The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-26 00:00:00

For ,
Being the FIFTY-FIRSTIBSO ANNUAL EDITION,
Comprising, aniong other information,
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY; STREETI .IRECTORY
COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY
TRADES' DIRECTORY; LAW DIRECTORY ;
COURT DIRECTORY;
PARLIAMENTARY DIRECTORY;
POSTAL DIRECTORY; CITY DIRECTORY;
CONVEYANCE DIRECTORY;
RANKING DIRECTORY; 6
. &c. &c. &c.

The following are Reviews of the Edition for the current year,
/cblell have appearedin the leading Metropolitan Joernals :
. SUN, NOVEZihra. 22, 1819.
Jew The "Poste filee London Directory" has now been in existence
ilrds of half a century. From small beginniege it Lao g ne on
ie by incontestable imroving until this, the hfty-fle.t annual impression,
'' his superior to its predeeessors, and which maY
be considered as near an' approach to perfection as it is I crimes
possible to attain in a work of this description. The " Post-melee "eitelon Directore7, for 1850 extends to 2,091 pages, and consists of
'olta "3 wan
twelve separate directories, unier tee heats of "ire
,o,
..,,,fll4l. " The Street," " The' Commercial," "The Treees, .41,' Law," " The c .urt," " The Parliamentary," " The Postal,"
kes e City." "The Conveyance," "The Ranking," and "The
urance Directories." The " Official Directory" at once b di-
eates the position of every public 'employe. The " Str, et Three-
!err furnishes the names of the residents in each street or place
includeing the only work that has ever even attemptea to
tZ in one ge cral list the nobility and gentry as well as
Tetrsee Merchants, professional men traders, and tradesmen of the
opolle and its immediate environs. The "Commercial I 'free-
.,
Ili!. t obeli)* and
,-IrY" has all these latter in complete alphabetical er er, while
gentry will be found in similar arrangement
;e ,rao " Court Directory." The "Trades Directory" exhibits 11.
Members of each of the two thousand trades classified die-
eeleti_ Y—the of
of each being suitably distinguished.
:.4e " Law Dicory" is devotee to the classification of the
7,1, !lA_ hers of the profsssion, together with the general legal matter s
eSProPriate to a work of this character ; while the " Parliamentary
fu_irectoree furnishes all requisite information as to Peers and
141_erabers of Parliament, and as to their town residences and, country
.Postal Directory" gives frill Instruction on the subject'
r' %.,,1153' orders, and of the transmission of letters and newspapers
tri tei.e Parts of the world. The " Conveyance Directory " is devoted
t iiie`,te imPortant subject which its title indicates, as are the " Bank-
, e and "Assurance Directories." The proprietors of this, the
Zetht Useful and roost accurate Mirror of the Metropolis of the World
as ever been presented •to the public, are well justified in
d_i kingt their boat that—" Such a mass of facts of this particular
i‘Triptioni was never presented to the public until in the pages of the
itermosteepece London Directory;" and unceasing efforts have been
suevitted to secure, not merely a 'large amount of info mation, but
aired an rangement, condensation, and classification, th it any de,-
Xot Par. of this large volume may be referred to witont difficulty. '
°,IIY Is the information eontalned in this work most ample and
;art inct
_ c•-e accurate, but it Is arranged in such an admirably clTir and
manner, tat a reference can at once be ade with te
tooaftest facility to anhy port on which may be desireh m
It is not going
everar t° Say
d that this is far and away the best book of the sort
re_ to the public. As might have ben expected, the tr,.,:'„411(1 most deserved success of the " Post. office'London DiFecz
ihift.,,.:as induced several persons to attempt to vend spurious
Riv,‘4,,l. ns of it ; and, in order to guard the publics against fraud, :we
ihe'' there the following extract front the preface, in.
.wluch
.. Tine reprletors allude to these atternp.s at imposftion :
Ibeb_gerat success which has attended these efforts' has , minced
tevelz7,l.t: that it is only necessary to announce a book to cieu!aln
et' th; ei_irectoties,' and taking the titles of some of the sub-divisions:
(Nitre
stalikii ''et.lt, as ' Street Directory," Parliamentary Directory,'
ig Directory,' ' Official Directory.' &c. &c. &c., in order to
eta a sale ; and, in consequence, a year now seldom passes with-
. sem '
e experiment of the kind. There has been no instance of
kneed,
of these ePhemerals surviving the year of its production, or,
nee, f eilig. in the ordinary senee of the word, published, or even
pi, eed in the newspaper circulation is always as secret tee able, and limited to those who have been induced to ' order
appo7; ..nd who, on scrutinizing, after having paid for it, are dis-
exp,ri:_ri that Is not the one they had expected. These abortive,
pro, Lelate 110 no injury to the ' Pest-office London Directory .
the"Zindeed, to the small extent :to which they offer a contrast
iliat the fife effect is produced. Stie it may be well for the public
(liked bu oits should be known." In the case of such a volume,d. prtoe-
kiess of inliel:rianaYtl
intsettlelkentirelaern„ medre costrmeetyistNwaynsnbgder2ennitet
issetcodli:lterzey
Y irrelevantan to accuracy
attention`iio the fact that, taking
.444 other°MY, and without reference to the general typographical
iro,,, arrangeraents it is by far the cheapest book which issues
e 4 the En ii..... '
guise press.

