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PUBLICATIONS.

3fARCII EDITION of the POST-OFFICE
LONDON DIRECTORY. Now Publisehd, price
245., containing "Parliamentary Directory," giving the most
recent Parliamentary Intelligence, and the present Town Ad-
dress of each Peer and Member. Official Directory. Street
Directory, the only one published of the Metropolis, to include
Nobility and Gentry, as well as Merchants and Traders. Com-
mercial Directory. Trades Directory. Law Directory, and
complete Lists of Stamps. Court Directory, including thou-
sands of names not to be found in any other work. City Di-
rectory. Postage Directory. Conveyance Directory. Bank-
ing Directory, &c. &c.
The following Reviews of the Complete D:rectory have
already appeared

Times, December 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 attrition even of persons who are not immediately In"
terested in commercial and business pursuits. The present
volume for 1842 contains some important new 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. There 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
issued to the various newspapers published throughout England
and dales is given, together with the amount of stamp duties
on advertisements paid by each paper respectively, and, indeed,
a mass of information is brought together from which. the best
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 be compiled with indefatigable industry, extreme vigilance,
and an excellent judgment for arrangement.
Morning Post, December 29, 1841.
_

The charge, whether ti ue or fa se, brought against the " An-
nuals," that, however pretty they may be, they are of little or
no use, cannot in any degree apply to this singular publication.
WHIM the single volume, neatly brought out by Messrs. Kelly
and Co., of Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar, is comprised all
the informatioe that can be useful to the fashionable, legal, or
commercial communities. " It includes a " Court Directory,"
which alone contains about five-and-twenty thousand names ;
a" Law Directory" of the most ample description, giving,
among other details, no fewer than sixteen large pages of a
" General List of Stamps ;" an " Official Directory," with an
index of six thousand persons holding situations under the
Crown, in the Bank, the East India House, and other public
departments ; the " Commercial Directory," perhaps the ful-
lest and most complete that has ever yet appeared, and a variety
of miscellaneous matter which it is impossible to particularise
here. In short, from our own observation, we can safely pro-
nounce this work a " sine qua non" to everybody who desires to
become acquainted with the great metropolitan world of Louder!,
Morning Chronicle, Dec. 21, 1841;
We have had occasion to commend the ex.,;,„ordi„ry diligence
and accuracy shown in getting up the
for former years, and no less pr,se ". Post-office iirectory"
is due to the publication of
tho present volume. It :.contains the same immense mass of
irlormation dative the metropolis, which renders the work
one of the most, astonishing monuments of the greatness of
London that can well be conceived. This information appears
classified, distributed, and arranged in a variety of ways so as
to make the facility of reference nearly perfect. The
corrections necessary from the changes of a year appear,
as far as it is possible to judge, to have been carefully made,
and it would be difficult to over-estimate the labour involved
in such corrections. We recommend it to the favourable con-
sideration of the public ; and, in fact, it must be 'notated as
dispensable in every house, or office, where business is trars-
acted. • To those, if there be any, who have not seen it, it,will
convey the best notion of the variety of its contents to say, that
the single volume of 1,5(X) pages contains a Streets' Directory
—Trades' Directory—Law Directory—City—Parliamentary
Courts—Postage—Banking—and .Official and Conveyance
Directories—each a large work, and complete in itself, though
the whole are requisite to a publication which professes to be a
Directory for London.
Morning Herald. Nov, 30, 1841.
This is a most complete and extremely useful work. It em-
braces every point of interest in and near the metropolis that
can affect the wants of the community at large, and is service-
able to all classes of society. Under one general head it con-
tains a series of Directories, in which are enumerated all the
Trades, Streets, Names, Official Designations, Parliamentary,

We have great pleasure in noticing this useful work, of which
we have received an early copy. It exceeds the size of the
Directory of last year, and probably is the most complete and
correct town-guide yet published. The following outline of
the contents will enable the reader to form some idea of the
vast undertaking. It contains an Official Directory, with the
names alphabetically arranged, of all civil officers under Go-
vernment, in the Bank of England, East India House, and all
other public establishments. a Street Directory, which in-
cludes gentry as well as traders; and subjoined to this, are two
others, giving the names at full length, of sixty thousand per.
sons engaged in commerce, anti lists of two thousand trades
established in the metropolis, with the tradesmen attached to
each, and the subdivisioos of every trade accurately defined.
There are separate Directories also for the Court; the Par-
liament, with the most recent addresses of the Members of
both ; the Law, with a list of all officers' from the
LOH Chancellor down to the usher of the most inferior Court :
and the City of London, with the names and :addresses of all
City Officers, Companies, &e. The Court Directory includes
the names of twenty-flee 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 ether additions made to it for this year is one of great
importance, sliming the time at which a 1 tter from London
should be delivered at any place in England or Wales, and
the thee at which the letter-box for London closes in each
place. TIM fealties afforded by the Postmaster-General give
the compilers adVaiitagesp which could not otherwise be obtained
The information is furnishO from the Post-office gratuitously,
it is of the I;test possible dale; end has been all collected or
confirmed within the last two miNtlis. We have had little
time yet to test its accuracy, but have no doubt that it fully
panted, sold at a
maintains, in that respect, the high character of. that published
for the year 1841 The work is beautiful',"panted,
moderate price, and will be ound of great service to persons .
every rank of life.

