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

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
_2,1842,

_ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU- sons engaged in commerce, and lists of tiro thousand trades I
TION. 309. REGENT-STREET.
hereby give
established in the metropolis, with the tradesmen attached to
The DIRECTORS of this INSTITUTION 1
each, and the subdivisions of every trade accurately defined.
Notice, that they intend to award MEDALS for the following There are separate Directories also foe the Court ; the Par.
ijain,rnt, with the must recent addresses of the Members of
INVENTIONS:—
1. For a WORKING MODEL of the most improved both Houses; the Law, with a list of all officers from the
Lord Chancellor do:•.-n to the usher of the most inferior Court :
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, by Steam or other P.-Aver a
arid the City of London, with the names and addresses of all
Gold Medal.-2. For the Second Best Ditto, a Silver Medal.—
City Officers, Companies, &c. The Court Directory includes
3. For ' a WORKING MODEL of the most improved
the names of twenty-five thousand persons not engaged in
MARINE In GINE, a Gold Medal.-4. For the Second
trade, and takes a wider range than eny other work of the
Best Ditto, a Silver Medal.-5. For the best SELF-ACTING
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT a Gold Medal.-6. For the kind. The information respecting the-Post-office' will be found
, eminently useful to persons of every description ; and among
Second Beat Ditto, a Silver Medal.-7. For a MODEL it
other additions made to it for this year is one of great impor-
tratiog the most improved PRINCIPLE of UN WATERIN G
tanee, showing the time at which a letter from London should
DEEP MINES, a Silver Medal.-8. For the best SUS-
Le de jeered at any place in England or Wales, and the tine at
T AINING GALVANIC BA'l TERY, a Silver Medal—
which the letter-box for London closes in each place. The facilities
9.
of For a MODEL G
ORES,s&c illutrating
from MINES, the most appa Silver Medal.
roved METHOD
afforded by the Postmaster-General give the compilers advan-
tagesßllN. which could not otherwise be otitained. The informa •
In the distribution of these Medals, it is not intended to ex- tine is furnished from the Post-office gratuitously, it is of the
elude inventions that have been patented. latest possible date, and has been all collected or confirmed
The Models to remain for exhibition in the Institution for at
within the last two months. We have had little time vet to
least the space of one year after the Medals have been awarded,
test its accuracy, but have no doubt that it fully maintains, in
should the Directors think proper to retain them. that respect, the high character of th,it published for the year
The Medals will not be awarded if the Inventions and Models
. 1841. The work is beautifully printed, sod at a moderate
are not considered to be improvements onMachinery now made.
price, and will be found of great service to persons in every
The Models to be forwarded to the Institution on or before
the 9th of May next. rank of life.
January, 1842. R. J. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary.

IinANCHESTER and LEEDS RA EL
WAY. TENDER FOR LOANS.—Notice
hereby given, that the DIRECTORS of the MANCHESTER
and LEEDS RAILWAY COMPANY are prepared to RE-
CeIYE TENDERS for a limited amount of LOANS, in
sums of not less than 1,0001. each, secured by the Bonds of
the Company, for theperiod of one or not exceeding five years.
The lender to have the option of calling in his money, at
any time between those periods, on giving the Company six
months' notice. Interest thereon will be allowed at the rate of
4i per Cent. per annum, payable half yearly. •
By order of the Board, JOHN JELLICORSE, Sec.
Clowcs's-buildings, Hunt's-bank, Manchester,
January 10th, 1841.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the next It ALP-YEARLY
GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this
COMPANY will he held, pursuant to Act of Parliament, at
the Company's Office, Princes-street, in the City of London,
on Tun RSDAY, the 24th of February next, at Twelve o'Cjnek,
for the ELECTION of FOUR DIRECTORS, to 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 Chairritin.
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 the said Half-Yearly General Meeting
on the 24th of February ; and the Dividend for the half-year
ending 31. st 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,

Tratj ATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY
FOR GRANTING
LIVE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.
No. 26. CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esti., Chairman.
J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S. I John Ravrson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Esti. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
AUDITORS•

Professor Wheatstone, F.R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F. B.S.
ACT.TA y—W. S. B. Wenlltuuse, Esq.,_P•ll.A. S
PHYSICIA N —J. Elliotson, M. D. , F. R. S.
SunGioN—E. S. Symcs, Esq.
Souctroas—Messrs. Sweat, Suttoi, Ewens, and Ornman-
ney, 6, Basinghall-street.
BaNKEas—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.

