The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-26

this country, has long been seriously felt and
| knowledeed TO meet n similar want in England
The "Lap journal Reports" and 1.-The J,uist,"
which, together, report decisions III allthe Courts
Lar and Equity, within few weeks after their
delivery, were commenced 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
iation IN this country, and their merits as yet
but little known among
The subscribers propose to republish these
ports IN full as fast as they appear IN England and
can bc received here. they will contain reports
! of cases decided IN the House oi Lords, the Prvy
Council the several Courts Of Equity, the Court Of
| Queens Bench, the Court of Common Pleas the
Court Of Exchequor and ENchequcr Chamber, the
Ecciesiastical and Admiralty Courts, the Court Of
Bankruptcy, including also the Election the
/ Crown Cases Reserved, and the Railway and Canal
| Cases.
! These reports viii be published in numbers
parts, commencing with the decisions OF Michael
mas (Nove'nbcD term, 1850, and will be carefully
edited by member Of the bar, with notes and re-
ierences TO analogous American decsiuns.
! Each number will consist of over three hundred
pages loosely printed octave, The best paper, and
in clear, fair type and will contain table OF chses,
and foil table of contcns, thus forming
plete volume by itself, well part of AN en-
trc series, Every alternate or second number will
be PACED consccutively from the number imme-
diately preceding, and will contain table of cases,
and al contents 10 10th, and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding ooer Sir hundred 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 or this
country.
Itia dcagned TO make this a PERMANENT PUBL
CATION, and thus establish serirs Of English
Law aud Equity Reports, which shall, IN all
spcCs, be far IN advance Of amy other reprint OF
English Repogta - this country and which shall
furnish 10 me american lawyer the decisions Of
Westminster Halt nearly tpo ysa,S before Mry
rnnid otherwise BIZ 0baintd and long before the pub
LEGATION OF The cpntenporaneous docisiona al most
OF uur own tribunals.
The price of ts publication will be s 40 for
twelve uuuhsrs, payable IN advance, or for the ak
volumes, hnndao:nsIy aad uniformly bound IN law
sheep y II.
The parts viii be sold separately. desired, al
s. each.
Siug,2 volume, bound ~ %.
Parts !. and H. stitched, az Vol .. bound in law
sheep, containing reports of Que hundred and
e!ghty eight cases, nov ready for delivery.
The following are among The opinions of This
work expressed on the publication Of the frat num-
Leuer Tram Hon Biiii,4rd FUia.ore President Of the
U,nted Staiss.
WAsHNoToN, April IL 1851.
JAMIE RRowN, esq: NV DEAR Sin Some DAYS
since | received, by the hand of the Postmaster
General, the first number of the English R,puris
which you propose 10 rcpublish in this country
comprising every reported in England; and
have your letter of the 9th instant, inquiring
my opinion of the enterprise
While pursuing my profession, took deep in
trrcst in publications of this kind The able
Judges who have adorned the Judicial tribunals of
England, have shed lustre upon the Common
Law, and iliumIned its proioundost dcpths con-
slider no law library complete that does not contain
their principal reports Ia Law and Equity, and in
their Ecclesiastical Courts, and in Admiralty For
some ycara had been in the habit OF receiving
th,sr in =. co,denS.d" form. This condemnation
however conslstcd, not in abbrcviation ui each
rase. bat selection from the several cases. and
was often annoyed by finding reference to cases
in the bi~csts, which | deemed very important
iIJl rrD \
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
made some time since 10 rcpubsh the whole
II the English Reports entire, can be repuhshcd
with despatch IN thls 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 aud the Judiciary
aud consequently upon the country at large. Know
ing'yOur enterprise, anticipate your success, aud
can only express the hope that your reward may
b" equal To- your merits. | am your obedient
servant, WILLARD FILLMORE.
From N. NIr YORK Lifera,y lIorld
Mcssrs Little Brown, Of boston, whose law
books, Ia point Of typographical execution, vie
with tie b,st similar Issues of the English press
aud in point Of vhluc and importance are inieror
10 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 ia before Us, the Lam Journal Reporfs and
the JuTisf, two English serials which communicate
10 the British Bar within few yeeks after tbrir
delivery, the prominent decisions Of all the ccsrts
from the House Of Lords Co the Court ol Bankrupt
Cy. and other tribunals Of limited bat practically
important Jurisdiction. This excellent arrange
ment might be followed with great adv antasc iu THE
country, for the pHrposc OF obviatug tl,r delay
which necessarily attends the issuing OF the rccu-
Lar volnmr5 81 reports Of particular courts and
Ne arc glad To see tic enterprise Of our legal pub
hshoss aVuiug thcmsclvSs II H., 70 Introduce the
Euglish Reports promptly aud regularly To- the pro-
c--iuu The authority Of W cstuIn1trr Hall has lost
nothing Of is sanction aud the permanently high
chs It a..
Authorizations "a continued weight aud decisive in
lurnrc with our courts Hitherto the difficulty has
Jccu that Oh, exported cases th,rn have grown old
b' lore the could De- quoted aud applied mere aud
there vac no way iu which the current iuri5pru-
deuce snd adIudrations of ~" day ia the English
courts could De- made available by the American
bar excerpt at great ponzc and 10y continual vigil
lance This difficulty Nlcs-rs Litile & Brown.
Repo,t- viii remove; a.. ca-es decided IN the
Qurtu's Rcuch, thc Common Pleas aud the EI
chequcr Chamber ia J1uuary, will be- ready ior Dc
livery here In April or May, long before adiujgcd
tlsss 81 the saline date in uv % c0uus appear IN
thc regular reports la which they are per prtuatc,l
Nearly Two years Viii thus bc gained over the pre-
sent system, which require delay until the largc
other side aud hns then been reprinted on 'bis
One advantage 81 the present E"rics b., that the
dec,ipns ~hch gives are those 81 courta 10 banc,
the dribcrat" Judgments OF the bench, aud not the
lcss reliable decisions at Nivi Prius, which how
ever interesting in many instances. do not carry
with them the same authority aud force
Chhuucy smith, 'zqs., 81 tbe loston bar aud their
systcin1tc arrangement, add the care with which
the notes, index &c, are prepared. evidence the
thorough manner Iu which thc proposed series will
De- earned out
Ia tho oonncSIun We take pleasure in adyertinr
10 Mcazrz LIttlo and Browns other legal publica-
tons, among which arc included many ol tho most
pieuoul aud authoritative trcatsos at COR iuris-
prudence. Judge story works, fur ming n library
almost 81 themselves, and familiar Tor their high
value aud extensive reputation 10 American read.
crs in general, well 80 the legal profession
have al issued from their prcss, a. have also the
several works pi Professor GreonlcaG Two very
valuable and cNtcnstvc annual publications are also
)ssucd Wy them, The Initial Sfaies Digest aud the
Sinhde. 0i L1Jgs; tho latter being The authorized
edition o. the Acn ~ Congress, got up in uucl,
better style both fuf reference and preservation,
than under ih, pd tecitie Of public printing AT
Washington which included che anu,,il statt,tcs
and srni tI,m torth to The world on thin papcrand
ga bad type.
F,oo, he Ne,r l'0,i Erodng Port
Iiulr q Brown. OF Rbston, 10 glosc enterprise
the reading publ, ha4 80 often boon indebted Tor
The most valuable American and foreign books
propose to publish, by gubsrdpton, new series Of
the English Rcports ~ Law aud Equity. This 80.
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