The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-16 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Dec. 15.—Three o'clock.—The market
closedßounEassiollows
41 per Cent.
End of month... Ital:.an Loan -
3 per Cent
End of month 7l 174 Mexican Loan ... 24}
Credit Mobilier
End of month... 288 75 Spanish Threes
Credit Foncier ...1518 75 Rome Debt —
End of month... Deferred —
Cash
Orleans ..... •
Northern .............................. ... 1205
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..." 635
Western
Eastern • • 562+
Sardinian
F Austrian 645
Lombard 4lBl
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman

RAILWAYS.

7HE POST -OFFICE DIRECTORY FOR 1869.

The great wonder of compilation and typography,
viz., " Kelly's Post-office Directory for 1869," has
just made its appearance, and, frequently as we have
had to express our admiration at the manner in
which the immense book is arranged, we have never
had greater occ ision than the present for
doing so. The Directory for the ensuing year has
been nearly all " re-set," in the clearest type,
by which means the millions names are made easy
for reference; and with respect to the lateness of
the information en Parliamentary and other subjects
the following items we cull at random from the
book : —The appointment of Vice Admiral Robin-
son, controller of the navy, to be a Knight Com-
mander of the Bath, is recorded in tile Official, p.
81 (Gazetted Dec. Bth). The new peeress Vis-
countess Beaconsfield is inserted in the list of
peeresses in their own rights, p. 2,254 and in the
Court Directory p. 2, iO3 (Gazetted December 1).
The election of the Scotch peers and the creation
of Viscount Gormanstown to a barony of the United
Kingdom are noticed in the Parliamentary Directory
at pp. 2,246, 2,249, and 2,258 (Gazetted Dec. 4).
Sir Francis Sandford's appointment to the Under
Secretaryship of the Colonies, vice Mr. Elliot, re-
tired, is given in the Official, pp. 64 and 86. Capt.
Calcraft, the late member for Wareham, whose
death was announced December 3, is omitted from
the list of the New Parliament, pp. 2,258 and 2,269.
Dr. Mansell, who was installed into the Deanery of
St. Paul's, Dec. 9, is so described in the Clerical Di-
rectory, p. 2,301. Dr. Tait appears as Archbishop of
Canterbury in the list of Archbishops, p. 2,241, and
in the alphabetical list of the House of Peers,
p. 2,247. The New Meat and Poultry Market at
Smithfield, with the names and occupations of the
holders of the stalls, which was only opened for
business on the Ist of December, appears in the
Street Directory, p. 543, and throughout the
various divisions of the work. The resignation
of the Disraeli Ministry, announced December
the 3d, necessitated considerable alterations
throughout the Official and Parliamentary Direc-
tories. The new Ministry, as far as it was
composed, a list of which appeared in 71te Sun of
the 7th, is inserted in the Official Directory, p. 74,
and throughout the Parliamentary Directory. A
complete list of the new Parliament, with their ad-
dresses and clubs, appears in the Parliamentary
Directory, pp. 2,257 to 2,271, although the last
election was not Gazetted until December 12 ; and
those M.P.'s whose elections were Gazetted up to
and including November the 24th have M.P.
attached to their names in the Court Directory.

We can only on the present occasion repeat the
praise we have so often bestowed upon the energy
of the Messrs. Kelley in the production of their
great and marvellous work, and again congratulate
them on the successful accomplishment of their
labours £0 far as the London Directory is concerned
for the coming year, 1869.