The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-26 00:00:00

Arl;-IST INDIA HOUSE, 25111 FEBRUARY, 184 b.
HEREAS, in Pursuance of the By-Law of
the East India Company, cap. 7, sec. 6, it is ordained
__" That a List shall be published thirty days before the Anima
Clection of Directors, containing the names of such Proprietors
!lualifled agreeable to Law as shall signify in writing to te Secretar
their desire of becoming , Candidates for the Direction thirty-IAI, oy Sys before such Annual Election."
11. The Court of Directors of the said Company do hereby give notice,
41eorder that the Proprietors may confom to the said By-Law, that
for f!"ulng Election of Six Directors •f the East India Company,
sad t"r Ye3rS'
is appointed for WIDNBSDAY, the Bth of April next, . hat such list will be Published thirty days before the said Elea-
woo, as the above-mentioned By-Law directs.
JOHN C. MELVILL, Secretary.

RIGHT
Hoo. •
LORD ASHLEY will
, ,e_ take the chairat the GREAT EARLY-CLOSING MEETING,
• 277,cisheld by the Metropolitan Drapers' Association, for abridging the
1,71i.0f business in all trades, in Covent-garden Theatre, on FRIDAY
_u,t (to-morrow), the 27th February.
417 LB2lit Hen. Fox Mauls, M.P., Colonel Fox, M.P., B. Disraeli,
(;,, • 11•., Thomas Wyse, Esq., M.P., J. S. Buckingham, Esq.,
p;te Thompson, Es q., &C.,
Eight the meeting. '
1., chair will be taken at o'clock. •
Co',ul-4.1"lon by tickets only, to be had, gratis, of Messrs. Nisbettitnd
row;.2l' Burners-street ; Messrs. Aylott and Jones, 8, Paternoster= jftesoles4rs. Wallis and Southwood, 35, Parliament-street ; Mr;
?cm. bookseller, Islington-green ; Mr. Duffield, .62, Hackney •
ceurtlr4lr• Baisler, 127, Oxford-street; Mr. Tyler, 164, Tottenham-
6ilees ,474-1,; Mr& C. Mayhew, 19, Ebury-street, ; 'and at the
tce Association 355, Strand.
A''"eo7 upon at Seven o', clock. •
lectiun will be made, to promote the object of the Association.
CHARLES NISH, Secretary.

JUU IILIE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OF
"e, the WYCOMBE.
prsti
tilee
on the
Undersigned, request that you will convene an early
considerkt of the Inhabitants of this Town and Neighbourhod, to take
ofth e opo
propriety of petitioning Parliament in favour

,ncl t, „,, LONDON IND OXFORD RAILWAY,
uterQ.,"LcPt such ther measures in support of the same as may be
'' exPodient.o
ity,, We are, S
',Ante
kick , Feb. 21 1846
ard L , •
Jolt , netts W. G. Tracey
Iltrir l',ziler John Yatman
1/6„..) Crook Wm. Grimsdell
ea ,-....-
kfreti .1 Lite C. Fontana
J. p Lane S. Howland
Wris. T‘• SPicer David Jeffreys
li ps' ',"Angion James Cordery
James "intino• W. Bull
-...,es ‘,. J. unless Thos. Lucas
J'
Huai S. Young
W p ~q,'lt, MD. W. H. Conchatall
It.. i' ,l'utler S. Gattridgo
/./' .ntler in Edwd. Caupe
• ea '
J. v err Thos. Treacher
4. T.Etry
James Westfield
ii, Znaa Wm. Stevens
T.. nnar. Thomas Thompson
,1/4t„.,roolidt G. D. Morecraft
It OliverLi tarce Lockey
P.. 1/4.1114 ale James Hobbs
4.4.4nn1ng James Thurlow
Js,„, Lthnonds Thomas Langstone
J 0.488 Lacey B. Lucas
John h Hutt S. Hudson
, b ; Yanng J. Lipscorube
41 ' • ,Qtar
In ,_eqapli de W. Raffety.
Ttw be a, nee with the above requisition, I hereby appoint a meet.
ea velihnden in the Guildhall of this Borough on FRIDAY next, at
~.. uek ha the Afternoon precisely.
,7700 C. HARMAN, Mayor.
111----i, , February 23, 1846.