Weekly Dispatch, Nov. 28, 1641.
We have been favoured with a sight of this elaborate in-ilk)
and we must pronounce it vastly superior to the previous vol-
umes. The contents are admirably arranged. T here is a
distinct alphabetical li t of the names, in number, of all civil
officers under Government, in the Bank Of England, East India
House. and all o' her public establishments; an dlphabetical 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, Serjeants at law/ Benebers,
Bar ri• tens, Special I'leaders, Conveyancers, Proctors, AttoTneysi
Notaries, &c. Toe names of all persons in the metropolis and
its immediate vicinity not engaged in trade, arc 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-
and distinguishing those which grant and pay money-orders,
land, 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 opportudity in
all cases, in town and country, of applying to the nearest office
for a money-order, and of obtaining it upon the office moat
contiguous to the residence of the party in whose favour
it is drawn. Another important introduction this year
shows the time at which a latter 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 information,
we have copious accounts of all conveyances by railways,
stage-coaches, waggons, carts, vans, vessels, barges slid btats )
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 rata of Assurance, &e ,are also furnished
in ample detail. One great feature Id this work is, that it
directs an individual to the position of any number in the
street, by fleeing 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 Directory
in this book helps him out of this difficulty by giving the
names of the inhabitants of each house of No. l upwards.

Sund;), Times, December 5, 1841.
This useful work is just published ; it is, in short, a Com-
mercial, Trades, Law, Court, Parliamentary,City, Postage,Con-
veyance, Banking, and an Official Directory. It contains an
almanack, list of stamp duties, Post-office rules, and, in fact,
a body of intelligence too great for detail. Respecting the
accuracy of such a work, it is, of course, impossible to speak;
the most inveterate Magliabechi that ever gulped quartos, or
bolted folios, would scarcely undertake the perusal of a Direc-
tory. It 13 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,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-
tnents which hate been effected in the present, which not only
place this Directory at the head tit the het, hitt Mast drive the
others out of the field. An entirely new dieleleti hes been
introduced, viz., the " Official Directory," which furnishes
the lull 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 linfits
beyond which our books of reference have not before passed
here we have o. register of all, whether dwelling in Barns-
bury Park, Basinghall-street. or Belgrave-square, in King's-
road, Che!sea, or in Kingsland I and one of the great advan-
sages peculiar to this publication is, that till inhabitants are
inserted in their numerical 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-
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 "Pottage
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 diversidei,
and it reflects credit on those who have so arranged it that the
work is equally a model of compilation, and of typography. We
cannot but think that a title more appropriate than merely
" Post-office London Directory ' might: be chosen. The work
surely merits a name that would convey a definite idea of iti-
formation so vast and varied, uniting as it does, its one volume,
Directory, Court Guide, and Court -Yealendar, and superseding
the whole class of similar piiblicationSiC3l
This Useful " Annual b
l comprises,eeeber i
ILoB4I o. the r information,
an Official Street, Commercial, Trades, Law Court, Parlia-
mentary, City, Postage, Conveyance, and Banking Directories:
It is only necessary to announce the pliblitiatiett itself, Arid to
add that, arranged as it has been with 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 pitblire
Britannia, November 27, Ig4l,
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, se
long as better is clearly attainable; and siieh appears to be the
opinion of the enterprising proprietors of the " l'ostoffice Loris
don Directory." The present edition is superior in many re-
spects, to any of its predecessors. On its that appearance, it
was a neat and correct racket retire; but
it has gone on ittiprtivitlg Arid augmenting from year to
yerr, tilt, 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 of
any particular person required, a reference to the " Commer-
cial" or "Court Directory" will at once give the desired in-
formation. If a complete list of all persons engaged in any
one of the various professions or trades exercised in the me-
tropolis is sought, turn to the "Trades' Directory," and you
have, ready to your hand, arranged in alphauetical order,
and with the residence attached. a return of every ac-
countant, apothecary, artist, &c., &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 prititing-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
produce it, and, considering its bulk and variety, the sur-
prisingly low price at which it is issued, we must pronostee, it,
notwithstanding the typographical wonders daily issued from
Press, the most surprising volume to which the first city in the
world has yet given birth.-
John Bull, November 27, 1841.

