The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-07 00:00:00

Weekly Dispatch, Nov. 28, 1841

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We have been favoured with a sight of this elaborate work;
and we must pronounce it vastly superior to the previous vo-
lumen. The contents are admirably array god. There is a dis-
tinct alphabetical list of the names. in number, of all civil
officers under Government, in the Bank of England, East India
House, and all other public establishments ; an alphabetical list
of streets in the metropolis and its vicinity, with the inhabit-
ants according to their numerical order in each street ; the only
Street Directory yet published which includes gentry as well as
traders. There is also a list of all officers, from the Lord Chan-
cellor down to the Usher of the most inferior Court; Police
Courts, with their officers and jurisdictions ; alphabetical lists of
Queen's Serjeants, Queen's Counsel, Sergeants at law, Benchers,
Barristers. Special Pleaders, Conveyancers,'Proct ors, Attorneys,
Notaries. &e. The names of all persons in the metropolis and
its immediate vicinity not engaged in trade, are given with the
most accurate lists yet published of the New Parliament, and
the most recent addresses of the Members of both Houses.
There are, besides, the name and addrsses of City Officers and
Common Councilmen; City Companies and their clerks • lists
of sworn brokers; Lieutenancy of the City, &c. A list is
givenof all the principal places in England, Ireland, and Scot-
land, distinguishing those which grant and pay money orders'
and referring to the money-order office nearest to those which
do not; and an alphabetical list of the streets of London, witha
reference from each to the nearest receiving-house which grants
and pays money-orders. This will afford the opportunity in
all cases, in town and country, of applying to the nearest office
for a money-order, and of obtaining it upon the office most
contiguous to the residence of the 'party in whose favour
it is drawn. Another important introduction this year
shows the time at which a letter from London shoald
be delivered at any place in England or Wales, and
the time at which the letter-box for London closes in each
place; thus affording the opportunity of calculating in all
cases the "return of post." Independent of all this informa-
tion, we have copious accounts of all conveyances by railways,
stage-coaches, waggons, vans, carts, vessels, barges, and boats ;
with complete accounts of all the bankers, joint-stock banks,
and banking establishments of the United Kingdom ; the
names of the Directors and officers of the various Assurance
Companies, with the rates of Assurance, &c., are also furnished
in ample detail. One great feature in this work is, that it
directs an individual to the position of any number in the
street, by noting the intersection of churches, courts, streets,
lanes, alleys, &c., between one house and another. It often
happens that a person may forget the name of the tradesman
he wants, although he knows the street. The Street Direc-
tory in this book helps him out of this difficulty by giving the
names of the inhabitants of each house of No. I upwards.
Sunday Times, December 5, 1841.
This useful work is just published ; it is, in short, a com-
mercial, trades, law, court, parliamentary, city, postage, con-
veyance, banking, and an official. Directory. It contains an
almansek, list of stamp duties, Post-office rules, and, in fact,
a body of intelligence tos great for detail. Respecting :the
accuracy of such a work, it is, of course, impossible to speak ;
the most inveterate Alagliabeehi that ever gulped quartos, or
bolted folios, would scarcely undertake the perusal of a Direc-
tory. It is not saying• too much to declare that the Post-office
Directory is a work unexampled even in this country. To ap-
proximate closely to the communication of the names, resi-
dences, and trades of the inhabitants of London, is a task from
which a literary Hercules might flinch.
Railway Magazine, December 4, 1841.
Judging from th; great superiority of the last edition of this
work over its competitors, we did not anticipate the improve-
ments which have been effected in the present, which not only
place this Directory at the head of the list, but must drive the
others out of the field. An entirely new division has been
introduced, viz., the " Official Directory," which furnishes
the full names and positions of all persons holding public
situations under Government, the East India Company, the
Bank, &c. The scope of that important branch, the " Street
Directory," has been very considerably extended ; and thou-
sands arc now included, who reside without the narrow limits
beyond which our books of reference have.not before passed :
here we have a register of all, whether dwelling in Barns-
bury Park, Basinghallstreet, or Belgrave-squa-e, in King's-
road, Chelsea, or in Kingsland ; and one of the great advan-
tages peculiar to this publication is, that all inhabitants are
inserted in their nu erical order. We know of no other

