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office Directory" is all exception. Although it is impossible to give
a conscientious opinion of the details of a work conta sling upward
of two thousand pages from a hasty examination of them, yet we
have no reason to suppose that errors such as these we pointed out
In a former volume exists in this. As a cursory test we took up the
names of some individuals who have been affected by very recent
changes, and find that these changes are duly notified. As regards
price, this book, is. perhaps the cheapest. thirty shillings' worth ever
issued from the press.

" GLOBE, NOVEMBER 23, 1849.
The fifty-first edition, that for 1850, of this long-established and
useful publication, has just been publ-hed, and falls in sto way
behind its predecessors either in its typography, accuracy, er ar-
rangemerds, The volume before us contains no less than 2,088
p sge3, being an increase, since 1844, of 233 pages: and, notwith-
standing the increased size, the price remains the same, viz.,
30.. The present volume brings down to the latest date all infor-
mation respec' lug the residences, &c., of the members of the Legis-
lature and the Government, of the nobility- and gentry, and of the
members of the various professions and trades carried on in the me •
tropolis. A work of such accuracy and general utility is an in •
.lispensable reuisite in the counting-house and shop of every
trader, and in the office of every professional man. As in the
preiloas velomes, the contents are carefully arraneed under the
ollowing heads .—" The Official," " the Street." "the Commercial,"
" the Trades," " the Law," " the Court," " the Darliamentary,"
" the Postal," " the City," " the Conveyance," " the Banking,"
and " the A‘surauce Directories ;" and•by the aid of a copious index
which is prefixed, any information which may be required can be
got without trouble or loss of time.

STEPPING GAZETTE, Dzczmmt 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 corms forth at the appointed time with, if possible,
increased claims 'upon the patronage of those whom it concerns.
The energy watch has been shown, for half a century past, upon
the -production of this gigantic volume, has establishes such a com-
plete system of machinery as to ensure a degree of accuracy in the
periodical correction of the several branches of information which
it is its province to supply, that a few years ago would 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 professeoly useful and practical character
that the merchants and traders of the city of London can NOT do
without. It presents at one view an immense compendium of facts,
art anged with such admirable precision and method as to ;be surely
and immediately available. The book is divided into a circle of
Directories, each having a specific head—namely, of Government
cfficials, Streets, Merchants and Tradespeople, Trades, Lawyers,
Placemen, Peers and Mimbers of Parliament, Post-office and Civic
Functionaries, Conveyances, Banking-houses, and Assurance-offices.
The plan thus adopted is replete with advantages, for, if you have
forgotten the name of any iirtlividoal 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 railed 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 it ; and it may now be fairly viewed as a hook of reference
beyond the; remotest possibility of rivalry. That it will maintain
this position there can he 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, NOVEMBER 25, 1849.
The fifty-first annual publication of this most useful commercial
work is now before us. The praise we accented to former editions
may be imported into this notice without the slightest fear of being
charged with exagget at;on. Evervtliing connected with the volume
is marked with unflagging energy, and a desire t,) send it forth to
the public in the most perfect and useful form. The princ'pal
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 nankin: Directory ;"
The " Official Directory" contains an alphabetical list of persons
h lding situations in the East India Housei 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
rea!dences of private individuals and persons associated with trade
and the professions. The "Commercial Directory and Profess-oral
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 for
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 'unconnectet with any trade or profession. "The Parlia-
mentary Directory" contalas a list of the House of Peers, arranged
according to their orders of precedence, with their names and
res;dences ; and au alphabetical list of the Members of the House
of Commons, with the counties aid boroughs they represent,
Ind 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, rec.;

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-masters, market-collectors, a
list of sworn brokers, a complete list of London and, provincial
newspapers, town and country newspaper agents, &c. The " Con-
veyance Directory" affords every information connected with tke
departure and arrival of railway trains ; a list of inns, wharfs, and
quays, and the places whence waggons, vans, carts, vesse,s, 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 cation, and t• the enterprising publishers. There is no
other work in which so much useful information is imparted, not
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 find no difficulty in seeking access to its
pages.

friars-road is some three-quarters or a mile long ; you have to go to
a p,rticular home, but you know not whereabouts the number is—
whether at the Bridge or the Obelisk end, or any intermediate po nt.
You torn to he " Street Directory,, ' and find that No. 197 is next door
to ,iirrey Chapel, celebrated of yore as Rowland Hill's. Even if you
have no local knowledge, a simple division of the numbers will tell
you whether the house you seek is towards the ends or middle of
tic street. And this is only one incidental use of the remarkable
volume.

