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LONDON, THURSDAY, J A.NUARY 27, 1842.

CHELTENHAIVI & GREAT WESTERN
UNION RAILWAY.—TENDERS for 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.
The Company has a net income of 17,000/. per annum, pay-
able half. yearly, by the Great Western Railway Compsny.
44 The Directors will receive Tenders for Debenture to
the amount of 30,000/. 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.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, Jaw. 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 •f 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 of 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 de ivered at any place in England or Wales, and the time 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 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.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the next HALF-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 TituRSDAY, 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 for
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
the Act.

The TRANSFER BOOKS WILL BE CLOSED on and
from MONDAY, the 14th of February, and will not be RE-
OPEN ED until after the 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,

GRAVESREANILDWAYACNODMPANRYOCHESTER

CAPITAL TO BE RAISED 150,0001.

n 6,000 Shares of 25/. each.—Deposit 2/. 10s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
George Carter, Esq. John Moxon, Esti.
Alfred Alers Hankey, Esq. George Palmer, Esq.
John Ha-man, Esq. Poynder, Esq.
Samuel Mills, Esq. Robert Sutton, Esq.
Alexander Luard Wollaston, Esq.
With power to add to their number.
BANKERS—Messrs. Hankey and Co., London ; Messrs. Wit
liAms, 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 Ornmanney.
The object of this Company is to connect Gravesend with 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 of making the Railway, including Land, Stations
Engines, Carriages, and Working Stock, is estimated at
117,1151. ; but in order to meet every contingency, it is pro.
posed to raise 150,000/. by the issue of 6,000 shares of 251.
each, upon which a deposit of 2/. 103. per share is to be made.
The subscribers of die 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, 1841, was 963,650. It is estimated that there will
be at least 750,000 Passengers annually conveyed upon this
Railway, producing, according to a moderate calculation,
36,2501., to which may be added 1,2501. for goods, parcels,
&c. ; thus making the total receipts 37,500/., which, after de-
ducting 13,500/. for the working expenses of the Line, will
leave a net annual revenue of 24,0001., equal to 8 per cent.
upon an assumed Capital of 300,000/. This is founded upon
merely doubling the existing traffic; whereas the result of almost
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 other
Railways, and which cannot fail to make it a safe investment
for capital. _ _

It i; i,itended 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 desirous 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-
manney, 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.

TO the PROPRIETORS of the THAMES
and MEDWAY CAN AL.—WhereaA, certain parties
who are Proprietors• of shares in the above Canal, 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 Com-
pany, No. I li, Union-court, Old Broad-street, as an applica-
tion is about to be made to Parliament to convert the Canal
into a Railway.
The Committee strongly recommend all Proprietors 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, 98, HATTON-GARDEN,
WILLIAM 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. Morison, 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.
44 I enclose my 51. yearly subscription to the Exeter Hygeian
Dispensary. You have my authority for publishing this letter.
I remain, Gentlemen, your sincerely obliged
" SOPHIA GREY.
" Sandiway, near Northwich, Cheshire, Jan. 9, 1842."

just published, the Seventh Edition, price 3s. ; and sent free
on receipt of a Post-office order, for 3s. 61.,
-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, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, &c.,illus-
trated with cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY,
Consulting Surgeons, London.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 26, 1842.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice,
That the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said COMPANY'S
STOCK will be SHUT on TftURSDAY, the 3d March next,
at Three o'clock, and OPENED again 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 Declaration,
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 COMPA N Y
will be ready to be delivered on THURSDAY, the 31st March
next. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

(iTH E TIMES" TESTIMONIAL.
Mansion House, London, Thursday, Jan. 20, 1842.
At a Meeting of the Committee, held this dav,
The Right Hon. JOHN PIRIE, Lord Mazor, in the Chair,
It was moved by JOHN MAsTgamAti, Esq , M.P. ; se-
seconded by SAMUEL WILSON, Est., Alderman, and resolved
unanimously—
'''That the Subscriptions be closed on Tuesday, the Bth of
February, and that the next meeting to be held on the follow-
ing day, the Committee to be specially summoned, for the
purpote of considering the application of the amount sub-
scribed, and the testimonial to be-adopted,-4-In the meantime
subscriptions (which will be duly advertised) will continue to
be received by the Right Hon. John Pirie, Lord Mayor, Trea-
surer, at the Mansion 1101160 ; and by Alessrs. Drummond and
Co., bankers, Charing-cross ; and Messrs. Masterman and
Co., bankers, Nicholas-lane, Lombard- street, London.
W. HUGHES HUGHES, Hon. Sec

