The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-18 00:00:00

being the FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL EDITION,
Comprising, among other information,
OFfIC-41"I)IRECTORY; STREET DIRECTORY ;
_COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY;
TRADES! DIRECTORY ; LAW DIRECTORY ;
COURT DIRECTORY;
•
PARLIAMENTARY. DIRECTORY;
POSTALIDIRECTORY ; CITY DIRECTORY;
•
CONVEYANCE DIRECTORY;
• BANKING DIRECTORY ;
••. &c. &c.

The following are Reviews of the Edit:on for the current year
Which have appeared in the leading Metropolitan Journals :

SUN, NOTEMBEII 22, 1849.
„ The "Post-.dice-Loudon Directory" has now been in existence
upwards of half a century. From small beginnings it has g ne
Year by Year improving until this. the fifty-first annual impressfen,
Which is incontestable superior to its predecessors, and 'which rang
considered as near -an approach to perfection as it is perhaps
Possible to attain in a work of this description. The "Post-office
Loudon Directory" for 1850 extends to 2,091 pages, and consists of
'cle4,:ess than twelve separate directories, under tr.e heads of " Tc:e
.`„` The Street," "The Commercial," •`The Trades,"
I.,,,t`ws Law," " The Court," " The Parliamentary," " The Postal."
'he City," "The Conveyance," "The Banking," and "The
Assurance "Direotbries." The "Official Directo.-y" at once Lodi-
iatatea the position of every public employe. The " Str. et Direc-
wry'.
4.. furnishes the names of the residents in each street or place ;
titi,',l4,,bettog thethat has ever even attempted to
—"e in one general list the nobility and gentry' as well as
e merchants, professional men, traders, and tradesmen of the
i44troPolis and its immediate environs. The "Commercial I 'free-
% 3." has all these latter in complete alphabetical or er, while _
iuWe nobility and gentry. will be found in similar arrangement
"Court Directory." The "Trades Directory" exhibits -11
4.l4ton:there of each of the two thousand trades classified die-
ti
The
sub-divisions of each being suitably distinguished.
,"" " La* Directory" IS devoted to the classification of the
""embers of the profession, together with the g.'neral legal matte: s
tlrePriate to a work-of this character ; while the " Parliamentary .
rectory" furnishes all requisite information as to Peers and
.7 embers of Parliament, and as to their town residences and country
—'3143- The" Postal Directory" gives full instruction on the subject
lomoney eiders, and of the transmission of letters and newspapers
tau parts of the world. The " Conveyance Directory " is devoted
r s
the important subject which its title indicates, as are the "
Z-- and " Assurance Directosies." The proprietors of this, the
a t useful and most accurate Mirror of the Metropolis of the World
t has ever been preseated to the public. are well justified in -
.ting it their bea.t
overthatSuch a mass of facts of this particular
asrPtion was presented to the public until in the pages of the
aa„elits3lllce London Diroctory ;" and unceasing efforts have been
,„°Led to secure; not merely a large amount of info mation, but
&yeti an arrangement, condensation, and classification, that any de-
li-:1,8.d of this large volume may be referred to without difficulty."
140`8,enly is the information contained in this work most ample and
accurate, but it is krranged in such an admirably clear and
7ainct manner, that a reference can at once be made with the •
test facility to any port ou which may be desired. It is not going
,"°°,l,eitar to say that this is far and away the best book of the sort
Presented to the public. As might have been expected, the
rat and most deserved success of the " Post office London Diree—
tkv.-" has induced several persons to attempt to vend spurious
th, .-atiof
the' and, in order to guard the public against fraud, we
th„e them following extract from the preface, in which
Preprietors allude to these attemp:a at imposition :
`te treat success which has attended these efforts has induced
..oral Directories,' and taking the titles of some of the sub-divisions
13, atnkhia, work. as 'Street Directory,' 'Parliamentary Diredory'
,
114 g Directory,' Official Directory.' &c. &c. &c., in order to
41 li
sat t*e a sale; and, in consequence, a year now seldom passes with-
sw. some experiment of the kind. There has been no instance of
dt one of these ephemerals surviving the year of its production, or,
eu, of being, In the ordinary sense of the word, published, or even
(minced in the newipaper The circulation is always as secret
llollssible; and limited 'to those who have been induced to ' order'
8411,0r:tk, and who, on scrutinizing, after havin; paid for it, are d
ptoed thatis not the ono they had expected. These abortive er invents do no injury to the Post-office London Dinctory
the""ku.Y. indeed, te small extent :to which they offer a contrast
p,.°PPo‘ite effect dish produced. Still it may be well for the pubic
ccit"; the facie should be known." In the case of such a volume, pro-
floe." butte:ice a year, mere cost must always be quite secondary to
kip of • Information and accuracy of arrangement : still, it may
its but_enntirely irrelevant to direct attentionto the fact that, taking
0 IY, and _without reference to the general typographical
fend Loner arrangements it is by far the cheapest book which issues
o tile tnglish press.
. .

