PENNSYLVANIA STATE REPORTS. Cases in Supreme Court. Vol. XII. pp. 419. By J. Pringle Jones, and R. C McMurtrie. Vols. XIII., XIV., XV. and XVI. By George W. Harris, State Reporter. SANDFORD. Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of the City of New York By Hon. Lewis H. Sandford, one of the Justices of the Court. Vol. IV. pp. 770. Albany: Little & Co.

WASHBURN. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Vermont. Vol. XXII. New series. By Peter T. Washburn, Counsellor at Law. Vol. VIII. pp. 813. Woodstock, Haskell & Palmer.

WATTS. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. By Frederick Watts, Counsellor at Law. Vol. 9. 8vo. pp. 605, September, 1839, to May, 1840. Vol X pp. 511, July to September, 1840; second edition. Philadelphia: Kay & Brothers. 1852. Price $6 per volume.

WOODBURY AND MINOT. Cases in the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit. Vol. III. pp. 567. Chas. C. Little and Jas. Brown.

REPORTS.

Republication of English.

CROMPTON & JERVIS's Reports of 'ases argued and determined in the Courts of Exchequer and Exchequer Chamber, from 11 Geo IV. to 11 William IV, inclusive By Chas. Crompton and Geo. Jervis, Esqs. With references to the decisions of the American courts. J. J. Clark Hare and H. B. Wallace, editors 2 vols. 8vo. pp. 1322. Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson. $5. CROMPTON & MEESON'S Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Courts of Exchequer and Exchequer Chamber from 3 William IV. to 4 William IV. inclusive. By Chas. Crompton and R. Meeson, Fsqs. With references to the Decisions in the American courts. J. J. Clark Hare and H. B. Wallace, editors. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. 1670. Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson. $5. CROMPTON, MEESON & ROSCOE's Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Courts of Exchequer and Exchequer Chamber from Trinity Term, 4 Will. IV., to Hilary Term, 6 Will IV., both inclusive. Charles Crompton. R. Meeson, & H. Roscoe, Esqs., Barristers at Law. With a Table of the cases, and references to decisions in the American courts. J. J. Clark Hare and H. B. Wallace, editors. 2 vols. pp. 1740. Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson. $5. ENGLISH COMMON LAW REPORTS. Volume 64, (pp. 1100, $2.50) containing Queen's Bench Reports Adolphus & Ellis's new series. Vol. XII. - Volume 65 (pp. 990, $2.50) containing Common Bench Reports. Manning, Granger & Scott. Vol. VIII. —Volume 69, (pp. 1060, $2 50) containing Queen's Bench Reports. Adolphus & Ellis's new series. Vol. XV. Edited by Hon. George Sharswood. Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson.

By

ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS. English Reports in Law and Equity, containing Reports of Cases in the House of Lords, Privy Council, Courts of Equity and Common Law, and in the Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Courts, including also Cases in Bankruptcy and Crown Cases reserved. Edited by Edmund H. Bennett and Chauncy Smith, Esqs., Counsellors at Law.

Vol. VI. pp 652. Containing cases in courts of Equity and Common Law, and in the Ecclesiastical courts, during the year 1851

Vol. VII. pp. 60. Containing cases in the courts of Chancery, the court of Bankruptcy, and the courts of Common Law, during the year 1851.

Vol VIII. pp. 655. Containing cases in the House of Lords, in all the courts of Equity, Bankruptcy, and Common Law, and Crown Cases reserved, during the years 1851 and 1852.

Vol. IX. pp 652. Containing cases in all the courts of Equity and Common Law, Crown Cases reserved, and cases in the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty courts, during the years 1851 and 1-52.

Vol. X. pp. 658. Containing cases in all the courts of Equity and Common Law, during the year 1852. Boston Little, Brown & Co. Price $2 per volume.

