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sons engaged in commerce, and lists of two thousand trades
established in the metropolis, with the tradesmen attached to
each, ar4 the subdivisions of every trade accurately defined.
There are—separate Directories also for the Court ; the Par-
Haulm s:1-46th the must recent addresses of the Members of
both. Houses ; the Law, with a list of all officers from the
Lord Chancellor dozvn to the usher of the most inferior Court :
.and the City of London, with the names and add-esses of all
City Officers, Companies, &c. The Court Directory includes
he names of twenty-five thousand persons not engaged in
rade, and takes a wider range than any other work of the
kind. The information respecting the Post-office wilt be found
eminently useful to persons of every description ; and among
Aber additions made to it for this ye tr is one of great impor-
ance, showing the time at. which a letter from London should
be delvered at any place in England or Wales, and the time at
which the let ter-box for London closes in each place. The facilities
afforded by the Postmaster-General give the compilers advan-
tages which could not otherwise be obtained. Die informa •
tion is furnished from the Post-office gratuitously, it is of the
'atest possible date, and has been all collected or confirmed
within the last two months. We have had little time yet to
test its accuracy, but have no doubt that it fully maintains, in
that respect, the high character of that published for the year
1841. The work is beautifully printed, sold at a moderate
price, and will be found of great service to persons in every
rank of life.

Weekly Dispatch, Nov. 28, 1841.

We have been favoured with a sight of this elaborate work;
and we must pronounce it vastly superior to the previous vo-
lumes. The contents are admirably arranged. 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 Seideants, Queen's Counsel, Sergeants at law, Ben chers,
Barristers, Speei,..l Pleaders, Conveyancers, Proctors, Attorneys,
Noteries, &c. 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 addresses of City Officers and
Common Councilmen; City Companies and their clerks • lists
of sworn brokers; Lieutenancy of the City, &c. A list is
given of 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, with a
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
he 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 Assurair!e, &c.. are also furnished
in ample detail. One great feature in this work is, that it
directs an individual to the position of a.-iy 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. 1 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
almanack, list of stamp duties, Post-office rules, and, in fact,
a body of intelligence too great for detail. Respecting ;the
accuracy of such a work, it is, of course, impossible to speak ;
the most inveterate Magliabechi 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 the 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 are now included, who reside without the narrow limits
beyond which our books of reference hare not before passed :
here we have a register of all, whether dwelling in Barns-
bury Park, Basinghall-street, or Belgrave-square, 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 thoir nu ~erieal order. We know of no other
street list in which either all the gentry, or all the mer-
chants, traders, and tradesmen are not—incredible as the
fact may appear—entirely omitted. We may mention that it.
,tives the names of the birectors cf most of the Railway and
Insurance Companies, and a complete List of Officers of Joint-
Stock Companies. The " Parliamentary Directory" is co-
pious ; in 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 deliveries 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 reflects 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 manliest 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
like 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" will at once give the desired in-
formation. If a complete list of all persons engaged in any
one of the various 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, lice., &c., within the limits of
the bills of mortality. It is the same with every other depart-
ment of the work. Ve 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
worthy of the mighty city it anatomises ; the most correct, as
well as the most useful, record of its industry, its vastness, and
its intelligence; and, if we keep in mind the enterprise nines.
nary for the conception of such a work, the immense care re-
quired in its preparation, the enormous capital required to pro-
duce it, and, considering its bulk and variety, the surprisingly
Icy.v price at which it is issued, we must pronounce it, notwith-
standing the typographical wonders daily issued from
the
press,iid
the most surprising volume to which the first city in the world
has yet given birth.
John Bull, November 27, 1841.

Again we have t• 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. It is at once the fullest volume of the kind, the most ex-
act, has the most recent intelligence—the information it em-
bodies having been collected within the last seventy days from
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, 1841.
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 !—an army,
nay, a population, of place-holders !
Nonconformist, December 8, 1841.
Another edition of this colossal work has just issued from
the steam presses of Messrs. 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 has 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.

