HENDERSON'S

NEW BELFAST DIRECTORY

and

NORTHERN REPOSITORY

FOR 1843 - 44

Containing information relating to the

COUNTIES OF ANTRIM, ARMAGH and DOWN

With lists of the inhabitants of the chief towns.

also an alphabetical

LIST OF THE INHABITANTS OF BELFAST

together with a

STREET DIRECTORY

and a

Classification of Trades and Professions

also a

Plan of Belfast, Map of Antrim, and Distance Table of Ireland

BELFAST

JOHN HENDERSON, 15 1/2 CASTLE PLACE

1843

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PREFACE

In publishing for the first time a Directory for Belfast, the Publisher takes the opportunity of returning his sincere thanks to those friends who have aided him in the undertaking by their suggestions and advice, and trusts that on inspection it will be found worthy the patronage of the Mercantile Community of Ulster, not only on account of the vast quantity of information that it contains, in comparison with former works of the kind, while the price is even lower, but from its general accuracy and the superior style in which it is got up.

Every Possible exertion shall be used to make all succeeding editions still more acceptable, and it will be esteemed a particular favour to have any inaccuracies that may appear in the following pages pointed out, in order that they may be duly rectified and avoided for the future. Books will be opened for this purpose by him, so that succeeding editions may be, if possible, still more correct.

In the Prospectus, a view of the Long Bridge was promised, instead of which a Map of the County of Antrim, and a Distance Table of all Ireland, is substituted, which, it is hoped, will be found of greater utility.

TABLE OF CONTENTS             top

Benchers if Queen's Inns
Barristers at Law
Barrack Masters
Belfast, Borough of
   Population of
   General Boundary of
   Municipal Wards
   Representatives
   Mayor of
   Aldermen of
   Town Councillors of
   Ward Assessors of
   Banking Companies
      Northern,
      Ulster
      Bank of Ireland Office
      Saving's Bank
      Provincial
   Cricket Club
   Rhetorical Society
Baronets of England, resident in Ireland
   Of Ireland
   Of the United Kingdom
Belfast Corporation, Belfast
Belfast Monte de Piete
Ballymena, town of
Ballymoney, town of
Banbridge, town of
Bangor, town of
Belfast
   Alphabetical List of Streets, Squares, Lanes, Places, Dicks, Quays, etc.
   Names of the Inhabitants in the Principal Streets of
   Alphabetical List of Gentry, Merchants, Manufacturers, Traders, etc.
Bakers
Banks

Chancery, Court of
   Masters in
   Examiners in
Common Pleas, Court of
Consistorial Court
Consistorial and Metropolitan Court of Armagh
Crown Solicitors
Court of Appeals in Revenue Causes
   Civil Bill
   City Record
Crown Lands and Quit Rents
Collectors and Comptrollers of Irish Ports
Customs, Tariff of
Custom-house, Belfast
Chamber of Commerce, Belfast
Consuls of Foreign Powers, Belfast
Coaches, Mail and Stage
Carrickfergus, town of
Cookstown, town of
Counsel, Queen's
Coleraine, town of
Clergy, Principal Catholic of Ulster
Chemists
Carriers' Quarters
Carvers and Gilders
Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors
Coach Makers
Chemists, Manufacturing
Coal Merchants and Factors
Comb and Spoon Makers
Commission Merchants
Confectioners
Coopers
Copper and Tinplate Workers
Cotton Spinners
Cork Cutters
Cotton Yarn Merchants
Cutlers
Council of the Natural History and Philosophical Society

Delegates, High Court of
Debtors, Insolvent Court of
Down, County of
   Population of
   Representatives of
   Lieutenant of
   Sheriff of
   Custos Rotulorum of
   Deputy Lieutenants of
   Magistrates of
   Militia Staff of
   Jail of
   Infirmary of
   District Lunatic Asylum of
   Commissioners of Affidavits
   Petty Sessions in
   Resident Magistrates of
   Principal Clergy of Established Church
Donaghadee, town of
Downpatrick, town of
Dungannon, town of
Druggists
Dentists
Distiller
Dress-makers and Milliners
Druggists, Chemists, etc.
Druggists, Wholesale Oil and Colour Merchants
Drysalters, and Crown Glass Importers
Dyers