LIFE ASSURANCE.
AIWA NTA C ES.—Perfeet security from a large paid-up Capi-
tal and accumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow
Two-thirds Premium paid, without expense .r forfeiture—and
Profits annually divided.
N.B. Policies for Short Periods akLower Rates than at any
other Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual
rates.

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 no-
louses. The contents are admitebly 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 establlisheocnts ; an alphabetical list.
of streets in the metropolis and its vicinity, . with the inhabit-
ants according to their numerical order in cacti street ; the only
Street Directory yet published which includes gentry as well as
tradets. There is also a list of all officers, from the Lord Chan-
afellor 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, Ben chers,
Barristers, Special Pleaders, Conveyancers, Proctors, Attorneys,
Notaries. &e. The names of al persons in the metropolis and
its intinediete vicinity tint engaged 1441, arts Rive! With the
most accurate lists yet published etaffir ew Mt-lime/Its-arid
the most recent addresses of the Members of both Houses.
There arc, besides, the name and addresses of City Officers and
Common Couricilweii i City Companies anti their clerks) lists
et sateen beekeesl Lieutenancy of the City, Ate.. A bet is
given of all the principal places in England, Ireland, and Scot-
land, distinguishing those which grant and pay money orders,
and referrine. to the money order °Mee neatest to those which
do not; and an alphabetical list of the eteeets of London, ttith a
reference from each to the nearest receiving-house which grants
and pays motley-tieders, This will afford the opportunity in
all cases, hi 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 tithe at which Si 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 pest," Independent of all this itiftirrea,
tionl We have copious tleeoutits of all conveyances by railitays,
etage-coaches, waggons, sans, carts, vessels, barges, and boats ;
with compete accounts of all the bankers, joint-stock banks,
and banking establishments of the United Kingdom ; the
names of the Directors and officers df the cations ,aestirance
Companies with the rates of Aestiratre, tic., are also furnished
in amble:detail: Ont great feitnte ill "this Work is, that it
directs An individual to the position of any nuttiber in the
eleven by noting the intersection of churches, Courts, streets,
lanes, alleys, &c., betvvecii else belied and aliothee. It efteei
happens that a po,seit May forget the name of the tradesman
he winte, although he knows the street. The Street Direc-
tory in this book helps him out of this difficulty by giving the
names of the inliebitatits of each benne of No, 1 upwards.
Bnieclity Times, December 5, 1641.
'This useful work is just published; it is, in short, a com-
mercial, trades, law, court, perliamentary, city, postage, con-
veyance, banking, and an offitial Directory: It eontains an
alinanack, list of stamp &tad, Post-blEtio rifles, and, in facts
a body of intblligeriCb to #re.at IVr Milli Beepeetitig :the
etearatlr qf ew.h i 1 s44leli, it ie, of course, impossible to speak ;
tilt' me inveterate Magliabechi that ever gulped quartos, or
bolted folios, woilld scarcely Undertake the perusal of a Diree-
,;Orte It is set 6444 toe ninelate that the Peeteoffice
i in
Ilt*eite) li A worn titlear4Wlh to &e
even in hits ceiiilify. To ap.
proximate closely to the cemmunication if the names, resi-
elences, aril trades Or tlte inlitibltatt4
whicha liteeary Mid-nes o.giii hi.doi:
ef Leiden, is a task from
Bealway Magetine, December 4, iB4l.
.edging from the great superiority of the last edition of this
work over its competitors,,, ere did not anticipate the improve-
ttiente Width hate been effetted itt the Vtesent, Whieli hot only
, but nitist drii,e the
division has been
poltaheeerstholustt:lifretielteorfiyelatti. thAe hoeae(rlaeifretlhye
nets
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, Sze. 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 hooks of reference have not before passed :
here we have a register of all, whether dwelling in Barns-