National Advertiser, Dec. 18, 1841.
This work is in 1,527 imperial octavo pages, and the study of
the compilers appears 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 each division of the book has been imparted a labo-
rious finish, that only those accustomed to literary labour can
entirely appreciate. We never before saw a Directory which
included an Official Kalendar, a Law Guide, and a Peerage and
Parliamentary Chronicle, besides all the Nobility and Gntry,
Merchants, Professional men, and Shopkeepers of the metro-
polis and its vicinity.
Globe, December 1, 1841.

This useful " Annual" comprises among other information,
an Official Street, Commercial, Trades, Law, Court, Parlia-
mentary, City, Postage, Conveyance, and Banking Directories.
It is only necessary 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 taken as a safe guide in the various matters upon which it
professes to enlighten the public.
W. Kelly and Co., 19, and 20, Old Boswell-court, Tem-
ple-bar, and all Booksellers.

JR. LAING'S NEW WORK.
This day is published, in 1 vol. Bvo., price 16s. cloth lettered,
NOTES of a TRAVELLER on the
SOCIAL-and POLITICAL STATE of FRANCE,
PRUSSIA, SWITZERLAND; ITALY, and other Parts
of Europe, during the present Century. By SAMUEL
LAING, Esq. Author of A Journal of a Three Years' Re-
sidence in Norway," and of " A Tour in Sweden."
London : Longman, Brown, and Co.

In a few days, in two volumes post Bvo, illustrated by Ori-
ginal Drawings,
TOURNAL of a TOUR in GREECE and
10 the lONIAN ISLANDS, in the Spring of 1838; with
Remarks on the Recent History, Present State, and Classical
Antiquities of those Countries.
By W. MURE, Esq., of Caldwell.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, and 22. Pall-mall,
London.

TAIT'S• EDINBURG H MAGAZINE
for JANUARY, price One Shilling, contains—
Tory Remedies for National Distress ; Emigration—Speci.
mensi of Modern Romance ; No. 1., The Intense, or Mur-
derous Sentimental—Howitt's Visits to Remarkable Places—.
The Wen, No. IV. ; The Crossings and the Gin Palaces—.
Lights and Shadows o London Life—Jeannette the Fearless ;
a Romantic Tale—The Glasgow Mortality Bill for IS4O—
from the Baltic; by a Lady—Endymion, or a Family
Party of Olympus—The Jovial Priest's Confession—PoAry—
Literary Register—Political Register.
William Tait, Edinburgh ; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.,
London.

ANNUAL BALL OF THE SOCIETY
OF TRUE HIGHLANDERS.

The annual ball of the Society of True Highlanders
took :place on Friday at the Freemasons' Tavern. The
small room had been originally engaged, but the attend-
ance was so much more numerous than had been ex-
pected, that at nine o'clock, the hour at which dancing
commenced, it was found absolutely necessary to ad-
journ to the large dining hall. The ball opened with a
Highland reel, and at this period
.the appearance of the
room was picturesque in the extreme. Each of the
dancers appeared in full Highland costume, and when
Mr. John M‘Kay, the celebrated piper, who had kindly
offered his services, and who appeared in the full costume
of his clan, struck up " Tullochgorum," it required no
great effort of the imagination to fancy ourselves in
some chieftain's hall in the far north. The dancing,
which consisted of reels, quadrilles, country dances, and
waltzes, was kept up with great spirit, under the able su-
perintendence of Mr. Corrie, of Willis's Rooms, who
officiated as Master of the Ceremonies. At. one o'clock
supper was announced, and after supper the dancing was
again renewed and kept up with great spirit until an
early hour in the morning. Among the company pre-
sent we observed some officers of the 72d Highlanders,
now stationed at Windsor, in the uniform of their regi-
ment, and many gentlemen in the costumes of the clans
Cameron, M'Kenzie, M'Gregor, M'llonald, Maclean,
M'Kay, and M‘Pherson. The ball was one of the plea-
santest we have attended fur a long time, and the ar-
rangements reflect the highest credit on the Stewards,
and all who had the management of it.