EXCHEQUER REPORTS. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Courts of Exchequer and Exchequer Chambers. Vol 5. Hilary vacation, 13 Vict. to Michaelmas vacation, 14 Vict.. both inclusive. By W. N. Welsby of the Middle Temple, E. T. Hurlstone of the Inner Temple, and J. Gordon of the Middle Temple, Esqs., Barristers at Law. With references to decisions in the American courts J. J. Clark Hare and J. B. Wallace, editors. 8vo. pp. 1014. Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, No. 197 Chestnut Street. 1852. $2.50. REPORTS of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Chancery. With notes and references to English and American decisions. By E Fitch Smith, Counsellor at Law. Vol. XXVII. pp. 632 Containing Hare's Chancery Reports. Vol. VII. New York: Banks, Gould & Co. Albany: Gould, Banks & Co. 1852.

DIGESTS.

ANNUAL DIGEST. Digest of Decisions of the Courts of Common Law, Equity and Admiralty, in all the Courts of the United States and of the several States, for the year 1851. By John Phelps Putnam 8vo. POINDEXTER & SMITH. An Analytical Digest of the Decisions of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky; including the Reports of Hardin, 1 vol. ; Bibb, 4 vols.; Alex. K. Marshall, 3 vols. ; Littell, 5 vols. T. B Monroe, 7 vols.; John J. Marshall, 7 vols; Dana, 9 vols. ; Ben. Monroe, 11 vols.; Littell's Select Cases, 1 vol.; and incorporating an Index to the New Code of Practice. By W. W Fry, P. B. Poindexter, and S. B. Smith, Attorneys at Law. Cincinnati: H. W. Derby & Co. GORDON. A Digest of the Laws of the United States, including the Treaties with Foreign Powers, and an Abstract of the Judicial Decisions relating to the Constitutional and Statutory Law. 4th Edition. 1 vol 8vo. By Thomas F. Gordon. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowper

thwait & Co.

MINOT. Supplement to Minot's Digest; embracing all the reported Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, from the third volume of Metcalf's Reports down to the time of publication, including the 13th Vol. of Metcalf, and the 3d of Cushing. 1 vol. 8vo. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.

WASHBURN. A Digest of all the Cases decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, as reported in vols 16 to 22, inclusive, of the Vermont Reports, together with many manuscript cases not hitherto reported, being a Supplement to the Digest of the previous volumes of the Vermont Reports. By Peter T. Washburn, Counsellor at Law. 1 vol. 8vo pp. 630. Woodstock: Haskell & Palmer. WHARTON. Wharton's Digest, Supplemental to the Edition of 1850; and bringing down the Cases to the period embraced in the aggregate edition above, namely, to the 4th Harris. By Henry Wharton, Esq. 1 vol. 8vo. pp. 550. Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson.

$4.

STATUTES.

OHIO. The Public Statutes at Large of the State of Ohio: from the close of Chase's Statutes, February, 1833, to the present time. Arranged in chronological order, with references to the judicial decisions construing those statutes; and a supplement containing all laws passed prior to February, 1833, which are now in force. Edited by Maskell E. Curwen, of the Cincinnati Bar; one of the Professors of Law in the Cincinnati College. In three volumes. Cincinnati: E. Morgan & Co. NEW YORK. The Revised Statutes of the State of New York, as altered by subsequent legislation; together with the unrepealed statutory provisions of a general nature passed from the time of the revision to the close of the Second Session of the Legislature in 1851. Arranged in the manner of the Revised Statutes. To which are added, all Acts of general interest passed during the Session of 1852, with references to judicial decisions in relation to their provisions, and explanatory notes. Prepared by Hiram Denio and William Tracy, Counsellors at Law. In two volumes, pp. 1293 and pp. 1126. Albany: Gould, Banks & Co. New York: Banks, Gould & Co.

STATUTES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, of a public and general character, passed from 1829 to 1851; both inclusive, with notes and references to judicial decisions, and the Constitution of 1846. Compiled and arranged by Samuel Blatchford, with a copious index by Clarence A. Seward. 1 vol. pp. 1165. Auburn: Derby & Miller. UNITED STATES. The Statutes at Large, and Treaties of the United States of America, commencing with the First Session of the ThirtySecond Congress, 1851-1852, carefully collated with the originals at Washington. Edited by George Minot. 1 vol. 8vo. Printed uniformly with Little & Brown's edition of the Laws of the United States.

