To A. B. Esq. Lieutenant General: Surveyor General of the Ordnance, &c.

NAVY.

To his Grace A. Duke of B. Lord High Admiral of Great Britain. Your Grace.

To the Rt. Hon. A. Lord Viscount B. Vice, or Rear Admiral of Great Britain.

To the Hon. Sir A. B. Admiral of the Blue. Vice Admiral of the Red. Rear Admiral of the White. Sir; Your Honour. To Captain A. B. Commander of his Majesty's ship the Liberty, riding at Spithead.

AMBASSADORS.

To bis Excellency Sir A. B. Bart. his Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary, and Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Porte. Your Excellency. ·

To his Excellency A. B. Esq. Ambassador to his Most Christian Majesty. Your Excellency.

To his Excellency the Baron De L. bis Prussian Majesty's Resident, at the Court of Great Britain. Your Excellency. To Seignior A. B. Secretary from the Republic of Venice, at London. Sir.

To Seignior A. B. Secretary from the Great Duke of Tuscany, at London.

To A. B. Esq. his Britannic Majesty's Consul, at Smyrna.

THE LAW.

To the Rt. Hon. A. Baron of B. Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. My Lord; Your Lordship.

To the Rt. Hon. Sir. A. B. Master of the Rolls. Sir; Your Honour.

To the Rt. Hon. Sir A. B. Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. Of the Common Pleas. My Lord; Your Lordship.

To the Hon. Sir A. B. Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. To the Hon. A. B. Esq. one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas. Or, to Judge A. Sir; or May it please you Sir.

To Sir A. B. his Majesty's Attorney Solicitor. Advocate General. Sir.

To A. B. Esq. Serjeant, Barrister, or Counsellor at Law. Sir.

To Mr. A. B. Attorney at Law. Sir.

LIEUTENANCY AND MAGISTRACY.

To the Rt. Hon. A. Earl of B. Lord Lieutenant, and Custos

Rotulorum of the County of M. To A. B. Esq. High Sheriff for the county of M. To the Rt. Hon. Sir A. B. Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London. My Lord; Your Lordship.

To the Rt. Worshipful Sir A. B. Recorder of the City of London. To the Rt. Worshipful A. B. Esq. Alderman of Tower-Ward, London.-To the Worshipful A. B. Esq. Mayor of L. Sir; Your Worship.

To the Worshipful A. B. Esq. the Peace, for the County of M. To A. B. Esq. Deputy Steward Mr. Deputy; Sir.

one of his Majesty's Justices of Your Worship.

of the city and liberty of L

GOVERNORS UNDER THE CROWN, &c.

To his Excellency A. Lord B. Lord Lieutenant of the Kingdom of Ireland. Your Excellency.

To their Excellencies, the Lords Justices of the Kingdom of Ireland. Your Excellencies.

To the Rt. Hon. A. Earl of B. Governor of Dover Castle, and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. My Lord; Your Lordship.

To the Rt. Hon. A. Lord Viscount B. Constable of the Tower.

To his Excellency A. B. Esq. Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Leeward Carribee Islands, America. Your Excellency.

To the Hon. A. B. Fs. Lieutenant-Governor of South Carolina.

To the Hon. Sir A. B. Deputy Governor of Portsmouth.

To the Hon. A. B. Esq. Governor of Fort St. George, Madras, in East India.

To the Worshipful the President, and Governor's of Christ's Hospital, London.

The second Governors of colonies appointed by the King, are styled Lieutenant Governors: Those appointed by proprietors, as the Est-India Company, &c. are called Deputy-Governors.

INCORPORATE BODIES.

To the Hon. the Court of Directors, of the United Company of Merchants of England, trading to the East-Indies.

To the Hon. the Sub-Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Directors of the South Sea Company.

To the Hon. the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Directors of the Bank of England.

To the Masters and Wardens of the Worshipful Company of Drapers..

GENTRY.

To the Hon. Sir A. B. Bart. at C. near D.

To the Hon. Sir. A. B. Knight, at C. in Suffolk.

To A. B. Esq. at M. in Cheshire.

The wives of Knights and Baronets, are called Lady A. or Lady B.-But the wives of Esquires, and other Gentlemen, only Mistress A. &c. except they have a title previously to their marriage, which they commonly retain.

MEN OF TRADE AND PROFESSIONS.

To Mr. A. B. Merchant, Broad-street, London.
To Dr. W. C. Hanover-square, London.

To Mr. H. I. Surgeon, Bond-street, London.
To Mr. L. O. Pewterer, Whitechapel, London.

To Mr. P. A. Rope Maker, Wapping, near London.

BOOKS ON WRITING.

Pride's Art of Pen-Cutting, 12mo.---Miln's Penman's Repository (to be had of Sherwood and Co.) will be found of great use in teaching youth to strike simple bold flourishes, capital letters, &c. It also contains correct alphabets in the Black Hands,

PART III.---STENOGRAPHY

THE art of stenography, or short writing, was known and practised by most of the ancient civilized nations. The Egyptians, who were distinguished for learning at an early period, at first expressed their words by a delineation of figures called hieroglyphics. A more concise mode of writing seems to have been afterwards introduced, in which only a part of the symbol or picture was drawn. This answered the purpose of short-hand in some degree. After them the Hebrews, the Greeks, and the Romans, adopted different methods of abbreviating their words and sentences, suited to their respective languages. The initials, the finals, or radicals, often served for whole words; and various combinations of these sometimes formed a sentence. Arbitrary marks were likewise employed to determine their meaning, and to assist legibility; and it seems probable that every writer, and every author of antiquity, had some peculiar method of ab

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