A treatise on a subject connected with the science of law, by one who is not a member of that honour able profession, requires some apology. I therefore wish it to be clearly understood, that the following work is not intended as any inroad into the territo ries of the lawyer or the civilian. It inculcates only plain facts and clear duties; entering not into pleadings Of any kind, which are the preper and ex elusive province Of the lawyer, but confines itself entirely to the matter and issue.