The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-09 00:00:00

TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846.
417.....'`LY-oighth annualpublication of this work—the volume for
hDi~oct-"r issued. It is Pa
wonderfully different affair from the old
•Plthetp which used to consist of little or nothing more than the
?tl4, a ?;t1 list of tradesmen • it comprises now, and has for some
ttlory Street Directory," " Trades' Directory," a " Court. Di-
'a " Postal Directry," a " Conveyance Directory," with a
.er,,,,other little digests. The volume appears to have been very
It, reyis
Postai eel, and supplies the latest information. Of conrs
Itll Dol,:reatY with Prussia has not been overlooked; and in
" a whil,the work seems to bear the test of a search into mat-
e" Changes have been very recent.

Ice :MORNING CHRONICLE, Nev. 20, 1846.
ell'tl3,al3ePaPWpie'srBrsoreaf eifyPansieni exhibited by this most useful annual
unlimited. Published during a seriesbeorf foyrtnyt-i
3i sarly'„a:' in a Metropolis whose dwellings increase in num b
Net ,--'erage of some 14,000, and whose commerce expands in still
enhance-"ltsure, the "Post-office Directory"enormously
has
become
its indis-
_ able4 IA balks 85 also in the complicated variety
of
he really
I;ttiorilou contents. The admirable success with whiebh t
titizai,des Ilifificulties of his task has been overcome the bide-
t(' ~,„ Publisher has been proved by the experience oflumymaeny years;
the ".Peed say little more than that the
.present vto presents
ilit::•,c tokens " its
lotiti, arratigmen, ._
p,redecessors, of intelligent me hod
sanadndinpgre.e.
4 ni packing into reasonable compas ,
2001) fil lucid order its millions of facts and referenceks. Within
't'erllioaaes every Man.,may learn everything he ought to now about
4, leei;te or his coklwellers in the great metropfiats,. theirbusinesses,
'4l• rapid 4 ererYthing necessary to facilitate him in his own. Th
tthget extension of our railway system, and renderedpeeiess naryr-
krhe ,eats Isith some continental states, have n
sotth:,,nxive additions to the sections appropriated to Conveyance
, iii,", rost-office W accuratehe information given under those hes s
;'4lllO-3- as full and as it was well possible to make tilleit
Lwo Ito,new and recent than we should have thought attainable
beesi t
-(l)tori,„stt,clx Magnitude. Prefixed to the volume is about th
"4011 we happen to have met with.
E._lllltv ...._ MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846.
ili, ti". Lae Proportions of this indispensable work have hithertos
Arte,, c volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstance? ofl
en.
41" let tbe,,4largettient. The experience of 47 years has ortrioeuetsoyry
of
I,l:triesii;dProPrietor Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce
s'itted b cemPleteness, wherein every species of facat likely to be
trta 3- the merchant and the trader is placed within convenient
es.
plbe N:0111me _contains upwarda of two thousand closely-
rl
Ets ..eSal octavo pages, betokening a singular amountof
nint.dtTe-
eolpreltuatter of compilation, and awakening astonishment
r'''hfrionue:lxiveness of the machinery which could bring within a
r4tit doe.- 'ltts m much varied and scattered intelligence—embracing
oak - a Multi
tom is ri or Plicity of heads, and involving the services of. vast
Of rkurtlatebecteenitfin, htttors. We believe that the present volume is not
the _whole world for such a mammiliotehalae•gregate
lbak a Dratirt sPecifle information is no less a typograp 'wonder,
ileittte decioZtetta monument of diligence and enterprise.
Pe vies; -`4l ergo' f separate directories are included in this huge
-.1"loan--the 0 1 ° ,it seems of the annual tribe destined to a
1114101)1eilot,eistericey o—hae veritable' triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian
"Official Directory" is a key to
ha e,,\tit'le oPrtitihe Ornamental. The
nd a recor
11.4 -• Thi.