Iva , TIMES, NOVEMBER 23, 1849.
n some respects the most wonderful book in the world.
14;.
ro other city could so vast a record be compiled ; and in no other
v 47. oPolts could such a work be undertaken and executed by pri-
,s", enterprise. This " hand-book to the commerce of the first
Olercial city of the world" has now reached its 51st annual pub-
joht I,:n, and as the language of eulogy, if not of admiration and as-
bCe: it meat, has well nigh been exhausted is successive announce-
of former editions, it may be sadlcient now to say that the
kid". :le for 1850, like its immediate predecessors, is not less huge
°lllPfehensiv.e in its design than minute and accurate in its de-
tsket,
_Sinners. Kelly's " Pest-office London Directory" has, indeed,
rank as a publication which we are permitted to regard with.
seec,4 Pride; not only as an annual witness to the fast-increasing
or „1r resources.' and population of London, but also as an example
lnerculean undertakings which in this country are left to ,be
e'red by the energy mid perseverance of private citizens.

IvfORNING CHRONICLE, NOVSMBEZ, 22, 1849.
tao: have' Just received the fifty-first annual publ.cation of this
to Useful work. It would. be altogether unnecessary to attempt
,s.Du.lot out the value of this large volume (extending, as it does, to
Kflsltierably Loorethan 2,000 pages) to the greatortion o the lobe-
;rat of this, the first commercial clty in the world; butt
it Is pos-
ta4,! that. in other parts of the empire, its nature and importance
%V not be well known or appreciated. It may, therefore, be
d..7itlY stated, that it contains in itself not less than twelve separate
eectories, under the heads of " The Official," " The Street," " The
;snow-eta'," " The Trades," " The Law," " The Court," " The
u Th42.li c. alnentary" " The Postal," " The City," " The Conveyance,"
tanking" and "'f he Assurance Directories." The mass of
furnished Under each of the...e heads is of the most varied cha-
hileter, and the information contained in it is arranged and classified
4, such an admirable manner that any matter sought for, legiti-
to4JelY fulling within the scope of such a publication, may be referred
th:lltb the greatest facility. As far as we have been able to test
br's new edition, the same care has been expended on it as on the
LSSious volumes, and the correct ions have been made np to the most
iset.t dates. Taking lt altogether, we feel the proprietors are justi-
uNlA saying that this work is the best mass of condensed informa-
eof the kind ever laid before the public.

MORNING HERALD, NOVEMBEH 23, 1849.
Wit
h prescriptive punctuality this stupendous work makes its
ePeartufee at the fall of the year. and adds another to the large
itan2hY which have gone befdre. Tbe diligence and activity which
07e usually characterised its preparation seem to increase rather
tekn diminish with each annual recurrence of the undertaking, and
"
justiissued exhibits both to an extent which is unparal-
v.. ~. the history of compilation. Let it be borne in mind that
pates its crimson boards there are upwards or 2,000 royal octavo
%Ts, each page filled to its' utmost limits with sma 1 letterpress,
het rerY. wor'd comprised therein the record of a real and practical
*hie, Some idea may thus be gatherel of the vast amount of labour
bhiti; las been expended upon the framework of a cyclopzedia,
the Shall present, at a glance, a comple:e and irrefragable view of
titerrrs°llal and commercial contents of the entire metropolis.
ear has exhibited the linprovement which naturally comes
tOr.4B"llarSed experience and stability ef position, and the volume
ate:v.ls Probably as perfect a book of its class as It is within the
6' human industry to accomplish. Day by day is it tested in
iticri of the town, but when do wo hear of error or inexacti-
thOtt, The arrangement is such that you may ascertain the where-
bta e'rerY individual of position or public occupation ; if you
ee name, you can turn to the street he lives In, or the trade
i'alol,„xi and he does not escape you. Whether a Government
is a Bank director a. professional man, or a small trader,
kiltit-t to be found in his' proper place, and this without the
itcloi:st difficulty-Or loss,of time. The analytical method which is
lid ensures the immediate grasp of whatever information is
toti,,4, and this again is subdivided to an extent that meets every
sikou,rabie
exigency. Every, year the entire volume undergoes !•e-
-,,thapies 'rat we can but admire the efficiency of the process, which
Parßed 41th a vast compendium of minute and isolated details to be
°r a'rfor the time being', of the errors which the shifting accidents
°'ae 50e Perpetually generating. The present volume does not tits-
-14:11,8 Y alteration, as regards plan, from that of 1849. We have a
ort4'uParate directories—namely, of official people, streets,
trades, lawyers, gentry, Members of Parliament, Post-
`reytirctionaries and the pdstal machinery, Civic authorities, con-
,ttd bankers—each of these Oefinite branches of fact con-
leh',huder their respective heads, all the collateral intellizence
,viath'ue man of business may require, or like to know. Mr. Kelly's
1,114 ti.l book is, in truth, your only real history of London ; and
tnei.„.. 1' huge monument of laborious inquiry, of single-handed
!sre,r.l.a..ei and unexampled perseverance, it becomes of national in-
_Wttlitir a eoneentrated chronicle of all that appertains to the
(nat. ‘,.end overgrown capital of Europe. If any one wants to see
bir°114011" really is let him turn over the leaves of the " Post-
Aoq tliei:ethrY." varied and mwu aider (statisticall or morally, as he will)
ltifarious contents.y