Again we have to bestow our praise on the completeness and
cheapness of the multifarious information comprised in the
Post.office London Directory," which comprehends within
one moderately-sized volume, of clear and easy reference, a
Commercial, Trades', Law, Court, and Parliamentary Direc-
tory. It is at once the fullest volume of the kind, the most ex-
act, has the most recent intelligence—the information i: em-
bodies having been collected within the last seventy days front
official source►, 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 adivision 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 01 the persons are
arranged ; the other presents an alphabetical list, of persons
holding offices under the Crown, in the East India House,
Bank of Englassi, &c. And such a muster roll l—an army,
nay, a population, of place-holders !
W. Kelly and Co., 19, and 20, Old Boswell-court, Temple..
bar, and all gookselles.

Tar, pfixieipiel by which it is necessary that
hunitin ccnidOct should be geverned are of such great im-
portance to observe, that ad iticafttate Deity was ploised to de-
scend from Heaven to impart this knettillidse taus, in order to
make such an impression upon the mind as stioliki inituenee
our entire demeanour. Thrice happy they who conform to
this rule, and an eternity of misery awaits those who do nut.
How highly censurable then is the conduct of those who endea-
vour to cause a contrary course to be pursued; they
act by the instigation of Satan, to enable him to gratify
his malicious designs against the human rare, as from
the nature of our being we must yield obedience to one
of two invisible powers, either to the Supreme Being, or to eur
eternal ; for as all that is really gtxxl proceeds from the one
source, and all that is of evil from. the other, we must make
choice of either ; there is no alternative, and it should not re-
quire much time to come to a determination in our intercourse
with society. Many incidents occur which afford us an oppor-
tunity of manifesting our sentiments, and proving the sin-
cerity of our professions. We all wish to be consi-
dered lovers of truth and justice ; but there is too much
cause to apprehend that these virtues are but little
regarded. It could not have escaped the notice of those wko
have access to the public press, that frequent attempts have
been made to cause an investigation to be entered into reap st-
ing certain alleged attempts at robbery by means of clandestine
proceedings, which it is stated have,. been made by several
persons on Mr. Edward Farrell, although it is a well ascer-
tained fact, that no person seer had any claim whatever
against him, as a more punctual person in the discharge of all
his engagements never existed, which nestle would in his pre-
sence deny, consequently any that have been mad are fraudulent;
and those who have preferred them are felons and should suffer
the full penalty of the law, as it is an aggravation of their
offence,shield oft defence,oendeav an
engtne of oppression ; but the statements
to make the laws which should serve as
a
which are continually made, represent matters in the worst
light, as it is publicly boasted of, that conspiracies of a most
formidable character have beed long in operation, having
in view the accomplishment of every evil design, and that all
necessary aid is given f, r the completion of the intended mis •
chief ; and it is added that rewards are lavishly conferred upon
the most atrocious malefactors, as an incentive to persevere in
their evil courses, and an inslucement to others to pursue the
same infamous career. Surely no country can be in a civilised
state, where such utter couten pt is evinced for all that merits
regard. None but those who are ur a state of reprobation, would
countenam-e such flagitious villainies • Has depravity so extended
its pernicious influence, as that the cause of all evil is pro-
Rioted, and every t ffort used to suppress righteousness. Lemon-
aical malice cannot exceed this ; it is in vain for any person
to pretext ignorance of the merits of Mr. Farrell's case, as his
sincerity is fully established. How often has he endea-
vou:eda any time
to cause an investigation? And why has it
not been assented to ? None would oppose it who are
enxoitthci t
enemiesterm
stochjustice.arg charge
all
persons He
does
who
tale, n any proceedings respecting him with high treason, as no
intimation was given to him, and consequently he could not
• defend his just rights. If the necessary information had been
communicated to him, he would have submitted his case to the
decision of a legal tribunal ; and any persons whO assume to act.
for others, or in any manner respecting them, without their
consent, merit a most exemplary punishment.

Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from Dublin against
slavery.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL presented a petition from
Sussex, praying for an alteration' in the mode of rating rrn
charges.