CHRISTIAN CHARTIST CHURCH.
On Tuesday evening, when the proceedings of the
meeting, held at the Town-hall in Birmingham, were
terminated, several prizes were awarded to different mem-
bers of the Society for various essays, and which prizes
consisted of interesting books, combining wholesome in-
struction with amusement. The competitors for the
prizes were all working men, who were, comparatively
speaking, uneducated before the formation of the above
Society. The essays were read to the meeting, and
many of them displayed consiierable talent, and elicited
much applause. The principal successful aspirant for
academic honours was George Sumner, for an essay
upon the principle of the Chartist Church, from which it
appeared that the Society comprises all sects and deno-
minations, having one object in common—the well-being
and good of all, There is no particular form of worship,
but each approaches his Creator after his own fashion
and heart ; and thus the Unitarian and the Catholic,
the Protestant and Dissenter, under the same roof are
seen assembled at once to worship his God and benefit
his fellow man. The end and aim of this sect is to ob-
tain universal liberty as contained in the People's Char-
ter, making the basis of it that Christian principle,
which teaches to do good to all. Prizes were also deli-
vered to Caleb IA e and John Taylor, for essays upon the
same subject ; also a prize to William Redford and Ed-
ward Newton, for an essay upon the Mediterranean
Sea. William Crummodge, Thomas Eyre, Thomas
Bagley, and James Birken, also received prizes for an
essay upon the character of Christopher Columbus.
The several productions were listened to with marked at-
tention, and seemed to give general satisfaction and
pleasure, but to none so much as the honest and hard-
working authors.
MARYLEBONE VESTRY. -

_ -
A meeting of the Vestry was appointed for Saturday,
and as it was expected that the subject of the paving of
the whole of Oxford-street with wood, would be again
brought under discussion, we, anxious to give Our readers
an ac:ount of what took place, sent our own Reporter,
but upon his requesting admission, he was told
.by the
officer on duty that the order of the Vestry was, that
no Reporter should be admitted unless he produced the
card of the Editor of the paper he represented. What
are the motives for such a regulation we will not pretend
to guess, but the-absurdity of it must be palpable to all
who are anxious that their• proceedings should be mad.
as public as possible.

RAILWAY RETURNS.
We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums
received on the principal Railways of Great Britain,
for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed
to each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer-
chandize :
W Mes
Name of Railway.
ended eek
Openiled.
Dec.2s Birmingham & Derby Junct. 38i
24 Birmingham and Gloucester 55
25 Chaster and Birkenhead .. l5
26 Dundee and Arbroath
:3-
26 Eastern Counties ......... 17i
6 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 22i
27 Great North of England ...... 45
26 Great Western
25 Hull and Selby
25 Lancaster & Preston Junction 20a
24 Liverpool and Manchester 3l
25 London and Birmingham.-- 1121
30 London and Blackwall
25 London and Brighton
25 Ditto Shoreham Branch ....• si
28 London and Croydon loi
30 Landon aftd Greenwich 3:4
25 London and South Western
23 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10
27 Manchester & Birmingham
25 Manchester and Leeds
25 Midland Counties
25 Newcastle and Carlisle 6oi
26 Northern and Eastern ... .....
25 North Midland
_
... North Union
25 Preston and Wyre l9i
27 Sheffield and Manchester 7
26 Ulster
27 York and North Midland 23

Total.