A SYNOPTICAL INDEX TO THE LAWS AND TREATIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, from March 4, 1789 to March 3, 1851. With reference to the edition of the Laws published by Biddle & Duane, and to the Statutes at Large, published by Little & Brown under the authority of Congress. Prepared under the direction of the Senate. 1 vol. 8vo. pp. 746. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.

MISCELLANEOUS.

AMERICAN LEADING CASES. Being Select Decisions of American Courts, in several departments of law; with especial reference to Mercantile Law. With notes, by J. J. Clark Hare and H. B. Wallace. Third edition, enlarged and improved. In 2 vols. 8vo. Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson. $10.

COCKBURN'S LIFE OF JEFFREY. Life of Lord Jeffrey, with a Selection from his Correspondence By Lord Cockburn, one of the Judges of the Court of Session in Scotland. In 2 vols. 8vo. pp. 343 and 368. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co.

LAW REFORM TRACTS. Nos. 1, 2 and 3-25 cents. Published under the superintendence of a Law Reform Association. New York: John S. Voorhies.

MEDICAL TESTIMONY. The Relations of the Medical Witness with the Law and Lawyer. By Samuel Parkman, M. D., one of the surgeons of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Read to the Boston Society of Medical Observation. 8vo. paper, pp. 11. Philadelphia: T. K. & S. G. Collins, Printers.

STORY. The Miscellaneous Writings of Joseph Story. Edited by his son, William W. Story. 1 vol. 8vo. pp. 828. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.

SMITH'S LEADING CASES. A Collection of Leading Cases on various Branches of Law, with notes, by John William Smith, Esq., from the third English edition, by H S. Keating and J. S. Willis, Esqrs. Fourth American edition, with additional notes and references to American decisions, by J. J. Clark Hare and H. B. Wallace, Esqrs. 2 vols. 8vo. Philadephia: T. & J. W. Johnson. $10.

WEBSTER. The Works of Daniel Webster. 6 vols. 8vo. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. $12.

WHARF PROPERTY, or the Law of Flats; being Remarks before the Judiciary Committee of the Senate of Massachusets, April 14, 1852. 8vo. pp. 40. Boston: Printed by John Wilson & Son, 22 School street.

1852.

WHITE AND TUDOR'S LEADING CASES IN EQUITY. Leading Cases in Equity, with notes, by F. H. White and O. D. Tudor, Esquires; with additional notes, and references to American Cases, by J. J. Clark Hare and H. B. Wallace. Second American edition, with additional references. 3 vols. 8vo., Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson. $12. WOODBURY. Writings of Levi Woodbury, LL.D. Political, Judicial, and Literary, now first selected and arranged. In 3 vols. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. $6.

Obituary Notices.

DIED, in Lee, Mass., February 12, 1853, HON. WILLIAM PORTER, aged 61. Mr. Porter was so generally known, throughout the county of Berkshire, and in other parts of the Commonwealth, that a professional friend deems it proper to present this brief and imperfect sketch of the life and character of one whose life of industrious and useful exertion has commanded respect and influence, and whose memory will be cherished with especial interest.

William Porter was born at Hadley, in the county of Hampshire, Mass., on the 14th of November, 1792. His family connections were highly respectable, and he enjoyed the advantages of a good early education, and intercourse with cultivated Society. At the age of seventeen he entered Williams College, where he graduated in 1813. He subsequently pursued his professional studies, first, in the office of the Hon. Eli P. Ashuun at Northampton, and afterwards in the office of the late Hon George Bliss at Springfield. With these advantages he became well grounded in the principles of law, and of legal practice, and acquired a high and just sense of the character and importance of his profession, and a thorough conviction of the necessity of continual and industrious labor, to its honorable and successful prac

tice.

He opened an office in Lenox in 1817, where he remained about one year. He then reinoved to Lee, where he established himself for life For thirty-five years he was identified with the interests of that prosperous town. He held various public offices there, was ever relied upon to uphold and promote the interests of the town, and of all its useful institutions. His influence was decided and continual there, and always in favor of the institutions of religion, education and good

morals.

