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LONDON, THURSDAY, J ANUARY 27, 1842.

Local Committees be formedfor the purpose of receiving the
contributions of such town or district ; and, wherever prac-
ticable, that such Committee shall agree to furnish a Stall in
the Bazaar, and depute one or more Ladies (who will be hos-
pitably received during their visit by friends in Manchester) to
superintend its arrangements, and the disposal of the various
articles during the days of sale.
3. It need scarcely be stated that every variety of the arti-
cles usually contributed on similar occasions will he highly ac-
ceptable ; but it may be observed that much of the value of
the contribution will necessarily depend on the design, inge-
nuity, and state of the donors.
4. The Committee take leave to suggest the following de-
sirable additions to the ordinary contributions of dress, orna-
ment, and vertu :-
1. Pecuniary Contribution
2. Articles usually contributed to Bazaars
3. Articles of Manufacture—British and Foreign

CHELTENHAM & GREAT WESTERN
UNION RAILWAY.—TENDERS frr LOANS on
DEBENTURE.—The Directors of this Company are ready
to receive Tenders for Loans of Money on Debenture, to be
issued under the provisions in the -Act of Parliament, and se-
cured on their undertaking in sums of not less than 2001. for
terms of four, six, or ten years, on interest at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum, payable half-yearly. The tenders must ex-
press the sums and terms of years, and be addressed to the
Secretary at the Company's Office in Cirencester. A limited
sum only is required.—By order of the Board of Directors,
A. MERRICK, Secretary.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN-. 26, 1842.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice,
That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said
COMPANY will be held at their House, in Leadenhall•street,
on WEDNESDAY, the 23d March, 1842, at Eleven o'clock in
the Forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

sons engaged in commerce, and lists of two thousand trades
established in the metropolis, with the tradesmen attached to
each, and the subdivisions of every trade accurately defined.
There are separate Directories also for the Court ; the Par-
liament, with the must recent addresses of the Members of
both Houses ; the Law, with a list of all officers from the
Lord Chancellor down 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
the names Officers,
twenty-five thousand persons not engaged in
trade, and takes a wider range than any other work of the
kind. The information respecting the Post-office will be found
eminently useful to persons of every description ; and among
other additions made to it for this year is one of great impor-
tance, showing the time at which a letter from London should
be ddivered at any place in England or Wales, and the tine at
which the letter-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. The informa •
tion is furnished from the Post-office gratuitously, it is of the
latest possible date, and has been all collected or confirmed
within the last two months. We have bad little time vet 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 model a+e
price, and will be found of great service to persons in every
rank of life.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 26, 1842.
SHE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
EAST INDIA COMPARY -do hereby give Notice,
That the TRANSFER BOOKS-of the said COMPANY'S
STOCK will be SHUT on Tnnnswav, the 3d March next,
at Three o'clock, and OPENED aaiin on THURSDAY, the
14th April following.
That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will
he held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY,
the 13th April, 1842, from Nine o'clock in the Morning until
Six o'clock in the Evening, for the'ELECTION of SIX DI-
RECTORS of the said Company for. FOUR' YEARS.
That the Form of a Letter of Attorney, and of a DeCaration,
for enabling Proprietors of East India Stock to Vote by Proxy
on this- occasion, may be obtained upon application at the
'Treasury in this House.
That the LISTS of the MEMBERS of the said COMPANY
will be ready to be delivered on THURSDAY, the 31st Mar&
next. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

The Company has a net income of 17,0001. per annum, pay-
able half. yearly, by the Great Western Railway Company.
* The Directors will receive Tenders for Debenture to
the amount of 30,0001. for the same periods, giving the par-
ties who tender the option of calling for payment at any time
after the Ist January,lB43, on giving six months' notice to the
Company..