V ,r,
8 k -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY,
ti's 3 Ikti for 1846.
i1r011.,,,,,_5it copy of the work has been but a few days issued, and
tkri jo.„""nt reviews have already appeared it the leading metropo-
'fliaki:—
hi-. gulf, December 27, 1245.
to, ' 'work
~,,,•,4 ~,,. has now reached the forty-seventh anneal edition, and
t,i abtit7it of Air. Kelly, the proprietor, who has spared uo expense
Otkii la the compilation, keeps progress with the Billet, and
;;Pisat.Al,l4°4 than any similar publication, the great changes which
rsne'' Place, not only in our trade and commerce, but in the
1,,41t1 rt,,,,e° and extent of this vast metropolis. No other nation
4:IY th materials for such a work, and to these is the compiler
e * oa ebted for such a mass of useful information, useful, not to
44. in tj,les only, but to the whole community. There is not ono
slZitly ,'• community to which some of the directions are not ab-
siq km :,?essary. It extends to 2,074 pages, printed in a close, but
Or as "24 type, and is accompanied by a beautiful, minute, and
111:41st "a have had an opportunity of judging, a correct map of
illto wori:aets of London, with the names of eack distinctly marked.
ettesu_elcaa great credit to Mr. Kelly, and we have no doubt that
mtich it ent 'canner in which it is prepared, and the information
4 to
e"ve3,ll will insure for it universal approbation and com-
-4.1. 1
Itit I, el 1
GLOBE, Jac 17, 1846.
It: Listi Y accessary to say of this established work, that it sustains
I, roil, ranutation for accuracy and comprehensiveness which
Aio.ract te: 'Climes in Mr. Kelly's hands, at once obtained for it.
4' s'h...' all Loncion residents this annual has been an indispens-
. """). It the present year'soveral improvements have heen

tr, yours respectfully,

TIMES, January 9, Is4s.
lelNeeliluate unlike many others, as it increases in bulk, Increases
lekhlee thently in value ; thus every succeeding edition is More
herNetionan its predecessors, and the book of 1846 contains More
to seri,„_than the book of 1545. The volume for the current
14.11,1,75 s anything of a similar kind that has ever been offered
I..._lllThiti:a as a guide-book to the names, occupations, professions,
hens of the hundreds of thousands of the inhabitants of
14‘14terh4r-that Inia ever yet been issued from the press. In it,
lle' If be. " local habitation and a name" is noted down—that
tehDer Or housekeeper, an office-keeper, or the proprietor or
anYthing beyond a furnished lodging or the humble oc-
s'C:l„ ery " attic. There is an " Official Directory," a " Street
-
a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Directory," a
are e e-acto
:e," a a Parliamentary Directory," a " Postal Di-
ttikt „ City Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," a
th'a! Directory," and a mass of other matter, explanatory of
hfeliel'ls which are necoesary to be known, and which are net to
tii, 14 th'_°l,cted together and easily accessible in any other volume.
051444, 47th annual publication of the work, vrhieh is now so fully
Cta on in public estimation, for the accuracy and multi-
th.,t its intelligence, requisite for every class and for every
j
t'' Of ,t„• without it is almost an imputation on the common
"'
"lie. ," Persons connected with the trade of London or the
easiness of life.
tin e. 3 „ MORNING HERALD, December 17, 1845.
eaS"sesilent work, the 47th edition of which has just reached tie,
ees
, with the commercial requirements of the times. The
'at ots bLies Directory" of some twelve years since, and the "Post
it 'Lectery" for the coming year present a remarkable contrast.