In the years of 1823 and 1829 he represented that town in the House of Representatives. In 1835 and 1836, he represented the county in the Senate. In 1840 and 1811, he was a member of the Executive Council. From October, 1844, to May, 1851, he was the District Attorney for the Western District of Massachusetts, comprising the counties of Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin. He was, for a great number of years, one of the trustees of Williams College, and continually performed important duties connected with that office. Honorable sentiments, strict integrity and exemplary industry, have marked his professional career. Without the ambition of personal display, without pretension to extraordinary quickness of perception or power of eloquence, he always discharged his

professional and official duties successfully, respectably, and to the general satisfaction. The faculties of his mind were well balanced; diligently cultivated, and continually strengthened by the pervading industry, which every day of his life exhibited. He was a safe counsellor, a prudent, discreet and faithful friend; and a strong, resolute and able advocate of every cause, which he deemed right and just. He was fixed, consistent and stable in his opinions, perhaps rather remarkably conservative, but willing to yield with care and prudence to the spirit of progress.

In the year 1835, he was a member of the Committee to whom was referred the Report of the Commissioners, who prepared the Revised Statutes of this Commonwealth. He was an able, industrious, and useful member of that Committee, as well as of the Senate. While a member of the House of Representatives, he sustained a high character and a good influence; and on several occasions his speeches in that body were attended with decided effects.

In his disposition he was genial and pleasant. He was well contented with his situation, and with the public employments assigned to him. His conscience was enlightened and active; his faith in the atonement of his Divine Redeemer was sincere and practical, and humbly and hopefully he fulfilled the duties of life to the end.

Mr. Porter was twice married. His second wife, and several children by his first wife, survive him.

In Paris, France, HORACE BINNEY WALLACE, Esq., of Philadelphia, aged 35. Just before the sailing of a late steamer from Liverpool, a telegraphic despatch from our minister at Paris announced the sudden and painful death of Mr. Wallace in that city. This death is rendered the more distressing by the knowledge that a diseased cerebral action led to a temporary disturbance of his reason.

The resolutions passed by the Bar of Philadelphia, expressive of more than usual sorrow and respect, the notices in the secular and religious papers of New York and Philadelphia, and a pamphlet obituary prepared by one of the eminent jurists and statesmen of our day, as well as the grief of an uncommonly large circle of friends, show that this has been the death of no ordinary man; especially when we consider that he died at the age of thirty-five, and in no public office or connection.

Mr. Wallace was born in Philadelphia, in 1817, and educated at Princeton College. His mother, a sister of the distinguished citizen whose name he bore, was a woman of a high style of mind and manners. At college, he was distinguished as a mathematician and a Greek scholar. The late Professor Dod, of that institution, said of him, "He was the most extraordinary young man I ever knew. He seemed to read and know every thing. His superiority and modesty alike attracted my attention, on all occasions." Before the age of twenty, he projected a new theory of comets, which, though subsequently abandoned by him, showed originality and skill, and his Greek studies he continued to the last. Being in circumstances of independence, he spent a good deal of time in foreign travel, and it is purposed to publish his note-book of observations, carefully made by him on the great subjects of fine arts, manners, social systems, and the developments of religious and political character and institutious in Europe.

But it is chiefly as a lawyer that we are to notice the deceased. He is known as the author (in connection with his friend Judge Hare) of the American notes to Smith's Leading Cases in Law, and to White & Tudor's Leading Cases in Equity, and of the later and yet more valuable work, (also in connection with Judge Hare) on American Leading Cases. These works evince a thoroughness, a logical precision, as well as a fertility of analogies and illustrations, in short, the mind of the true legal philosopher, which have given them an assured rank in all States of the Union, and repeatedly exhausted the publisher's supply. And these were prepared before the age of thirty.

To the profession, therefore, the early death of such a man is a great loss. A laborer, in obedience to the great law that genius will labor, and not from the ordinary pressures which lead to so much book-making, the profession could place implicit reliance on his natural thoroughness and pride of character, as well as conscientious regard to duty. And his developing powers of mind and increasing acquisitions gave assurance of yet brighter things to come.

Yet it is fair to say that these works alone do not account for the extraordinary manifestations from high quarters, called forth by his death. He was also known as a writer, almost always anonymously, in our leading journals, on subjects philosophical, literary and theological, and the value and power of his pen had become known among literary men. The dedication to him of Griswold's Collection of American Prose Writers was an expression of the general feeling enter