The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-11 00:00:00

POST - OFFICE' LONDON DIRECTORY
For MO,
Being the FIFTY-FIRST ANNUILL -EDITION,
Comprising, among other information,
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY; STARE I DIRECTORY ;
COMMERCIAL DIRECTJRT ;
TRADES' DIRECTORY; LAW DIRECTORY;
COURT DIRECTORY;
PARLIAMENTARY DIRECTORY ;
POSTAL DIRECTORY; CITY DIRECTORY;

CONVEYANCE DIRECTORY;
BANKING DIRECTORY;
&c. &c. &c.

The following are Reviews of the Editlon for the current year
'Mach have appeared in the leading Metropolitan Journal 9

SUN, Noystcaita 22, 1849.
The " Post-Cillee London Directory" has now been in existence
kPwards of half a century. From small beginnings it has g_ne on
Year by year improving until this, the fifty-first annual impression,
Which is incontestable superior to its pre iecessors, and which may
be considered as near an approach to perfection as it Is perhaps
Potable to Mahe in a work' of this description. The "Post-office
London Directory" for 1830 extends to 2,091 pages, and consists of
' no :ess than twelve separate directories, under tre heads of "T •
Official," "The Street," "The Commercial," " The Trades,"
The Law," '4 The Court," " The Parliamentary," " The Postal."
"The City," "The Conveyance," "The Banking," and "The
Assurance Directories." The "Official Directory" at once lodi-
'saes the position of every public employe. The " Str, et Three-
.,,terY" furnishes the names of the residents in each street or place ;
Lois being the only work that has ever even attempted to
include in one general list the nobility and gentry as well as
tke merchants, professional men, traders, and tradesmen of the
inetrertslis and its immediate environs. The "Commercial I oirec-
rrY" has all these' latter in complete alphabetical or er, while
.feln nobility and gentry will be found in similar arrangement
-121412!_Ceurt Directorx." The__" Trades .Dire.c.tory". exhibits .11
the Members of each of the two thousand trades classified die-
,....tinetl7—the sub-divisions of each being suitably distinguished.
'Lao " Law Directory" is devotel to the classification of the
• Ineltileers of the profession, together with the g. neral legal mattes
appropriate to a work of this character ; while the " Parliamentary
birectory" furnishes all requisite information as to Peers and
kembers of Parliament, and as to their town residences and country
Seats. The" Postal Directory" gives full instruction on the subject
V money orders, and of the transmission of letters and newspapers
to all parts of the world. The " Conveyance Directory " is devoted
to the important subject which its title indicates, as are the " Bank-
ing" and "Assurance Directoties." The proprietors of this, the
host useful and most [accurate Mirror of the Metropolis of the World.
that has ever been presented to the public. are well justified in,
baking it their boast that —" Such a mass of facts of this particular
description was never presented to the public until in the pages of the
Postitoflioo London Directory ;" and unceasing efforts have been
devoted to secure, not merely a large amount of info mation, but
such an arrangement, condensation, and classification, that any de-
sire part of this large volume may be referred to without difficulty."
de-
Not d only is the information contained in this work most ample and
most accurate, but it is arranged in such an admirably clear and
'succinct manner, that a reference can at once be made with the ,
greatest facility to any port on which maybe desired: It is not goink
too far to say that this Is far and away the best book of the sort
'great
presented to the public. As might have been expected, the
'great and meet deserved success of the " Post- office London Direc-
.lll7 " has induce& several persons to attempt to vend spurious
unitations et it ; and, in order to guard the public against fraud, we
r.vo them the following extract frost the preface, in which
Proprietors allude to these - attemp:s at imposition
The great success which has attended these efforts lois induced
the belief that it is only necessary to's.neoance a book to • contain
several Directories,' and taking the titles of some of the subolivisions
14 this work, as • Street Directory,' 'Parliamentary Directory,'
•nauklog Directory,' Official Directory.' Sec. Br.e. Ste., in order to
'insure a sale ; and, in consequence, a year now seldom passes with-
"tit some experiment of the kind. There has been no instance of
?k 7 one of these ephemerals surviving the year of its production, or,
of being, in the ordinary sense of the word, published, or even
'"ulostneed in the newspaper The circulation is alwitys as secret
le Possible, and limited to those who have beet induced to ' order'
Le book, and who, on scrutinizing, after having paid for it, are d's•
Appointed that is not the one they had expected. These abortive
I*kPeritnents do no injury to the Pest-office London Directory :'
ZSbablY, indeed, to the small extent :to which they offer a contrast
ePpo-its effect is produced. Still 11 may be well for the public
that tile facts should be known." In the case of such a volume, pro-
need but once a year, mere cost must always be quite secondary to
''l,uness of information and accuracy of arrangement : stffi, it may
pot be entirely irrelevant to direct attention to the fact thatrtaking
I_lll bulk only, and without reference to the general typographical
!rid other arrangements, it is by far the cheapest book which issues
vein the English press.