bury Park, Basingliall-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. Mrs, 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 carries of the Directors of most of the Hallway and
Insuranee Companies, and a convgelf.t,i.4 of Officers.4f,loint-
sat, Companies. The " Parliamertary Diiecfory" 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 refleets 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
op.nion of the enterprising proprietors of the " Post-office Lon-
don Directory," The present edition is superior in many re-
spects, to any of its predecessors. On its first appearance, it
was a neat and correct
.pocket-volume—nothing more; but
it has gone on improving and augmenting from year to
year, till, by the
.mere force of its manifest superiority,
it has fairly beaten every competitor out of the field, and
become, from the variety, copiousness, and accuracy of
its information, an indispensable requisite to every count-
ing-house and chop 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 vat ious professions or trades exercised in the me-
tropolis is sought, turn to the " Trades' Directory," and you
have, ready to your hand, arranged in alphabetical order,
and with the residence attached, a return of every ac-
countant, apothecary, artist, Aac., &c., within the limits of
the bills of mor:alitv. It is the same with every other depart-
ment of the work. "We have never seen any volume containing
so much matter, so well divided, and clearly arranged. The
intimate connexion of the Proprietor with the Post-office en-
sured him the most accurate information ; and his printers'
extensive printing-office and steam-presses enabled him to issue
his sheets with surprising rapidity ; so that every change is
made up almost to the day of publication. The whole book is
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-
(Rice it, and, considering its bulk and variety, the surprisingly
los 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 8011, 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 elrar and easy reference, a
Commercial, t'rades', Law, Court, and Parliamentary Direc-
tory.. It is at once the fullest volume of the kind, the must ex-
act, has the must recent intelligence—:lee information it em-
bodies having been collected within the last seventy days from
official sources, slid 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
stiesr subdivided.oi l— an a• r one ,
has now been increased so as to form a division of itself. This
Government ' ,
and other public offices,
part containing a list of
arranged ; the other presents an alphabetical list of persons
under which the names and employments of the persons are
nodf thsteichsuabjmecut holding offices under the Crown, in the East India House,
part, like the other sections of
Bank of England, 6, • ,
lace-holders 1
.
nay, a population, of p
Nonconformist, December 8, 1841.
Another edition of this colossal work has just issued from
the steam presses or
s Messrs. Kelly and co., 19 and 20, Bos-
well-court, Temple Bar. e
Th '
greatest credit is due to all
the of this
parties connected withcompilation
book, for the
been exercised, as well as the talent
le:sidnity which must have
ution of every branch of it. T •
displayed in the exeohis has been
labour.
achieved by dint of greatAs a whole, we look upon
the Post-office Directory as the mast 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, anda Peerage and
Parliamentary Chronicle, besides all the Nobility and Gentry,
Merchants, Professional men, and Shopkeepers of the metro-
polis and its vicinityGl.
obe, 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. .

DEFERRED ANNUITIES.
The best and most varied provision for after life hitherto of-
fer?d—E2 12s. per annum (Is. per week) at 20, will at 65
glvo the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of £47 16s. 6d.,
or £349 I Is. cash, or policy dt death of £466. Similar ad-
vantages at 50, 55, and 60—Two-thirds payments lent at any
time, and Two-thirds returned in ease of premature death.
The detailed Plans, and Last Annual 11.:.port to be had at
the Office, at any of its Branches; or o:s application will be
forwarded post free.
F. FERGUSON CANIROUX, Secretary.