Ecclesiastical Department
   Irish Prelates and Deans of Cathedral Churches
   General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in Ireland
   Presbyterian Synod of Munster
   Presbytery of Antrim
   Remonstrant Syn. of Ulster
   Secession Synod
Exchequer, Court of
   Equity Side of
   Law Side of
   Chamber Court of
Estates, Fortified Office for
Excise Duties
   Office, Belfast
Earthenware, Glass and China Warehouses
Engravers, Lithographers and Copperplate Printers

First Fruits' Office, Records of
Feather Merchants
Fish Merchants
Flax Merchants
Flax Spinners
Fleshers
Flour Merchants and Millers

General Officers Commanding Districts
Glass Manufacturers
Glue Manufacturers
Grain Merchants
Grocers, Wholesale and Retail and Tea Dealers
Gun-makers

Hospital, Lying-in
Hillsborough, town of
Holywood, town of
Hackle and Gill-makers
Hair-dressers
Hardware Merchants
Hatters
Hide Merchants

Ireland, Population of
Imprest Accounts, Office of Records
Irish Bankers
Institutions, Literary and Scientific
   Benevolent and Charitable
   Royal Belfast Academical
   Ulster, for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Inns and Hotels

7 Castle Place, read George C. Hyndman
22 Earl Street, read Edward King, Apothecary
4 Elliott's Court, read S. R. Symmonds
38 Fountain Street, read Miss Burns
89 and 91 High Street, for Thomsons and Finlay, read C. & W. Finlay, Grocers, Tea and Wine Merchants
for Fortune and Learmouth, read Fortune and Learmonth
74 James's Street, read Thomas Louden, Baker
1 Montgomery Street, for Turney and Reid, read Alexander Turney, Coach Maker
115 North Street, read Thomas Saunders
2 College Square East, for Robert McCarson, read Robert M. Carson.
18 Rosemary Street, for Thomas Green, Son and Co., read Thomas Greer, Sons and Co.
40 Rosemary Street, for Richard Vance and Co., read Richard Vance
for Burges, Miss, dress maker, read, Burns, Miss
for Christie, Mrs., 53 York Street, read Christie, Mrs., haberdasher, 53 North Street
read Clack, George, Ordnance Department, 5 Antrim Place
read Colville, Samuel, 23 Bridge Street
read John Galbraith & Co., Commission Merchants and Flax Factors
read William Garner, Esq., Agent for the receipt of Rents, Castle Chambers. - Residence, 37 Queen Street

LUNATIONS    top

A TABLE OF RECIPROCAL DISTANCES    top
of the
PRINCIPAL TOWNS OF IRELAND
With the distance from each other and of each from Dublin
Note - Eleven Miles Irish are equal to Fourteen English
Explanation - The names of the Towns wanted in the perpendicular and sloping alphabets, and the intersection of the lines will give the distance. Thus from Drogheda to Belfast, 57 miles.

GENERAL POST OFFICE, BELFAST   top
The Following Table Exhibits the Hours of Closing, Despatch, Arrival of Mails, and Delivery of Letters in Belfast.

N. B. - After the box closes for each despatch, letters will be forwarded at a charge of one penny for the first 30 minutes ; afterwards until the mails are made up, the fee will be three pence.
One morning delivery in Sundays
LETTERS
Inland Rates of Postage

The Post Office does not convey packages exceeding 16 ounces in weight inland, except in the case of Parliamentary papers, and other privileged documents/
Colonial and East India Letters by Packet. Rates of Postage

And so on, half ounces not being counted when the letter exceeds 1 oz. The Postage is uniform, and applies in whatever part of the United Kingdom the letter is posted, or whatever colony it is directed to ; the pre-payment of which is optional in all cases, except in India. Letters however, to and from Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia (except the ports of St. John's and Halifax,) are charged an additional internal colonial rate of 2d. single, when sent by the contract steam packets, which are despatched from Liverpool on the 3rd and 18th of each month, except December, January, February and March, in which there is only despatch on the 3rd. But if letters are specially addressed "via Boston," they are sent with the United States Mail, and are only chargeable 1s. single, which must be pre-paid.
In the case of East India letters, this rate applies only to those passing by the Falmouth packets, and thence overland, and not to those passing in the first place through France. They are despatched from Falmouth on the 2nd of each month ; the postage must be pre-paid.
The packets for the British West Indies, including Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Berbice, Demerara, Dominica, Essaquibo, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago, Tortola, and Trinidad, are despatched from Falmouth on the 1st and 15th of each month.

