course of Mr. Lewis's reply, he became faint, and sat down, but soon recovered himself and went on. On this occasion his indisposition was certainly unfeigned. He never appeared in Court afterwards, and died in the month of August following. There can be no doubt whatever that Mr. Lewis was a very learned lawyer, fully awake to the elevation and dignity of his profession, and prompt to maintain them whenever vindication was necessary, though occasionally unbending a little too much at the side Bar. He was a clear and logical reasoner, and of very vigorous mind, rising at times, in his oral arguments, to the highest eloquence of reason, though no man cultivated less the graces of oratory. He was moreover subtle, ingenious, full of resources, and perhaps as shining an advocate in a bad or doubtful cause, as he was able in a good one. In some points he was not without resemblance to Saunders, his favorite authority, in both the strength and weakness of his parts-something less strong perhaps, and decidedly less weak. He contributed much to elevate the standard of law and of professional effort at the Bar; and if he had possessed a little more retenue, might have done as much for the standard of manners, wherein he fell something short; less however in reality, than by contrast with the high professional carriage of his eminent cotemporaries. EDWARD TILGHMAN. I PLACE in advance of some remarks of the present day, a short sketch of this admirable lawyer, written a few years since for a work which was published in Philadelphia. "TILGHMAN (Edward); an eminent lawyer of the State of Pennsylvania, at the Bar of Philadelphia. He was born at Wye, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, on the 11th of December, 1750, of an old and respectable family, which in the paternal line emigrated to the province of Maryland from Kent County in England, about the year 1662. His academical education was received in the City of Philadelphia, under teachers who were successful in accomplishing him in the ancient classics, to an extent which, at a subsequent time, now happily passed away, it was the poor fashion to undervalue or decry. His education in the law was obtained principally in the Middle Temple, of which he was entered a student about the year 1771; and in the years 1772 and 1773 he became |