street list in which either all the gentry, or all the mer-
chigts, traders, and tradesmen are not—incredible as the
fact may appear—entirely omitted. We may mention that it
gives the names of the Directors cf most of the Railway and
Insurance Companies, and a complete List of Officers of Joint-
Stock Companies. The " Parliamentary Directory" is co-
pious ; id it the offices held by every Peer and Commoner are
accurately detailed, even to the recent appointment of Lord
Ellenborough as Governor-General of India, and of his suc-
cessor at the India Board, Lord Fitzgerald. The " Postage
Directory " furnishes much original and highly valuable in-
formation in reference to Money Orders, and to the precise
time of the de!iveries of letters throughout the country. A
volume so valuable as this will be generally appreciated. It
does honour to the establishment which can put forth so vast
an amount of authentic information of character so diversified ;
and it refle,:ts credit on those who have so arranged it that the
work is equally a model of compilation and of typography. We
cannot but think that a title more appropriate than merely
" Post-office London Directory " might be chosen. The work
surely merits a name that would convey a definite idea of in••
formation so vast and varied, uniting as it does, in one volume,
Directory, Court Guide, and Court Kalendar, and superseding
the whole class of similar publications.

Britannia, November 27, 1841.
The old proverb says, it is good to let well alone; but, we
see no possible reason why well should be left to stand still, so
long as better is clearly attainable ; and such appears to be the
opinion of the enterprising proprietors of the " Post-office Lon-
don Directory." The present edition is superior in many re-
spects, to any of its predecessors. On its first appearance, it
was a neat and correct pocket-volume—nothing more; but.
it has gone on improving and augmenting from year to
year, till, by the mere force of its manifest superiority,
it has fairly beaten every competitor out of the field, and
become, from the variety, copiousness, and accuracy of
its information, an indispensable requisite' to every count-
ing-house and shop in the metropolis and its suburbs. It
would be quite impossible, in a brief notice, to give anything
lice an adequate idea of the contents of a closely-printed
royal octavo volume, running to upwards of 1,500 pages. It
can only be justly described as a series of Directories, each
one complete in itself, and each of peculiar value to every per-
son engaged in business. For instance, is the residence of
any particular person required, a reference to the " Commer-
cial" or " Court Directory" W:11 at once give the desired in-
formation. If a complete list of all persons engaged in any
one of the vat ious professions or trades exercised in the me-
tropolis is sought, turn to the " Trades' Directory," and you
have, ready to your hand, arranged in alphabetical order,
and with the residence attached, a return of every ac-
countant, apothecary, artist, &c., &c., within the limits of
the bills of movality. It is the same with every other depart-
ment of the work. •We have never seen any volume containing
so much matter, so well divided, and clearly arranged. The
intimate connexion of the Proprietor with the Post-office en-
sured him the most accurate information ; and his printers'
extensive printing-office and steam-presses enabled him to issue
his sheets with surprising rapidity ; so that every change is
made up almost to the day of publication. The whole book is
siweoril'yltehfado!'i
intelligence;
the most
t h mightyau ns ieful, rtd, if weyceoi tkr
record
anatomiseseopt.
iiin mind
n d u;,ttthrhyee,
enterprisemit
its
s,ta er
vastness, and
as
tri,nt iinet conceptionsd,iweeopnasrida etiroi
preparation, the
tihstuse cbehuniaokrwrnaonorduk
variety,
capitalathr
iee t y
eh immenseqeusi
ur care
er pro-
ducengr
ly
lox price at which it is issued, we must pronounce it, notwith-
standing the typographical wonders daily issued from the press,
the most surprising volume to which the first city in the world
has yet given birth.
John Bull, November 27, 1841.
Again we have to bestow our praise on the completeness and
cheapness of the multifarious information comprised in the
" Post-office London Directory," which comprehends within
one moderately sized volume, of clear and easy reference, a
Commercial, Trades', Law, Court, and Parliamentary Direc-
tory.act has I
the once
recentthef intelligence—'he
et
lvliogleunmeee—ofthe the
iknifnotrli,ntahteioinnoistt exem-
bodies having been collected within the last seventy days from
tis
a mostt
official sources, and through agents possessing the requisite lo-
cal knowledge, and is altogether the completest guide-book to
the metropolis that has hitherto appeared.
Spectator, Dec. 4, 1811.
This extensive work still continues to grow. Besides a revi-
sion and extension of the other branches, the Official Directory
has now been increased so as to form a division of itself. This
part, like the other sections of the subject, is subdivided ; one
part containing a list of Government and other public offices,
under which the names and employments of the persons are
arranged • the other presents an alphabetical list of persons
holding offices under the Crown, in the East India House,
Bank of England, &c. And such a muster-roll I—an army,
nay, a population, of place-hold'drs