Ship Letters

These include letters passing by private ship between any place in the United Kingdom and a place beyond seas, foreign or colonial, including Ceylon, the Mauritius, the Cape, and the East Indies. All ship letters must be pre-paid.
By the Ship Letter Act it is enacted, "That every master of a vessel immediately on his arrival in port, shall take the whole of his letters to the Post Office, under the penalty of £200 ; and the captain must sign a declaration that every letter has been so delivered, before his vessel can be permitted to report at the Custom House."
Letters are sent to and from Great Britain or Ireland by private ships or steamers other than packets, if specially marked "ship letter" - or by "private ship" for eightpence, if under half ounce in weight, and must be pre-paid, and so on in proportion.

Rates of Postage

and so on Progressively.
When letters are not specially marked by the sender, with the words "by ship" or "by private ship" or if not pre-paid, they are liable to be sent by packet, and charged packet rates.

Dead Letter Office

Letters and packets exceeding 16 ounces in weight, cannot be forwarded to their destination, but must be sent to the Dead Letter Office, with exception of the following:- parliamentary proceedings, letters and packets addressed to, or received from places beyond sea, letters and packets to and from public departments, and to and from public officers, who franked by virtue of their office, deeds, if transmitted under such regulations as the post master general may consider necessary.

Refused Letters

Letters refused by parties to whom directed, or letters for persons who cannot be found, are opened, and returned on payment of the postage.

Printed Votes and Proceedings in Parliament, etc.

Printed votes and proceedings of Parliament, and of the Colonial Legislatives, transmitted by post between places in the United Kingdom and the Colonies, (subject, however, to all the existing regulations and restrictions,) will be liable to the following rates of postage :-
For any weight not exceeding four ounces                                                                   1d.
For any weight exceeding four ounces, and not exceeding eight ounces                2d.
For any weight exceeding eight ounces, and not exceeding twelve ounces            3d.
For any weight exceeding twelve ounces, and not exceeding sixteen ounces        4d.
And so on in proportion, viz., for every additional four ounces in weight above the weight of sixteen ounces, an additional rate of one penny, it being understood that any lesser weight than four ounces shall be charged as four ounces.
No additional charge will be made upon the said printed votes or proceedings when the postage is not paid in advance.
These rates and regulations, however, do not extend to such votes and proceedings as shall be sent through France, or which shall be transmitted to the East Indies, via, Falmouth and Alexandria.
If transmitted by private vessels, they will be liable to double the above rates.

Transmission of Money, and Money Orders

In the transmission of small sums, the use of the Money order Office is recommended, where an order from any one Post Office on any other, for any sum not exceeding £2, may be obtained for 3d., and for a sum between that and £5, for 6d. In cases where personal attendance is inconvenient, if the receipt is properly signed by the person to whom the order is made payable, and the party presenting the order for payment can afford full information as to the christian name, surname, address and occupation of the person who originally obtained the order, payment will be made to the party presenting the order, but unless these conditions are strictly complied with, it will be refused. In the case of very small sums, the transmission of an equivalent value in Post Office stamps may be had recourse to. Where bank notes or drafts to bearer are sent, it is recommended that they be cut in two, the halves being sent by different posts. In the case of bank notes and post bills, a note of the numbers and amounts should be preserved.

Newspapers

Stamped British Newspapers pass free from one place to another. When addressed to a person residing within the delivery of the post town where it is posted, a postage of a penny is charged on a paper. British and Colonial Newspapers pass free to and from the Colonies by the Falmouth packets - the privilege includes papers to and from the East Indies by the Mediterranean packets. When the conveyance is by private ship, the postage is 1d. Foreign newspapers received in Britain, and British newspapers sent to foreign countries, are liable to a postage of 2d., unless there be a reciprocity treaty with the foreign Post Office, when they pass free. The exemption, however, is only total in the case of Post Office conveyances. When the papers are sent by private ship, they pay a postage of 1d. Foreign and Colonial Newspapers cannot be reposted, after having been read, with a new address, under penalty of full postage charged as a letter, but if the person to whom they were originally addressed has removed or left the place, they can, if not read, be re-directed, and forwarded without any expense. All newspapers must be without covers, or in covers open at the sides, and must have no other writing on them but the address, and no enclosure. It is recommended that the address be written, not only on the cover, but on some exposed part of the newspaper. All newspapers sent out of the kingdom must be posted within seven days after publication. Newspapers forwarded by post within the United Kingdom, are not limited (as in the case of papers to foreign parts) to seven days after the date of publication, they may be sent at any date, provided they are duly stamped.

