The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-14 00:00:00

The Municipal Corporations Directory for
1866.

This now national work of reference has just made its
appearance, which, after strict examination, wo can pro-
nounce to bo the most complete compendium of local in-
formation yet published. The spirited proprietor of the
work, Mr. Vickers, has aimed at producing something be-
yond a mere dry category of names and figures, and most
successfully have his labours terminated, as we have before
us a work containing a substratum of information wholly
unaffected by periodical changes. The plan upon which
the • book is constructed is peculiar, and instead of incum-
bering the pages with masses of tabular and official returns
through which the reader would have to search for his in-
formation as best ho might! the system has been to
gather under the head of each county or borough a com-
pendious digest of all that relates to the locality ; thus the
pages present an appearance at once readable and com-
pact, and the necessity of referring to a number
of distinct sections is altogether avoided. The
alphabetical order in which the several places are inserted
is primarily governed by the names of the counties
following each county will be found its boroughs, arranged
alphabetically. The counties and the boroughs of Wales
follow those of England, and altogether the system adopted
is singularly clear and perspicuous. This unique work
contains the names and addresses of county, civic, and
borough authorities, "the officers of local institutions; a
large amount of historical information in reform—to
charters, grants, rights, and privileges, public charities,
ancient customs, and distinguished persons. It also con-
tains a complete and original account of the ancient com-
panies of the City of London, with names, addresses of
master, warden, clerk, &c., and a very valuable coll. ction
of statistics relating to electors, burgesses, amount, density,
progress of population, rental, rateable value, county rate, and
assessment and debt, municipal and parliamentary limits,
constitution and cost of police for each county, poor-law
assessment ; in fact, the volume is a gigantic collection of
everything of interest relating to the subject of which it
treats. The production of a volume of such dimensions
must have been a work of immense difficulty, because in
starting on such a novel enterprise assistance from any
existing work of the kind was not to be had. However,
a most gratifying result has crowned the unwearied and
untiring exertimas of all concerned in the production of the
volume, which will most certainly become a standard
work for every municipality in the kingdom, as well as
a national book of reference in all parts of her Majesty's
dominions.

MARKETS.—This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

The market is somewhat extensively supplied with
fruit, tho demand for which is steady, at full prices
Vegetables, the show of which is good, move off freely,
and prices rulE firm.

FRUIT—Pine apples, 5s to 7s; grapes, .2s Gd to 5s ;
cherries, Os 3d to Os 8d per lb ; apples, Os Od to. Os Od ;
gooseberries, 2s 6d to 3s Gd per half sievo; oranges, 8s
to 14s; lemons, 3s 6d to 8s per 100; strawberries, 6d to 1s
6d ; and raspberries, 6d to is per punnet.
VEGETABLES—Summer cabbages, Os 10d to is 4d; cauli-
flowers, is to 2s 6d ; horseradish, 9d to 2s Od per doz heads ;
greens, 2s 6d to 3s Od; turnips, is Gd to 2s Od; carrots,
2s 6d to 3s Gd; turnip radishes, 6d to Os 8d; spring
onions, 9d to 1s 6d per dozen bunches ; rhubarb, 4d to 6d
per bundle ; asparagus, 2s 6d to 4s Od per bundle ' • old
onions, Os Oil to Os Od per half sieve ; seakale, 'Os Od to
Os Od; mushrooms,. Od to Os Od per punnet ; cucumbers,
3d to is Od eaeh ' • cps lettuces, 8d to 1s Od per score ; new
potatoes, lid to 3d, per lb; peas, is Od to is Gd per half
sieve.