It contains everything which can possibly be
qadet-la im a directory --so full, 5,..s complete, so comprehensive are all
fterv44:* And when to this we add the extreme accuracy which.
" bra; -"el? department, we know not what else can be said in
0441,-;se• The machinery by which such voluminous information is
Itatifr
el. arranged, and superintended so as to avoid errors, must of
"long the " curiosities" of modern literature.

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A. b,),.. ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846.
Woukt '‘.)^ or this kind, brought out even without much pretension,er.
thllilt,,, uu indispensable to every gentleman's library, every
mthis
is, •,,,it' eoUnting house, and every trader's shop. But edited,
irk, tu the utmost care, its materials being collected through he
ennatie channels, and embracing in its range every Lea o
ll,,trina\itha commercial intent fence essential to the complet, ness of
Avliiti:':^rk, we cannot suppose that any house, public or private,
dicks v',..l._i afford a book of reference, will be without this compen•
1.103,,,,,,v0tu1e• The arrangement is admirable. You can find 'any
11,,,teq want in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete
4 1a,,, urt, trades, streets, offices, hotels ; forming, upon the whole,
rirify,72, of local information sueh as could not be brought together
-4v,tizeiaireerdiam industry, assisted' by an entire command of all