The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-09 00:00:00

By order of the Council,
JOSEPH HICEIN, Seeretary

kinthester, Jan. 29, 1846.

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41, ItAl MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be
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Ott n WaroNERDAY, the 25th of February instant, at Twelve for
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Ateetinz reopened until after the said Half-Yearly General
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Nam ~, order, N. ARMSTRONG, sec.
Railway-Office, 449, West Strand, London,
February 4, 1846.

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.
vo, •
er•XT P G
n-ICSION OF TIME FOR RECEIVING} TENDERS
*oti,;-'-1 ,_RACTS FOR WORKS.
liailwe is hereby given that the Directors of the South Wales
15146 neompany will receive, en WEDNESDAY, the 11th of March,
et,cl;:" -twelve o'Clock, at their Office, No. 449, West Strand, London,.
trot for the execution of the three several contracts, extending
or,fe river ougher, through Swansea to Neath, being a distance
Of :"Ut fourteen miles, and comprising tunnels and a large amount
bouri,arth work ; li.evrise of several contracts in the neiFh-
'ncki of Newport, comprehending also a tunnel and other im-
tp;,,ant Works. Drawings and specifications may be seen at the re-
kti \*e Offices of the resident Engineers at Swansea and at New-
at thend printed forms of tender may be had at the same places, or
•,,‘Company's office in London.
,•rie ' •
lowe_ bree• ors will not consider themselves bound to accept the
Of the or 0! any tender. They request the parties to attend at the office
11th. 48 +6 (),Tillany in London at two o'clock on Wednesday, March
mouth w By order, N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary.
a.% Railway Office, 449, West Strand,
February 4, 1846.

POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY
~aThc earliest for 11146.
copy of the work has been but a few days issued, and
litan !"'"alit reviews have al read appeared in the leading metropo-
Mirnals:—

tile to the w SUN, December 27, 1845.
es. o!'k has now reached the forty-seventh annual edition, and
on a,..„ Of Mr. Kelly, the proprietor, who has
.spared no exep d
thar,l'or in the compilation, keeps progress with the time.
hainh
104:1.rnore than any similar publication, the great changes w
the
quelei f""'ee and extent of this vast metropolis. No other nation
Part urnish Materials for such a work, and to these is the compiler
a 4;
el!idebted tor such a mass of useful information, useful, not to
base ,„taues only, but to the whole community. There is not one
al
farand bold type, teiut.T, the cOMMUility to which some of the directions are not ab-
lear 7 06eessarY. It extends to 2,074 pages, printed in a close, but
e, and is accompaied by a beautiful, minute, and
ell the " we have had an opportnaity of judging, a correct map of
he
we sttreets of London, with the names of each distinctly marked.t
the t.l°,e, does great credit to Mr. Kelly, and we have no doubt tba
'l'Aelt it "ent manner in which it is prepared, and the information
Piet, eculYeYs, will insure for it aniversal approbation and com-
luccess.

„ Ith e„, GLOBE, Jan. 17, 1346.
tthe nt Y necessary to say of this established work, that it sustains
former eputation fer accuracy and comprehensiveness which
ra44volurnes, in Mr. Kelly's hands, at once obtair:.ed.fer it.
4ble el London residents this annual has been an inclispens-
ikki lie• Iu the present year several improvements have been