4. Models of Mechanism, &c.
5. Designs—Architectural, Fancy, &c.
6. Specimens of Coins, :Minerals, Birds, Insects, &c.
7. Manuscript Works f Eminent Authors
t 4. Books and Publications from Authors, or the friends of
Authors (if from the former, with Autographs).
9. Autograph Letters of celebrated men or women of for-
mer days
10. Autographs of eminent men and women of the present day
11. Portraits and Pictures

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the next H ALF- YEARLY
GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this
COMPANY will be held, pursuant to Act of Parliament' at
the Company's Office,- Princes-street, in the City of London,
on Ts-wasp/iv., the 24th of February next, at Twelve o'Clock,
for .the ELECTION of FOUR DIRECTORS, in the place
of the same number, who will retire by rotation, and fcr
other purpose of business. The Chair will be taken at One
o'Clock precisely.
' CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman.
ROBERT BRIGHT, Deputy Chairman.
The Directors retiring are re-eligible, under the provisions
of the Act.
The TRANSFER BOOKS WILL BE CLOSED on and
from MONDAY, the 14th of February, and will not be RE-
OPENED until after tke said Half-Yearly General Meeting
on the 24th of February ; and the Dividend for the half-year
ending 31st December last, will be paid to the Proprietor who
may be registered on the Company's books when closed.
By order, C. A. SAUNDERS,
} Secretaries.
Jan. 26,1842. THOMAS OSLER,

" THE TIME S" TESTIMONIAL.
Mansion House, London, Thursday, Jan. 20, 1842.
At a Meeting of the Committee, held this day,
The Right lion. JOHN PIRIE, Lord Mayor, in if e Chair,
It was moved by JOHN MAsytitmAN, Esq., M.P. ; se-
seconded by SAMUEL WasoN, Esq., Alderman, and resolved
unanimously—
" That the Subscriptions be clotted on Tuesday, the Bth of
February, and that the next meeting to be held on the follow-
ing day, the Committee to be steeially summoned, for the
purpose of considering the application of the amount sub-
scribed, and the teetimonial to be itilopted. In the meantime
subscriptions (which will be duly qvertised) will continue to
br received by the Right Hon. JoliK.Pirie, Lord Mayor, Trea-
surer, at the Mauaion House ;an l Messrs. Drummond and
Co., bankers, Charing-cross ; axis Messrs. Masterman and
Co., bankers; Iliet4olo-tane, Lompartr.street, London.
W. HUGHES HUGHES, Hon. Sec

12. Philosophical Instruments
13. Music 14. Poetry, &e.
Communications to be addressed to the Chairman of the
General Committoe, 5, Newall's-buildings, Varket-street ;
or to the Honorary Secretary of the Ladies' Committee, Coup-
land-street, Greenheys, Manchester.
All Contributions trom London and the neighbourhood are
requested to be sent in either to the Office of the Metropoli-
tan Anti-Corn-Law Association ; or to.fir. Groombr,dgc,
Bookseller, Paternoster-row, on or before the 27th inst.
By order of the Committee,
GEORGE WILSON, Chairman.

GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER
RAILWAY COMPANY.
CAPITAL TO BE-RAISED 150.000/.
In 6,000 Shares of 251. each.—Deposit 21. 10s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
George Carter, Esq. John Moxon, Esq.
Alfred Alers Hankey, Esq. George Palmer, Esq.
John Hainan, Esq. Poynder, Esq.
Samuel Mills, Esq. Robert Sutton, Esq.
Alexander Luard Wolaston, Esq.
With power to add to their number.
Bfr.sicEas—Messrs. Hankey and Co., London ; Messrs. Wil
ans, Deacon, and Co., London ; Messrs. D. H. Day and
Sons, Rochester.
ENGINEER—J. U. Rastrick, Esq., F.R.S.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Ommanney.
The object of this Company is to connect Gravesend w .th S. rood,
Rochester, Brompton, and Chatham, by converting the Thames
and Medway Canal into a Railway. Satisfactory arrangements
have been made with the Thames and Medway Canal Company.
The cost if making the Railway, including Land, Stations
Engines, Carriages, and Working Stock, is estimated at
117,115/. ; but in order to meet every contingency, it is pro-
posed to raise 150,0001. by the issue of 6.000 shares of 251.
each, upon which a deposit of 2/. 10s. per share is to be made.
The subscribers of tke amount now to be raised are to be en-
titled to interest at Si. per cent. per annum upon the amount
of their Deposits and Calls, until the opening of the Railway,
and from that time they are to have a preference of receiving
interest at the same rate, out of the profits of the under-
taking, before any dividend is paid to the other Proprie-
tors, until the expiration of twelve months, when they are to have
the option of continuing to receive five per cent. per annum, or
of sharing the profits in common with the other Proprietors.
Considerably above one thousand persons, at the present sea-
son of the year daily travel between Gravesend and Roches-
ter, and there can be no doubt but that during the summer
months that amount will be very greatly increased.
The number of Passengers landed and embarked on the Piers
at Gravesend, between the Ist of August, 1840, and the Ist of
August, 1811, was 963,650. It is estimated that there will
be at least 75Q,000 Passengers annually conveyed upon this
Railway, producing, according to a moderate calculation,
36,250/., to which may be added 1,2501. for goods, parcels,
&c. ; thus making the total receipts 37,500/., which, after de-
ducting 13,5001. for the working expenses of the Line, will
leave a net annual revenue of 24,000/, equal to 8 per cent.
upon an assumed Capital of 300.0001. This is founded upon
merely doubling the existing traffic ; whereas the result of almott
every other line of Railway would justify a much larger increase.
The Provisional Committee have submitted the plan of this
Railway to Mr. Rastrick, who has reported most favourably
upon it, as having advantages which are not possessed by ether
Railways, and which cannot fail to make it a safe investment
for capital.
It is intended to apply to Parliament in the ensuing Session
for power to carry the above undertaking into effect, and such
Shareholders in the Thames and Medway Canal Company as
are de,irous of taking Shares in the further Capital are re-
quested to signify their intention immediately.
Application for Shares to be made on or before the 3d of
February next, to Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Om.
manne), 6, Basinghall-street, London (post paid) in the form
mentioned in the Prospectus, which may be had at the Office
of the Solicitors.—London, Jan. 19, 1842.
- - -
PO the PROPRIETORS of the THAMES
and MEDWAY CANAL.—Whereas, certain parties

GREAT RUSSELL-STREET, BED-
FORD-SQUARE.—Mr. CHANDLER is desired
to LET a SUITE of THREE Handsome and Spacious
ROOMS on the First Floor, in the above attractive and
central situation, suit Able to Professional Gentlemen and
others, being most convenient for the Inns of Court, Institu-
tions, and Public; Places of Amusement. The apartments
comprise a drawing-room, offices, and bed-chamber. Rent
Mo,lerate. . .

For cards apply to Mr. Cinndler, auctioneer and estate
agent, 61, Great Russell-street.

RAPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 50s. the
SET, of FULL-SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Supe-
rior London Table Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. per
dozen ; Brass Poles for Window Curtains, 1i inch diameter,
Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. Bd. per foot ; bronzed fenders,
4 fret long, 9s.
SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE CUTLERY WAR-
RANTED.--TABLE KNIVES, with Ivory Handles, 14s.
per dozen ; Dessert Knives, lls. ; Carvers, 4s. 6d. per pair;
Table Knives, with white bone handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen ,
Dessert, 6s. Bd. ; Carvers, 3s. per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-
urns, 4 quarts, 275. ; new shapes, 395. ; Papier Mache Tea-
trays, gothic shape, 50s ; the set o f full sizes. Catalogues,
containing the prices, with Engravings of every Ironmongery
Article necessary to the furnishing of a house of any size, 25
per cent. under any other old-established house, to be had
gratis (post free).
RIPPON and BURTON, 12, Wells-streo Oxford-street.
Established 1820.

