The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-07 00:00:00

lianchester, Jan. 29, 1846

By order of the Council,
JOSEPH HICKIN, Secretary

ENROLMEN7t.' OF THE MILITIA.
444 Friends of Peace throughout the country are earnestly
TRA,e'&7,t° forward PETITIONS AGAINST the ENROLLLNU and
of the MILITIA FORCES, without delay.
reP.IY of the Secretaryuesday at War
February 3. to Mr. T. S. Duncombe's
.Y, ut the Newspapers of T,
JOYIN JEFFERiON, Secretary to the London
Peace Society.

birettd-street February 5, 1846.
U• °UNTY of DUR.IIAM AGRICULTUItAL
At a pa_ PROTECTION SOCIETY.
'lttkry ~71,111 g of the Committee, held at Durham on Saturday,
mossy 1846, the following resolutions were passed utiant-
.,l.
th-e"...,uis Committee views with inexpressible. surprise and
tabled b„,`:.lllluero,al policy of her Majesty's Government, as ex-
•ulietionJoi?!-F
.R. Peel, believing it to .be pregnant either with the de -
p_4ll tineabonrnish agriculture, or with the reduction of the wag.es
-.an,..,unng classes in this country to the level of those paid in
Nit% a Europe, and in either case likely to produce an meal-
2, qnt ot'individual misery and national degradation.
protecting
is unjust and inequitable to maintain as a general rune a
,Niillgt."...lstY of 10 per cent. ad valorem in favour of manufacturers,
r au article upon which a very large amount of manual
‘B4laStfor .been expended, is to be entirely deprived of protection
competition.
liredu.,';!,t It i.
blitht,443,,?f ou-r- unjusts and inequitable with a free trade in all the
that the maintenance of the Clergy of the Esta
_Act, Th•-acto ..f_surch, according to the principles of the Tithe Commutation
fall entirely upon the land, and that merchants, inanu
commercial, and monied classes of every description,
.whilst.
ht nand with the agricultural classes the benefit of religious
—"Lutig to
consolation, should be entirely exempted from con-
0. Tha t 3.it3 cost.
rteßap tbat eishefloprletshse honour and common good of the nation at
tatntnizt the tn poor should be supported and protected from
—Wnship roads and county bridges, and other eounty
iseq,„"._°uld be repaired and maintained, and that it is unjust
-bested that the rich commerdal and monied classes,
ii,,..—tkrested hi these matters with the agricultural classes,
almost the entire weight of these burdens on the
,rl,e land ; that a merchant or manufacturer, possessingf
to We
for ll pleasure, and numerous waggons and teams. o
'Le commerce h uld I contribute a rae in proportioln
ak, rent °Nip brm o y
a,_"4l:l4bie —dings he may happen to occupy theating scarcely
• --.atub,,„, A'oPortioia to his capital and profits, whilst a arm
1,-".b.*.g:'..every acre he occupies, and thus in practice pays. .a
*l4rge Proportion to the whole capital employed in his
b. That
• 90vern„,thi3 ComMittee regards any step to be taken by the pre-
,* 4at and its usual supporters in the House of Commons
scheme the force of law, without an appeal to
Me/1 tb..be an act of
their -"`Likt , " 411- +Oita those genic
pro t.LtuppanTri elected Members of Parliament under pledges to
tritlT'uon e.xpressed or impli.ed, foreign aintain the principle of
oat uative industry against competition, enniuniste,
`4 the rio;lelees dishonesty and a gross breach of trust, maKe
°Ppost:* given to them in support of public measures in di-
-1-41 to those in favour of which they so pledged them-

