The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-04 00:00:00

MR. CHITTY'S COMMERCIAL LAW.

This Day.was published? in Four large Volumes, Royal aro.,
(Dedicated, by permission, to the Lord Chief Justice of the
Court.of King's Benchj

TIVATISE ou the LAWS ',of COM-
MERCE and MANUFACTURES, and the Con-
tracts relating thereto:. with an Appendix of Treaties, Sta-
tutes, ,and Precedents... . • • •
_ JOSII3II. CHITTY; Barrister at Law.

London : Printed for •Henritiniferwortli, Law Bookseller,
7, Fleet-street, • between the Temple Ciates,; J. M. Richard.
son, Cornhill; Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; and R. Mil-
liken Dublin.
The First Volume of this important atd valuable Work con-

talus the whole• Law of Foreip. Commerce; Consuls;. Euro-
pean, Asiatic, A frjcan.and American Trades; Colonial, Plan-
tation, and Coasting Trades ; the British Fisheries, 'and all the
British Foreign Companies ; Laws of Exportation and Im-
portation ; British Shriving, and customs and Excise haws. •
The Second Voltune.contains the LaW respecting Quaran-
tine, Lighthouses, Beacons, Sea 'Marks,' Pilots, Ports, Havens,
Roads, 'Barbour', Port Duties, Tolls,. BallaSt, Convoys,
IVrecks, ;Jetson, -Pirates, and. Sea hovers; Canals, .Roads,
'Railways, MaFkets, and Fairs Tolls'
` Sales in 'Market Overt;
Hawkers and Pedlars ; Weights and Measurei ; Money ; Pa-
tents; Copyrights ; )orporations; Bye-laws; Forestalling,
Itegrating, Engrossing; Monopolies; False Rumours, Con-
spiracles against Trade, '&c.; and the. Law of Manufactures
and 31anufacturers,. anti their Servants.
'rlie Third Volume treats'of all the Points airecting every
DescriOtion'of Mercantile Contract ; the Law of Contracts in
. general is considered fully, the Stamps thereon. Principal and
Agent, Factors and Brokers, Partners, Contracts of Manufac-
ture, Sale, Warranty, Exchange, . Loan, Guarantees, and
Sureties, StOripage in Transitti,,liziilments, Innkeeptm, Ware-
housenien,' Whartingers and Carri..:rs, Charterpartiea, Bills of
Lading, Freight,. Passage . Motley, Demurrage, Primage and
AVeraget Policies of lniurance, Liens,' and all Mercantile
Securities ; Remedies for In‘juries to: Mercantile Rights at
Law and in Equity,; • Arbitrations, Awards, Set-off, and ,Mu-
tual, Credit ; Siattite of Limitation ; Remedies on General In-
solvency ; Letters of Licence ; Deeds of. Ilispection and Com-
position, and CoMmission of Bankruptcy.
The Fourth Volume (being intended as an Appendix), con-
, twins, in Part I. all the Mercantile Treaties. and Public Docu-
' inents relatinglo Foreign:- Trade.- The SecOnd Part contains
a new and comprehensive Collection of Precedents of every
Description of Mercantile Contraet„ Sae. and Practical Instruc-
tions for" framing them, such as Agreeitents, Deeds, and higher
Securities; Firms between Principal and Agents of every .I.)e,
scription, FaCtors,, Brokers, Partners: Connects of Manufac-
tore, Sale, Loan, Guarantee, Sureties,. Letters of Credit, &c. ;
Bailees, Charterparties, Bills of Lading, Policies of Insurance,
Notices of Abandonment, Agreements for Liens,' Bills of Ex.
change, and other,Securities,,Protests, and, Forms relating to
the Remedies ; Arbitration and Awards ; Letters of Licence:
'Deeds of Inspection, Cormitisition,'and Proceedings in Bank-
ruptcy, &e.
* * This Work embraces, the,whole Law of Foreign Corn-
,. , . .
merce and In turtml Trade, from the most general and extensive
Provisions to the ininutest Detail of Plivate Contracts, together
with the Forms and Precedents of every Kiad of legal Instru-
ment in use or requited within the ample range of this Depart-
ment of British Jurisprudence; and will be found a valuable
Acquisition to tha Learned ProfeSsion, and en important ad.
dition ,to the Library of. the Statesman, the Merchant, and the
Manufacturer.. .. , , . ,