,tie 9overnment Offices, d of official perso-
sr, Nile, . I followed by a " Street t Directory " exhibiting the
Pr [terse every thoroughfare, and the points at Which the
.streets
lia t'sosio,., ed by those at right"angles ; while tlie " Commercial and
lisle: tonj'el Pljectory" is an alphabetical:arrangement of the above.
itki their 4 • Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated
ts.g4, n reePective callings. The " Law Directory 'is a list
with
41,4,10gti'euoecert's counsel. serjeants, barristers, attorneys. &c. a
qtl:4B or the various courts of law, their officers, and their peen-
,, f .3,llrlsdlction; The - " Court Directory" comprises the. ad-
lii'J Is 2- me nobility and gentry ; and the " parliamentary Dirernc:
,toos, With the of the Members of the Houses of Lords adnedenCnoties
Nt4ruio3 ten alphabetical list of the boroughs, cities, an
tI ''' $ "'embers to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of
"qtv' e•
lit 'l'3' of . e Postal Directory" contains the hour of receiptanl
tottpes hr„:verY Post-office iri the kingdom; the cities and principal
Xgoout the world to which mails are dispatche
th-statit."44roeahrateteof foreign postage • the railway mails, and the
" ly Direntorywregisters the civic au-
•T'nters4„' „tile' Pliblic Tphitai Cl
the brokers, the incumbents and mi-
hot`Zavey'a'
nclatirches caonmd chesap'els, the newsnapers, &c. ; and the
esd'sg-ofs" Elrectory" includes the railway tables, thehcoaachnirng
oC4talti -."e'e's the wharfs &c. The volume closes wit B
5,t,4 the multitudinous
Directories.' These various heads will serve to
oinnidnie-
i,tristy ~ nature of the contents ; for out of them
tioZt, Driss%4B:Llsordinate [directories, which meet every conceivable
li i'47: the ]Jregoa curious analysis
mt publicheeretnl w sr
world.
private Every i
personn s t itu-
hsiscoomf
lob 4111 rife 4" undels; iliiisahp dofr
seection from a prime minister down
t'teg4l‘;,e. itTleer7everyropeestablishment, from a palace to a lodg-
NtraseifZe Editor, in his Preface, occasion to congratu-
lIN Daily -, th Many improvements htae hkeaslthi year introduced,
4lter e!. the °'ving from the employment of selsectedagents," in-
itDep 4lella trtinarY carriers of the Post-office.. Among the specific
bt4tlon ~ e new postage treaty with Prussia, which comes. into
b,"`'Ut the the Ist of January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable
,to e rate, f t part of the Continent, seems
egt Liz 0 Postage over a great Portant.
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IbThe i, Po 1101 MING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846.
,to:Ttll it't"oflice London Directory, 1847," is just delivered.ttnal
ik-u
None alMarently limited to London, it is in reality a national
St 44
ease cd. the leading towns can will be without it. It Must
/alk):, Als:,,tial to every Counting-house in the kingdom, as well ast to.
4able Worke to
in and about- the metropolis. It is anf
itsil
Q14;144 ()1‘ its kind; and the extent and minuteness of
im.
the -"e and are truly wcnderful. Being prepared under
tf97llleet special patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster- neral "
itioie Prep euMpletest means were, of course, th command
the Solo,
and etor, Str. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the vo-
beforty,, crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is
Xll4','all notiltb annual publication. Few commercial or trading
kegelid I,: require particular description of the reallylmportant
oft ,111, "'orrnation to almost every party in any sort of business,
is the t , ,
et 1,,, blreet 'is o thousand closely but clearly-printed octavo pages
o Nino pre°lT. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous map
tlo',;'• 14,71 Pared ex ressly it is declared, for the work by
'Co' 4 Dee,' there are pdivisions, comprising, among other informa
*IIL111." -;?t1,4 " Street," " Commercial," " Trades," " Law,'
enn,,„
a- arliamentary,” .. Postal," " City," " Conveyance,"
hope i I'd Many other Directories.
