SUITABLE DIRECTIONS

FOR

ADDRESSING PERSONS OF ALL RANKS,
BOTH IN WRITING AND DISCOURSE.

To the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, May it please your Majesty. To his Royal Highness, Prince Albert, May it please your Royal High

ness.

In the same manner to the rest of the Royal Family.

To the Nobility.

To his Grace the Duke of S. My Lord Duke, or, May it please your Grace, or, Your Grace.

To the most Noble the Marquis of B. My Lord Marquis, Your Lord. ship.

To the Right Honourable the Earl of B. My Lord, Your Lordship. To the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount D. My Lord, Your Lord. ship.

To the Right Hon. the Lord F. My Lord, Your Lordship. The Ladies are addressed according to the rank of their Husbands. The Sons of Dukes, Marquises, and the eldest Sons of Earls, have, hy the courtesy of England, the title of Lord and Right Honourable; and the title of Lady is given to their Daughters.

The youngest sons of Earls, and Sons of Viscounts and Barons, are styled Esquires, and Honourable, and all their Daughters Honourable. The title of Honourable is likewise conferred on such persons as have the Queen's Commission, and upon those Gentlemen who enjoy places on trust and honour.

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The title of Right Honourable is given to no Commoner, excepting those who are Members of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and the three Lord Mayors of London, York, and Dublin, and the Lord Pro vost of Edinburgh, during their office.

To the Parliament.

To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parlia ment assembled, My Lords, or, May it please your Lordships.

To the Right Honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses in ParHament assembled, Gentlemen, or, May it please your Honours.

To the Right Hon. C. W. C. Speaker of the House of Commons, whe is generally one of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Sir. To the Clergy.

To the Most Reverend the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, My Lord, or, Your Grace.

To the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of S. My Lord.

To the Rev. the Dean of C. or Archdeacon or Chancellor of D. or Prebendary, &c. Mr Dean, Reverend Sir, &c.

All Rectors, Vicars, Curates, Lecturers, and Clergymen of other inferior denominations, are styled Reverend.

To the Officers of Her Majesty's Household.

They are for the most part addressed according to their rank and quality, though sometimes agreeably to the nature of their office: as, My Lord Steward, My Lord Chamberlain, Mr Vice-Chamberlain, &c. and in all superscriptions of letters, which relate to gentlemen's employments, their style of Office should never be omitted; and if they have more offices than one, you need mention only the highest.

To the Soldiers and Navy.

In the Army, all Noblemen are styled according to their rank, to which is added their employ.

To the Hon. A. B. Esq., Lieutenant-General, Major-General, Brigadier-General of Her Majesty's Forces, Sir, Your Honour.

To the Right Honourable the E. of S. Captain of Her Majesty's First Troop of Horse Guards, Band of Gentlemen-Pensioners, Band of Yeomen. of the Guards, &c. My Lord, Your Lordship.

All Colonels are styled Honourable; all inferior Officers should have the name of their employment set first; as for example, to Major W. C., to Captain T. B., &c.

In the Navy, all Admirals are styled Honourable, and Noblemen according to quality and office. The other Officers as in the Army.

To Ambassadors, Secretaries, and Consuls.

All Ambassadors have the title of Excellency added to their quality, as have also Plenipotentiaries, Foreign Governors, and the Lord Lieutenant and Lord Justices of Ireland.

To his Excellency Sir B. C. Baronet, Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary, and Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Porte, Sir, Your Excellency.

To his Excellency E. F. Esq., Ambassador to Her Most Christian Majesty, Sir, or, Your Excellency.

To his Excellency the Baron de A. His Prussian Majesty's Resident at the Court of Great Britain, Sir, Your Excellency.

To Seignor W. G. Secretary from the Republic of Venice, Sir.

To G. D. Esq., Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Smyrna, Sir.

To the Judges and Lawyers.

All the Judges, if Privy Counsellors, are styled Right Honourable; as for instance:

To the Right Honourable A. B. Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, My Lord, Your Lordship.