TIMES, NOVEMBER 23, 1549.
Th.ls Is in some respects the most wonderful book in-the world.
Wile other city could se vast a record be compiled ; and in no other
.1,., Polls could such a work be undertaken and executed by pri-
, %Le enterprise. This "hand-book to the commerce of the first
tuluercial city of the world" has now reached its 31st annual pub
...Cation, and as the language of eulogy, if not of admiration and as-
I°4lBhinent, has well nigh been exhausted is successive announce-
%ltems of former editions, it may be auffic!ent now to say that the
Volume for 1850, like its immediate predecessors, is not less huge
•
4111 colnprehensive in its design than minute and accurate in its de-
, 4.4111_,. • Messrs 'Kelly's " Pest-office London Directory" has, indeed,
°Wt. rank as 'a
publication which we are.permitted to regard with
Z.. °hal pride not only as an animal witness to the fast-increasing
• ~*,4l,tilscresouLeg. and population ot London, but also as an example
41/4, ‘llO herculean undertakings which in this country are left to, he
- ae,
""evedilsy the energy and perseverance of private citizens.

MORNING CHRONICLE, NOVEMBER, 22, 1849.
htose have just received the fifty-first annual publication of this
mlOst have
work. It would be altogether unnecessary to attempt
to point out the value of this large volume (extending, as it does, to
erablv more than 2,000 pages) to the great portion of the Mils-
Wants of this, the first commercial city in the woad ; but It is pos-
sible that, in other parts of the empire, its nature and importance
_4I4Y MI be so well known or appreciated. It may, therefore, be
7411 stated, that it contains in itself not less than twelve separate
"o'lctories, under the heads of " The Official," " The Street," " The
Commercial;' " The Trades," " The Law," " The Court," " The
Parliamentary," " The Postal,". " the city," " The Conveyance,"
The Banking," and " The assurance Directories." The mass of
facts furnished under each of thee heads is of the most varied cha-
racter, and the information contained in it is arranged and classified
In such an admirable manner that any matter sought for. legiti-
mately falling within the scope of such a publication, may be referred
to with the greatest facility. As far as we have been able to test
this new edition, the same care has been expended on it as on the
Previous volumes, and the corrections have been made up to the most
recent dates. Taking it altogether, we feel the proprietors are justi-
lied in saying that this work is the best mass of condensed inforrna-
Hen of the kind ever laid before the public.

