The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-18 00:00:00

pOST-OFFICF LONDON DIRECTORY
For 1850,
Being the FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL EDITION,
Comprising, among other information,
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY; STREET DIRECTORY ;
COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY;
TRADES' DIRECTORY; LAW DIRECTORY;
COURT DIRECTORY;
PARLIAMENTARY DIRECTORY;
POSTAL DIRECTORY; CITY DIRECTORY;
• CONVEYANCE DIRECTORY;,
BANKING DIRECTORY;
&c. &c.
Thr

k'4B fist:Ming are Reviews of the Edit:on for the current year
It oh
have appeared in the leading Metropolitan Journals :
Th. „, SUN, NOVEMBER 22, 1849.
hPffice London'Directory" has now been in existence
Ms Year half a century. From small b .ginniegs it has gne on
-''•-•tear improvine until this. the fifty-Orat annual Impression,
be
‘‘e.,11., is incontestable °
superior to its predeeessors, and whicti may
bible to
as near an approach to perforion as It Is terhaps
ressfele to attain in a • work of this description. Tit s " Post-office
e 011.411 Directory" for 1850 extends to 2,091 pages, and consists of
saekt than twelve separate directories, under e heads of "T a
Law,: „The Street," "The Commercial," , Trades,"
,
458 5 City," " The Cuurt," " The Parliameatary, The poa, ~
"The Conveyance," "The Banking" and "The
tat,„t44„,4ce Directories." The "Official Directory" at once fedi-
`"o Position of every public employe. The " Str et D rec-
ible furnishes the names of the residents in each street or place ;
Istleabe.llir tho only work that has ever even attempted to
th •fa one ger eral list the nobility and gentry as well as
'e't Merchants, professional men, traders, and tradesmen of the
t0r.:.°1)°,11,1 and its iramodiate environs. The "Commercial I Aim-
ittiettire"baailityan 4,tree latter in complete alphabetical er er, while
gentry will be found in similar arrangement
Ito Court Directory." The " Trades Directory" exhibits 11
tlo,tigsalbers of each of the two thousand trades classified die-
The ,T,"-;•the sub-div,sions of each being suitably distinguished.
seezob„,.47r Directory" Is devoted to the classification ef the
appro,;',.4's at the profession, together with the general legal matte, s
41r0c`..0“4t;• to a work of this character ; while the " Parliamentary
5f000,,,r3' tarnishes all requisite ••information as to Peers and
flats,ris of Parliament, and as to their town residences and country
Moe " Postal Directory" gives full instruction on the subject
to op sY orders, and of the transmission of letters and newspapers
to tb• Parts of the world The " Conveyance Directory "is devoted
I,,tr
etromPsirt ant subject which Its title indicates, as are the " Bank-
Assurance Dir. eV:ries." The proprietors of this, the
'flat C"ai anti most accurate Mirror of the Metropolis of the World
too, al ever been presented to the public, are well justified in
Poortlktbeirbz•a•t that—" Such a mass,pf facki of this particular
o was never presented to the public until in the pages of the
dteotl.44"loc London Diroctory;" and unceasing efforts have been
titch o„ to secure not merely a large amount of info motion, but
144(1,,--"raaiiesment condensation, and classification, that any de-
tot ornr of this large volume may be referred to witkout difficulty."