he 4Ofth ' exPressed in the preface, that this forty-eighth annual
tstpe- 4t e 4 Post-office London Directory" may be found "in all
11104 o,e equal the best of its predecessors." From very cons.-
Zrosi-inoXolinaton of the marvellously full and varied contents and
bi;ttsve at (M Matters which it mast be so difficult, laborious,mmoidg
e,44 Is 11,2 collect, we hesitate not to say that thisunitass 1
of purede-
-47!"_ bli?`4_lll, realised. It not only equals the best
4o.,:4torrnst',l,t several particulars it surpasses eliits precursors.
fei4lalimpezn is not only fuller in many respects, but there are
1,41,,33 of th-,aut alterations and editions,
although all
largely adding to the use-
40,Petnion Q 000 k. It is intimated, and truly, that
eons
la oor, that n,/las disappeared the rent volume .is picuous
ohL`rrect t,-'ere has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours
.irve. that" extraordinary Work In speaking of past success,. ittlis-
,lto the" thas been " in a pecuniary point of view bene '444 DUNI., is
afire -. Provedevbeyn the pecuniary point of view boned-
no relaxation in the multifarious habours
• ' )roved by the fact, that impor' ant improve-f
6.1-v additions are annually made without any increase o
*"4 the sult that, it is declared, "could not have been the case,
Peet the Debne
h 4 hewe ~rt , Patronage been divided." With reference to the
to Dro molY must acknowledge that it Is wonderful how it
itsatirtionlyfiethanble
.to provide such varied materials- and materials
ging and requiring so much and such ceaselesst la.-
L114144'1 Mgt to
},_oilt tolil3;:e.rattitosn
tta -s sale c Procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a re ti,. nt si,__ ould make the speculation answer. Among the lin
si
awd [elle bed, found those introduced icto the ‘• Postal"
singularly full, useftti.t:Tiyi cp7.37o'eZc;eds:Li
;241r17Zn Increase the daily, it might be more mtne trader, e Pre
netsiclizalue, particularly to the merchalpr.ussia caused very cons,-
illg,, ~,,nlan. As the new treaty alto affecting the Austrian do-
Nidoo-`,auses in the rates of Pc's--
thbo;',...saden, Bavaria. Bremen. Dbenams fatrk, the German States,
~.,o, HanerLubeck, yeckwleuartuernigb,Ourgidebr
sccurg.,h_,P.o,land.,Pras-
'llan.;•'"3., Sweden'and Norway' At, &c those
Pere, (+re detailed " precisely as they are arranged to comn innto
toi,",en On the first of January,. 1847." The other changes are ot
tlevp," "cfnerous, but all the intelligence is announced to be brought
litei;: to a Period as late as was compatible with the appearance of
ge circulation. prior to a volume in sufficient time for
Ois, nccment of the y—
'tune por for which Itls • The business
ls of the work are of the Mghest designed. to the
..ad, We imagine, a publication order, and render it, of its
surolAeteness, fulness, and usefillnineZa. alPledi In the world for its

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1846.