MORNING POST, NOVEMBER 1849.
skip o„.1 ran:kinds one so forcibly of the immense volume, wealth,
jNuisi'L'untiness of this prodigioes metropolis as the huge Directory
et wit to register the commercial and other orders of society resi-
I''''ll t,llllll it increasing Here has this " Post-office Direetory"
hti..tni onize and multiplying in contents, for 51
has grown into al;ulk that makes. one pause with won-
iroors` not only has it swelled into gigantic proportions, but it
Itsof;,6ved. hundred ways until it has become as remarkable for
"orki-"nells as it is marvellous for its greatness. To say such a
111 letref,ec.t would be absurd, for from its very nature it must have
0, therefore, we will not stop to point out where we
u'ultra"6re Judicious arrangement might be made, or a desirable
Ptkilittb;;Y In!rodoced, We must take it as it Is—an astonishing com-
't„tf,ireiB, indispensable to be ever within the ready reach of
to tiii°,,oaal, the commercial, and the official man, and, indeed,
7110113 congregated within this capital. The care bestowed
,etilood"tw edition is appare it throughout, and must
,have been
4-41 bit°4' In amount. The " Street Directory," the Cemmer-
(ll„ ecto,ry,,, the " Trades' Directory," the " Law "Directory,
,I,ertl'ens,tal Directoy,"Conveyance Directory," are each and
L,."Qtart to the last moment of publishing. We may safely
-"oltto the commerce Post-office of the first commercial city of the world. and