X. y. d.
1,307 9 1
1,767 0 g
4:;9 17 10
198 10 10

793 0 Fi
669 14 9
1,200 0 9
12,429 13 5
810 5 10
514 7 11
4,457 10 7
16,907 1 8
633 3 2
1,707 12 4
102 1 10

418 17 7
895 19 6
4,449 1 5
559 8 51,
400 17 7
4,004 7 0
2,533 4 4t
1,476 8 11
1,039 16 2
3,975 14 1
No returns
196 17 3

246 1 0
327 10 3
1,577 14 p

THE NEW Poo R-L AW.--(From a Corre-
spondent.)—We have heard that it is the intention of
Ministers, on the meeting of Parliament, to propose
some alterations in the existing Poor-law Bill : the pre-
cise nature of those alterations is of course at present
unknown. Mr. Fraukland Lewis, one of the Poor-law
Commissioners, has lately had several long interviews
with Sir James Graham at the Home-office.
Your looking-glass will tell you what none of
your friends will.

1 - CHRISTMAS GAIETY.—Tne gaiety that reigns
I supreme at this jocund period of the year, when friends
i and lovers congregate at the social board, or whirl in
the giddy mazes of the dance, renders a strict attention.
to the toilet more desirable than at other periods. It is,
then, at this gay time that the virtues and singularly
happy properties of Rowland's Kalydor and Rowland s
Macassar Oil shine pre-eminent in their powers, and the
white and swan-like neck, no less than the rich luxuri-
ant [tress, '. form happy trophies of their inestimable
i powers. As appropriate presents, therefore, to the la-
)
dies, they claim peculiar attention.
FATAL ACCIDENT BY FIRE.--On Saturday
morning, about half-past seven, the following lamentable
accident happened to a girl named Ann Jameson, about
seven years old. It appeared that the deceased had been
left with two other children sitting by the side of the
fire at their residence in No. 73, Granby-street, Water-
loo-road, and during the temporary absence of the
mother a lighted coal flew from the grate . and
set fire to the child's dress. The screams of
the sufferer soon brought some of the lodgers
to her assistance, when the lire was soon extin-
guished, but every portion of the, child's dress was de-
stroyed, and the body so dreadfully burnt, that, not-
withstanding early medical assistance was procured, the
child died at ten o'clock this morning. Not fewer than
seven other accidents, under similar circumstances, have
occurred to children in the neighbourhood within the
last two days, but fortunately only one has been fatal.
Lord Brougham, Mr. Justice Williams, the Righ
Hon. Henry Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
the Hon. C. Law, M.P., and several other distinguished
personages, have been on a visit to Cambridge University.
BERLIN, DEC. 22.—The King will leave Ber-
lin on the 16th, and, passin?: through Magdeburg,.
Hoxters, Hague, &c., and the Kingdom of Belgium, anti
arrive at Oitend on the 20th. His Majesty has most
strictly forbidden any ceremonies to receive him, of which
notice has already been given to the authorities of the se-
veral places in Prussia through which he will pass.
DESTRUCTION OF THE QUEBEC POST..
OFFICE BY FIRE.—The Quebec post-office was burnt
down on the 2d ult., but owing to the timely discovery
1 of the conflagration at its commencement, all the books.
papers, and letters in Postmaster Sewell's department
were saved ; those, however, of the General Post-office
department were destroyed, with some valuable private
• papers belongit'r to the Deputy Postmaster-General,
REVENUE COMMISSION;—(Frorn a Corre•
spondent.)--The Commissioners appointed to inquire
into the state of the revenue have commenced their im.
,rtrint labours. They have already had several meet-
ingsl ,
Club), where
rooms Whitehall
h(late b
been
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fittedl t efo r;
twlCilei".e.YadesruitT)oufset,hrei!
for their accommodation. It is intended, we understand,
to
the Woods and Forest trom its
rmelilielonvetlitehenebcuessiszsys alterations have been completta,
of
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House.
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POETRY PROFESSORSHIP AT OXFORD.
present inconvenient office in Whitchall-place; io
We understand that Wednesday, the ')Gth of,
fixed for the
election of a Professor of Poet,. y.—
Herald. o.rjb rd

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