The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-17 00:00:00

THE POsT•OFFICE 1,01,110

DIRECTORY, 1852.

This is the fifty-thirds nnual publication, orpriselher
Post-office London Directory, and if untiring e°otene
or unerring accuracy in the collection of read,
or unequalled ingenuity in the classification tinfoils.;
so as to afford the greatest possible amount or 1;1000
tion in the smallest possible amount of 40(n° then
of being considered a work of art and industrit ir
the Post-office London Directory a work of it° 00,$,
dustry quite worthy of a foremost place in law Oelq
Exhibition ; and then should the ge,2611.00001,,,r1
have awarded to them a mark or aasel
distinction for the production of th's the 111;
passed and unsurpassable production. It '5 WOOL
croccsm of the metropolis of the world, o° 'ear'
tion concerning London, its inhabitants, its tone,S-0011*
its public buildings, its institutions, its palacesni° be tr
its trade, and its commerce, can by possibilat oecsl
quired, which the Post.office Directory cano°l,
supply. To the commercial man it is invalushie4 he
only does it supply the names and addresses of t!un ever'
of firms, but the name of every junior partner °fit
firm is to be found in the proper alphabetical newsi,://orl‘i;
own name and with a reference to the firm. -L"-eanlin
illustrated by an accurate map of London correct ipebn
the present moment, and drawn upon a scale:of rilreee of tird
to the mile; in this map the position of every 013bart,
new streets recently built in London or the 1311„n to tb
accurately laid down, and we find, on refereOLn oban
map, that it shows the positions of many street:A)
aarne scarcely yet completed. It is classified Int' weir
Official Directory, a Street Directory, g , sin; ,cto int
Directory, a Trades Directory, a Law Pa'. VP;
Court Dir Directory, a Parliamentary Directorl,n7rectol7'
ectory, a City Directory, a Conveyance 'Hi 0(11
and a Banking Directory. It furnishes also fir" u- oe 01,"
curate information regarding the various asser,„ll,:gnt,
other joint-stock companies, and the latest io'""
with regard to the recent postal arraegetaeoliioth°
man of fashion will find in the Court Director)? ihe ssr
same minute accuracy has been observed, 00,1'401;
untiring diligence exercised, in procuring iore'prei
relating to the fashionable world as has been Or,
in compiling, arrarging, and classifying the cool' 01.;
portion of this great encyclocmdia of the nietreltsu
whilst to the politician the Official and the ParlistneAeojts
Directories furnish all the information he can
on the subjects of which they treat. This of
formation is brought down to the latest reein,lo,
It was only on the 7th instant that Lord Dunsandls glO
elected an Irish Representative Peer to fill otos'
vacancy occasioned by the death of the Earl of Ovilar
vile, nod that the electors of the East Riding of Y"ots'
shire returned Captain Duncombe as their resprel,eiets
tive, in the room of the late Mr. Broadley; both :offi
changes appear in the present edition of the Direta is
and the present Lord Stafford, who only succesuvof,
the title about a week, appears as the Peen,
Christian and surname at length. In the I°
Peers appears the fall Christian and surnalo°,
the present Earl of Donoughmore, who only 01111
seeded to the title in the course of last 761, 1,71
whilst in the Postal Directory, at page I,,„in,
acceleration of the delivery of the papers by
appears under the head Delivery of Letters ?eV
don,' the first day on which all the mails arr'froe,
as to admit of the complete carrying out of the srtiou",
ment, being Saturday last, the 11th ult. The Prat
is fully justified in his belief that this work has
with the reqUirements of the metropolis to will e, nr,„,
devoted, and he explains in his preface how he 'tt-vg
able to accomplish this great labour, and to b
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work to its present high state of perfection. I° c, 117
" Accuracy and appropriate classification, .°
everything which may reasonably be expected 10 I
book may not only be found, but found rvittif,,gooKo
culty, are indispensable to perfection. These Wily o,
Can, in any Directory, only be attained gratio,°7;oili
not completely, until the work enjoys the Cot' divt r
lation. While rivals existed, patronage 1"s tin l
between books which were, or should have been•r ePal
to
parts of each other; the public, therefore, had to tti
more than they ned have done, and, besides', big;
mit to inferior productions the total receipts o°,o
sufficient to sustain two Directories of London' 0,
complete as the present. This is quite certait Teal ;pi
the many years during which this work has e°,l
' ;itl to
entire circulation, its profits would have Lorf
a small proportion of the expense necen,— 'te,
the production of another equally Corn
second Directory of London would be 0
Pr
001 ighvol
dent an undertaking as a second railroad to OO4
all the expenses would have to be incurred ° oatt'o
time for the same objects; and it must bLillatt hvia
that if both paid their expenses, the prow'," pOvio,
capitals, instead of one, must be paid by tuneof of for
The present state of this work is a sufficient Pr" lot,.
advantage to the public—of their having to 13144..•44',
one collection of the information—one coninilati-01
setting of the type, &c., &c. This volume, t° arcs Orr,
thing of accuracy, classification, and generalolsoo
ment, contains about double the quantity of rnergt 02.4.
press contained in the closing volume of its late° Tr,
competitor, and is published' at a lower price' 0 lest
can, therefore, be no question that the public' wet' to
as the proprietor of the Post-o,,ffice London pbt ono
benefit by the circumstance that the work Wales?
re cwt
longp rthyoiust
in
nny competition. Firmly establisbe ta
h h fo
that an amount of diligence, equal to that tvh-e order
public favour, it can only be SeL;O
to so gratifying a result, be continued, in
co ref&
sustain it; on this the public may with confide° of fen?
Judging of the future by the past, we confide°ooolo
on the energy, the abilities, the talent, and the 1:008
of Messrs. Kelly, and believe that for years to ".oa,
Post-office London Directory will continue to 00 of
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cause it will deserve, the undivided patronsg°
public.

BIRTHS.
OF A SON. 1.312Ark15136

On the 12th inst., at Alkenhead-house, -
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La
Ond Isabella Gordon. the
On the 12th inst., at Windmill-bill, Susses'
H. M. Curteis, Esq., M.P.
OF A DAUGHTER. f M
On the 11th inst., at Lausanne, the lady of
Fitz Gerald, E=q.
On the 14th cost., at Little Campden-b.ouse, gee 3114'
the wife of John Taylor, jun., Esq.
Ifor
MARRIED. 1-91110 told
On the 14th inst., at St. Pancras Church, . ecidep 0
kinson, jun., Esq., of Mecklenburgh-street, •'-'-` 0f tte„or
square, and of Mark-lane, to Eliza, daughte! of OK
Major John Hamilton, 11. M. 77th Regimen" -
cottage, Camden New-town. tO
DIE 1,000
D. h°
On the 10th inst., at Temple Gowrn, e.,„ Oritlcaen
Anna, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Graeene, of of
tli
Castle, in the county of Waterford.
Wilkinson,O nthel3Ethsqi.7
oti,atPalace-gardens Koeinspintigrtgro'f, owilt
Coxhoe-hall, county (i. bore „el
On the 13th inst at Morton-hall, near E in 11. oily
the wife of Richard'Trotter,Esq.,_ of Morton-hewo, p
On the 13th inst., at the Field Leek, Staffords'i
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Phillips, Esq., aged 72. , 0 , a
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Dliddleflex? Friday, (MAMA. 17, 1851.