A°S
'""k.PICE LONDON DIRECTORY
thTlie for 1846.
114„.11(nirnt,,_e°P, Y of the work has been but a few days issued, and
"Joara,Z;fLawit have already appeared ill the leading metropo-
, This SUN, December 27, 1845.
,kith, ^ark
0, ersdi, has now reached the forty-seventh annual edition, and
Mon,. of Mr. Kelly, the proprietor, who has spared no expense
1,1'4415, 70,:rn the compilation,.- keeps progress' with the timeE, and
s,s4„_°' taken than any similar publication, the great changes which
,Pearatice— "'ace, not only in our trade and commerce, but in the
° far ui ~.and extent of this vast metropolis. No other nation
rattly' ry ,u Materials for such a work, and to these is the compiler
nu, 01a...."ebted for such a mass of useful information, useful, not to
L. 7", th-7°111.Y, but to the whole community. There is not one
'olaniunity to which some of the directions are not ab-
as, easy
et eas. It extends to 2 074 pages, printed in a close, but
kr
as aowld
type, and is accompanied by a beautiful, minute, and
411 the street; have had an opportunity of judging, . a
.correct map of
t..rlibe Work of London, with the names of each distinctly marked.t
exto,,,'°ea great credit to Mr. Kelly, and we have no. doub et.t.
Zulth it 'co`nt Wanner in which it is prepared, and the intormatioa
sateeen:eYs, will insure for it universal approbation and com-

Chet is ..,,
ill.); necessary GLOM Jan 17 1846.
to say ofllits established work, that it sustains
, e fc.,,, eputation for accuracy and comprehensiveness which
44 fa, " YOluine,,
;pi t-, to ~ in Mr. Kelly's hands, at once obtained for it.
;ale v.l ". London residents this annual has been an indispens-
"(led: '4'le. In the present year several improvements have been

This TIMES, January 9, 1846.
'urr"`alne unlike many others as it increases in bulk, increases
lvaltlaqadently ix value • thus ey'ery succeeding edition is more
aforma7,,lllan its predeces'sors, and the book of 1846 contains more
*::sas,,p_Zetah,all the book of 1845. The volume for the current
t° :'"aus anything of a similar kind that has ever been offered
a guide-book to the names, occupations, professions,
Landtbltations of the hundreds of thousands of the inhabitants of
seh,„4", er that has ever yet been issued from the press. In it,
le, if he b,.. " local habitation and a name" is noted down—that
deeper a housekeeper. an office-keeper, or the proprietor or
,allitat °of,. anYthing beyond a furnished lodging or the humble oc-
:Jireetorc., za attic. There is an " Official Directory," a " Street
eart?,. " Trades' Directory," a " Law Directory,"
.a
reqo
• a " Parliamentary Directory," a " Postal DI-
" P rY' I " City D' t " "Conveyance Directory," a
Directory," ory, a
b,ithy tys",! Directory," and a mass of other matter, explanatory of
be re,„,'"gs Which are nece-sary to be known, and which are net to
This ,-.u.cullected together and easily accessible in any other volume.
eltab3DL'Gty3the 47th annual publication of the work, whieh is now
multi-
in Public estimation, for the accuracy anfdor
evueltiY7
day, Its intelligence, requisite for every class
on the
commorT,
„,,,tionia.it to be without jt is almost an imputation
torn, all Persons connected with the traciciof °London or the
04 business of life.

,December 27, 1845.
This
IDDIINING
HERALD f which has just reached us,
Maps excellent work, the 47th edition c!
Pace p__, with the commercial requirements of the times.
PToheet
Pat Office Directory" t a remarkable contrast.
4"..taeo.Directory" for the coming year presen
tep it Was confined to a
very conveniently
L'lrtele of two or three miles, and might have been put . .
meagre list of names, comprised within a
oue,.
hundreds oc;at Pocket. Year after yea
a 4 various and valuable stores of infro columns ;an ts
innt haatsioinnctroeaitseedeolln size,
Pages have grown into thousands, and it now embraces
The Metropolis and its suburbs, from north to south, east and west,
:tamprises within its voluminous pages of information (new
ely indispensable to the merchant and tradesman) an
Alaciai Directory," a " Street Directory," a " Commercial
pirectors," a
.:rizfiefelarZeacrtorDy,eaeto.,ryLr Directory," a "Court Ift°ll.ett:WT:l; Ira Directory," a " Coaveyance Direact::rPyo'
Directory,"
and a variety of other copious 1' a of informat'on,
the mere transcription of which would occupy's considerable time.
t aal T rße
along "
Its list of " Provincial Inns" extends over 31 of three columns
sack ; its " Post (Ace London Official Directory"pages over 48 pages,
twenty-eight of which are of four and twenty of two columns each ;
its "Street Directory" 472 pages of th-ee columns each ; its
"Commercial and Professional Directory" 504 pages of two colnns
!Law its " Trade Directory " 623 pages of three columns each ;nits
Directory " 64 pages ; " Court Directory " 110 pages ;
:arliarnentary Directory " 36 pages ; " Postal Directory " (most
Oneaborately compiled) 67 pages, &c. This portion of the work has
Much enlarged and improved. It now supplies us with the
ftc`nr of delivery of the London letters at each town and village in
il'oatnited Kingdom at which there is a Post-office or Receiving-
..,. and the time at which the letter-box for London closes at
weT-O Place ; also the distance of each from the post town through
„Teti the London letters are transmitted. We also observe that the
tl:I'le Map of London, which has for some years past accompanied
tl;:—.."lunle, and which has been frequently much improved, is ren -
(.t still more valuable in the present edition. The names of each
stitTeei t aro most distinctly printed, and we hesitate not to state. that
Inall oat ot the best Maps of London extant. The Work is printed
commend
Cear bold type• We can scarcely think it requires special re-
ire7ncodation, for 'no man who really has business to transact can
" do without it.