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This is ' TIAIES, NOVEMBER 23, 1849.
Of „,, _
.. in some respects the most wonderful book in the world.
ke"truopotliler city could so vast a record be compiled ; and in no other
l'ate en. Is could such a work be undertaken and executed by prl-
com,,t,!.erPrise. Tins "hand-book to the commerce of the first
!leaner, oial c!ty of the world" has now reached its 51st annual ub •
,onish„:...!Tl as the language of eulogy, if not of admiration and as-
1112rrt,,'n',1, has wzll nigh been exhausted in successive announce-
-I,a.,Xii termer editions, it may be aufileent now to say that the
irii,i,,.'._7iol 1850, like. its immediate predecessors, is not less. huge
tit,i,."l3l).ehentive in its design than minute and accurate in its de-
,tllker, ra,e,,.."1.8. Kelly's "„rest-office London Directory" hal, indeod,
ilationra ''' as a publication which we are perm:ttad to regard w.ith
Weak,. Pride, not only as an annual witness to the fast-increasing
or th_"! resourOes, and population of London, but also as an example
Lew c 4rottlean undertakiwn which in this country are left to., be
el'ecll,3' the energy and p'erseverance of private citizens.

h,lieltICING CHRONICLE NOVEMBER, 22, 1. 849..
rutin Just received the fifty-first annual publication of this
Nvork. It would be altogether unnecessary to attempt
een,l4:e.t.the value of this large volume (extending, as it does, to
bitnn.B74.More than 2,000 pages) to the great portion of the inha-
'44l' that this his the first commercial city In the world ; but it is pos-
tan), in other parts of the empire, its nature and importanc.c
'lto% ebe sa well known or appreciated. It may, therefore, be
utted that it contains in Itself not less than
.twelve separate
rate
Qot.,4l'er!e!, tinder the heads of " The Official," " The Street,,"
,Tire
The Trades," " The Law," " The Court,' 9.hi,),
The iten'ar}'," " The Postal," " The City," " Tao Conveyance.
:set, 19king" and " The Assurance Directories." The mass of
tnetn..ernislied under each of Rime heads is of the most varied cha-
in the information contained in it is arranged and classiVd
NUE; admirable mariner that any matter sought for, legiti-
-10,4 etithig within the scope of snch a publication, may be referred
this iie_the y.reatest facility. As far as we have hoen able to test
edition, the same care has been expended on it as on the
teeeli"lts Yolu
dn. Ines, and the ceructions have been made up to the
.most ~0,1
.-..ee• Taking it altogether, we feel the proprietors are usti-
lien of -44,Ying that this work is the best mass of condensed informa- the kind ever laid before the public.