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 Serjeants, Queen's Counsel, Sergeants at law, Benchers,
Barristers, Special Pleaders, Conveyancers,Proct ors; 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 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 eases, in town and country, of applying to the nearest office
for a money-order, and of obtaining it upon the office most
c‘ntiguous 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
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 Direetors 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
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 worse, 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 trim
which a literary Hercules might flinch.
Railway Magazine, December 4, 1641.
Judging front 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 h 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 Direetory" is co-
pious ; in it the offices held by every Peer and Commoner are
aoeurately 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 refiezts credit on those who I eve 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, Noveraber 27, 1841.

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, suitible to Professional Gentlemen and
others, being most convenient for the Inns of Court, Institu-
tions, and Publie Places of Amusement. The apartments
comprise a drawing-room, offices, and bed-chamber. Rent
Moderate.

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

pAPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 50b. the
SET, of FULL-SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Supe-
rior London Table Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. per
dozen ; Brass Poles for Window Curtains, inch diameter,
Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, 11. Bd. per foot ; bronzed fenders,
4 feet long, 9s.
SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE CUTLERY WAR-
RANTED.—TABLE KNIVES, with Ivory Handles, 14s.
per dozen ; Dessert Knives, 11s. ; 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 Macho 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-establishod house, to be had
gratis (post free).
RIPPON and BURTON, 12, Wells-streo Oxford-street.
Established 1820.

This day is published, price 245., in 2 vols. post Bvo., 11lus-
trited by Original Drawings,
TOURNAL of a TOUR in GREECE,
ofi and 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.

THE LOWEST PRICED LONDON DIRECTORY.
Small Edition, Eight Shillings. Complete Edition, Twenty-
_.....

four —Shillings.
POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY
For 1842. _ _ _ _
__

.4 The plaintiff's publication was one of considerable bulk,
and most probably of great utility : and so the Vice-Chan-
cellor of England must have thought by granting the injunc-
tion ex parte, and continuing that proceeding upon motion made
to dissolve it."
Vide " Times" of 20th December, 1841.7-Judgment of his

Honour Vice Chancellor Knight Bruce, confirming- the Injuna•
tion obtained against the " Post-Office Almanac," for pirating
Post-Office Directory."

The following Reviews of the Complete Directory have al-
ready appeared :
Times, Desember 3, 1841.

This useful matter-of-fact volume has just been published by
Messrs. Kelly and Co., of Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar,
and will no doubt be, as it ought to be, in the hands of
every merchant, banker, and tradesman in the country. It
is, independently of its utility, by which it is rendered indis.
pensable to every counting-house and shop, a curious sta-
tistical monument of the extent, importance, trade, and
wealth of the metropolis, and as such a document deserving
the attention even of persons who are not immediately in-
terested in commercial and business pursuits. The present
volume for 1842 contains some important now matter, with
which the preceding volumes were not furnished—it has an im-
portant addition, " The official Directory," an alphabetical
list of all persons holding situations under the Crown, of all
persons holding situations in the East India House, in the
Bank of England, and in the various law, city offices, and all
other public offices. This addition is of itself enough to show
the great pains taken by the Proprietors to render the book
perfect. (here is also some useful information given relative
to the " Money Order-office," to which, if the public would
pay more attention than they have hitherto done, less would
be heard of the loss of money by the transmission of remittances
by post in the manner usually adopted. The number of stamps
and Wales is given, together with the amount of stamp duties
is•ued to the various newspapers published throughout England
brought together from which the best
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remn
at stpaidn
is by each paper respectively, and, indeed
informed may derive some increase of knowledge, and to
which the attention of the mast ignorant and careless can
hardly be called in vain. As far as the cursory examination
can justify an opinion, and it is next to impossible to pay to
such a work as this the minute attention it deserves, it appears
to bo compiled with indefatigable industry. extreme vigilance,
and an excellent judgment for arrangement.

1. WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
2. EASTERN HEMISPHERE.
3. EUROPE.

4. ENGLAND and WALES.
Each lb inches by 14. Price Is.
or Is. 6d. on Bristol boards.

Published by Souter and Law,
street.

