The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-27

volumes, handsomely aiiu uhiioIHliy pouHu III Ia"
sheep, $l2.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
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Sings volume, bound So %.
Parts J. and H., stitched, or Vol. l., bound In law
sheep, containing reports of hundred and
eighty eight cases, now ready for delivery
The following are among the opinions of THE
work expressed on the publication Of the first num-
Letter from Hon. DIiIlard Fillmore, President of he
United States.
WAsHINeToN, April 10 1851.
JAMES BRowN, ESQ.,: My DEAR SIR-Some days
since received, by the hand of the Postmaster
General, the first number of the English Reports,
which you propose to republish In this country,
comprising every case reported in England; and
now have your letter of the 9th instant, inquring
my opinion of the enterprise.
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 illumined its prooundest depths. con-
slider no law library complete that does not contain
their principal reports in Law and Equity, and in
their Ecclesiastical Courts, and in Admiralty For
some years had been in the habit of receiving
these in IS condensed" FORM This condensation,
however, consisted not IL an abbreviation OF each
case, but selection from the several cases. and
was often annoyed by finding reference to cases
in the Digests, which i deemed very important,
wholly omitted in the fcondensed reports"
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made some time since to republish the whole.
If the English Reports entire, can be republished
with despatch in this country, at a price SO 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. l am your obedient
servant, WILLARD FILLMORE
From the Ne,p York Literary World.
Messrs. Little s. 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 inferior
to none in this country, have just commenced the
publication of legal series, deserving the especial
attention OF the profession throughout the country.
The basis of this series, of which the first num-
Der is before us, the Lato Journal Reports and
the J,Vist two English serials which communicate
to the British Bar within 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
ment mi ght be follows with great advantage in ths
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 to the enterprise of our legal pub
fishers awaiting themselves OF it, to introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly TO the pro-
fession The authority of Westminster Hall has lost
nothing of its sanction and the permanently high
character OF the English judiciary gives to their
ndjudications a continued weight and decisive in
fiuence with courts. Hitherto the difficulty has
been that 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 adjudications of the day in the English
courts could be made available by the American
bar, except at great expense and by continual vigil
lance. This difficulty Messrs. Little & Browns
Reports will remove; the cases decided in the
Queens Bench, the Common Pleas, and the Ex-
chequer Chamber in January, will be ready for de-
livery here in April or May, long before adJrdged
casea of the same date in own courts appear in
the regular reports in which they are pcrpetuated.
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-
sent system, which requires delay until the large
volume of authorized reports ID published on the
other side and has then been reprinted on this.
One advantage OF the present series is, that the
decisions which il gives arc those of courts in bc
the deliberate judgments of the bench, and not the
ever interesting in many instances, do not carry
with them the same authority and force.
The Reports are edited by E. ii. Bennett and
Chauncy Smith, esqs, of the Boston bar, and their
systematic arrangement, and the care with which
the notes, index, &c, prepared, evidence the
thorough manner in which the proposed series will
be carried out.
In this connection we take pleasure in advertng
TO Messrs Little and Browns other legal publica-
tons, among which are included many OF the most
conspicuous and authoritative reatses OF our urls
prudence Judge Story's works, for Ding library
almost Of Themselves, and familiar for their high
value and extensive reputation to American read
ers in general, as we'll to the legal profession
have all issued from their press have also the
several works of Professor Greenleaf. Two very
valuable and extensive annual publications. are also
issued by them, the United States Digest and the
Statutes al LARGE the latter being the authorized
edition of the Acts of Congress, got up in much
better style, both for reference aud preservation,
than under the old regime of public printing at
| Washington, which included the annual statutes.
and sent them forth to the world thin paper and
| in bad type.
From the NetD York Eyening Post.
/ Little s. Brown, OF Boston, to whose enterprise
the reading public has so often been indebted for
| the most valuable American and foreign books,
propose to publish by subscription, series OF
! the English Reports in Law and Equity. This Sc
res will contain all the authoritative decisions Of
the House of Lords the Courts of Equity, the Privy
/ Court, the Queens Bench, the Exchequer, Common
h Pleas, &c.
The profession are assured that this series will be
the most complete OF any reports now published.
careful examination of the JlriSf and Lair Jour
nal for series of years discloses the fact that
important cases here reported which not
found in the contcmporaneous reports Of Meeson &
Wesby, Manning, Granger Scott, Adolphus s.
Ellis, and other reporters; and the Lam Journal
alone, during the first years Of its existence
published over one thousand cases not then else
where reported.
AZ to the character of the reports Of the Claw
Journal" and ''The Jurist," but little need be
said In England they are regarded as OF nigh
authority, and are cited with appreciation and re-
speot in the English courts, and by their most EN-
inent elementary writer's.
They are cited with confidence, and as autho-
rity, in the Judicial opinions Of Judge Story, and
other eminent American judges, and in the writ
inRs Of Greenleaf, Kent, Angel, Phillips, Gritty,
and others; and, for accuracy, clearness and bre-
witty, arc equal TO any English reports now pub