Newspapers To and From Foreign Countries

Newspapers for the following countries and places are forwarded, provided they are out in within seven days after the day of publication, by Her Majesty's packets, free of charge, if by private ships, one penny each must be paid on putting them into any Post Office.
Bogota - Brazil - Bremen - Buenos Ayres - Caraccas - Carthagena - Columbia - Corfu - Cuxhaven - Denmark - Egypt - Greece - Hayti - Hamburgh - Ionian Islands - La Guayra - Spain (via Cadiz) - St. Domingo.
Newspapers published in any of the above named countries and places, brought by Her Majesty's packets, are delivered free of postage, if brought by private ships they are charged one penny each.

Newspapers To and From the British Colonies

Newspapers, or other printed papers liable to the stamp duties, may be forwarded to the under mentioned places, by Her Majesty's Packets, free of postage, provided they are duly stamped and made up in covers open at the ends, and put into any Post Office within seven days after the day of publication. If sent by private ships, one penny each must be paid on putting them into any Post Office. -
Acapulco - Altamera - Alvarado - Anguilla - Antigua - Antioquico - Augustura - Bahamas - Baranquillo - Barbadoes - Barbuda - Basseterre (St. Kitt's) - Berbice - Bermudas - Bogota - Bridgetn. Barbadoes - Canadas - Cape Breton - Caraccas - Carthagena - Cephalonia - Cerigo - Chagres - Charlestown (Nevis) - Choco Lima - Columbia - Corfu - Cuba - Cumana - Demerara - Dominica - Durango - Essequibo - Gibralter - Grenada - Guatamalo - Guayaquil - Guiana (British) - Guianaxuato - Halifax (Nova Scotia) - Havannah - Hayti - Heligoland - Honduras - Ionian Islands - Jamaica - Kingston (Canada) - Kingston (Jamaica) - Kingston (St. Vincent) - La Guayra - Liverpool (N. Scotia) - Malta - Maraquito - Mediterranean - Mexico - Mompox - Montego Bay, Jamaica - Montreal (Canada) - Montserrat - Nassau (New Providence) - Nevis - New Brunswick - Newfoundland - New Providence - Nova Scotia - Odzace - Panama - Papayan - Pictou (Nova Scotia) - Porto Bello - Porto Cabello - Pueblo delos Angelas - Prince Edward Island - Quebec - Queratano - Quito - Road Harbour (Tortola) - Roseau (Dominica) - San Blas Guadalaxo - San Joseph (Trinidad - Sante Fé - Santa Martha - Santa Muara - Savanella - 
Sambrereta - St. Antonia - St. Andrew's (New Brunswick) - St. Blas - St. Christopher's - St. Domingo - St. George (Grenada) - St. Jago de Guayaquil - St. John's (N. Brunswick) - St. John's (Newfoundland) - St. Kitt's - St. Lucia - St. Louis de Potosi - St. Thomas, Columbia - St. Vincent - Sydney (Cape Breton) - Tempico - Tapic - Tobago - Tortola - Trinidad - Truxillo - Valladolid (Mexico) - Vera Cruz - Virgin Islands - Xalapa (Julapa) - Yacatecas - Yarmouth (N. Scotia) - Zacatecas - Zante

Newspapers printed in the British Colonies and possessions, brought to Great Britain and Ireland, by packet boats, in covers, open at the sides, are delivered free of Postage, those brought by private Ships are charged one penny for each paper.

Newspapers may also be forwarded to -
Australia - Batavia - Bencoolen - Bombay - Calcutta - Cape Coast Castle - Cape of Good Hope - Ceylon - Fernando Po - Hobart Town - India - Isle of France - Madras - Mauritius - New South Wales - Prince of Wales Island - Sierra Leone - Singapore - Swan River - St. Helena - Sydney - Van Dieman's Land.
and all parts of the east Indies, if made up in covers open at the ends, for One Penny each paper, provided they are put in within seven days from the day of publication, and the postage paid when they are put into the Post Office.
Newspapers sent by Her Majesty's packets, or by private ships, to other foreign countries and places not enumerated in the foregoing list, are charged twopence each, when put into the post, or on delivery.
Foreign newspapers must be printed in the language of the country from which they are forwarded, otherwise they will be charges as letters

Daily Statement of the Packet Boats