To the Right Honourable P. V. Master of the Rolls, Sir, Your Honour. To the Right Hon. Sir G. L. Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, or of the Common Pleas, My Lord, Your Lordship.

To the Honourable A. B. Lord Chief Baron, Sir, or, May it please you, Sir.

To the Right Hon. A. D. Esq., one of the Justices, or to Judge M., Sir, or, May it please you, Sir.

To Sir R. D. Her Majesty's Attorney, Solicitor, or Advocate-General, Sir.

All others in the Law, according to their offices and rank they bear, every Barrister having the title of Esquire given him.

To the Lieutenancy and Magistracy.

To the Right Honourable G. Earl of C. Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Durham, My Lord, Your Lordship.

To the Right Honourable T. S. Esq., Lord Mayor of the City of London, My Lord, Your Lordship.

All Gentlemen in the Commission of the Peace have the title of Esquire and Worshipful, as have also all Sheriff's and Recorders.

The Aldermen and Recorders of London are styled Right Worshipful, as are all Mayors of Corporations, except Lord Mayors.

To A. B. Esq., High Sheriff of the County of York, Sir, Your Worship. To the Right Worshipful W. D. Esq., Alderman, of Tower Ward, London, Sir, Your Worship.

To the Right Honourable J. A. Recorder of the City of London, Sir, Your Worship.

The Governors of Hospitals, Colleges, &c. which consist of Magistrates, or have any such among them, are styled Right Worshipful, or Worshipful, as their titles allow.

To the Governors of the Crown.

To his Excellency C. M. Duke of R. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, My Lord, Your Excellency.

To the Right Honourable Lord N. Governor of Dover Castle, &c. My Lord, Your Lordship.

The second Governors of Colonies appointed by the Queen, are called Lieutenant-Governors.

Those appointed by Proprietors, as the East India Company, &c. are called Deputy-Governors.

To Incorporate Bodies.

To the Honourable Court of Directors of the United Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies, Your Honours.

To the Hon. the Sub-Governors, Deputy-Governors, and Directors of the South Sea Company, Your Honours.

To the Hon. the Governors, Deputy-Governors, and Directors of the Bank of England, Your Honours.

To the Masters and Wardens of the Worshipful Company of Meroers, Your Worships.

DIRECTIONS

FOR

WRITING LETTERS.

It was a just observation of the honest Quaker, that If a man thinks twice before he speaks, he'll speak twice better for it. With great pro. priety the above may be applied to all sorts of writing, particularly the Epistolary.

In letters from one relation to another, the different characters of the persons must first be considered. Thus a father, in writing to a son, will use a gentle authority; a son to a father, will express a filial duty. And again, in friendship, the heart will dilate itself with an honest freedom; It will applaud with sincerity, and censure with modest reluctance.

In letters concerning trade, the subject matter will be constantly kept in view, and the greatest perspicuity and brevity observed by the different correspondents; and in like manner, these rules may be applied to all other subjects, and conditions of life, viz. a comprehensive idea of the subject, and an unaffected simplicity, though modesty in expression. Nothing more need be added; only that a constant attention to the above, for a few months, will soon convince the learner that his time has not been spent in vain.

Indeed, an assiduous attention to the study of any art, even the most difficult, will enable the learner to surmount every difficulty, and writing letters to his correspondents becomes equally easy as speaking in company. A careful attention to the plain and simple rules laid down in the preceding Grammar, will enable him to write in the language of the present times; and if he carefully avoids affectation, his thoughts will be clear, his sentiments judicious, and his language plain, easy, sensible, elegant, and suited to the nature of the subject. As letters are the copies of conversation, Just consider what you would say to your friend if he was present, and write down the very words you would speak, which will render your epistle unaffected and intelligible.

From a Merchant in London, to the Tutor of a College, recommending his Son to his care as a Pupil.

Rev. Sir,

London, January 5, 1815.

The opinion I have been led to entertain of your abilities as a scholar, your behaviour as a gentleman, and your piety as a Christian, encourages me to solicit your kind assistance in an affair of very great importance to myself.