i,`,100r,"-as confined to a meagre list of names, comprixed within a
ke: 014_0 or three miles, and might have been put very conveniently
4blee,,wat pocket. Year after year it has increased in size, and
4;14%' 'fts end valuable stores of information to its columns ; its
boNstrer,olPages have grown into,thousands, and it now embraces
ie and its suburbs, from north to south, east and west,
44411,441.. es within its voluminous pages of information (new
disnerisable to the merchant and tradesman) an
"Directory,- a „Street Directory," a " Commercial
,!ttor'','„ " Trades' Directory," a " Law Directory," a "Court
euy'" Parlianientary Directory," a " Postal DirectorY,"
114 ry,l'ulictory," a " Conveyance- Directory," a "Bank ing
Iterkiere t and a variety of other' copious lists of information
eteei of nscription of which would occupy considerable time., le.tt , „1P
et ravincial Inns" extends over 31 pages of three columns
office London Official Directory" over 45 pages,
'ee%tre.et `',7f which are of four and twenty of two columns each ;
ikei.ther_ irectory" 472 pages of thme columns each ; its
'I!, a, and Professional Directory " 504 pages of two columns
sut,* •„, Trade Directory" 623 pages of three columns each; its
Craeill'"eireetory " 64 pages ; " Court Directory " 110 pages ;
ite7etet;'larY Directory " 36 pages ; " Postal. Directory " (most
keeraliaeb _co,nleiled) 67 pages, Bec. This portion_ of the work has
ac ic_niarged and improved. It now supplies Us with the
lee_ilite';.!l7 of the London letters at each town and village in
t 0,17, laltigilom at which there is a- Post-office or Receiving-
ye G4,4time at which the letter-box for London closes at
h4ll the also the distance of each from the post town through
the:4le t'ondon letters are transmitted. We also observe that the
tee:4411,4D of London, which has for some years past accompanied
gtiii 4nd winch has been frequently much improved, is ren-
V ere ;,sre 'valuable in the present edition. The names of each'
of "Imit distinctly printed, and we hesitate net to state that
teklier t>nl a best Maps of London extant. The Work is printed
t';1) for We can scarcely think it requires special re-
Without
it no man who really has business to transact can
• Ieriu.,IILORNING CHRONICLE, Jan. 17,
.184,1.
dts„,' Volume just published of this larious and valuable
},'.'es the same meed of approbation whichhas been so de-
ieZetey7stovced upon .its predecessors. In mere size, it is con-
-1/4,l'iie,:r&er than any of them, not only by the introduction of
iNteijs, b atloti, but in consequence of the yearly growth of the me-
-1,114704 te`,." avocations and whereabouts of whose inhabitants it is
714,,,iirt",61111 the " directory." The enormous multitude of, facts
N01e,,-endensed in the bulky volume before us is 'really 'over-
i,"ern yet they are not more than are requisite to make the
n`lovergrown city duly acquainted with one pnother's
%r e; one residences. The facts are presented in the same available
ae,,stio, "'hi the same attention to accuracy and recentness of in-
characterise the volume Mr 1845, and rendered it a
ketit.lt teTfection as a directory. We observe some useful ad-
-leAmigCo,lils contents of the present publication, especially in the
rotied to the Post•effice arrangements, which are so rapidly
laii;:yttendel and complicated under the doable impulse of
and the penny postage.
aeu ertIOREIG ADVERTISER, Dec. 24, 1845.
4tirel Published by Kelly and Co., which has now made its
reer':7arance for forty-seven years, is decidedly one of the most
Lon er " (lila da It anamount of 4, tbe
e haw ereatest y.
importanccontainse to all innan y way connectedinfor-
w th
'''• It comprises among other information, an " Official
41,•
,ste b. Street Directory," a " Commercial Directory,(' a
I,,eet4 'recto__
,„
, ey a " Law Directory," a "Court Directory," a
Lkeie Directory," a "City Directory," a "Postal Dime-
kiste viirio'n"svance Directory," and a " Bank Directory." Under
1441 the it, divisions will be found masses of information, corn-
!kc:i.l4ttributes of accuracy and completeness. The amount of
NiQ'tee ;wed on the compilation of this work must necessarily
great, and nothing but a liberal ps tronaze from the
31,i714eer. `The munerate the enterprising proprietors !br their outlay
" Post-office London Directory" is singu.ltirly cheap,
eetele ie nature and quantity of the information it contains.
4,4 t") no fewer than 2,008 large closely-printed pages, in
"ele.! ebe,rsble columns. All things considered, we look upon it
eSte-Z aa,-,",,Past, as assu'redly it is the most valuable and useful,
Nem ke,l'" Which emanates from the press of England. The map
sie:t appears to be mach improved ;it ill certainly
lient and
Ctt4 SeIoeeit.IWEEK.LY DISPA.TCH, Dee. 2S, 1845.