moot, i,ll the information contained in this work most ample and
"secineT'rate, but it is arranged in such an admirably clear and
Irsatoq "'tanner, that a reference can at once be made with the
too far fecility to any port'on which may be desired. It is not going
stet pr say seY that this is far and away the best book of the sort
Vsatto the public As might have been expected. the
trry ,an
Most deserved succ'ess of the " Post office London Dlrec-
-4111441 induced several persons to attempt to vend spurious
the t'il'insst„it. ; and, in order to guard the public against fraud, we
14,! Hers following eafract from the preface, in which
kite „.".,l'e allude to these atternp:s at imposition :
•co mat allude
which has 'attended these efforts has induced
5e,711,
4etaat it only. mecessary to announce a book to contain%! this '-‘,...4ootories,' and taking the titles of eorne of the sub-divisions
...tt, as • Street Directory,' 'Parliamentary Directory,'
'411; Directory," Official Directory,' doe. &c. &c., in order to
once
hnd, in Consequence, a year now seldom passes with-
,"`ll o eaPcriment of the kind: There has been no instance of
illesers"4.°f the
,of so ephemeral, surviving the year of its production, or,
~--.o4ii,„,i7latc, in IN ordinary sense of the word, published, or even
eoseig la the newspaper . The circulation is always as secret
Zs book F, and limited to those who have been induced to ' order'
"slegos.,. kat vrtb, on scrutinising, after havlrte paid for it, are d's-
t4Dercw tied is not the one they had expected. These abortive
blba bnitqllyatn44ed_o no injury to the • Pest-office London Dinctory :•
th ee% vo. to the mall extent .to which they offer a contrs!st
o„a; the effect is produced. Still it may be well for the pub.ic
h 'eta should be known." in the case of such a volume, pro-
ut orio.
re,''sli of a Year, mere cost must always be quite secondary to
t beool,_afarination and 'accuracy of arrangement : still, it may
„11slY irrelevant to direct attention
.to the fact that, taking
tr'o oteer"l, and without reference to the general typographical
ih. t"rratiZetAelltS it is by far the cheapest book which issues
• 41:1011sh press.'

otllls is in TIMES, NOVEMBER 23, 1849.
melt 4 etlltr ccrae respects the most wonderful book in the world.
city eonid se vast a record be compiled and in no other
rate eZ24 could such a work be undertaken and executed by pri-
,ettir4etyPrise. This " hand-book to the commerce of the first
I,lillea:it'PlndcitY of the world" has now reached its list annual pub-
lhken. 45 the language of eulogy, if not of admiration and as-
v7ll of
r 0 has well nigh been exhausted ia successive announce-
-4,.. rJorrner editions, it maj be sufficient now to say that the
1850 like its immediate predecessors, is not less huge '
nstve in its design than minute and accurate in its de-
44'kur. Nricua• " Pest-office London Directory" has, indeed,
*, al kir Publication which we are permitted to regard with
4ltt, e, not only as an annual witness to the fast-increasing
the tij4llrces, and population of London, but also as an example
lerect clean undertakings which in this country are left to be
the energy and perseverance of private citizen!.

Wt
tti 11,1111. °ItNING CHRONICLE._ Novsmax!t, 22, 1849.
to Just received the fifty-first annual publication of this
Point ..„`!! work. It would be altogether unnecessary to attempt Zsekt,r,7.t.the value of this large volume (extending, as it does, to
,f`n.rnore than 2,000 pages) to the great portion of the Juba-
't that, ris, the first commercial city in the- world ; but it is pos-
p44Y 2 other parts of the empire, its nature and importance
tlf st 7 go well known or appreciated. It may, therefore, be
etori,"`Qd, that it contains in itself not less than twelve separate
1,°11141,, !, under the heads of " The Official," " The-Street," " The
h4lik, " The Trades," ...The Law," " The Court," " The
f The pentarY," " The Postal," " The City," " The Conveyance."
Zkts
ru.auking" under Assurance Directories." The mass of
cter r.nithed each of•the: e heads is of the most varied cha-
-64.1'01 the information contained in it is arranged and classified
14'04itiy r,,VI admirable mahner that any matter sought for, legiti-
-04 tltillB Within the scope of such a publication, may be referred
Rreat est facility. As far as we have been able to test
:fetiu'Lodition, the same care has been expended on it as on the
'l7lht ,;:,01ilines, and the corrections have been made np to the most
04111 sLes• Taking it altogether, we feel the proprietors arejusti-
'll 17,/ng that this work is the best malls of condensed infornaa-
.ie kind ever laid before the public.