1111, 'el TIMES, January 9, 1846.
,orra,„„...,iinli unlike many others, as it increases in bulk, increases
'N46:fluently in 'aloe ;
int,- than its thus every succeeding editucn is more
; Predecessors and the book of 1846 contains more
year."lsuart.on than the book of, 1845. The volume for the current
le tha,2,4s stes anything of a similar kind that has ever been offered
51,4 ~..7..‘ilits as
-.a guide-book to the names,- occupations, professions,
tato!_bitations of the hundreds of thousands.of the inhabitants of
)ch,;:r. sr that has ever yet been issued from the press. Li it,
i„, "yer ha, a c
If he s, -` locathabitation and a name" is noted down—that
AN),
ot.)e a housekeeper. an office-keeper, or the proprietor or
e,4liiant f anYthi g beyond a ihruished lodging or the humble oc
uirixte.°,, an attic. There is an " Official Director} ," a Street
I.eeti,r,,, 'rectory,"
' Conn/ " Trades' Directory," a " Law Directory,"
.a
a " Parliamentary Directory," a " Postalpi-
' A...! a " City Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," a
m 4.. inc, ~_
~_"Y /IC ',rectory," an
necessary mss of other matter, explanatory of
oefftaci ti.gs which are
This i, ,I4Aleeted together and easily accessible in any other volume.
esiablith 0 471 h annual publication of the work, whieh is now so fully
Dlicliy °
AI in public estimation, for the accuracy and multi-
cbiy. t,_. its intelligence, requisite for every class and tor every
sense :-17t to be without it is almost an imputation on the common
tottnnaa all Persons
of life connected with thetrade of London or the
Pe
.

This 11ORNING 'HERALD, December 27,
ket excellent work, the 47th edition of which balsBj4iesltirineaecsh
reached
aTushe
„O
Nt Lite with the commercial requirements f t
inoce and the " Post
Ale, riTee Directory" of some twelve Y
Then it leett ory" for the coming year
comprised within a
presentaaiirsieass,remnrkahle contrast.
tiro.. „as confined to a 'meagre list of
been put very conveniently
Rio ~.1 two or three miles, and might have
Ltdiles',4l "t Pocket. Year after year it has
inc
its columns • its
14.4red‘ri°" and valuable stores ot information to .
• r used in rze, and
%la— ' ''t pages have grown into thousands, and it now embraces'
am Poke and its suburbs, from north to south, east and west,
411,41.-"tin,PriBe‘ within its voluminous pages of information (now
01ZetliY indisPensable to the merchant and tradesman) an
risrt,e4.
,pirectory," a "street Directe7," a
,"Commercial
131cset°,,',, a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Directory," a ' Cour,t,
4 " Chi'n'es "Pit,liamentary Directory," a " Postal D„irectokry,
iiirui‘ieto,...... 71
..Y, a " Conveyance Directory," a 13"
t ilonng
...0. ;
it, „
Post Office
Inns"
the mer 4 tr.i.Z4 & variety of ether copious lists of. information,
Its list of .. pr0,,71,"?.'"'. or which would occupy considerable time.
twenty-eight of extends over 31 pages of three columns
,_ mee London Official Directory" over 48 pages,
itA .. s wnich are of four and twenty of two columns each ;
re ht
Direct°,
" Cotoraereial -' 472 pages of th-ee columns each; its
each , itit , T and Pfesial Directory " 504 pages of two colnmns
%talli,orraielentary
`14,„ w Dir de Directory" 623 pages of three columns each ; its.
' r liam ectrnl " 64 Pag' es ; "Court Directory " 110 pages ,
Drectory "36 pages Postal Directory " (mhost
bee', " mociTe°MPiled) 67 Pages, &c. This portion of the work
tire
,Loar Of
_,,-n‘axged and improved. It now supplies us with.
is
th, flirwrery of the London letters at each town and villa.,,e
11°,1se, ed
Kingdom at which there i a Post-office or Receiving-
-401
hia,s.nd.th_, time at which the letter-box for London closes at
which .L7O the distance of each from the post town through
valuable letters are transmitted. We also observe that the
the ~,71`,721aP of London, which has for some years past accompaniend.
(lereas=e, and which has been frequently much improved, is re
str". u'L More valuable in the present edition. The names of each it is ' are most distinctly printed, and we hesitate not to state that
ill A ',11.14 °t the test Maps of London extant. The Work is printed
ectorn;tt'tt‘i b?id type. We can scarcely think it requires special ren-
l'Ell 43 tlon, for no man who really has business to transact ca
Without it.

