Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1844,

In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.

то

SAMUEL JONES,

CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT

IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK,

AS A TESTIMONY OF THE RESPECT OF THE AUTHOR,

FOR THE ACCURACY AND DEPTH OF HIS ATTAINMENTS,

IN EVERY BRANCH OF LEGAL SCIENCE,

AND AS

A Slight Memorial

OF A LONG AND UNINTERRUPTED FRIENDSHIP,

THESE LECTURES,

RELATING TO A SUBJECT WITH WHICH HE IS PECULIARLY CONVERSANT,

Are Inscribed.

PREFACE.

THE Lecture "Of Representations" now published, is extracted from an extensive work on Marine Insurance, which the author during the past year has been engaged in preparing, and to the completion of which, all the hours of labor that the immediate duties of his profession may allow him, will hereafter be devoted. Although the views contained in this Lecture, it is believed, are fully sustained by the authorities, it must be confessed, that in some respects, they differ widely from those of former elementary writers, and hence, before he finally adopts them, the author is desirous to submit them to the critical judgment of the profession in England, as well as in the United States. He is also desirous to have the judgment of the profession on the general plan of his intended work, which is meant to embrace a wider range of research, a fuller discussion of principles, and a more thorough and critical analysis of the adjudged cases than have been hitherto attempted. Of this plan, and of the mode of its probable execution, he is willing that the Lecture now published, with its Notes and Illustrations, shall be regarded not merely as a sufficient, but as a favorable specimen. For its actual imperfections he has no apology to plead. It is not