------
, 1110, MORNING HERALD, Novxmaxx 23, 1849.
stktk,' Prescriptive nctuality this atupendeus wor makes its
,1414;41ce at the fall of the year, and adds another to tke large
4,4Voti'llieli have gone before. The diligence and activity which
ik"ktei.4l4llY characterised Its preparation seem to increase rather
~,foillish with each annual recurrence of the undertaking, and ~,,L'lN'ik,,t44„, lust issued exhibits both to an extent which is unparal-
i4llo in history of compilation. Let it be borne in mind that
crimson boards there are upwards of 2,000 royal octavo
kph, "1 Page tiled to its utmost limits with sma'l letterpress,
~INLI word corn* prised therein the record of a real and practical
I'l' --gle 14 thus be gathered of the vast amount of labour
imsit has tie ea
ma.).
tk -m tiic on expended • upon the framework of a cyclopmdia,
) ).4.., Present, at a glance, a complete and irrefragabie view of
Ff',''ty 37inal and commercial contents of the. entire metropolis.eamea
it,cleoi.rr...his exhibited the improvement which natural
Ol'i,e ',sect eaPerience and stability of position, and theyvolume
r oorobably as perfect a boak. of its classh as it is within the
'day is it tested in
1,,1)211,
the
industry to accomulish. Day
"'lt? I', the town, but when dottwye hear fyerror or inexacti-
Otaor _'e arc angement is such th ynascertain the where-
:Pithi -cr,Y individual of position or public occupation ;if you
toilhilf,44lne, you can turn to the street he lives in, or the trade
lisDt`l6, ' 4,." he does not escape you. Whether
q. to %.6,alik director, a professional maaand,
tahris without the
aas,mgoallveratrmadeenrt,
tdoo'icstdimel..o!l.nd in his proper P
iieqeure..it,K or loss of time. The analytical method which is
tiiso(i , am thighs immediate grasp of whatever information is
liNo4 able,
ez, again is subdivided to an
.extevnot.utmhaetrimeets every
ndergoes re-
o a" _ gency.
admire the entire 1 1,,,,,,'cs or, ^,s can but the efficiency of the proces§l, which
We k:" 4 vast compendium of minute and isolated details to be
m re 4. T the time being, of the errors which the shifting accaidte_nats. Its7‘ti' as; ZeTPetu, ally generating. The present volume does nhavolei a stet of s leration, as regards plan, from that of 1849.
l'itZOti:P,4l'ate directories—namely, of official peoplWe,est_reasetS,
;tythllinctiohrades, lavvyers, gentry, Members of Parliament, r
cant-. si,''TS, ~,,",,a,Tict, and the postal machinery, Civic authmities,
con-
IA k, under `, Drinkers —each of these viennite %ranches of facti nce
1,,1th tht their respective heads, all the collateral intell cell
,a
hllllhasiiflail of business qor like to know. Mr. Re y
,ie II is a',l( Is. in truth, yore only 'real history of London ; and
bittP, Tise ~",,uge mo=nument of laborious inquiry, of single-handed
hte`, al ';''' Tincx,Mpled perseverance, it becomes of national in-
nAl,,;clig „'„ concentrated chronicle of all that appertains to the
ett.,,Les,t,s"ci'grown capital of Europe. If any one wantlto see
31,-,ulpet'"4" really is let him turn over the leaves of the Post-
'kelp s'urY," and ponder (statistically or morally, as be will)
' aried and Multifarious contents.

t, —.
bit thint r ROWNINCI POST, NoTEMBEA 24, 1849.
NittOninatallids one so forcibly of the immense volume, 7ealth
44, ats to maser this prodigious metropolis as the huge Dttrecrtesori.
lit,o' lsitnio the commercial and other orders of sect. y 1,.
