ermen, and
Recorder of London, are styled _Right Worshipful_; and the Aldermen
and Recorder of other Corporations, as well as Justices of the Peace,
_Worshipful_.

245. Ambassadors.

Ambassadors have _Excellency_ prefixed to the other titles, and their
accredited rank added.

_Sup_.--To His Excellency Count Karolyi, Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary from H.I.M. (His Imperial Majesty) The Emperor
of Austria.

_Sup_.--To His Excellency The Right Honourable Earl of Dufferin,
K.P., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Sublime Ottoman Porte.

_Comm_.--My Lord.

_Con_.--I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Excellency's Most
humble obedient servant.

The wives of Ambassadors have also Excellency added to their other
titles.

Envoys and Charges d'Affaires are generally styled Excellency, but
by courtesy only.

Consuls have only their accredited rank added to their names or
titles, if they have any.

246. Addresses of Petitions, &c.

i. _Queen in Council._--All applications to the Queen in Council, the
Houses of Lords and Commons, &c., are by _Petition_, as follows,
varying only the title:

To the Queen's most Excellent Majesty in Council, The humble
Petition of M.N., &c., showeth That your Petitioner.... Wherefore
Your Petitioner humbly prays that Your Majesty will be graciously
pleased to.... And Your Petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever
pray.

ii. _Lords and Commons._--To the Right Honourable the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal (To the Honourable the Commons) of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled.

The humble Petitioner &c. And your Petitioner [or Petitioners] will
ever pray, &c.

247. To those who Write for the Press.

It would be a great service to editors and printers if all who write
for the press would observe the following rules. They are reasonable,
and correspondents will regard them as such:

i. write with black ink, on white paper, wide ruled.

ii. Make the pages or folios small, one-fourth of a foolscap sheet
is large enough.

iii. Leave the second page of each leaf blank; or, in other words,
write on one side of the paper only.

iv. Give to the written page an ample margin _all round_; or fold
down the left hand side to