Tpt MORNING CHRONICLE, Jan. 17, IS4I.
*ork d-"nual Volume just published of this laborious and valuable
ser,,,,,ellerves the same ineed of approbation which has been so de-
ude;l-11' bestowed upon its predecessors. In mere size, it is con-
k.", into larger than any of them, not only by the introduction of
rtnatio*, but in consequence of the yearly growth of the me-
ieteoP, to the avoc ationa and whereabouts of whose inhabitants it is
letii,"4l to
e form the " directory." The enormous multitude of facts
Tielini„,ft condensed in the bulky volume before us is really over-
firelie,• Yet they are not more than are requisite to make the
nest our overgrown city duly acquainted with one another s
,erte,-nlld residences. The facts are presented in the same available
fore4ir.su with the same attention to accuracy and recentness ot it "'I Which characterise the volume for 1845, and rendered it a
dit- "Perfeeti
on as a directory. We observe some. useful ad-
"`ctioi, 'oe conten of he pesen publicaion, especial in the
l'ketein d "Med to the I'ost-toMcer arrant gements t,
which are so rapidly
tiew ~.ng extended and complicated under the double impulse of
--"ways and the penny postage.
MORNING ADVERTISER, Dec. 24, 145.
saineal '''ork, published by Kelly and Co., which hasB now made its
Ibittieh,Pearance for forty-seven years, is decidedly one of the most
major crkg of the day. It contains an immense amount of info,
tht the greatest importance to all in any way connected with
12,1 tbttrolis
It comprises among other information, an " Official
11:1%trY„ ..„" a " Stieet Directory," a " Commercial Directory," a
-Directory," a " Law Directory," a "Court Directory," a
tops „Ittinentary Directory," a " City Directory,' a Postal Direc-
t/04 l''
..,'Conveyance Directory," and a " Bank Direoctoryti.'o'nUnde-r
illt'2 attributesolls divisionsof accuracy and will be found
completenessmassesof. i nfa
The am olicnotmo f
tte,ttuestowed on the compilation of this work must necessarily
very great, and nothing but a liberal in tronage
.fromthe
Qlild remunerate the enterprising proprietors for their outlay
iettur' The " Post-office London Directory" Is singularly cheap,
• ex._ nt the n
detml.ends to no fewer than
nature and quantity of the information it contains.
2,000 large closely-printed pages, in
the iti4 treble columns. All things considered, we look upon it
°letl,est, as assuredly it is pre most valuable and useful,
3' excellent
liteualitan°yringwithaich emanates from the ps of England. The map
aPillapresriteoctus to be much improved ; it is certainly
et NI col°4 WEEKLY DISPATCH, Dec. 28, 1845.
th% rei4
eaipttl of te the great metropolis is a striking
British perseverance properly directed, andillustration British
Itrtcl? plit'.7 employed. Fir many years the French
thieurl "Alofth, 7 Thousand Addresses" was considered one of the
aptly ; but the Messrs. Kelly have achieved a work
so;."„% vej„liptly termed a wonder upon wonders. Larg.e
."5, ju-r4ine":" be, the mass of information contained in it is
i'',eree,eneet and
every department is arranged with so much
to ',-,101 accurate discrimination, that the business of
Ofe,;,',whe,e pages is as plain and simple as to a dictionary or
t." PoliaL." i• 8t scheme is alphabetical. We have, in this volume,
bi.an'intarel!t•" " Commercial," " Trades' " " Law," " Court,"
4-eform-tetoteeel; -" Postal," " City," " Conveyance." and " liank-
*llloi4tlon eo • Ent these heads only comprise a portion of the
lewi on
IA niained in the work. There are other departments
lage:g uateeetf°furnd invaluable to the commercial public. The fol.
Inott tP°).„,sstasedb2m„ the preface should be quoted :—" The advan-
gtvo„:"Dortan, we proprietor are of no ordinary character ; the
Itt,:" Of h " uulng the means placed at his disposal through the
er.e,rrierser Majesty's Postmaster-General. The General Post
'e. "re , under the direction of his Lordship, collect, each in
14(4!t_ti strict, the •
re esto,,. information from which th.• volume is compiled.
Dre,,," be cnazty In Itch a book, the collection of the information
tuee-4 bY the f"'"'esos ; and hew coletely letter-carriersthi is effected, is
•Do,ty.toor
lioact that al intelligent performs within
add e ufs all the duties annually required of him for the
e 1 tan f the p
Yre Qom ost Office London Directory." We need. not
*aid bwilniundatien of this work ; its reputation is established