Yis,./14nni Its Precincts• II • h this " I ost-office Directory
q‘.o , on too. • . ere as
~r ' , Ittll it , easing in size, and multiplying in contents, for 51
tsts.stsiis not Vett% into •thulk that makes one pause with won-
'lt a'"1tr0,,..",,,' only has it sII d
itchlnto gigantic proportions, but it
t411111:1.'„`` a illlndred Swelled
etil as become as remarkable for
klo)Siekyl pets'lv(). is rnavvrvaelsiors for its greatness. To say such a tit
~111c1 be absurd, for from Its very na'ure it mast have iet,,k tail., ` ‘sterefore, we will not stop to point out where we
l'llol.*ist' Judicious arrangement might be made, or a desirableee.
toli'l Dr'4 Of facts, We unlit take it as it is—an astonishing
0..
it ettstQts, Indispensable to be ever within the ready lindoehd,f
tat thi, Ileesoo,l.the commercial, and the official man, el,
Nen nels tste.?utregated within this capital. The care basesetoLeisd
itllti is Soo, , Lion is
apparent throughout, and mast
„h
ht ~'lrtt., `n arnount. The I. Street Directory," the Cemmer-
Sit Post' ern
the "
ilt ,tott„ al btr Fradest ory," the " Law "Directory,
Sotolstt sittea ill,elegy," the "Conveys nce Directory," are each and
kto The the last moment of publishing. -We may safely
ihs„,„ Yost-office London Directory" to be the worthy hand-
' "annerce of the first commercial city of the world.
itl.l IA 14611,0,-, _ -
lot alai
Dons,„:„'ssar ADVERTISER NOvEmBER 24, 1849-
.4 th'' Iso ."as anneal, yet marvellously' clear volume—which,
Ils,:•Searenst,-oiftce itself, is a wonder of the world—has Just made
l'ilisnitt „e• It has existed for Nail" a century present is t
le
rso, it ill:itation. It prepares for its second jubilee not mit y
ltk,althat a taerits characterising its previous existence, butdw
itsth
t4sa to V_ only increases its strength, its vigilance. an
in.
Is , ss,m,S,aseful to all who by possibility can regalthat
le), ,S esar.t, s•il it eyes.
Although the remit of private enterprise,_s
tlnSSlahsiS„TesPset sip roudly national a work as Proceea 1,1
''''es'llatel '` al Cireat •ritain ; and wherever it may be seen an
,11,,5,11;,> sit:tiollintiatter in which part of the world, it cannot fail to
Ilet,rti. „ we 1, nit but not incorrect notions of the world's metro-t 0
wn, this 'aye so often had occasion to describe,
4itstto ski trao Inutely accurate yet gigantic Directory, that
which Limn.
tvtleirlSrs to b.stlie praise it non- more than ever so amply dviseerves.
i, 'es. t this
.S tuPerfluous labour, yet we can hardly avoid generally
_.14 f.:onstruction of this enormous compilation. It
,SOttiss "'',:. twelve distinct Directories, under the tditte!
con-
The Lew ~ the Street " Th Commercial," " The Tra e..,,,
1.400t-s4l.,tY,'" "Tike Coup,'. "Thee Parliamentary," " The Postal,
ilttalts,." Ditnet . onveyances, " The Banking," and " The
e„ t ,;',Stl., °n"" These heads clearly indicate the natu-e of
-+lt, Dig , COW,
S ect -.toed in those divisions. As regards
et , or, I,
must have been
to "Ss ;Sad sats'o'rioas valuable in its remits as it
n," The
ts the names
le',:sotZnts in 1
eaehnsttrheeetpgreparraetionia,eiet p
lscreleand it is due to
r'l'lattria instaotae that It is the,o'iluyaone place,
' ever even attempted
e IS. Ints tli• Dreres:,. general list the nobility and gentry, and
It,l'i Iv 4 eavir, "nal men, traders, and tradesmen of the mnetropo-..