'appith ee 14011XING HERALD, —l\-,TrevEars= 23, 1849.
ar,„"escriptive punctuality this stupendous work makes its
eu1,,...:L., at the fall of the year. and adds another to the large
hoe'llsw.,cl,Cli have gone before. The gence and activity whic i
than dish ally characterised its pre.paration seem to increase rather
the eo, Mish with each annual recurrence of the undertaking, and
releti „iv just issued exhibits bath to an extent which. Is unparal-
/ihia it`„ c history V compilation. Let it be borne in mind that
DateB,
e:., crimson boards there are upwards of 2,000 royal octayo
!lad i,,,,f11 Page filled to its utmost limits with smatl letterpress,
'act ! go word comprised therein the record of a real and practical
3111011 11Qinell-ica May thus be gathered of the vast amount of labo.ar
Redo, ,aa been expended upon the framework of a cyclopredut,
the i' snail present at a glance a complete and irrefragable view of
l'lvegers°nai and 'commercial 'contents of the entire metropolis.
fre,,
ellicar has exhibited the improvement which naturally comes
hier IN !i eged experie stability et position, and the volume
'''ec 04 Pe°bablY as perfect a book of its class as it is within the
M eof is
harts anlndustry to accomplish. Day by day is It tested in
the town. but when do wo lr.ar of error or inex.hacti--
ebotit,
01.4 e arrangement is such that you may ascertain. the..e cr
ae rolle
l'ilet iris
,very individual of position or public. occupation , if yon
in, or the tradet
ame, you can turn to the street he lives
etaployr, and he does not escape you. Whether, a Oovernmen
he ts t: Bank director, a professional man, or. a small trader,_
intest (i.n found in his proper place, and this 'n twhich thi
4cleeted inleultY or loss of time. The analytical method s
team,
and the immediate grasp of whatever information is
eeeivablnd this again Everyvi to an extent that meets every
Irisi(4l, 'e
exigcncY. ear the entire volume undergoes Fe.
enabl_ :ind we can but admire the efficiency of the process, which
15ur„,
fork a vast compendium of minute and isolated details to be
WIL __l°r the time being, of the errors which the shifting accidents
close
,ye perpetually generating.. The present volume does not series 0,, alteration, as regards plan, from that of 1849. We have a
trades„ ,cearede directories--namely, of official people, streets,
1114 i'`,ll,. trades, lawyers, gentry, Members of l'eYan-u-netunlries, and the postal machinery, Civicauthorities, eon-
taiej, cc, ead bankers—each of thes definite branches of fact con-
, under clitell the their respective headsetsl the collateral intelligence
ates raan of business may require, or like to know. Mr. Kelly's
Iniiie e 4 l'ook Is, in truth, your only real history of London ; and
te, ... is a 'erPripe Tube monument of laborious inquiry, of single-handed
—rest ~",unexampled perseverance, it becomes of national in-
„tlnvoling"4a 3 concentrated chronicle of all that appertains to the
hat e London"ll°.vewn capital of Europe. If any one wants to see
once bil. really is, let him turn over the leaves or the " Pc:st-
-50 tiktirectOrY." and ponder (statistically or morally, as he will)
Varied and multifarious contents. .

N'othi,„ mortmEt rosp, NOVEMBER 24, len.
tomD, '‘g rethinds one so forcibl of the Immense volume, wealth,
LNniailmousness of this prodigiousmetropolis as the huge Directory
entirilehtion register the commercial and ether orders of soei,ty resi-
fts precincts. Here has this " Post-office Directory"
ha„,.g6log on. increasing in size,
, “t, Until it h' and multiplying in contents, for 51
ear, , as grown into abulk that makes one pause with won-
1, And not
1"i Prow Only has it swelled into gigantic proportions, but it
lts two veft'a hundred ways, uatt has become as remarkable or Itcrit is ~'n'BB as it is marvellous for its greatness. To say such a
kany , '",,e'rfect would-be absurd, for from its very nature it must have
lhihk: tt'etQcts 1 therefore, we will not stop to point out where we
100itn,,,InPre judicious arrangement might be made, or a desirable
Dliati .Y introduced We must take it as It is—an astonishing corn-
%" ° f fact !
f' Drotes.„ s, indispensable to he ever within the ready reach of
1,5‘ all 2•°W, the commercial, and the official man, and, indeed,
In this persons.
.congregated within this capital. The care bes OW ,
ft,tneod"ew edition is apparent throughout, and must have been
qui liir°U? In amount. The " Street Directory," the " Commer-
ce ~ 1, ecaorY," the " Trades' Directory," the " Law "Directory,
011 eorrose tal Directory," the " Conveyance Directory," are each and
dO5 to the last moment of publishing. We may safely
book to thehe Post-office London Directory" to be the worthy hand-
emunierce of the first commercial city of the world.