,This "n
- lIRITAN'IIIA, December 27, 1845.
:gite annual continues to keep P
000 clo sely-
litistZt hey move. It now numbers upwards of 2,0
judiciously
titallaelataa, this immense mass of matter being
s out with-
ace with tho times,
oUt the land arranged that any item of it can he picked
From the con-
ilor, of
of a minute expended in the search.
tolleet hiv the Proprietor with the Post-offl. ce,
and (a great
44vatit.,.. ‘'nforrnation from the most authentic sou7es,.
has been
ram, e) to combine it simultaneously. Some objection. .
he is enabled to
1%. to tlie
the Post-
-.,,e,„ letter-carriers being employed for this service , but,
*filer'ent of all other considerations, it is certain that
both
from
littereiti,t he greatly advantaged by the puhlicatiokn,
as a guide,
kid t.oujit,ty directed more accurately, with thisb
11Z" t• TIT alwaYs being at hand. ready. for reference
eeososoraitndciaaspelasyosf,
e th._ volume has all the merits of its re e i
a work of
referi:``'ii the utmost care in every department; and Ss . i
e% ingeo for the merchant, trader, or any person engaged in bus •
reih,rkLodon, leaves nothing to, be desired. It is one of the miotastl
beliit
eftble examples of great industry, intelligence, and cfaapeni-
-14.,,t1 ttlreaaafully employed in the production of a work for.
that lb.. oPtrations of business and extending trading intercourse,
Of it
Iktiact, ii'l:Ee. fertile as it is hi ingenious inventions, affords.
wought as near perfection as it seems possible for any work to be
8
_JOHN' BULL, January 10, 1846.
ueerits of se often had to bear our testimony to the extraordinary
K I._. . this Most laborious compilation, its fulness and accuracy
ea
'"Wlnati • • '
li_lid hb,,,..„_ alk and its consequent value to every one who "
Ito e... 7., and has his being" in London, that all we need now iv
do,
144
~..ale, that, exeellent as were the preceding volumes, this one
vloes`;_tt.. ed various improvements, which add largely to that pre-
eorre,""nelleY• It is a work of immense care and labour, and of
P('nding utility.
thath, f RAILWAY HERALD, Jan. 184 G.
isthe feature of the " Post-office Directory "to men of business
referred
.ty cannot do without it—it is indispensable, thumbed over,
ti....`_' daY by day, and week by week—a counting-house, in
5t..4
_Kies of letter-sending, could do almost as well without an ink-
le-31,44 without a "Directory." We have made a great many trials
lhat,s7e,,,t Parts of the work,
exercising a careful scrutiny, and in no
...LC, aaa it suffered under the test.
It to ~..
8. RAILWAY EXPRESS, Jan. 1845.
or eapro''''reel, possible for any work to be more correct than this,
glelleeit,._arefullY compiled in all its laborious detail. It would he
'''' nitti a more comprehensive or more useful work than this
bly
iete,Zi
ss mirranged exhibition of this vast city. The typographical
ilkie ve,l,,° SA cernplete as becomes the well-deserved popularity of
&ad ,04-Zull
.Itls needless to say more than that the book is known
l'gcl bY sverY miku of business in London.