The republic., 1852-01-13
ENGLISH REPORTS IN LAW AND
E0VTuTX.

Law and Equity in England can be more prompt
iy and cheaply furnished TO the legal profession
this country, has long been seriously felt and ac
knowledged. To meet a similar want in England
the "LGto Journal REPORTS and '1he Ju,ist,
which together, report decisions in all the Courts i,
Y Ldip and Equity within a few weeks after theiI
delivery, commenced a number OF 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-
iailon IN this country and their merits yet
but little known among US.
The subscribers propose to republish these re-
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 Privy
Council the several Courts of Equity, the Court OF
I Queens Bench, the Court of Common Pleas, the
Court of Exchequer and Exchcquer 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 (Novembcr) term, 1886, and will be carefully
edited by member Of the bar, with notes and re-
ierences 10 analogous American decisions.
Each number will consist Of over three hundred
pages closely printed octave, the best paper and
IN clear fair type, and will contain table of cases
aud ful! table Of contents, thus forming
Plete volume by itseli, as well part of
tire series. Every alternate or second number will
be PACED consecutivey from the number mme-
dateiy preceding, and will contain table of cases,
and OF contents TO both and thus form complete
OceT SlL hundTed pages
In each volume the cases OF the several courts will
be found arranged together, and, in point of style
and typographical execution, this series will be
fully equal to the best reports of England this
country.
Its designed to make this a PERMANENT pUBLI-
CATION, and thus establish series of English
Law and Equity Reports, which shall, in all re-
spects, be far III advance of any other reprint Of
English Reports in this country, and which shall
furnish 10 the American lawyer the decisions of
Westminster Hall, nearly tioo years before then
could othrtcse be obtained, and long before the pub
lication of the contemporaneous decisions of most
OF our 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, i II.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
S each.
Single volume, bound, 50 25.
Parts |. and H., stitched, or Vol. l.. bound in law
steep, containing reports OF one hundred and
csghty eight cases, now ready for delivery.
The following among the opinions of this
work expressed on the publication of the first
Letter from Hon M,llard Fillmore, President of the
United States.
WAsHIseToN, April l3 1851.
JAMES BRowN, ESQ: Nix DEAR SlR-Some DAYS
slnce j received, by the hand of the Postmaster
General, the first number of the English Reports
which you propose TO republlsh IN this country,
comprising every case reported in England; and
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 profoundest depths. con-
slider no law library complete that does 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 a condensed" form. This condensation
however consisted, not in an abbreviation of each
case, but selection from the several cases, and
was often annoyed by finding reference to cases
in the Digess, which | deemed very important
wholly omitted in the "condSrsed reports.' |
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made some time since to republish the whole
II the English Reports entire, can be republishcd
with despatch in this country, at price SO low as
10 bring them within the reach of the members of
the bar generally, conceive that it 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 may
servant. MILLARD fILLMoRE.
From Me NeU York Literary World.
Messrs 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
10 none in this country, have just commenced the
publication Of legal SERIES deserving the especial
attention Of the profession throughout the country
The basic of this series, Of which the first num-
Der is before US, the Laio Journal Reports and
the JuriSf, two English serials which communicate
b 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
men might be followed with great advanta &c in 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
arc glad to the enterprise Of our legal pub
fishers availing themselves OF it, to introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly 10 the pro-
tcssion. The authority OF Westminster Hall has lOst
nothing Of its sanction and the permanently high
character OF the English Judiciary gives TO their
adjudication a continued weight and decisive in
Huencc with our courts Hitherto the difficulty has
been that the reported cascs there hayc.grOwn old
before they could be quoted and applied mere and
there was no way in which the current jurispru-
icnCe and adludcauOns Of the day in tho English
courts could be made available by the American
bar except at great expense and by continual vgi-
lance. This difficulty Messrs. Little & Browns
Reports will remove; the cases decided in the
Queens Bench, the Common Pleas, and the E1-
chcqucr Chamber in January, will be ready for de-
livery here in April or May long before adiudgcd
Cases Oi the same date in our courts appear IN
the regular reports in which they are pcrpctuatcd
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-.
sent system, which requires delay until the large
volume Of author Ized reports is published on the
other side and has then been reprinted on this
One advantage of the present series d., that the
decisions which II gives those of courts in bdnc
the deliberate judgments OF the BENCH and not the
less reliable decisions at Nisi Pri,s, which, how
ever interesting ia many instances, DO not carry
with them the same authority and force.
The Reports are edited by r. II. Bennett and
Cnauncy smith, csqs. Of the Boston bar. and their
sy.tematic arrangement and the care with which
the nOt,s, index, &c, are prepared, evidence the
thorough manner IN which the proposed series will
BE Cartigd out
Ia this cOuncxion VIC take pleasure in adycrting
- Mcssrs. Little aud Browns other legal publica-
uons, among which are included many OF the most
conspicuous and authoritative treatiscs Of our urs
prudence. Judge story's works. for ming library
almost Of themsclves, aud familiar for their high
value and cJtcnsivc reputation 10 Amt rican read
ers in general, az well ne % the legal profession
have all issued from their press; have also the
several works Of Professor Grccnlcaf. Two very
valuable and extensive annual publications are also
J,sDed by them, the United States Digest and the
STATUTES at Large; the latter being the authorized
edition Of the Acts Of Congress, got Up in much
better style, both for reference and preservation
than under the old regime Of public printing al
Washington, which included the annual statutcs
and them forth to the world on thin paper and
IN bad type.
From the NeD York EveniHg Post
Little * Brown; OF Boston, to whose enterprise
the reading public has 50 often been indebted for
the most valuable American and foreign books
propose 70 publish, by subscription, a new series Of
the English Reports In Law and Equity. This