Tile is UORNING CHRONICLE, Jan. 17, lea ;l.
W,..,.k. (tunnel volume just published of this laborious and *valuable
4reedi, trues the same meed of approbation which has been so de-
to, t
,37 larger
siderabf bestowed upon its predecessors. In mere size, it is con-
than any of them, not only by the introduction of
treDsiterrnation, but in consequence of the yearly growth of the me-
,_3l-netele;at,_",he avocations and whereabouts of whose inhabitants it is
',tie, ._ .. form the " directory." The enormous multitude of facts
Wilehilrn's condensed in the bulky volume before us. is really over-
,dweli„,..l , Yet they are not more than are requisite to make the
e our overgrown city duly acquainted with one another's
lorm,7Auld residences. The facts are presented in the same available
for,,,s;i.a With the same attention to accuracy and recentness of in-
ratidc 41 which characterise the volume for 1845, and rendered it a
Ilitions",,l2erfection as a directory. We observe some useful ad-
'eeti 04 ~ the contents of the present publication, especially in the
eace,,,i "troted to the Post-ofllce arrangements, which are so rapidly
eavt ralig extended and complicated under the double impulse of
wan and the penny postage.
This s_. MORNING ADVERTISETI, Dec. 24, 1845.
%be., work, published by Kelly and Co., which has now made its
tlaeht;''_ePPearance for forty-seven y ears, is decidedly one of the most
litiialo' works of the day. It contains an immense amount of infor-
the : ef the
. greatest importance to all in any way connected w th
bisect,. 1/4.t0P01113. It comprises among other information, an " Official
es'
a " Sty eat Directory," a "CommercialDirectory,:, a
4 Pam.' birectorv," a " Law Directory," a "Court" Directory, a
tery,,, ;,Teantary Directory," a " Citva
Directory,"lan 1 iirectPoorsvt?! Vnrgect:
1,
_.'eße, ; " Cony eyance Directory,'
'lair, 'Mons divisions will be and Directory,"
masses of information, cora-
-1 1 the attributes of accuracy and. completeness. The amount of
hsiv ' stowed on the compilation of this work must e
b,,,., age from the
4'ataie - very great, and nothing but a liberal pt tron
tPory" is singularly cheap,
km iatZhild remunerate the enterprislug.pro proprietors for their outlay
'kilts, 14,rr• The " Post-office London Diii
It
daub..
rig the nature and quantity of t
pages, in
cletthi"da to no fewer than 2,000 large closely-printed
reecinformation it contains.
wit raid treble columns. All things considered, we look upon it
teatt:i „..cheaDest, as agsuredly it is the most valuable and useful,
-.mom, -°IIE, which emanates from the press of England. The map
1114113,- ~,I it appears to us to be mach improved ;it is certainly
cellent and perfect.
This , WEEKLY DISPATCH Dec, 28, 1845.
et the ge'easal guide to the great metropolis is a striking illustration
ekpitki7sults of British perseverance properly direct Frenchr"t
-,,14e, aekueTeu3l7 employed. For many years th Al-
."Mers of., 'tY Thousand Addresses" was considered one of the
Nwhieh ~a ule world ; bat the NI ' Kell have achieved a work
tlaeugh tine 14 aptly te ' enrs' ' y
care
~,,,,h, rated a wonder upon wonders.. Large
~,,,e yro,t,,,i,E me be, the mass of information contained in it is
reterelle'aent ',:'„*A6 "erY department is arranged with so much
leme,,,,cs to ity'D'ittz`,, accurate discrimination, that the business of
" Ofticiai'7,ll'" tell: IS " *lain and simple as to a dictionary or
. pull , " titrey j:'
els,„alphahetical. We have, in this 'volume,
leg D• anlentar7," 4 ---Terciai " " Trades" " Law." " Court,-
tko 'roctories." )3Cit;s " " Conveyance,"Bank-
rrnation tit thee h
will °Attained i 4 cads Only comprise a portion of the
iirmi will be found 4 "" Work. There are other departments
iftsi:g extract fro Atraluable to the commercial public. The fol-
let of her
',lost D°"esBea tom
mtbthe Preface should be quoted :—" The advan-
Portant bei `e ProPrietor are of no ordinary character ;
Ler'earriers, tincje!.
r4vourirn
iNti:lg the means placed at his disposal through the
estre .
' estmastCr-General. The General Fast
ZoWn. district, the the direction of kis Lordship, collect, each in
anew., ae,....__ e information from which the volume is compiled.
",..2111db,i ,i,Z7acY in mach a book, the collection of the information
meent, I the fact th
r,tvd h_ ,;-,,,ttaneetis
yti
, •,11u how completely this is effected, m
- ,our hours at aa intelligent letter-carrier performs within
$l4 f nithrue Post Ome.
all the duties annually required of him for the
London Directory." We need not
bud asis. endation of this work ; its reputation is established