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who are Proprietors of Shares in the above Crnal, and whose
residences are unknown, and to whom letters addressed, for
}ears, have been returned to the Company : are hereby re-
quested to forward their addresses to the Office of the Corn-
panv, No. 111, Union-court, Old Broad-street, as an applica-
tion is about to be made to I'arliament to convert the Canal
into a Railway.
The Committee strongly recommend all Proprieors to as-
sent to the proposal for converting the Canal into a Railway,
as unanimously agreed to at the late Special General Meeting
of the Canal Proprietors. By Order,
EDMUND COLLIER, C'erk to the Company.
Union-court, Old Broad-street, Jan. 25th. 1842.

CARPETS., SELLING OFF, 9S, HATTON-GARDEN.
WILLIAIVI CUMMING and CO. having
purchased of the Assignees of Michael Danks his in-
terest in the above Premises, are now offering the whole
of the extensive Stock of Brussels, Turkey, Bengal, Kidder-
minster. Coach, and other Carpetings, Floor Cloths, &c.,
without reserve, at an enormous sacrifice, previous to the in-
troduction of their new and elegant assortment of Spring Pat-
terns, now in the loom. Hotel-keepers and others will find
this Stock well worthy of their notice.

CONFIRMATION OF THE TRUTH OF THE
HYGEIAN SYSTEM OF MEDICINE.
THE following is a COPY of a LETTER
from Lady SOPHIA GREY
" To Messrs. Moris.,n; British College of Health, Hamilton-
place, New-road, London.—Gentlemen : This is to inform
you that many cases of cure by your Medicine have come to
my knowledge within the last year (1841), and that, every
year since I first took your Medicines (which was in 1834),
convinces me, more and more, that your Pills are the only sure
and safe remedy for all complaints.
" I enclose my 5/. yearly subscription to the Exeter Hygeian
Dispensary. You have my authority for pul,lishing this letter.
I remain, Gentlemen, your sincerely obliged
SOPHIA GREY.
Sandiway, near Northwich, Cheshire, Jan. 9, 1842."

Just published, tho Seventh Edition, price 3s. ; and sent free
on receipt of a Post-office order, for 3s. 6d.,
MANHOOD ; the CAUSES of its PRE-
MATURE DECLINE, with plain Directions for
ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those
suffering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence,
Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on
the Treatment of Syphilis, Gonorrhcea, Gleet, &c., illus-
trated with cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY,
Consulting Surgeons, London.
SEVENTH EDITION.
Published by the Authors, and sold by Balliere, Medical
Bookseller to the Royal College of Surgeons, 219, Regent-
street ; Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Pattie, 4, Bridges-
street, Strand, London ; Guest, Birmingham; Sowler, 4, St.
Ann's-square, Manchester; Philip, South Castle-street, Liver-
pool ; Fannin and Co., 41, Grafton-street, Dublin ; Duncan,
114, High-street, Edinburgh ' • and to be had of all Booksellers
The following are a few of the numerous testimonials this
popular work has received, and which the limits of an adver-