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opinion of the enterprising proprietors of the' Yost-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
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 ef
any particular person required, a reference to the " Commer-
cial" •r " 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, ice., &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
love price at which it is issued, we must pronounce it, notwith-
standine 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 •f the multifarious information comprised in the
" Post.ofliee 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
Bottling offices under the Crown, in the East India House,
Bank ef England, &c. And such a muster-roll I—an army,
nay, a population, of place-holders I
Nonconformist, December 8, 1841.

Another edition of this colossal work has just issued from
the steam presses of Messrs. Kelly and Co., 19 aid 20, Bos-
well-court, Temple Bar. The greatest credit is due to all
parties connected with the compilation of this bock, 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, Dee. 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.
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CHRISTENING OF PRINCE FREDE ',' ! l' 5 q:l§AvAk
ELDEST SON OF KING JAMES VI., •. ' --` 'l'
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acquired most of its artificial
embellishment from the taste and munificence of James
V., who, as well as his daughter, was crowned here, and
built the royal palace—a square building of hewn st one,
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comprised many large and elegant apartments, of which
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Palace—were the business of the day. The evenings
were spent in balls, masks, and banquets. Tournaments
and tilting were practised in the " valley, which was
lined with guards in splendid new uniforms. On one side,
Ia scaffolding was erected for the Queen, her Ladies, and
the Foreign Ambassadors ; and to this constellation every
performer on entering the arena made a profound obeis-
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On the 30th of August, the ceremony of baptism was
performed with a splendour and pomp never before wit-
nessed in Scotland. The new Chapel Royal was hung
with the richest and most costly tapestries, with every
attendant embellishment of costume and ceremony which
could heighten the effect. When all the necessary pre-
parations were completed, his Majesty, attended by the
Nobilityfand Privy Councillors, entered the chapel, and
took his place on the throne. The Foreign Ambassa-:
dors then repaired to the Prince's chamber, where they
found the Royal infant laid upOn a bed of state, the fur-
niture of which was embroidered with the " Labours of
Hercules." The ascent to the platform on which the bed
stood was by steps covered with tapestry wrought in
gold. A large cloth of lawn covered both bed and steps,
and reached a good way over the floor. As soon As the
Ambassadors and other officers had assembled, the
Dowager Countess of Marr approached the bed, and mak-
ieg a low obeisance, took up the Prince, and delivered
him into the hands of the Duke of Lennox, who imme-
diately presented him to the English Ambassador, whose
office was to carry him into the chapel. After a va-
riety of minute ceremonies, too tedious to recapitulate in
this place, the procession set out in magnificent order,
preceded by. the Lyon-King-at-Arms, and the other He-
ralds in their State uniforms, all the Nobility and foreign
Ambassadors, and was received in the Chapel Royal,
when a sermon was delivered by his Majesty's Chaplain,
and followed by an appropriate address in Latin, spoken
by the Bishop of Aberdeen. The King, leaving his seal,
and followed by the Ambassadors, advanced towards the
pulpit, while the Duke of Lennox, again receiving the
Prince from the Lady Marr, delivered him to the English
Ambassador, who held him in his arms during the per-
formance of the sacred ceremony. The child was chris-
tened by the names of Frederic Henry, which were no
sooner pronounced than they were thrice repeated aloud
by the Lyon-King-at-Arms, and confirmed by the infe-
rior Heralds with a flourish of trumpets. Various other
ceremonies being duly performed, the Royal family, at-
tended by the same gorgeous retinue, retired to the great
hall, or " Parliament House," already- named, under con-
tinued salvos of artillery from the Castle, answered by
volleys of small arms from the troops lining the ram-
parts. When the procession halted, the Duke of Lennox,
again receiving the Prince from the English Ambassador,
presented him to the King, who dubbed him a Knight,
the Earl of Marr touching him with the spur. He was
next created a Duke; with various other ancient titles
attached-, all of which were proclaimed by Heralds at an
open window of the hall, and followed with the same
flourish of trumpets. The Prince was then carried by the
English Ambassador to his Chamber in the Palace,
where all the guests of distinction now approached with
their bapfismal offerings, styled propines. The ceremony
concluded with that of knighting a great number of gentle-
men present, and was succeeded by a sumptuous banquet
at eight o'clock, at which their Majesties presided. Here,
