The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-30 00:00:00

WEEKLY DISPATCH, NOVEMBER 25, 1849.

The fifty-first annual publication of this most useful commercial
work is now before us. The praise we accorded to former editions
may be imported into this notice without the slightest fear of being
charged with exaggeration. Everything connected with the volume
is marked with unflagging energy, and a desire to send it forth to
the public in the most perfect and useful form. The principal
matter is comprised under eleven heads, namely:—An "Official Di-
rectory ;" a " Street Directory ; " a " Trades Directory ;" a " Law
Directory ;" a " Commercial Directory ;" a " Court Directory ;" a
"Parliamentary Directory;" a " Postal Directory ;" a "City Di-
rectory ;" a " Conveyance Directory ;" and a 'Banking Directory ;"
The " Official Directory" contains an alphabetical list of persons
h lding situations in the East India House, Bank of England, the
various Law, City, and all other public offices ; list of her Ma-
esty's Privy Council, the chief officers of State, an of her 3fajesty's
Household, &c. The " Street Directory" contains the names and
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residences of private individuals and persons associated with trade
and the professions. The " Commercial Directory and Professional
Directory" contains an alphabetical list of all persons engaged in
business, with an elaborate index, which enables any one, at a
glance, to refer to any description of persons, whether brokers, bul-
lion merchants, artists, agents, or manufacturers. " The Law Di-
rectory" points to the names of all persons who hold offices in the
Court of Chancery, the Court of Queen's Bench, the Common Plea.,
the Court of Exchequer, the Courts of Bankruptcy, the Court for
the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and the nature of those offices ;

there is, besides, a complete list of attorneys, and their residences,

" The rout Directory" enumerates the names of ladles and gentle-
men 'unconnected with any trade or profession. "The Parlia-
mentary Directory" contains a list of the House of Peers, arranged
according to their orders of precedence, with their names and
residences ; and an alphabetical list of the Members of the House
of Commons, with the counties and boroughs they represent,

and their London residences and country seats. " The
Postal Directory" conveys every information relative to the rates of
postage, the limitation of weight of letters, and their size, Etc.;
the names of all post-towns, and also of the resident post-masters.
The " City Directory" contains the names of the Aldermen and
Common-Councilmen, the harbour-masters, market-collectors, a
list of sworn brokers, a complete list of London and provincial
newspapers, town and country newspaper agents, &c. The " Con-
veyance Directory" affords every information connected with tke
departure and arrival of railway trains ; a list of inns, wharfs, and
quays, and the places whence waggons, vans, carts, vessels, barges,
and boats leave for inland towns and villages. The "Banking Di-
rectory" contains a list of banking establishments throughout the
country, the limit of the circulation of each, their branches, &c.
We have now partially enumerated the counents of this enormous
volume, and are bound to pronounce it an honour to this great
commercial melon, and to the enterprising publishers. There Is no
other work in which se much useful information is imparted, not
to the man of business only, but to the Peer and the peasent, seeing
that while.every counting-house desk groans under the weight of the
Directory, the latter will find no difficulty in seeking access to its
pages.