The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-24

pete volume by Itself, as well as a part OF an en-
tire series. Every alternate or second number will
he PACED consecutivcly from the number imme-
dately preceding, and will contain table of cases,
and of contents to both, and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding OF Deer sir hundred pages
In each volume the cases of the several cours 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.
tits designed to make this a PERMANENT PUBL
CATION, and thus establish ne,o series of English
Law and Equity Reports, which shall, in all re-
spects, be far in advance of any other reprint OF
English Reports in this country, and which shall
furnish to the American lawyer the decisions Of
Westminster Hall, nearly fteO years before they
could otherwise be obtained, and long before the pub
LEGATION of the contemporaneous decisions OF most
Of our own tribunals.
The price of this publication will be $40 for
twelve numbers, payable in advance, for the six
volumes, handsomely AID uniformly bound in law
sheep, Sl2.
The parts will be sold separately. il desired, at
ST. each.
Single volume, bound, So 25.
Parts |. and H., stitched, or Vol. l., bound in law
sheep, containing reports of one hundred and
lightweight cases, now ready for delivery.
The following among the opinions Of this
work expressed on the publication Of the first mum.
Der:
Letter from Hon Miliard Fillmore, Prsside,t Of The
United States.
WAsHISaToS, April IL 1851.
JAMES BRowN, ESQ.,: MY DEAR SIR-Somc days
since received by the band 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; and
now have your letter of the 9th instant, inquiring
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
En- gland, have shed lustre upon the Common
Law and ilumined its proioundest depths. con-
a..
their principal reports in Law and Equity, and in
their Ecclesinstical Courts, and in Admiralty. For
some years had been in the habit of receiving
these in 80 condensed form. This condensation,
however, consisted, not IA en abbreviation Of each
case, but selection from the several cases. and
often annoyed by finding a reference to cases
in the Digests, which l deemed very important,
wholly omitted in the g condensed reports"
therefore hailed with great Pleasure an effort which
was made some tune since TO republish the whole.
If the English Reports entire, can be republished
with despatch in dis country, at price go low
to bring them within the reach CT The members of
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 terprisc, anticipate your SUCCESS and
l can only express the hope that your reward may
be equal to your mcslts. . am your obedient
servant WILLARD FILLMORE.
From Ge Nero York Literary World.
Messrs Little g. 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
to 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 il before us, the LdU Journal Reports and
the Jurisi, two EnElish serials which communicate
to the British Bar within few weeks after their
delivery, the prominent decisions of all the courts,
from the House Of Lords 10 the Court Of Bankrupt
cy, and other tribunals Of Limited bat practically
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange
ment mighlpe followed with great ad vantage in this
country, for the purpose Of obviating the delay
which necessarily attends the i-suipg of the regu-
lar volumes OF reports of particular courts and
we are glad to the enterprise Of our legal pub
fishers availing themselves OF il, to introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly to the pro,
fcssiop. The authority OF Westminster Hall has lost
nothing Of its sanction and the permanently high
character OF the English judiciary gives TO their
Authorizations a continued weight and decisive in
huence with courts. Hitherto the difficulty has
been that the reported cases there have grown old
before they could be quoted and applied here, and
there was no way in which the current jurispru-
dence and adluJ,. ions OF the day in the English
courts could be made available by the American
bar, except at great expense aud by continual vg-
lance. This difficulty Messrs. Little & Browns
Reports will remove; the cases decided in the
Queens Bench, the Common Pleas, and the Ell
chcquer Chamber in January, will be ready for de-
livery here in April or May, long before adjudged
CAGES OF the name date in our own courts appear in
the regular reports in which they perpetuatod.
Nearly two years viii Thea be gained over the pre-.
sent system, which requires delay until the large
volume of authorized reports ia published on the
other side and has then been reprinted on this.
One advantage OF the present series il, that the
decisions which il gives those OF in banc
the deliberate judgments Of the bench and not the
css reliable decisions at Nisi Prius which, how
ever Interesting in many instances, do not carry
with them the same authority and force.
The Reports edited by r. II. Bennett and
Chauncy Smith, esqs, OF the Boston bar. aud their
systematic arrangement ami the care with which
the notes, index &c, are prepag ed, evidence the
thorough manner in which the proposed ceries will
be carried out.
In this connection take pleasure in sdvertine
TO Mcssrs Little aud Browns other legal publics-
tons, among which are included many Of the most
conspc uOus aud authoritative treatises of our urs
prudence. Judge storys works, for ming library
almost Of themselves, and familiar for their high
value and extensive reputation 10 American read
ers in general, Ycll 90 10 the legal profession
have all issued from their p.css, have ALEC the
several works OF Professor GreeneaE Two very
valuable and extensive annual publications also
issued by them, the United States Dig.f and the
STATUTES NJ Large the latter being the authorized
edition Of 10 Acts Of Congress, got up in much
better style, both lJr reference and preservation,
than under the o,d regime Of public printing AT
Washington, which included The annual statutes,
md sent them forth o. the world on Thin PAGER md
in bad type
From The Nero York Eoe,ing Post
Little & Brown, Of Boston, 10 whose enterprise
the reading public has 80 often been indebted for
the most valuable American and foreign books
propose 10 publish, III subscription, new series oil
the English Reports In Law sgd Equity. This Sc
ries will contain all the authoritative decisions Of
the House Of Lords, the Courts of Equity, the Pdyy
Court, the Queens Bench, the Erchequer, Common
Pleas, &c.
The profession assured that THE series will be
/ the most complete Of any reports now published
I A careful examination OF the y,uist aud Lam Jour
nal for series Of yesrs dscoses the fact that many
! important cases are here reported which arc MOI
/ found in the contcmporaneous reports Of Mceson q
/ Wesby, Manning, Granger 4 Scott, Adophus &
/ Ellis, and other reporters; and the Lam yo,una
alone during the fret seven years Of its existence
\ publisnod over one thousand cases not then else
I where reported.
/ Al TO the cbar0cte5 81 the reports Of the 'I.av
( Journal and The Jurist,' but little need b.
said ia gngiaDd they are regarded es OF hgl
/ authority and are eyed Yith appreciation ana re
spect in the English coUris, aad by their most EN-
/ iaeIi elementary writer's.
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