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this country, has long been seriously felt and
knowledged To meet similar want IN England
the ''Laio Journal Reports" and 1.-The Jtuist, .
which, together, report decisions in all The Courts
La,c and Equity, within a few weeks after their
delivery, commenced number of years
since, and have met with the universal approba-
uon OF the legal profession Their high cost, how
ever, has hitherto prevented their general circu-
Ration in this country, and their merits as yet
hut little known among
The subscribers propose TO republish these
ports IN full as fast they appear in Engl and
cam be received here. They will contain reports
y. cases 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 Exchequcr and Excheuucr Chamber, the
Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts, the Court of
Bankruptcy, including also the Election cases, the
Crown Cases Reserved, and the Railway and Canal
Oases.
These roporie will be published in numbers or
rarts, commencing with the decisions OF Michael
mas (Novcmber) term, 1850 and will bc carefully
edited by II member Of the bar, with notes and re-
icfonce5 to analogous American decisions.
Zach number will consist Of over three hundred
psges closely printed octave, the best paper land
IN clear fair type, and will contain table OF Cascs
and full table of contents, thus forming a com.
plete volume by itself. we'll part Of an en-.
tire series, Every alternate second number viii
&c PACED consecutiyey from the number itnm,-
dlatcy preceding, and will contain bic of cases.
and OF contents tn both, and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding, louer sir hundred pds
In each volume the cases Of the several courts will
he found arranged together, and, in point of style
aud Typographical execution, this series will be
iully equal 10 the best reports OF England this
country.
lie designed to make this PERMANENT PUBL
CATION, and thus establish series of English
Law and Equity Reports, which shall, in all re-
spects, be far in advance of any other reprint OF
English Reports - this country, aud which shall
furnish 10 the American lawyer the decisions Of
Westminster Hall, nearly fco years before they
cog!d ostcSe be cii'isd, and long before the pub
hcatiou OF the contcmporaneous decisions of most
OF our own tribunals.
The price of this publication will be 10 for
twelve numbers, payable in advance, or for the SIX
volumes; handsomely aad uniformly bound in law
sheep, s II.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
S each.
Sings volume bound, 81 %.
Parts l. and H. stitched, or Vol l., bound in law
sheep, containing reports OF ono hundred and
eighty eight cases now ready for delivery.
The following are among the opinions of this
work expressed on the publication of the first num-
Lette' from Hon. Willard Fillmore, President Of ue
United States.
WAsHISoToN, April IL 1851.
JAMES BRows, ESQ: My DEAN Sis-Some days
Fncc | received, by the hand Of the Postmaster
General, the first number Of the English Reports
which you propose to repubsh in this country
comprising every case reported in England; and
now have your letter of the 9th instant inquiring
my opinion of the enterprise.
tcrest in publications of this kind The able
judges who have adorned the judicial tribunals of
England, have shed lustrc upon the Common
Law, and illumined is proioundest 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 condensed" form This condensation
however, consisted, not In an abbreyiatiou of each
rase, bot selection from the several cases and
wac often annoyed by finding reference to cases
in the Dgcsts, which | deemed very important
wholly omitted in the " condensed reports" |
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made soufe time since TO republish the whole
II the English Reports entire, can be repubshed
with despatch in this country, at price so low as
TO bring them within the reach of the members of
the bar generally, conceive that ii will confer
great benefit upon the profession and the judiciary
and consequently upon the country at large. Know
lug your enterprise, anticipate your success and
can only express the hope that your reward may
be equal 10 your merits. ! am your obcdient
servant. WILLARD FILLMORE
From tss Nero York Literary World
Mc5srs. Little & Brown, of Roston, who-c law
looks, in point Of Typographical execution, vie
with the best similar issues Of the English press
and IN point Of value and importance arc inferior
10 none IN this country, have just commenced the
publication VI legal scres deserving the especial
attention " the profession throu ghoutthe country
The Dasis OF this scries, Of which the first mum
ter u before Us, the IGl1 Journal Reporfs and
the Jgist two Enrish serials which communicate
20 the bTttish Bar within lew weeks after their
delivery, the prominent decisions Of all the coarts
from the House Of Lords 10 the Court OF BANKRUPT
Cy, and other tribunals OF limited but practically
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange,
mcnt might be followed With great adyantsg &c in this
country, for the purpose OF obyiating the delay /.
which necessarily attends the issuing of the rcgu-
lar volumes Of reports Of particular courts and
VIC arc glad TO see the enterprise Of our legal pub
fishers availng themselves OF a., 10 Introduce the
English Reports promptly aud regularly % the prp.
fession. The authority of Wcstminstcr Hall has lost
nothing of its sanction and the permanently high
character OF the English judiciary gives 10 their
0ucnCe with our courts. Hitherto the difficulty hag
been that the reported CAscs there have grown old
bciore they could be quoted and applied mere, and
there was no way IN which the current iurispru-
dcnCc and adJudiCatIOus ~ the day in the English
courts could bc made available by the American
bar, except az great expense and by continual ygi.
lance. This difficulty Mcssrs Little Il Browns
Reports Will remove; the cases decided in the
queens Bench, the Common Pleas and the Er.
chcqucr Chamber in January, will b. ready for dc.
livery hcrc Ia April Or May. long before adiudgcd
~ the same date ia our own courts appear Ina
Tho regular reports ia which they are pcrpctuatrd
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the PRE-
sent system, which requires delay until the large
volume Of authufiLcd reports is published on tho
other side and has then been reprinted on this.
Quo advantage OF the present series H. that the
decisions which II gives are those Of courts in barc
Zoe deliberate judgments Of the bench, aud not tho
lrEs reliable decisions at Nisi prius, which how
ever interesting IN many instances do not carry
vIth them the same authority and force.
The Rcp0ru arc edited by r. H. Bennett and
'hauucy Smith, csqs., Of the Boston bar and their
systcmaue arrangement, and the care with which
ihe notes index, &c, are prepared, evidence tho
thorough manner in which the proposed series will
hc carried out.
Ia tbis couueTion We take pleasure iu advcrtipg
g. MC-sra. Little aud Browns other legal publics-
tons, among which are included many ofthc most
con- pID uUus and authoritative trcatscs Of oar iuris
prudence. Judge StYry's works, for ming a library
almost 81 thcusrycs and familiar for their high
value and extensive reputation to American read
c,B m general, az well to The legal profession,
have all Is5uci from their prcss; as have also the
several works ~ Professor Grccnlcaf Two very
valuable and extensive annual publications arc also
Issued by them, tho tHtted Siates Digesf and the
Ni't'fes AZ Lugei the latter being the authorized
tfi'iou % the ActE ~ Congress, got up ia uurli
N''trr style both tor reference aud preservation
titan under the old r,gipS Of public printing 90
Wellington, which included the annual statutcs,
and sent them forth % the world on thin papcra
in had type.
From me Neto York Ersliug Post
liJuc x Brown, Of Boston, 10 uhosc enterprise
the reading public has 10 often been indebted for
the most valuable American and foreign books,
propose TO publish by subscription, a new series Of
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