AI gaide te the great metropolis is a striking illustration
British perseverance properly directed, and British
off pir;slY employed.• For many ny years
.the French " Al-
tk orth_LY Thousand Addresses was considered one of the
; World ; bit the Messrs. Kelly have achieved a work
serAr
aptly termed a wonder uon wonders. Large
"'auto be, the mass of informatpion contained in it Is
; and every department is arranged with so much
,tie,'ltee to '"`'int, and accurate discrimination, that the business of
1/4rJrl,, )Th4' Pages is as plain and simple as to a donary or
4,1'41.01," e scheme is alphabetical. We have, In this volume,
treet," " Commercial," " Trades' " " Law," " Court,"
ei,„,art. " Postal," " City," " Conveyance," and " Rank-
lel4'44e ~s-,7• Rut those heads only comprise a portion of the
cetotwia I,,,,7tained in the work. There are other departments
t;t, st D„,._''ktreet`,.)tuld invaluable to the commercial public. The fel-
ii,i'lleeeemirnin the preface should. be quoted :--" The advan-
,► 'e,
of PeetonteY the proprietor aro of no ordinary character
Sting the means placed at his disposal through the
sieri`rtSieri' Majesty's Postmaster-General. The General Post
ILteke datetet "de!' the direction of his Lordship, collect, each in
hi,re eeiu,_the.informatioa frem which the volume is compiled.
tu4e4 th in each a book, the collection of the informatioa
tbeTaneous ; and hew completely this is effected, is
44'1,eleeeir 64'3 that an intelligent letter-carrier performs within
11,1 s),. sr t-},l" all the duties annually required of him for the
colts, rf,Con,7l Pot% Office London Directory." We 'need net
101On-dation of this work ; its reputation is established
441114 at
bus se „suto.n„)llTAlml, Deeenaber 27, 1845.
eatel `aey • annual continues to keep pace with the fillies,
terftelatee, IS now numbers upwards of 5,001 closely-
eitke",tee immense mass of matter being so judiciously
t"ei;°4 ai`ange'el that any item of it can be picked out with-
44,'`st liTt the I,ll'llllMo expended is the search. From the con-
khie 'rePrietc,st with the Post.office, he is enabled to
'tee Ati) "'natio
41 te to n from the most authentic sources, and (a great
krecaiee, the tei;nbine it simultaneously. home objeetioa has been
let to it, hit or
,cr-eerriers being employed for this service ; but,
lq ba€St heether considefetlons, it is certain that the Post-
cur:T:4llY advantaged by the publication, both from
like't. its ete,'",(l more accurately, with this book as a guide,
',se the,: la 141,4" being at hand ready for reference in cases of
ite ans has all the merits of its predecessors ; disls,
it,Ver tf'' laost care la every department ; and as a woprkayof
1,1,411(4440n, • ereliant, trader, or any person engaged in bust-
tte t see„,,e eaaam4,•ts nothing to be desired. It is ono of the most
thept th.-vssflt,,'"" ar great industry, intelligence, and capital
Nil the er,"'Peratin anaPloyed in the produetion of a work for tacit!.
41a' it feeteB sf business and extending trading intercourse,
At. lit e, as it Is in ingenious inventions, affords. Of its
Perfection as it seems possible for any work to be
ts \''e se J°rlll BULL, ttir nfter, hart January 10, 1846.
;41 r:''a Sal Ine'lt 1' h to bear our testimony to the' extraordinary
ovtl a,, orious compilation, its fulness and accuracy
kke tat :,and he; consequent value to every one who " lives,
qok'lece,4at, ei;Ve hiring" in London, that all we need now do
Vitha;lselle'crall"‘ " were the preceding volumes, this one
art, - • It le weemeuts, which add largely to that pre
-e Work of Mammies ear. and labour, and of
4/Iklt%hlq fe 14AIWAY HERALD, Jan. 1846.
!riant,olltt____he." Post-office Directory" to men of business
tkegtilieee !,!3-3, by tiaTtbout It—it is indispensable, thumbed over,
Qtrriti volt4oluetter.,,,wdlnarig de week byweek—a counting-house, in
ire b,,aqta " otter-sending,
'red OndeTY:ladt:timost as well without an ink.
icingve made a great many trials
hire it ejfrf the work. exea eareful scrutiny, and in no
tkr6'l3'' ItAiTITeTrfAorTan"PRESS,
‘)t is
Jan. 1846.
tlel;ilr,l4letiiTo4Ziitii-ila.ll.sy""ecennned any in Rork to be more correct than this,
ibe more core 1 its laborious detail. It would be
ed eei.“ . Prehensive or more useful work than this
14,414:verr,ig
/01tu' as cola t'sluAtion of this •
lie a c'te as b in vast city. The typographical
_ .444uss to
any
mei the well-deserved ppptilarity of
TO, eile than that the bOOX known
t 0.44 powies4
Imulcat,