ΤΟ SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY, KNIGHT, ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNSEL LEARNED IN THE LAW, AS A TESTIMONY OF THE AUTHOR'S RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR THOSE TALENTS WITH WHICH HE IS SO EMINENTLY ENDOWED; THE GREAT LEARNING BY WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN CULTIVATED; AND FOR THE INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE WITH WHICH THEY ARE APPLIED; THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED, BY HIS VERY FAITHFUL AND OBEDIENT SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. PREFACE TO THE SECOND PART OF THIS VOLUME. To account for the delay in completing the second part of this volume, would be as tedious to the reader as to the author. The reader may be assured, that the delay has given him the advantage of possessing this part of the work in a far more enlarged and perfect state than it would have been if published from the original MSS. For the Index the profession are in a great measure indebted to John James Park, Esq.; a gentleman who will soon become a competitor for public favour in the line of his pro fession and to William Lee, Esq. I have to acknowledge his kindness, in having devoted a large portion of time, in researches for authorities in support of the propositions advanced in the work. As the work was written without any previous collection of authorities, the completion has been retarded more on that, than on any other, account. A review of the Table of Contents will give to the reader a general outline and comprehensive view of the various interesting subjects he may expect to find in this volume. 7, Lincoln's Inn, New Square, August, 1815. The Binder is desired to place the original Preface contained in the First Part of Vol. II. after this leaf, and to cancel the Title and Dedication preceding that Preface, which begins page vii. |