..... . .
1,,,1u0 24„ TINING ADVERTISER, NOVEMBER. 24, 1849.
,',4% th vy,nuelerous anneal, yet marvellously clear volume—which,
e
its am: rNt-OttiCS itself, is a wonder of the world—has just mad
"rtr:n-aranee. It has existed for half a century : the present is the
Itli -143,t publication. It prepares for its second jubilee net et y
Drooftt the Merits characterising its previous existrcee,e but with
and its
tatotritiliat age only increases its strength,
tp,tt,tkt? to.be Useful to all who by pussibilityitscavniginuue, that in-
', hi niece hich it gives'. Although the result ofpprivater
ente rise,
n Di 1177 res Pict as proudly national a work amsayprboeceseedes:fraoodm
exurli., Iher in Great Britain ; and wherever i
..c0n,,,,,,n_a! no matter in which part of the werld, it cannot fail to
P'ils" '''•°,lrling but not incorrect notions of the worl!sme.strot;
111"gis. We have so often had occasion to de.,cribe, which '
that we
11% -, ;his Minutely accurate yet gigantic Directory,
it it:,Qll add to the praise it now more than ever so amP I
lid enerally
tiotWara to be superfluouslabour yet we can hardly avo g
_.
eon-
deserves.
;:dos:111 the construction of this enormous compilation. it
the titles
.4 ornelii,, fact, twelve distinct Directories, under
"The Trades,"
, The Lan ' The Street," " The Commercial,"
'Th. " The Co rt ~ "The Parliamentary," " The Postal,'
,
4,44-` eity," " Tile eau ' y rt 44 The B inking:, and The
tlJt, trirpee Directories "nre Theseancekleads Clearly indicate the natu.:e
The
otte,Oralatien cent:Lined in those divisions.' As regards T
e<,411). Directory:,
as valuable in its results as it must have been
°I" tk, _awl laborious in the preparation, it presents the names
dto
th, rentdents in each street, square, place, &o• ;
to work to and it is uet _
,„ etabt state that it is the only one that ever even attempted
,erolt no, in one general list the nobility and gentry, an the 14 k hunt
professional men, trad and tradesmen of the metropo-
P2eso*Ll,_te eavirons Ii" Commercialers
Directory" presents all
~,4tetry,."`‘er in complete alephabtical order, while the nobility and
,1,111;" Trr 6 round in similar arran.ement in the " Court Directory." ..°llso Bound
Directory" exhibits all the members of each of the two
'DA%
the
tiPnridalt.
eriaydedsiectliase sifted di ti I the sub-divisions of each being
s ne y—
ten ineati guished. The " Law Directory" is devoted to ~ ,erall on of the members of the profession, together with the
;arrahsetki matters suitable to a work of this character ; while the
il,!trsia),-3eatarY Directory" furnishes all requisite information as to
:i'd coa-nsi 4k"nbers of Parliament, and as to their town residences
_ ehtfti,,7 seats, !cc. The Proprietor of this immense undertaking
r
tesetiptiVe declare that,--" such a mass of facts of thtiseparagesl
of
1:4,Z Potii_ovLa_apnever presented to the public untillnhP tics en been 4-',l_: London Directory;' and that unceasing_
informa-
lefforts
ail' bit Ne'utea to secure, not merely a large amount ofoony ~
desired an arrangement,' condensation, and classification,
hthatt
Part of this large olume may be referred to wit on
„,„, that • This is the truth •v and it would have been justifiable to
`oof,, , liot only is the work ,nnsurpaseed in the world, but that all
44nik,fib4miteitrate it, numerous as they are-each, year, have only
,Diem, ender, tr possible, mor apparent the remarkable,
is most use ellllenes of this great original. The
Preceded bY a deaned Map of Loadou,

Thi DAila NEWS, NOVEMBER 23, 1849.
time t' balky annual r nted itself yesterday fo
Iteubji,D4,l,llc patrona presented itself yesterday for the fifty first
tedb C Patronage No new feature is nut forth , thneerfiftinydfieerdat,
444 -"e easy to infeen t one • for the
not very suseeP-
tible ,Ite'l by SO tin n 7 years' experience,
pin having been Matured
depiirn Additions or improvements, Asap
and office of every
Atiblleken," gives at one reference the name
ba..ecarraere the official
ne
general list an
alttj'St -,D'eYe. The street branch includes in o
nobility and gentry,
but
,„e`ee to the habitations, not only of the
xthile •oerchants, professional men, and traderS,
"latter from the
f0,..,_ the ''
COlnin I IDirector " separates e
erc a y eat and small ;
the Court" division.
It." 1". Drl
Sep
p,ar dote individuals being classified in the
ritte e rn the Trades' lists that no fewer.than_htewo,.
Law and
1'4,114, callings are exercised in the metropolis. 1: the members
4f the 71"tarY DireetOries" record the addresses of all
whether they
fltiex_ide 'riellislature and Jurisprudence of the count
r ro,,t,,London or not. The ~ Postal Directory"
list
~. n relating to inland, foreign, and colonial postage..
London
gives every
citytijnieney order offices throughout the limits of t-he-e., The
forth ,:;Dest is especially useful The " Conveyance Directory"
tilt,, he Minutest fact connected with railways, coaches, omnibuses,'
for.
Matioe Ik•AeY-coaches, canals, and waggons. This mass of
best
'ible test( Preceded by an alraanack, and, according to the besThse-
1tend..1,272nY--that of Mr. Peter Cunningham, author of
Pr1nt,,,7,-, Jo: London "—the most complete map of London ever
knqi,`;___ rh editor of this leviathan list of names, trades, places,
if rat_''inotives, sings in his preface an Its trinmphale over the fall
i_ nun
rivals net atam MS and imitators, and intimates that his work at
rev, `-`,l alone, This implies monPoly—a condition seldom (a." 411 1.0 eZCQUIce or cheapness. 'To Ms however the 44 rOlit.
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