MORNING HERALD, Novement'23, 1849,
With prescriptive punctuality this stupendous work makes its
Sapearan,,e at the fail of the year, and adds another to the large
faraily whlcfl have gone before. The diligence and activity which
have usually cheracterised its preparation seem to increase rather
Then diminish with each annual recurrence of the undertaking, and
,Thied le the history of
volume Just issued exhibits both to an extent which is unParal.
of compilation. Let it be borne in mind that w
Within its crimson boards there are upwards of 2,000 royal octavo
Pares, each page filled to its utmost limits with small letterpress end every word comprised therein the record of a real and practical'
Some idea may thus be gathered of the vast amount of labour
whichthe personal
shall present, at a glance, a complete and irrefragable view of
nfPersontu and commercial contents of the entire metropolis.
arY ) ear has exhibited the improvement which naturally comes
I‘.lll enlarged experience and stability of position, and the YOUltile
rssr 1850 is probably as perfect a book of its class as it is within the
Wer of human industry to accomplish. Day by day is it tested in
of the town, but when do we hear of error or inexact!.
i" t' The arrangement is such that you may ascertain the where-
Cutsef every individual of position or public occupation ; if you
he et Ills follow,ame, you can turn to the street he lives in, or the trade
ew ~ and he does not escape you. Whether a Government
a Hank director, a professional man, or a small trader,
to be bound in his proper place, and this without the
.filuest diaculty or loss of time. The analytical method which is
ZePted ensures the immediate grasp of whatever information is
; and this again is subdivided to an extent that meets every
41eelvable exigency. Every year the entire volume undergoes re-
ek:Z. mid we can but admire the efficiency of the process, which
ee such a vast compendium of minute and isolated details to be
or
It/fed, for the time being, of the errors which the shifting accidents
clod are Perpetually generating. The present volume does not clis-
ier any alteration, as regards plan, ttom that of 1849. We have a
trade.of separate directories—namely, of official people, streets,
oie,..,reen, trades, lawyers, gentry, Members of Parliament, Post-
vey:_ninetionaries, and the postal machinery, Civic authorities, eon-
tniZices, sad bankers—each of these refinite branches of fact con-
NlllOl,ll, under their respective heads, all the collateral intelligence
lovia",,,the man of business may require, or like to knew. Mr. Kelly's
Nthile“:ll book is, in truth, your only real history of London ; and
eater pr, is. a huge monument of laborious inquiry, of single-handed
tercet and unexampled perseverance, it becomes of national in-
swtiii„" a Concentrated chronicle of all that appertains to the
*hat snd overgrown capital of Europe. If any one wants
to see
eetee London " really is. let him turn over the leaves of the " Post-
tip9, their varied and and
multifariousonder tatisticall
contents. or morally, as he will)
by

MORNING POST, NOTEMBEIt 24, 1849.
44411.°thing reminds one so forcibly of the immense volume, wealth,
reji,ulousnese of this prodigious metropolis as the huge Directory
14bite to register the commercial and other orders of society rest
4' WithM its precincts. Here has this " l'ost-office Directory"
Jecr.ning on increasing in size, and multiplying in contents, for 51
der until it has grown into a bulk that makes one pause with won-
km', And not only has it swelled into 10:antic proportions, but it
ltt uproved a hundred ways, until it has become as remarkable for
Worket..4lness as it is marvellous for its greatness. To say such a
%lel•lPerfect would be absurd, for from its very nature it must have
'elects: therefore, we will not stop to point out where we
AUmmary nlore judicious arrangement might be made, or a desirable
attoon We must tako it as it is—an astonishing com-
nte of facts, indispensable to he ever within the ready reach of
al'emssionaCthe commercial, and the official man, and, indeed,
P 4" sons Congregated within this capital. The care bestowed
treel.„- „new edition is ware .t throughout, and must have been
elm uous in amount. The " Street Directory," the " Commer-
the ,:tectory,.. the ...Trades' Directory," the " Law Directory,"
itl,l Postal Directory,"' the " Convevance Directory," are each and
ileef,t7reted up to the last moment 'of publishing. We may safely
`e " The Post-oflice Lodon Director" tbe the worthy hand-
. to the commerce of the n
first commercial city of the world.