Itt,, Sits I, Slta Theig, Commercial Dire.ctory' ets all
th!‘" •ire founasLislete alphabetical order, while the nobilityi,eerayn,d,
Osittokles. bir`a,thrtilar arrangement in the " Court D rs t
w.O
t4Proo.,'" trade, eclorY" exhibits all► the members of each of the t
t e tit.."ately a. classified distinc ly—the sub-divisions of each being
;Pie -"that lutlagilished The " Law Directory" is devoted to
Pauli' 1,„,1 tou of the .
t.ah‘. snatte.._
stlllaileMbers of the professionh, together with the
aoSys tios,atar, h._: ta!)le to a work of this c aracter ; while the
111 esin '": 44erttber!s ctory ' furnishes all requisite informationasto
st‘Ofttion;rY sent, lof Parliament and as to their town residencesr.ng
telatio' t° declaT''' The Proprietor of this Immense yindertiaenktiar
11. e .1,..
.r: wee
,s_erthat,--." such them of facts
in
tIZ%, Directory;S4Filflltelv:adi'zolleitedte paendictlllauttil unceasing efforts
the pages of
tl'ill'Stich eyed to s a
large amount of informa-
SOlty',l Past 07aagement, condensation, and classification, that
Ste trlt* Thi, i' 111 large volume may be referred to without
,shopt."lts , ilot o„,_ ,3 the truth • and it would have been justifiable to
'ett '0 l'''' is nie work Unsurpassed in the world, but that all
atmtunic it ,
eluteo
n, nmerous AS they are each year, have oil?,
I.". and ~,;.7r, It possible, more apparent the reraarkalsle,
is d'
useful excellences of this great original.
~. '''Y a well-delned Map of London,
tirel34. blek bAtt y -,,,... ----
te,ll, m, Y annel`i -s. WS, NOVEMBER 23, 1849.
til (1 it , 'ic Pats ' Presented itself yesterday for the fifty first
ts,,' ts•s, e eaa,,natte. No new feature is put forth, nor, indeed,
tqe o'f`_d by ,•• to Invent one experience, the plan having been matured
otli;sttoles;laitiour'aanY years' appears
io ili _lt tte_s ornot very susceipi Improvements. As heretofore the
ro eery
soltftntlSlsyii."
riEst.t. one reference the name and officer..?
...sta
s,h. tftotae to thesl:e street branch includes In onl. gone i a
fp Us th relint,
~,snliitations not only of the nobility and gcn'ry,
ON; u ' (lot,' prole
naiirn d trailers, great a small ;
t t 11.; erivato ,••alercial Ini; ten'"ans pa ates Vie latter,,om the
I!Daritta4 frontl9lr Ideals beinegeerlyasseedrin the " Court" division.
411144 eapit.„3,e are lists that no fewer than two thousand
tila 'atar:s, are exercised in the metropolis. The '• Law and
atolls"Ztlq,lhqtti4l:4lree
record the addresses of all the members
1L.'010,.., 4,-- jurispnidence of the country, whether they
set %Flues iris or not he o Postal Directory,, gives every
dittn 4lorie ' uting to inland
ktt
o,
.. Y order foreign. and colonial postage. The
„ hsZoost is es offiees throughout the limits of the London
',4a, "tt,u ndfitit DeciallY asoild The "
...ikt -iftti, co
fact, oonn t • Conveyance Directory" libi.,u4lBl),.._.•ey.coacte. ec cod witwaggonss, mnibuses,
„ache:actor," sets
Is s testi •sise,44 , •, canals, and. This somas of infer-
Inc, tent oY an ah•nanack. and, according to the best pos-
lasat_osok per that of Mr Peter Cunningham, author of "The
hll' The l'nclon "—te
4'4_0%,4 isleedtr of this most complete map of London ever
1. ')_, ape,,, _
B.n s leviathan list of names, trades, places,
;s.tt 40.214 si,t,.g,l . his pi eface an le triumphale over the fall
4eliftbills filon7l" allitatcrs, and intimates that his work at
.Oll,x. his instates monopoly---a condition seldom fa-
\,.........,......:.:11°0 or cheaptess. To this howssyer the " Post-
.
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