find ....._ BRITA/111A, December 27, 1845.
with the times,
- ''."eritil annual continues to keep Pace
closely-
print:: they jr_ovo. It novr numbers upwards of
titasiri-lagea, this immense mass of matter being
I ksedo judiciously
wiout i.;',,liand min that any item of it can be P-e----
2'o°G
the con-
hezio:'
ofz_iss of a ute expended in the search. From
tone:: , .re the Proprietor h the Post-office, he is enabled to
(agreat
ariv::, al information from the most authentic sources, and
~...
-:?get) to combine it simultaneously. Some objection.has. but
14,4,2.1tenhe letter-carriers being employed for this service ,_toij,
itze.",,q tof all other considerations, it is certain that the r
mt-
lettersni2t be grey advantaged by the publication, both fr.•
rum
bum directed more accurately, with this book as a guide,
4loxii;'.uni its alvrays being at hand ready for reference in cases
,of
lief
t.,_ The volume has all the merits of its predecessors ; disPia3a,_
the utraost care in every departent ; and as a
bust
-t
neus i:',,,,,• for the merchant trader, or any person engaged in i
retuar'LL,O.ndon, leaves nothing to be desired. It is one of the most
behlt '''ls °le examples of great industry, t intelligence, and capital
tatit, ,reeasfhlly employed in the production of a work for faci 1-
m0%84 th`o . 00erations of business and extending trading Interoourse,
d, it iate, fertile as it is in ingenious inventions, affords. Of its
tight:s Ra near perfection as it seems possible for any work to be

ralre have JOllic BULL, January 10, 1546.
erit, ve do often had to bear our testimony to the extraordinary
.ot , °T. this most laborious compilation, its ftilness and aCCUTSCT
kad ?„°,,tr44tlon• and its consequent value to every one who " lives,
L t, state
and has his being" in London, that all we need now do
has ~,._,40 that, excellent as were the preceding
re-
,tious-"red various improvements, which add largely to that P _
tOt 'le6lleneY• It is a work of immense oars and labour, and of
volumes, this one
uty.
'rho chic,- RAILWAY'HERALD, Jan. 1546.
cl-, that
the? eahne of the " Post-office Directory" to men of business
themercitri.,, cannot do without it—it is indispensable, thumbed over,
u t°, day by day, and week by week—a counting-house., in
p.a._ rnes of letter-sending could do almost as well without an mk-
t Id, without a " DirectOry." We have made a great many trials
-'ucrent Parts of the work, exercising a careful scrutiny, and in 1
eehas it suffered under the test.
It is lear , RAILWAY EXPRESS, Jan. 1846.
or nicre cely Possible for any work to be more correct than this,
411111lut ZtrefullY compiled in all its laborious detail. It would be
Mllkirably ftnil a mote comprehensive or more useful work than this
ax,,i.,,,, :0-ranged exhibition of this vast city. The typographical.
the ~,I,in Is as complete as becomes the well-deserved popularity of
suzit ~„,File• It is needless to say more than that the book is known
-•,,otllteci by %ray roan of business iu London. ----....,,....__