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

SHIPPING GAZETTE, DzczmßEß 14, 1849.

The perseverance and enterprise of Messrs. Kelly and Co. have
again been manifested. in the publication of the " Post-office Direc-
tory," which comes forth at the appointed time with, if possible,
increased claims -upon the patronage of those whom it concerns.
The energy which has been shown, for half a century past, upon
the production of this gigantic volume, has established such a com-
plete system of machinery as to ensure a degree of accuracy in the
periodical correction of the several branches of information whie!i
it is its province to supply, that a few years ago wonid have been
thought impossible. But there is no mistake In the matter. The

Directory of Messrs. Kelly is a masterpiece of unwearied industry,
and the only book of a professedly useful and practical character
thief the merchants' and traders of the city of London can NOT do
without. It presents at one view an immense compendium of facts,
are anged with such admirable precision and method as to ibe surely
and' immediately available. The book is divided into a circle of
Directories, each having a specific head—namely, of Government
officials, Streets, Merchants and Tradespeople, Trades, Lawyers,
Placemen, Peers and Members of Parliament, Post-office and Civic
Frffictionaries, Conveyanees, Banking-houses, and Assurance-offices.
The plan thus adopted is replete with advantages, for, if you have
forgotten the name of any individual whose residence you desire to
know, you find him under his occupation; the latter branch of
analysis giving also a comprehensive tableau of the number of
persons engaged in each of the multitudinous avocations carried on
within the boundaries Of the metropolis. The reputation which the
" Post-office Directory" enjoys has not been gained without
warrant. It has proved itself to be immeasurably superior to all
other attempts which have- from time to time been made to super-
sede ; and it may now be fairly viewed as a book of reference
beyond the remotest possibility of rivalry. That it will maintr in
this position there can be no doubt, for every year corroborates the
public faith in its truth, and witnesses the continuance of that close
and critical supervision, without which its credit and its value
would greatly diminish.

WEEKLY DISPATCH', Novmom 28, 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 persona
h lding situations in
,the East India House, Bank of England, the
various Law, City, and all other public offices ; list of her Ma-
jesty's Privy Council, the chief officers of State, and of her Majesty's
Household, &c. The " Street Directory" contains the names and
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 foe
the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and the nature of those offices ;
there is, besides, a complete list of attorneys, and their residences.
" The Court Directory" enumerates the names of ladies and gentle-
men lunconnectel 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,
nd 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, &c.;
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-mastera, market-collectors, a
list of swoin brokers, a complete list of London and provincial
newspapers, town and country newspaper agents, Szc. The " Con-
veyance Directory" &fords every information connected with the
departure and arrival of railway trains ; a list of inns, wharfs, and
quays, and the places whence waggons, vans, carts, vesseis, 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 natim, and to the enterprising publishers. There is no
other work in which no much useful information is imparted, net
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 And no difficulty in seeking access_to its
Pages.