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ports in full ss last sksy appe@F 90 tnrtAn1 af
can he received here. 1hey all Cvat@ia repsie
of cases decided in tho House ~ iasFas tiff Pow
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Ecclcsiasiical and Admiralty ttofts, tsc ts4tt f
bankruptcy Including aiso siic Elertiaa assa tht
Crown Cases Reserved, and shs haii~Ay and tafat
Cases.
Tbesc reports will be- pabiisfoa in nam.bsys st
parts, commencing with the d,cisioaS VI sih tssri
pas (Noyeubss) term, ls50, and wiIl sl cAFciuilg
edited by a member al thu bar, 9th os,fss sad %
isrcnces TO analogous American d.cisiss,a
Each number will ccnsssi of over thTeg hnadfaf
pages closely printed octave, tho is pagr', ard
in clear air type, aud Siil contain tshr "a rasfsi
and a full table Of contents, thus LftnauH a E8ie
piete volume by i,.cif, az ~r Ne .afi - az sa
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lie PACED conSccutiyely from th. uulsl'er tntlft
diatey preceding, and all contain t1lis - ears,
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In each volume the IT the several courts ~ l
be found arranged together and, ia point VI siy ir
and typographical execution, this series ~iii ~
fully equal to the bes, reports VI England ~ tAis
country.
is designed TO make this rsaAAsksT rrstt,
cArios, and thus establish susss 81 English
Law and Equity Reports, which shall. 10 all rs-,
spects, be far In advance ot any other rrpriut q
| English Reports 10 ,his country, and which si.eil
furnish to the American iswyer the decisions a
Westminster Hall, nearly tiro years bsfore tLeg
could ofsr,ciss b odtainsd. and oog before ,hf pu
LEGATION Of the concmporaneous de is.ona II meet
Of our own tribunals
The price Of this publication will 10 SO fpr
twelve numbers, payable ia advance, Or ior the "a
volumes, handsomely AID uniformly bound la hsS
sheep, Sl2
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, AT
81 each.
Single volume, bound, 50 25
Parts l. and H., stitched, or Vol ] hound in law
sheep, containing reports OF hundred And
eighty eight cases, now ready for delivery.
The following among the opinions ~ ,tis
work expressed on the publication OF the hrst mum.
DER:
Letter from Hon. NHli~d Fillmore. Pre,,dsat Of L.s
United States.
WAsHsoTos. April 10 1854.
JAMES BRows, ESQ: My'DEAa Sin som. days
since received, by the hand OF the Postmaster
General, the first number of the English k.ports.
which you propose TO repubsh in this country,
comprising every case reported in England; aud
now have your letter OF the 9Th instant, lnquiring
my opinion Of the enterprise.
While pursuing my profession took deep in.
terest in publications Of this kind. The sb.-
judges who have adorned the judicial tribunals Of
England, have shed lustrc upon the Common
Law, and illumincd its 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 oi receiving
these in - condensed form. This condensation.
however, consisted, not in an abbrev iatiOu of each
case but selection from the several cases and l
often annoyed by hndiug reference 60 cases
in the Digests, which ! deemed very important
wholly omitted in the " condrnssd reports" |
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
made some tame since 10 rcpublish the whole.
If the English Reports entire, can be republlshod
with despatch in this country, at price low a.
to bring them within the reach of the members at
the bar generally, conceive that il will confrr
great benefit upon the profession and the judiciary
and consequently upon the country al large Know
can only express the hope that your reward may
servant. WILLARD FILLMORE
From Me New York Literary IForid.
Messrs. Little & Brown, Of Boston, whose law
books, in point OF typographical execution, Vi. 4
with the best similar issues OF the English prnss
and in point of value and importance inferior 4
To none in this country, have Just commenced the .
publication OF legal series, deserving the especial
attention of the profession throughout tho country.
The basis of this series, OF which the fret mum 4
Der is before u.s. are the La,c Journal Reports aud
the Jyisf, two English serials which communicate 4
To the British Bar. within a few weeks after their .
delivery, the prominent decisions of all the c,sft
from the House OF Lords to the Court Of Bankrupt.
cy and other tribunals Of Limited but practically \
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange
night be followed with great ad vantage ia THE
country, for the purpose oi obviating the delay 4
which necessarily attends the Issuing of the rrgti
lar volumes Of reports OF particular courts aud |
glad to see the enterprise of our legal pub.
fishers availing themselves OF il. To Introduce the
English Reports promptly aud regularly to the pro-
fcssion. The authority OF Westminster Hall has Lost
nothing of lie sanction and the permanently high
character OF the English judiciary gives TO their
adjudcations a continued weight and decisive in.
fuence with courts. Hitherto the difficulty has
been that the reported cases there have grown Oh
before they could be quoted and applied here, and
there was no way in which the current jurspru-
dence and adjudicatons of the day in the English
courts could be made available by the American
bar except at great pense and by continual vig
lance. This difficulty Messrs. Little & Brown
Reports will remove; the cases decided in the
Queens Bench, the Common Pleas, and the Ell.
chequcr Chamber in January, will be ready for de-
livery here in April or May, long before adjudgcd
OF the same date in our own courts appear ia
the regular reports in which they pcrpctuntcd
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-
sent system, which requires delay until the large
volume of authorized reports is published on the
other side and has then been reprinted on this
One advantage Of the present series IL, that TIE
decisions which il gives those Of courts in bdne
the deliberate judgments Of the bench and not the
lees reliable decisions at N,si Pritas, which, how
ever interesting in many instances, do not carry
with them the same authority and force.
The Reports edited by +. II Bennett and
Chauncy Smith, esqs., Of the Boston bar. and their
systematic arrangement, and the with which
fhg Fft Undo r. rod coil 10.
thorough manner in which the proposcd series will
be carried out.
In this connection we take pleasure in adverting
TO Messrs. Little and Browne other legal publica
tons, among which arc included many OF the most
conspicuous and authoritative trcatiscs of uris.
prudence. Judge Story's works, for ming library
almost oi themselves, and familiar for their high
value and extensive reputation To Anne can read
era in general, as well az 20 the legal profession
have all issued from their press; have also the
several works of Professor Creenleaf Two very