Ts„ MORNING ADVERTISER, NONIIIMBEE 24, v
1849.
ko the Po ro
ndeus annual, yet marvelleu,ly clear olume—which,
thstnePost-olitce itself, Is a wonder of tire world—has just made
earance. It has existed for half a century : the present is the
svutqlra ry t publication. It prepares for its second jubilee not only
Pro:rs°ll the
Merits characterising its previous existence, but with
Oliewl:net age only increases its strength, its vigilance. and
.its
lriu.,ro to he useful to all who by possibility can
.require that
lin-
,-„` on Which it gives. Although the result of private enterpr se,
44, ”very respect as proudly national a work. as proceeds from
d
tkiiitrlisher in Great Britain ; and wherever it may he seen. an
to llve„ned• no matter in which part of the world, it cannot fail to
velk astounding but not Incorrect notions of the world's metro-
hoetiW have so often had occasion to de.cribe, which is to
tv, InM minutely accurate yet gigantic Directory, that we ran-
up.e. add to the praise it now more than ever so amply deserves.
ketkrore to be superfluous labour, yet we can hardly avoid generally
!tglis.h, the construction of this enormous compilation. It eon-
,. 0:1‘1 fact, twelve distinct Directories, under the title,s,
" The Street," " The Commercial," " The Trades,"
"The 70•," - The Court," "The Parliamentary," " The Postal, City:,
" The Conveyance," " The Banking," and " The
the, Directories " Tese leads clearly indicate the nature of
Itreullni..siti
Directory; contained In those divisions. As regards to
The
as valuable in its results as it must have been
at. tg. "CI laborious in the preparation, it presents the names
eiZikresidents in each street, ware, &c. ; and it is due to
to state that it is the only one that ever even 9sts.r,,,rmi
14t)j. channe one general list the nobility and gentry, and the
Itad !.:A.(48810nel men traders and tradesmen of the metropo-
'oello eavirons The ,"
Commercial Directory" presents all
t, latter in Complet
e alphabetical order, whi,l,e
,the nobility and
tol. Tr wand in similar arrangement in the Court Directory."
a °4llld stems
exhibits all the members of each of the two
ilProuria--..5, es classified distinc ly—the sub-divisions of each being
11 elas4elstiaguiahed. The " Law Directory" is devoted to
r155511:4"0n of the members of the profession, together with the
arllu7nt alatters suitable to a work of this character ; le the sets um ant Directory" furnishes all requisite information as to
1:4I e°tlntr e'''bera of Parliameut, and as to their town residences
thutied "atS, that
The Proprietor of this immense undertaking
t:ieription °,,,rdeelare that,—" such a mass of facts of this particular
Post..„,„" never presented to tile public until in the pages o
1-'4 been ~"tee London Directoryand that unceasing efforts
but
au.eYoted to secure, not merely a large amount of informa-
desir,,stil an arrangement, condensation, and classification, that
metnt,,-; Part of this large'volume may be referred to without
,(14 that This is the truth °;
and it would have been justifiable to
torers, ._nOt only is the work unsurpassed in the world, but that all
!Mitate it, numerous as they are each year, have only
,ut,"boutier: to render, if possible, more apparent tho remarkable,
Nine and Inost useful excellences of this great original. The
vreoeded by a well-defined Map of Londoa,

...........
ThIS i
ti to 'inky aDnAnyj NE WS, Novxmaxa 23 184fe9r.
presented itself yesterday- the fifty-first
*Olll4 Iti.rlic Patronage. No now feature i put forth, nor, indeed,
Knq teatoe easy to invent one ; for the plan having been matured
tuge .bY so many years' experience, pears not very suscep-
d et addi
er,,,,,.. tions er improvements. Asap heretofore the official
üblient gives at one reference the name and office of every
eneral list an
l'etsin:)tn,DleYg• The street branch includes in on
wit ~,,- ne to the habitations, not silly of the nobilitye and gentrY,
bile tnerehants, professional' men, and traders, grea
for 4 the " Commercial Directory" separates th,e,
It o::_p_ivate inffividaals
'being classified iy,n.etrhethan
two thousand
t_tek'`,4,l freint the Trades lists that no fewer ab "e calli C lattero
"Court" r ta' I'
' from(i
small
division. the
;
4iistne nge are exercised in the metropolis. The
at til, , rharY Directories" record the addresses of all the
m they
temde .-,‘ egislature and jurisprudence of the country, whether,
„i every
"Law
em members
Info,Th44 London or not. The " Postal Directory gives
The
11,4 erten relating to inland, foreign, and colonial poste
QlStrieint°4•7 order oMces throughout the limits of thege Landon
forth ttPost is especially useful The " Conveyance Director" sets
cabs, ,L'e Minutest fact connected with railways, coaches, omnibuses*
thiescion is canals, and waggons. This mass of infosr-.
4%144t; .s. preceded by an almanack, and, according to the bes,t,po e
44, onY—that of Air. Peter Cunningham, author of Thr
Print,. 0K for London "—the most complete map of London eve
441:1: The editor of this leviathan list of names, trades, places,
erriii,•alotives, sings in his preface an Is trillillphale over the fallt
last ,Cr,..z.._tis rivals and imitators, and intimates that his l work aa.
1011441:"'elooe, This implies nionepolya condition se d‘oiiii f
..
'taealelico or cheapness. To this however, the Fost-