Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1834, by the Author, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.

OSBORN & BUCKINGHAM, PRINTERS,
No. 29 Ann-street.

TO THE

HON. REUBEN H. WALWORTH,

CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK,

THIS WORK IS, WITH HIS PERMISSION,

INSCRIBED,

AS A TRIBUTE OF GRATITUDE,

FOR THE

INTEREST WHICH HE HAS TAKEN IN ITS PROGRESS,

AND AN EXPRESSION OF THE

AUTHOR'S SENSE OF THOSE EMINENT QUALITIES WHICH HE HAS EXHIBITED

IN THE

DISCHARGE OF THE DUTIES OF HIS STATION.