tt'%ea present Is the fortvS.,U-e3rigihllthnvan. 1n81;a.l edition of the " Post-office
14
r.l Directory," and a truly marvellous effort of compilation it
'eta ae '' Post-ottce Directory" has been for some years under the
agernent of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of this
Eq°,,,...there were divers other directories in the field. They have,
NNW.", all disappeared, and the " Post-office Directory**now rules
krikin.,This astonishing sucassc however, has not had the effeet of
it, 'I the proprietor of ' too
*trough, this gigantic work careless. He late e.., Man of business, not to be perfectly aware theist the
be„‘ cis success can only be reaped by a continuance of the same ktltte,4l,ner
energy bY which the success was in the first instanc?,
1;141847 ,_and accordingly we find Oat the " Post office Directorye „Zeta th:t even more highly finished in all its elaborate arrang
4,Aeet4--“lor any former edition of the book. The extent and mi-
medetails furnished render the work indispensable l o eZeenercial and mercantile establishment. So admirab y,
ra i 3 22 this multifarious information digested and arranged, that
I„.l.betat;et the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the
rtee ~,a/le required to furnish the information—a marvellous 44;18,1'4 elearness of arrangement in a work consisting of up-
.,ei ace'*°oo closely but clearly printed octavo pages. Its con-
litTeeltd bairranged under various heads, as, for instance, the
b.'etery *,..r.,,terY," the " Street Directory," the " Commercial
-'' ' 14 "
I's. C.‘4)11 t'n Trades'
Directory," the " Law Directory,"
11 .tftl 11 •Areetory,"Parliamentary Dirctory," the
„trktory „ Ireetory,,,
the " City Directory," the «e Conveyance
tt,'tset alterthe `' Banking Directory," and some others... Many
ha-
m.' ,ruations have been introduced into the Postal Dlrec-
thVe on 'l,e ~new Postal treaty with Prussia, which comes intoi opel -
4,'''ites b,2,ee
Ist of January next, will effect vsetrriaacozsmdteariaabm
je
ItZta ;a. rates of postage to places in Au
tttiZever, y." 14. Breme.n. Denmark, the Germtheahn States Hamburgh'
ell ia, says ebeck, Mecklenbargh, Oldenburg h, Poland,' Prussia,'
&c These
VolltSitts are3', Sweden and:Norway, Wartemburgh: &e;
km 'et.
eully detailed in the "Postal Directoary ' of 'the 'present
clearly engraved
lae ecene.. work, moreover, is illustrated by
be'ta to .17 9awn of London in 1847, on a scale of three
rF ef „tile mile
"It i "le sort .
Of not only the useful-
This Directry is certainly the most complete
114„,i, .t the L... ever offered to the public.
814t4au for
a"..lspensable necessity of such awork, no man of busi-
considering the coin-
ceobtss and pornent entertain a doubt ; and, d
kto '',ef time altiess of the information ftirrilshe , and the enormous
1114thi , -ertan't of capital that must have been made in order to
—.,:m gest the infor tion the very reasonable price at
t We't 4 Pnblished is really'wonderful.
I
t tr. --..
th ,4_. Inv.,. , GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846.
Inatte.,l appear" work, the " Post-office Directory, has just
's's of infor-
14telnyWhich tlaunsee for
,_ the ensuing year. Thelvas
;Saine. rieee„sa,,;
as contains makes it not on yat. desirableavery bmuataaba-f
jelahel..!nd 8,4:4 4,l:art of the office furniture
Ntti_Le know
n'..Y.leSs necessary, indeed, for every one else, who
-5n14,_ s of the —,..1.31111ng concerning the trades
form, the
ton t's an ahs,..„l7.teet rootrepolis. In its present extended
ken,: bring It tt, iteadesitY ; the labour and ex e which it has
rofessions, and
Ikon i',,, In turd, s Present state of perfection must hkati,ewbseewnhilmch-
Nifty alf'e struck ~Iver its 2,000 pages, one hardly
tileqes , ',l_lch a ean,:r",ifiricl admire—the excellent arrangemwemnatharned
ten, trades
a direetav,"at/tn, or the magnitude of the city
,_ , trade,
ii;e 8 of the work
* and c "' • The classification of the
law variousdepart-
profes-
nt of the
thn nets of Londo 411142 in the court commercial, an
on the one hand,' and the arrangement
inform._
k„..(tvar,ous„,n
,ion the other, as well as the great ma" °
4cto7-..4 teteren,ft's eannected'with the Post-office, and the diffearen..t.
Vel •*)" esrellolcation, make it altogether as complete al
sa kte Gauche de i
48415! triereo, s-red, or as it is well possible to conceive. The
.1, corretr,* contains an excellent ma of London and the,
' ei down to the latest strides map bricks and mortar.'