Nonconformist, December 8, 1841.
Another edition of this colossal work has just issued from
the steam presses of Meissrs. Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Bos-
well-court, Temple Bar. The greatest credit is due to all
parties connected with the compilation of this book, for the
assiduity which must have been exercised, as well as the talent
displayed in the execution of every branch of it. This hls been
achieved by dint of great labour. As a whole, we look upon
the Post-office Directory as the most complete work of the kind
ever published.
Nati anal Advertiser, Dec. 18, 1841.
This work is in 1,527 imperial octavo pages, and the study of
the compilers aripears to have been to render each page a speci-
men of systematic arrangement, and of how much information
it is possible to convey in a given space. We do not believe that
any work of the kind exists so nearly approaching perfection.
The resources of the Post-office, and mighty they Are proved to
be, are here wrought out into every useful variety of combina-
tion, and to..eaeh division of the book has been imparted a labo-
rious finish, that only those accustomed to literary labour can
entirely eciate. We nevcr before saw a Directory which
and a Peerage and
htnrhoepuki(Neleepers of the metro-
Glob and Gntry,
iAnicel
ruc Parliamentsad an
Professional
Chronicle
mn:bleaenrst,i
daea,nLdaarsl
polis and its vicinity.
Glob-4, December 1, 1841.
This veeful " An:,,oal " comprises among other information,
City, Postage, Conveyance, and Banking Directories.
an Official Street, Commercial, Trades, Law, Court, Podia-
miteinstoarnly"-mecessary to announce the publication itself, and to
add that 'arranged as it as been with great care and attention,
aided by- sources of official information peculiar to itself, it may
be take rt as a safe,guide in the various matters upon which it
profes ies to enlighten the publie.
W.. iceih, and co.,- 19, and 20, Old Boswell-court
Tent,
le-1 ear, and alaooksellers.

