The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-11

street, Boston, for publishing by subscription
saiesot Ian and Equity Reports.
FINHE want Of some system by which the decisions
Il aud Judicial opinions of the several Courts OF
Law and Equity in England can be more prompt
Iy and chcapy furnished TO the legal profession in
this country, has long been seriously felt and nc
knowledgcd. To meet similar want in England,
the "Lao Journal Reports" and "Ihe JWist,"
which, together, report decisions in all the Courts
Lao and Equity, within few weeks after their
delivery, were commenced a number oi years
since, and have met with the universal approba-
ton OF the legal profession. Their high cost, how
ever, has hitherto prevented their general circu-
laton in this country, and their merits arc az yet
but little known among
The subscribers propose to rcpublish these re-
ports Ia full as fast they appear in England and
can bc received here. They will contain reports
of decided in the House of Lords, the Privy
Council, the several Courts Of Equity, the Court of
Queens Bench, the Court of Common Pleas the
Court of Exchcquer and Exchequcr Chamber, the
Ecclesiastical 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 (Novcmbcr) term, 1880, and will be carefully
edited by member OF the bar, win notes anu re-
icrcnces to analogous American decisions
Each number will consist OF over three hundred
pages closely printed octave on tho best paper and
IN clear fair type. and will contain table OF cases,
and full table of contents, thus forming com
plete volume by itself, n well part oi an en-
tire series. Every alternate second number will
he PACED consecutwely from the number iminc-
diatey preceding, and will contain table of cases,
and Of contents to both, and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding, of orer siI hundred pages
In each volume the of the several courts will
be found arranged together, and IN point OF style
and typographical execution, this series Will be
fully equal 10 the beat reports of England this
country.
Ills designed TO make this PERMANENT PUBL
CATION and thus establish n nep series of English
IaNl md EptifNy rfl uH rh sht IN nj
spects, be far III advance OF any other reprint OF
English Reporis IL this country. and which shall
furnish 10 the American lawyer the decisions OF
Westminster Hall, nearly fco gears before they
could ohe,oss be obtained, and long before the pub
LEGATION of the contcnporaneous decisions of most
OF our own tribunals.
The price of this publication will be SO for
twelve numbers, payable In advance, or for the ak
volumes, handsomely and uniformly bound III law
sheep, i II.
The parts will be cold separately, il desired, at
3 each.
Sings volume, bound, So IS.
Parts !. and H., stitched, or Vol. l. bound in law
sheep, containing reports of one hundred and
eighty eight cases, now ready Tor delivery.
The following among the opinions of this
work expressed on the publication OF the first num-
LtHcr from Hon DfiIrd Fillmore, President of the
United States.
WAsHIs0ToN, April - lS5l
JANIS Bsows, ESQ: My DIAN SiR-Somc days
sincs ! 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; aud
now have your letter Of the 9Th instant, inquirng
my opinion OF the enterprise.
While pursuing my profession, took deep in
terest IN publications OF this kind. The able
Judges who have adorned tho judicial tribunals Of
England, have shed lustre upon the Common
Law, and illumined Its rroioundest depths. | con-
slider no Law library complete that docs not contain
their principal reports in Law and Equity, and in
their Ecclesiastical Courts, and in Admiralty For
come years had been in the habit of receiving
these in a - conde,ised'' form. This condensation
however, consisted, not in abbreviation of each
race, but a selection from the several cascs, and
was often annoyed 10y finding a reference To cases
IN the Dlgcsts, which ! deemed very important
wholly omitted in the "condcnsed reports"
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made sonc time since TO republish the whole
If the English Reports entus, can be republisbcd
with despatch In this country, at price low as
To bring them within the reach Of the members o.,
the bar generally, conceive that il will confer a
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 NAV
be equal TO your merits l am your obedent
servant WILLARD FILLMORE.
From re Nctc York Liicrary World
Messrs. Little Brown, OF Boston, whose law
bOoks, IN point Of typographical execution, vie
with the best similar issues of the English press
aud IN point Of value and importance are inferior
Co IN this country, have Just CONNIE nc ed the
publication OF legal series, deserving the especial
attention Of the profession throughout the country
Tho basis OF this scrios Of which the first num-
ter II before US, the }.r,c Journal ReJoTfs and
the Juisf, two English serials which communicate
Co the British Bar within few weeks after their
delivery, the prominent dcUi of all the cslrs
from the House Of Louis 30 the Court of Bankrupt
cy, aud other tribunals Of limited but practically
important jurisdiction. Ihis excellent arranrc
mont might be followed with great advantage in hi.
he III slNst.f al. -
which necessarily attends the issuing Of the rcgtI-
lar volumes Of reports Of particular courts and
VIC arc glad to sec the enterprise of our legal pub
hshcrs aysilinC themselves Of it, Co Introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly to tho rro-
iesson. The authority of We,tnn.tcr Hall has lost
nothing Of it, sanction and the permanently biyh
character oi the English judiciary gives TO their
authorizations a continued weight aud decisive in.
0uencc with courts Hitherto tho difficulty has
hccu that the reported cases there have grown old
bclOrc they could he quoted and applied here, and
there way in which the current iurspru-
dcnce and adJudications Of tho day In the E4glsh
courts could DC made available by the AmSrican
bar except At great expense and by continue vigil
lance. This difficulty Messrs. Little & B4wn's
Reports will remove; the cases decided i'm tho
Quccn's Bench, the Common Pleas and the r..
chcquer Chamber in January. will DC ready for dc
livery here in April or May, long before adiudgcd
cases OF the same date IN our own courts appear In
the regular reports in which they arc pcrpetuatcd
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-
cent Fystem, which requires delay until the large
volume of sutborirod reports is published on The
other side and has then been reprinted on this.
One advantage Of the present series IT, that the
d"cItOns which II gives tho-c Of courts ia bdnc
the deliberate judgments Of the bench and not the
loss reliable dccisons at NJ, Prius, which, how
cver int, resting IA many instances, do not carry
with thcn thc saino authority and force
The RcpOrtr edited by r. n Bennett and
'bauncy Smith, csqs., 81 the Boston bar aud their
systcmati1 arrangement. and the care with which
the potcs. index, &c, arc prepared, evidence the
thorough manner IN which the proposed series will
10 carried out.
la tbis connection VIC take pleasure in advcrting
- Mc-srs. Lathe and Browns other legal publica
tons, among which arc included many Of the most
conspicuous and authoritative treatscs Of our uris
prudence. Judge Story's works, for ming library
almost u thcmsclvcs, aud familiar for their high
value and extensive reputation - American read
ere ~ general, as well TO the legal profession
have all issued irOm their press; have also the
sevcrsl works OF Professor Grccncaf Two very
valuable aud extensive annual publications arc also
Issued Ivy them, the United Sfafos Digesf and the
Ntafut's nj Larg6; the latter being the authorized
EDITION II the Acts Of Congress, got Up m much
h'ttrr style, both for reference and preservation
than under the old regime of public printing at
Warrington, which included the annual statutcs