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4111 s fc" wREELY DISPATCH, Nov. 15. 1846.
-,rtil -"Y-eight tp Workannual publication of this highly
bulky
Aridce has
Just been issued ; and we must confess that i s _
~
importtant and
"tenre as snrPrised us not a little; and when we reflect. tn t
bh.ai, Mains unaltered although the expense of collecting the
to kehreest have increas, ed, weg are pleased at the liberality of
boo, J, the
ati ... eye. Proprietor. In a commercial point of view, perthafoprs,
(;„en,contained so much useful are"matr. Among other n,, -
lery','lOle rs la au " Ofti-ial D'
reial ~, ... irector" Street DirectorY, a
Directory," a " Law Dire-
,t2ii 8 ,4 c, ...reetOrn" a " Trades'
,__ tory ~ a
'44Y bireti'e_urt Directory," a " Parliamentary Three
aerfetery .*, f 41," a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking
lo„ 441„alealgeT fact, the volume contains much that is interesting
sthbl" orep„.. 0 the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, 11,tP?,r_-_ ?eq." int,r3l life, as well as to the gentlemen who occ
n. :',.Y.
' !Nit to the Every description of information has. bee
‘IVIt 4 Cle.,_ latest possible period : and that information is arrangeda
ac-
Ai Of iirle and simplicity which must have involved great-_.s
an
t111:litly ea,d_ and exertion of body. Sewed with the b k I
tett krtiiiefhar"er,atvted map of London more e.xteanddlnageaccurateieetaaamas.
et oryeTisace as than any
aniii)an-lnethanavace issennt'roaduced. In the " Astal
tttile whi',,,,_ there are the new rates with various parts of the Conttai:
Ilet . r tia'eo Wlll come into operation on the Ist of Jan.ucty.weAl Sal sZetrrei:_.ey! issue surpasses an yof its predecessors , and are
"1 ealxiiettraiat other directories should have gone tothe tomb of

h Thi
-Pr - annual JOHN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846.
tii.t4,4 that leviathan is already completed and published ; but as
14)4 I'M the rapidity with which it must have passed through the
,r k.kittt the' oPerated against its careful accuracy, we may I'D ti: ti: gtew changes rendered necessary by the very recent decease
ti,4l ,r,9 and rt, Ni....
),,., ... for Renfrewshlre, are duly attended to. (See
rut „,..4 this 6.) We have so frequently expressed our approba-
rt,i,) i,,,, Most valuable work, that we hardly know how to vary
its rect -i7nciation. It contains . everything which can possibly be
r,Ztatit“ a direm.
A —6rY —so full so complete, so comprehensive are
.all
ttsqes .nd vrhen to thi; we add the extreme accuracy which
thtl?ralse!v"Y dePartment, we know not what else be said in
141'41, ap,.Thenutehinery by which such volurninous information is
-us -attited, and superintended so as to avoid errors, must Cf
. Itil 008 the " curiosities" of modern literature.

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.A.TLA.S, NoV. 28, 1846.
°f this ql4 •be -4 kind, brought out even without much pretension,
hys eo indispensable to every gentleman's library, every mer-
e;oWith thtulting house, and every trader's shop. But edited, as this
ttrst acth: ntinost care, its materials being collected through the
and Channels, and embracing in its range ever head of
4 woo_ c°lllmercial intelligence essential to the completeness of
lla444'th ean ", We cannot suppose that any house, public or private,
volen,a:f.or4 a. book of reference, will be without this compen-
"-t w The arrangement is admirable. You can find any
it 4% ant in a moment, All the heads avc clear and complete tra4es
. streets offices, hotels; forming, uppn the whole,
40Llt ei,t3e4l informatiOn such as could not be brought together
--'4o:olo.ary industry, 4,s6istod by in eutiro CAMILUticI Of all