UNITED STATES EMIGRATION
SOCIETY.
TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS.
T. I:AMIE MURRAY, Esq., Cha'rman.
Wallop Brabason, Esq. Maurice O'Connell, Esq.. M.P.
Charles George Fairfield, Esq. M. Charles Maher, Esq.
Anthony O'Flaherty, Esq., M.P. Edmond S. Symes, Esq.
T. Colley Grattan, Esq. Col. C: C. Kemys Tynte, M.P.
N. Valentine Maher, Esq., M.P. Clement Tabor, Esq.
MEDICAL BOARD.
E. S. Symes, Esq., It. F. Power, Esq.
" The Association ctgrees-beforeand to sell at COST rams, adding
merely thereto a commission." —(See Prospectus.)
NORTH-EASTERN TEXAS HOPKINS COUNTY, consisting of
160,000 acres, in one block, for the most part prairie, abounding
in rivers and springs.
Recent and authentic information received from the Society's
nds,.proves that no other state offers such decided advantages to
e Emigrant, with a small or large capital, either in respect to the
salubrity of climate, health, 'and temperature, soil, growth and
variety of produce and markets (see Dr. Smith's recent travels and
work on North,Eastern Texas, price 2a.)
The Society contracts with the Emigrant to defray, for a fixed
sum (as below, varying with the number of acres and the number in
one family) the cost of a free passage to their lands ; stock, seed, and
implements,; six months' provision after arrival, a house, and a
freehold of eighty acres of the finest land.
The above for the sum of - - - - £6l 8 9
For each additional male, with implements, &c. 13 10 0
For each a ditienal female - 12 0 0
For each additional child under 12 years • - 6 0 0
If less land is reqssired the cost proportionally reduced.
The Society is in a position, from Its extended connexions, to
offer lands and farms in nearly all the other stators of the Union.
Every information, with map and pl,n of settlement,
_description
of North-Eastern Texa,, &e., may.
The first ship with emigrants will sail about the middle of Feb-
ruary, and every succeeding be obtained (gratis) from the
Agents of the Society, or on application to the Secretary.
Month. Each application registered
according to priority.
Applications for Agents to the Society must be accompanied by
references.

D. BYRNE, Secretary.

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IVATION AL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliam'ent.
The leading features of the Society are guaranteed of an ample
Proprietary Capital. - -
Moderate Rates of Premiums. •
Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Itile'ured.
Annual Division of Profits.
Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years.
Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium.
Moderate extra Premium tor Residence in Tropical Climates.
N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65
per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid,
Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options.

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PETER MORRISON, Resident Director.

SALE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS.
Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 9th January, 1850.
The Commissiosers for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral
of the United Kingdom of Groat Britain and Ireland, do hereby give
Not.co, that on Tuasnev, the 29th instant, at One o'clock, they ill
be ready to receive- Sealed Tenders for the Purchase of her Majesty's
Ships undermentioned, lying at Woolwich Dockyard, viz.:—
Tons.
GRAPPLER .. .. .. 557
ROCKET .. .. .. 70

No Tender will be received after Ona o'clock on the idly of treaty,
nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, to
make a deposd of 251. per cent. on the amount of each purchase.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of th I Admi-
ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for
, and must alsO be delivered at Somerset-place.
Persons wishing to view the Ships must apply to the Commodore
Superintendent for notes of admis•iun for that pUrpose.
Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the yard.

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, Admission. is.--SohOoLs, Half-price.

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CAUTION—Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not
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