however, we must omit many curious particulars. When
the first course had been removed, the company was sur-
prised by the whimsical spectacle of a Moor, harnessed
by numerous gold chains to a triumphal car, with which
he advanced to the sound of trumpets and hautboys.
The chariot bore a table richly covered with fruits and
confectionary, and attended by six damsels, three of
whom were robed in white satin, three in crimson satin,
covered with gold and silver spangles, a garland on the
head, the hair flowing luxuriantly over the shoulders,
and bedecked with feathers, pearls, and jewels. In front
stood Ceres. holding a sickle in one hand, and a bunch of
corn in the other, and surrounded by numerous emble-
matical and allegorical figures, each with classic costume
and well selected devices. The precious desert which
freighted the celestial wain was distributed by the dam-
sels in silence to the great Nobility in immediate at-
tendance.
After this a second spectacle, equally original, entered
the hall, consisting of a ship full rigged, placed upon
wheels, moved by invisible springs, and having a length
of 18 feet in the keel, with a breadth of deck of 8 feet.
The highest flag, which was lowered on passing through
the door of the hall, was 40 feet ; the masts were red ;
the tackle and cordage silk of the same colour ; and the
pulleys of gold. Her brass ordnance consisted of 36
pieces, elegantly mounted. The sails were of white taf-
tiny, and the anchors tipped with silver. In the foresail
was a compass, with this device—quouscunque per undo:.
On the mainsail were painted the joint arms of Scotland
and Denmark. All the sails, flags, and streamers, were
embroidered with gold and jewels. The mariners, sin in
number, were clad in variegated Spanish taffety. The
pilot, dressed in cloth of gold, moved the ship at will
and 14 musicians, with Anion and his harp, performed
their dulcet office on board. Upon the forecastle stood
Neptune, clad in Indian silk embroidered with silver,
holding his trident, and wearing a crown. Next stood
Thetis, with her mace ; and at her right hand, Triton,
with his shell and the scroll— Velis votis ventis. Around
the vessel were three Syrens, accommodating their ges-
tures to the music, and repeating classic verses. The
vessel was decked with pearls, corals, shells, and other
marine productions. At sound of trumpet, the ship
moved majestically forward into the hall, making sail at
the blast of Triton's shell and the pilot's whistle, and
discharging her ordnance, till she had reached the table.
Certain officers of the Court received the cargo of sweet-
meats in crystal vessels, curiously painted with gold and
azure, and representing various fishes. While the mimic)
ship was unlading, Anon, sitting upon the prow, shaped
like the fabled dolphin, struck his harp, at which haut-
boys, violins, and flutes continued to join, till the music
deepened into a full concert. When the banquet had
ended, thanksgiving was pronounced by the Bishop or
Chaplain; then the 139th Psalm was sung, in seven
parts, by fourteen voices ; and finally, at the sound of
Triton's shell and the pilot's whistle, the ship weighed
anchor, and made sail, till she had got outside the hall.
Such was the concluding scene of this brilliant, but
strange mixture of Christian devotion and Pagan panto-
mime. The hull of the vessel is still preserved in the
chapel, now the armoury of the fortress. It is impossi-
ble, on perusal of this gorgeous but whimsical. ceremony,
not to observe the painful contrast it offers to that which
accompanied the monarch himself, when his ill-fated mo-
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SOUTHAMPTON DOCK COM-
PANY.
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-
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I therefore showed, not (as your reporter appears to
hare 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
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the works were commenced, and that at the present mo-
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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 hare, &c.
GEORGE SAIN T S BURY, Secretary.
Southampton Dock Company,
19, Bishopsgate-Within, London, Jan. 26, 1842.

OPENING OF PARLIAMEN T.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—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 illus-
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 "Fre: 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 being allowed to meet her
eye through the rat Secretary of the Home Department.
The monopolists of 1842 must fly before the publib
indignation as the boroughmongers did in 1830.
Let our visitors be made aware that claret and
,""'
Bundy may flow copiously at Windsor, but - b.elngnnodf
meat are luxuries to the poor, and that the chnoe"
Jude to in.
the heir to the throne is regarded as
creased taxation, and diminished means jOrtPsetrTeport to the
working classes, the true pillar of tbervStai,
I am, Sir, your most obedient s
Jan. 25, 1840. ANeOPERATIVE.
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Viscount Melbourne Melbourne is suffering from attack of gout,
which has detained
babisptism .Lordshipin town, and prevented
of his Royal
his attending the Highness the
Prince of Wales, and the State Banquet given in honour
of the event.