The republic., 1851-12-12
ENcIIsu REPORTS II LAW AND
Equity.

street, Boston, for plblShlnS oy euVstI 't"'' Z '"
series Of Laio aud Equifg Rfp0rts
TIME want of some system by which the decisions
and judicial opinions OF the several Courts OF
Law and Equity in England can be more prompt
H and chcaply Furnished 10 the legal profession in
this country, has long been seriously felt and ac-
kuowledgcd. To meet a similar want In England,
the 'Laio Journal Reports" and "Ihe Jarist,
which tosffher report decisions in all the Courts i
Lac aud Equity, within few weeks after their
delivery, were commenced number of years
since and have met with the universal apProoa-
ton Of the legal profession. Their high cost now
,vcr has hitherto prevented their genera ci'Cu,
laon in this country, and their merits arc as yc'
bat little known among us.
The subscribers pro~se TO rePuoIIssn Is t"eeS le
ports in full as fast as they appear IN England and
can be received here They Will contain reports
of cases decided in the House OF Lords, the Prvy
Council the several Courts OF Equity, the Court ol
Queens Bench, the Court OF Common Fleas, the
Court of ExcheGucr and Exchcquer Chamber, the
Eccesastcal and Admiralty Courts, the Court OF
Bankruptcy including also the Election cases, The
Crown Cases Reserved, and the Railway and Canal
Cases.
These reports will be published in numbers or
parts, commencing with the decisions of Michael
mas (November) term, 1850, and will be carefully
edited by member of the bar, with notes and re-
fcrcnces 10 analogous American decisions
Each number will consist of over three hundred
pages closely printed octave, the beet paper and
in clear fair type and will contain table of cases.
and full table of contents, thus forming COM
plete volume by ITSELF as well as part OF an en-
tire series Every alternate or second number Will
diately preceding, and will contain table OF cases.
aud OF contents TO both, and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding OF ocer sir hundred pages
ia each volume the OF the several courts VIII
be found arranged together, and, IN point OF style
aud typographical execution, this series will be
fuiIy equa! TO the best reports OF England or tins
country.
ltis designed TO make this PERMANENT PUBL
CATION, and thus establish neio series OF English
Law and Equity Reports which shall, in all re-
spects, be far in advance OF any other reprint OF
En- Reports in this country and which shall
furnish to the American lawyer the decisions OF
Westminster Hall, nearly ttoo gears before they
could otertoiSe be obtained, and long before the pub
lication of the contemPoraneous decisions OF most
OF own tribunals.
The price of this publication will be SO for
twelve numbers, payable in advance, or for the SIX
Volumes Handsomely and uniformly bound IN law
sheep, $l2.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
81 each
Single volume, bound, 81 25.
Parts l. and H.. stitched, or Vol. l., bound in law
sheep, containing reports OF one hundred and
eighty eight cases, now ready for delivery.
The following among the opinions OF this
work expressed on the publication OF the first num-
Letter from Hon AHLGrd Fillmore, President Of the
United States.
WAsHINGToE, April l3 1851.
JAMES BRows, ESQ: My DEAR SlR-Some days
since ! received, by the hand OF the Postmaster
General the first number OF the English Reports
which you propose to republish III this country,
comprising every reported in England; and /
now have your letter of the 9Th instant lnquiring
my opinion of the enterprise
w While pursuing my profession, took deep in
terest in publications OF this kind. The able
Judges who have adorned the judicial tribunals Of
England, have shed lustre upon the Common
Law and iilumined it's profoundest depths con
slider no law library complete that does not contain
their principal reports in Law and Equity, and in
tb,ir Ecclesiastical Courts and in Admiralty. For
some years tad been in the habit OF recelvin g
these in '' condensed" form. This condensation,
however, consisted not ia an abbreyiation OF each
case, but selection from the several cases, and /
was often annoyed by finding reference to cases
in the Digests, which deemed very important
wholly omitted in the :" "condfnsed reports."
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made some time since TO rcpublish the whole
If the English Reports entire, can be republishcd
with despatch in this country, at price 80 low as
10 bring them within the reach OF the members OF
the bar generally, ! conceive that it will confer
great benefit upon the profession and the judiciary,
and consequently upon the country at large. Know
ing your enterprise, anticipate your success and
can only express the hope that your reward may
be equal TO your merits. am your obedient
servant MILLARD FILLMORE.
From the Neup York Literary U-orld.
Mcssrs Little & Brown, Of Boston whose law
books in point OF typographical execution, vie
with the best similar issues of the English press,
and in point of value and Importance are inferior
70 none in this country, have just commenced the
publication of legal series, deserving the especia!
attention of the profession throughout the country
The basis of this series, of which the first num-
ber is before US, the Lao Journal Reports and
the Jurist, two En- ngsh serials which communicate
10 the British Bar within a few weeks after their
delivery the prominent decisions OF all the courts,
from the House of Lords TO the Court of Bankrupt
cy, and other tribunals OF limited but practically
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange
nent night be followed with great advantagein this
country, for the purpose OF obviating the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing OF the regu-
lar volumes of reports of particular courts and
we are glad 70 the enterprise OF our legal pub
fishers availing themselves OF 1t, to introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularyto to the pro-
fesson The authority OF Westminster Hall has lost
nothing of its sanction and the permanently high
character OF the English Judiciary gives to their
ndiudications a continued weight and decisive in
nuence with our Hitherto the difficulty has
been chat the reported cases there have grown old
before they could be quoted and applied here, and
there was no way in which the current jurispru
dence and adudications of the day in the Engsl
courts could be made available by the American
bar, except at great expense and by continual vigil
lance This difficulty Messrs. Little & Browne
Reports will removes the decided in the
Queens Bench, the Common Pleas, and the Ex
cheouer Chamber in January, will be ready for dc.
livery here in April or May, long before adjudged
cases of the same date in our own courts appear in
the regular reports in which they are perpetuatcd
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-
sent system which requires delay until the large
volume of authorized reports is published on the
other side and has then been reprinted this.
One advantage of the present series is that thi
decisions which il gives are those OF courts in bdc
the deliberate judgments Of the bench, and thC
less reliable decisions at Nisi Prius, which, how.
ever interesting in many instances, do not carry
with them the same authority and force
The Reports edited by b. III. Bennett anc
Chauncy Smith, esqs., Of the Boston bar, and thei
systematic arrangement and the with which
The notes index, &c, prepared, evidence the
thorough manner in which the proposed series viii
be carried out.
In this connexion we take pleasure in advertnc
TO Messrs Little and Browns other legal publica-
tions, among which are included many of the most
conspicuous and authoritative reatises Of uris-
nd dpcS vOr fnrm
almost Of themselves, and familiar for their high
value and extensive reputation To American read
era in general, well as to the legal profession
have all issued from their press; have also the
several works OF Professor Grcenleaf Two very
valuable apd extensive annual publications alst
issued by them, the United States Digest and th'
STATUTES at Large; the latter being the authorizct
edition Of the Acts of Congress, got up in mucl
better style, both for reference and preservation
than under the old regime OF public printing a
Washington, which included the annual statutes