The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-03 00:00:00

British Postal Guide.

A new edition of this exceedingly useful com-
pendium of postal information has just
issued for the quarter commencing January 1,
IQ 7.
The principal, been
or rather the most notice-
efeatture of the present issue, is a list of the
publicuhosor_eets. and places in London and its neigh
d, with the postal district to which each
+ , (348. The division of the metropolis into dis-
g;tafetuspil in number) is a measure so obviously
or meat to insure a speedy delivery, that little
110 fear can
do' be entertained of men of business
lug their
mastees.cteuPart towards carrying out the Post-
edition
and the will erars
design. This the present
rena.ble them to do without difficulty,
different fo localities with which they have cones-
memory. Tuol
_Bc'uolll fix the required initials on the
whose corre ' not engaged in business, or
8POIld:s
we would urg„tb, ;(5 is not of an extensive nature,
work, at all even'ts recommend the purchase of this
of
which the
adoption of the plan, for the working
the necessary instruction" Postal Guide contains
The object of the Post-
master-General is so evidently to confer a public
benefit, and his requirementa is so small that even
those who do not care for littlehim
m delay ought, as
an act of gratitude, to lend
following im-
press on their correspondents, both
aid, and
the country, the propriety ofi in London and
ample. It were well if all our public
their ex-
ic departments
deserved as well of the public as the Post Office.
The Peetmaster.General and Ur, Rowland gill

take care to have no circumlocution offices within
their control ; but constantly on the watch for im-
provement, set about it with business-like dis-
cretion and energy, courteously inviting, instead
of bullying, the public into the adoption of such
new regulations as, not their own ease, but the
common good may seem to demand. Co-operation
with public officers like these, we do not hesitate
to say, is a positive duty. Among the principal
alterations of the quarter is a reduction of the
charge on letters to different places abroad, and a
new regulation with regard to Australia and New
Zealand, all letters to which colonies, after the
12th inst., must be prepaid.

The Post Magazine .Arnanaek (W. S. D. Pate-
man, Wine Office-court, Fleet-street), maintains
its claims to the countenance and support of all
parties requiring an almanack and useful informa-
tion respecting assurance companies. The latest
changes aro recorded, and following on a list of
" Projected Assurance Associations," we have the
names of those offices which have ceased to exist,
or been transferred, during the past year, and also
of those which are beiwg wound up in the Court
of Chancery. Thus the results of over-speculation
during 1856 appear to have had but little benefi-
cial effect on assurance projectors. It is to be
hoped whatever new companies are started will be
commenced on such principles, and under such
management, only as are likely to command
success.

The Triennial Diary, Almanack, and Bill Due
Book for the Years 1857, 1858, and 1859. W.
Mitchell, 39,Charing-cross.
Printed and published for the Mercantile Gua-
rantee Assurance Company, and well adapted for
the purposes described. The paper is good, the
size a small quarto, and the getting up creditable
to all parties. The mercantile community and
others having business to transact will appreciate
its value.

The Medical List. 1857. Lane and Lara.

Intended and calculated to supply an acknow-,
ledged want of the profession, viz., the means of
distinguishing between the legally qualified practi-
tioner and the pretender to professional honours
and privileges. Mr. Lara informs the reader he
has sought the required information in independent
quarters, and is desirous to make the List as per-
fect as possible.