tisement will only allow of being published :
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sent time. 'The unavoidable consequence of this is, that we
meet a very considerable proportion of indifferent, usele., and
even bad books. With the force of this prejudice on our
minds, are with no little reluctance were induced to peruse
Messrs. Curtis's work, entitled "Manhood ;" nor did it re-
quire much perusal fully to satisfy us that the book was not
one of the common stamp. The scientific views taken by the
authors of the source and origin of many of the most distressing
effects of certain depraved habits, fully establish their claim to
the character of experienced and judicious surgeons. To
quote passages from the work in proof of our assertion would
be departing from the established rules of the daily press. The
result, however, of our careful perusal of the work, has been
to impress us with a thorough confidence in the talent and
skill of the authors, and to satisfy us that those entrusted with
the care of youth are not a little indebted to them for fur-
nishing them with a means of preventing some of the most
frightful maladies to which flesh is heir.—Old England.
Messrs. Curtis's work, entitled " Manhood," is one of the
few books now coming before the public on such a subject which
can lay claim to tie character of being strictly professional, at
the same time that it is fully intelligible to all who read it.
The moral and medical precepts given in it, render it invalu-
able.—Magnet.
The perusal of Messrs. Curtis's book entitled " Manhood,"
has really astonished us by developing a series of maladies, the
never-failing consequence of the vicious habit of which it
treats. The clear connexion pointed out between the assigned
cause and the effects is perceptible to every capacity. We
strongly recommend the work.—Age.
The multitude of books daily coming from the press, same,
nay most of them of a very questionable tendency, made us ex-
tremely reluctant to take up another. Having, however, been
induced by the character given of this work by an intelligent
friend, we ventured to open its pages, and now feel no hesita •
' tinn in saying that we arise from its perusal instructed tend
edified. The dear exposition of the source of many of those
diseases which proves so fatal to youth, and which are set
dovvn by the every-day observer as the result of common
causes, such as exposure to cold, sudden vicissitudes of tempe-
rature, hereditary taint, km, is truly convincing and extre-
mely satisfactory. We say " satisfactory." inasmuch as Messrs.
Curtis have shown that many diseases, such as Pulannviry
Consumption, Epilepsy, &c., hitherto the opprobria of medi-
cine, may, when taken in proper time, and submitted to judi-
cious treatment, be brought to as favourable a termination
as any other class of ffections. We do not think we go too
far in saying that society is deeply indebted to the
and
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producing so useful, so vouch wanted, so valuable, so truly
moral a book.—Conservative Journal.
We recommend the work entitled " Manhood," rte., to the
careful perusal of persona of all classes. The moral as wel as
physical advantages sure to result from such perusal, will be
most readily recognised and felt by those who stand most in
need of them.—Statcsman.
Messrs. Curtis and Company are to be consulted daily at
their residence. Ne. 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London.
Country Patients are requested to be as minute as possible
in the detail of their cases.—As to the duration of the com-
plaint, the symptoms, age, general habits of living, and occu-
pation in life bf the party ; the communication must be ac-
companied by the usual consultation fee of I/. without which,
ric notice whatever. can be taken of their application ; and in
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Weekly Dispatch, Nov. 23, 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 Serjeants, Queen's Counsel, Sergeants at law, Benchers,
Barristers, Special Pleaders, Conveyancers,'Proctors, Attorneys,
Notaries, &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 sec' nt 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 should
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. 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 toe 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 have 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 their nu ~erical 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
gives the names of the Directors of most of the Railway and
Insurance Companies, and a complete List of Officers of Joint-
Stock Companies. The " Parliamentary Directory" is co-
Fious ; 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 refle.:ts credit on those who Lave 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,
the
class of similarGuide,,Court
publications.i rad Cort Kalendar, and superseding
ha whole
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 held, 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 vatious 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, &rc., &c., within the limits of
the bills of mortality. 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 ; se 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 neces.
sary 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
low 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, 'f rades', 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 I—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
not believe e that
any
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
givensarpalcy
e.Wed
do
ont be
approaching perfection.
fhe resources of the Post-office, and mighty they are proved to
work possible
of theto convey
kind
exists in
a ne so
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 Gentry,
Merchants, Professional men, and Shopkeepers of the metro-
polis and its vicinity.
Globe, December I, 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, 014 Boswell-court, Tem-
ple-bar, and all Booksellers.

In the

MORNING SUN.

S OUTHAMPTON DOCK COM-

PAN Y.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin—You-will, I feel assured, permit me to amend a
mistake of some importance in your notice of the Gene-
ral Meeting of this Company, on:Monday, the 24th inst.
The Directors, by a resolution of the Proprietors in
1839, were required to proceed with the works so soon
as the first call should be paid on five-sixths of the
shares then subscribed for.

A Proprietor, on Monday, urged that the Directors
had commenced before this prescribed number of pay-
ments had been attained.