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Pond VERTISE, NovisEß 24, 1849.
Ilk, ernos annual, yet mamliously clear volume —which,
its el,e'' rest-office itsslf, is a wonder of the world—has just made
11113,4atranee. It has existed for half a century : the present is ihe
'mei
~,
the It prepares for its second jubilee not only_
Droofat'., the Merits characterising its previous existence, butdwiittis
eapiteiti:L4t age only increase,s its strength, its
I that
vigilance. and an
foet,„ '.7 Le be useful to all who by possibility can !Ma re
it I, i",•.0.1 which it gives. Although the result of private enterprise,
is
any .',T.'ery respect as proudly national a work. as proceeeent
an
i.
exix4l-,,,_
(i_sher in Great Britain ; and wherever it !nay
leove'," 1, no matter in which part of the world, it canbricostfail. to
ludis. '' a', teaming but Rot incorrect notions of the world's
hmisetrtoo-
eelegis„ We Inive so often had occasion to describe,
not ~_7., this minutely accurate yet gigantic Directory, twhahtieweerveaons-.
It anZh___ada to the praise It now more than ever so amply des
niti-trars to be superfluomslabonr yet we can hardly avoid generally
Ni13,..g. the construction of this' enormous compilation. It
?
',
Oftlellll,, fact, twelve distinct Directories, under the titles 'Th .L.' ~ The Street," "The Commercial," "The Trades,"
"The (-w: " The Court " "The Parliamentary," "
Asse, 4, ' " The C•nve ance " The Banking," and ' The
the Po,stl.l,
tlio 'nee Directories " TYhese ;leads clearly.indicat tty cof
,Irni)ireotitt',:icycf,ntain ed In those divisions As regards " The
`.stl as valuable in its results as it must have been
litof tk,. and laborious in the renaration it j)resents the names
e ;oaidents in each street, square, pia' ce, &c. ; and it
tits due to
Ille'a estetVe.tate that it is the only one that ever even a
rel,„, „e in one general list the nobility and gentry, acad.:the
is a. :T"4, professional men, traders, and tradesmen of the met Po-
DI" ''', its em,i
all
~.. e latter ' OIIS. The " Commercial Directory" presents
and
itri'Y ate fin cernplete alphabetical order, while the nobility
th e" Tr.._cFnd in similar arrangement in the "Court Directory."ewo
a ale similar Directory".exhibits all the members of each of t_
„Parokia6ades classified eV ti lv ti sub-divisions of each being
-le ei -,Ydi , • 's ne - 'e "is devoted to
tt.._ assift,,, s,itignished. The " Law Directory" rat leq,l`'''h of the members of the
the
Peers suitable to a work of this character; while
profession, together with the
Ll"l.4want ).`eg'.3' Directory" furnishes all requisite informationt as to
114 tr; Tr:, bers of Parliament, and as to their town res
undertaking
Mel. entitled ._sats, &c. The Proprietor of this immense
I,l?ption`?_ aeclare that,--" such a mass of facts. of this partieular
s Post4as never presented to the public until in the pages of
Win".ve boo utte London Directory :' and that unceasing efforats.
, b n (I'N'ated
,nt se, to secure, not me...Ay a large arnonut of inform
'44; 3' desiro 4 an arrangement, condensation, and classification, that
This is
"tlicalty.,'' lard of this large volume may be referred to without
add that n the truth •
mits to and it would have been justifiable to
,:,t Only is The work 'unsurpassed in the world, but that all
teoti.ihteirtiitate it, numerous as they are each year, have only
IbM°llndest ° render, if possible, more apparent the remarkable,
I'eltike , . and most us excellences of this great original. The
. Preceded by a 'well-deigned Map of London,

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tnTl:l.3 b y DPlzfLy is,i'm WS, NOVESII3EII 23, 1849.
'- `4 tinllkii -"nhal Presented itself yesterday for the lift:yd. first
ould it '-i.),..e Patronage. No new feature put forthi;ereinorm, 'ant:reeds
and tested,'bcasY to invent one; for the
pion hay
vniitt very suscell.
Nile of F s') inany mire etpei knee, appears f
re the einnial
r, cdtlitions or provements. As hereto o
__
I:lThli"tenl girts at one rofererce the name and office of fliesvtear)o,
s:
Thrleye. The t•treet branch includes in one: general . .
, . ant clue to the habitations, not only of the
171;,,zif Merchants rf' .nobility and gell.r.),
and traders, great and small
7,, ie the t, c , p o ,s,ional men,
-,,"Mler ollarnerclal Directory" separates the latter, Eton
aD,2 Private individuals beino• classified in the
thousand
division.
3eilaroa!ars front the Trades' lists' that no fewer than try?.
wand
l'arlia,!..g callings are exercised in the metropolis. The I.
" Court'
&embers
of' 0,,, ',!tentary Directories" record the addresses of all the m
they
tt,igt:egislature and Jurisprudence of the country, whether
ho. " 11l Lon ire
Or ' • ~ tat Directory" gives every
kst!rltlation rolati to not. Ihe Pos
he d colonial postage. T
tliiirr,nl°lMY order oft'''.
nelsanrforn.eigott a
~h the limits of the London.
Teeth
..;•_Post 13
csPecially 'useful. °uThe " Conveyance Directory" sets
cabs, h&c, Minutest fact connected with railways, coaches, omnibuses,:r
teat' l'lley-eoftclies, canals and waggons. This mass of info
.-
isibie,Preeeled by an ainiailack, and, according to the best,pos-
llntMl;ny--that of Mr. Peter Cunningham, author of ' The
Printed7tl
_r London ~_..the most complete map of London ever
lind 10ce,...-.7 editor of this leviathan I:st of names, trades, placc,
gr titn,r;..4991 sings in his pleface an In triumphal° over the fall,t
kst st (hi"
vitals and imitators, and intimates that his work a
Your 4 ._alone, This implies monopoly—a condition seldom fa-
' W "cell @B clleftPlloo, 20 1141 149W8fr /14 " rilit.