BROCKEDON'S VIEWS IN ITALY.
ITALY, HISTORICAL, CLASSICAL,
and PICTURESQUE ; described and illustrated in a
Series of VIEWS, engraved in the highest style of art, fi °in
drawings made and selecte I expressly for tht; Work. By
WILLIAM BROCKEDON, Esq., F.R.S., Member of the
Academies of Fine Arts in Florence and Rome; Author of
" The Passes of the Alps," " The Road-book to Italy," &e.,
&c. In Monthly Parts, imperial quarto.
The work wi l be regularly published in monthly parts, each
containing three highly-finished line engravings, with descrip-
tive letter-press, printed on imperial quarto paper—size, fifteen
inches by eleven, and will extend to 24 parts. The price of
each number will be, Prints, ss. ; India paper, proofs, Ss. ;
India proofs, before letters, 12s. Of this latter the impression
will be strictly limited to 25 copies.
Part I. was published on February 1.
London : Duncan and Malcolm, Paternoster-row ; and
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post-
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200 Cases and Prescriptions. By a PHYSICIAN.
CONTENTS.—On morbid secretions, stricture, and irritabi-
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gland ; disorders of the urine ; on syphilis, primary and secon-
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health ; on incontinence, celibacy, and
_marriage ;_
_on impuis-
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The finest description of WATCHES at the lowest prices
consistent with maintaining that character for superiority of
workmanship which has distinguished their establishment dur-
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the principle of their Chronometers, to which Government
awarded the prizes three years in succession, combines the most
perfect accuracy with the utmost elegance, and is not surpassed
by the Pocket Chronometer. Webster's newly-introduced Cen-
tre Seconds, for the medical profession, elegant and novel in
appearance. The Patent Detached Lever Watch is manufac-
tured with extreme care, and equally reduced in price with
the small Horizontal for Ladies. Old Watches, taken in ex-
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The finest workmen are engaged on the premises, in the examin-
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SIG HT AND HEARING. __TESTI-
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newly-invented SPECTACLE LENSES and INVISIBLE
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" We, the undersigned, have been far some time making
use of Messrs. Solomons' newly invented Spectacle Lenses ;
the astonishing relief they afford to imperfect vision gives
them the decided preference to every other kind of Lens
--the clearness of the transparency. brings every object very
dibtinct, and enables individuals to view the most minute par
tide with perfect accuracy. They are particularly pleasant
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T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeon, F. R. S., Saville-row.
John Ramsbutham, Esq., M.D., Broad-street- building s.
Anthony White, Esq., Surgeon, 3, Parliament-street.
John Hooper, Esq. , Surgeon, 29, New ington-
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Frederick Leighton; Esq., AL D , 7, Upper Gower-street.
Messrs. Griffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall-street.
W. Day, Esq., Surgeon, lsleworth.
T. Daldy, Esq., Surgeon, 33, New Broad-street.
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J. Taylor Gordon, Esq., M.D.
Wm. Bowie, Esq., M.D., Bennett-street, Bath.
C. Heywood, Esq., M.D., Blandford.
Henry Lawrence, Esq., M.D., Tenby.
Wm Jeafreson, Esq., urgeon-oculist,2l, South Andley-street.
S.D. Robinson, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham.
C. Shillito, Esq., M.D., Brighton.
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will distinctness.

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nesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High-
ness the Princess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa,
her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, and their Graces
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dukes of Devonshire and
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In consequence of the gross imposition in the Country, it is
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PARR'S LIFE PILLS.
The Proprietors of this most invaluable remedy are
constawly receiving from all parts of the United Kingdom, in
stances of their astonishing curative powers. It would be im-
possible to bring all the cases before the public ; suffice it to
say, that cases of every descrip'ion have been cured simply by
their use, thus showing that what has been considered different
disorders, and requiring different treatment, all originated in
the same cau,e, natuely,
an impure state of the bl-ind, and can
be cured by one uniform treatment. PARR'S LIFE PILLS,
although powerful in conquering disease, yet are as pure and
harmless as new milk, and may he administered with confidence
to the invalid, however weakly from long ill-health, who will
soon enjoy those delightful symptoms of a return to strong health,
viz , good appetite, sound sleep, and an increase of animal spirits.
To have produced a medicine so benign and mild in its opera-
tion and effects, and yet so effectual in searching out and cur-
ing disease, of however long standing, exhibits on the part of
Old Parr, deep research, and a thorough knowledge of his sub-
ject. Those who have been the instruments of restoring this
long-lost secret to the world, feel confident, when they make
the assertion—that NONE NEED DESPAIR, that if only a
fair trial be given, the result will ba a restoration to health
and happiness.
" Thus shall their humble labours merit praise,
And future Parrs be blest with honour'd days."
The Preprietws respectfully, request purchasers to be upon
their guard againat spurious imitations, as the extraordinary
demand has induced sereral shopkeepers of mean and dishonest
principles, to try to impose on the incautious various counter-
feits, composed of the most pernicious ingredients, merely for
the sake of reaping an extra profit, totally regardless of the
evil consequences which must ensue.
Observe that each box of the Genuine Medicine has pasted
tiani
nbionage sitaetmlasr.kl: do.n,
round it the Government Stamp, in which is ,engraved these
words, PARR'S LIFE PILLS, in white letters on a red
ground. No other can be genuine•
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the
Sold wholesale, by appointment f Proprietors, by E.
and I ls. each, with full directions.
D2sis.e9ad,e.:
GRATIS.—" The Life and Times of Thomas Parr," who
Edwards, 67, St. Paul's, London,on
lived to be 152 years of age,
no• Life
Health, and the Means of Prolohngdi
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&c., may be a gratis of all Agents.
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