I therefore showed, not (as your reporter
appears to
have understood) that " 480 shares were paid upon for
the last call;" but that, even allowing the objector his
own figures for the calculation, the preseribed number
upon the first call had been more than attained before
the works were commenced, and that at the present mo-
ment that number was exceeded by 480 shares.
I may mention that the object of the meeting was, not
to raise an additional 100,000/., but to alter the mode of
raising 100,0001. of the Company's present capital.
I have, &c.
GEORGE SAIN TS BURY, Secretary.
Southampton Dock Company,
19, Bishopsgate-Within, London, Jan. 26, 1842.

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • _
Sin,—As the Session of Parliament is drawing nigh,
I beg, as one suffering under the Provision-laws (the
protection of the aristocracy), to suggest to the Ulm.-
trious Visitors now in this country a clear evidence of the
misery now existing in this metropolis, and to prove to
her Majesty that Corn-law opponents are not actuated by
factious motives in their agitation on the subject, by
all persons starving and out of employment greeting
their amiable mistress with the cry "Free Trade, and
More Bread," on the occasion of the Houses assembling.
All avenues to the Palace are so strictly guarded, as
the memorials and addresses on the subject lately pre-
sented fully testify ; they only beinc, allowed to meet her
eye through the rat Secretary of the Home Department.
The monopolist's of 1842 must fly before the public
indignation as the boroughmongers did in 1830.
Let our visitors be made aware that claret and bur-
gundy may flow copiously at Windsor, but bread and
meat are luxuries to the poor, and that the christening. of
the heir to the throne is regarded as a prelude to in-
creased taxation, and diminished means of support to the
working classes, the true pillar of the State.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
Jan. 25, 1840. - AN OPERATIVE.

LEOMINSTER ELECTION.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The writ for the election of a Member for the borough
of Leominster, will be issued immediately after the
meeting of Parliament. The Conservative candidate,
Mr. Arkwright, is still in the field ; but it is most ex-
traordinary that no gentleman of Liberal principles
should have yet come forward. About a month,ago, it
was confidently stated among
.the constituency of Leo-
minster that a gentleman of great wealth, residing in the
neighbourhood, whose attachment to Liberal principles
admits of no question, would offer himself to the electors;
and if he had done so, there is no doubt, from his great
popularity, that he would have been triumphantly elected.
It is much to be regretted that, up to the present time,
lie should not have announced his -intention to stand.
The Liberal cause in Leominster runs the risk ol being
seriously injured through his dilatory proceedings. But
the Liberal phalanx in the town is staunch and true,
and we may be sure that they will not again allow the
Tories to ride roughshod over them, without a most se-
vere struggle. At the present time,we are not able to state
who the gentleman may be who will have the honour of
being solicited by the Liberals of Leominster to become
a candidate for the representation of the borough ; but
there is no doubt whatever that he will, in every way,
be admirably qualified for the trust. The Tories are
well aware that the Liberals are strong enough to return
a candidate ; and they, therefore, dread the very idea
of opposition, and by boasting loudly of their strength,
hope to deter any one from entering into a contest. But
their cunning artifices will not prevail—a Liberal candi-
date can, and will be returned for Leominster.

THEATRICALS.
The Garrick Club at Cambridge have been giving two
performances for the benefit of the distressed Printers,
by which, we are happy to say, a sum of upwards of
50/. was realized, after paying all the expenses. On the
first night the comedy of The Wonder was played, fol-
lowed by the farce of Love, Law, and Physic ; and on
the second evening Sheridan Knowles's beautiful play
of The if ife was performed, with the after-piece of
Kill or Cure. The male characters were well supported
by amateurs ; the female characters being performed
by professionals expressly engaged for the occasion.
Among these Miss Montgomery, late of the Southampton
Theatre, is deserving of especial notice, from her beau-
tiful delineation of the character of Marianne in The
Rye. This young lady copies nature, and not her
predecessors, and her acting goes at once to the heart.
She has created quite a sensation in Cambridge. Ma-
dame de Courcy, an English lady with a French name,
performed the character of Mrs. Brown in Kill or Cure,
with admirable humour. This lady is new to the stage,
but she promises one day to take a lead in the perform-
ance of soubrettes. She sings very tastefully, which in
an actress is a great acquisition.