IN the title of these sketches, "The Old Bar of Philadelphia," refers to the first Bar after the Declaration of Independence.

Of the primitive Bar of the Province, we know nothing; and next to nothing of the men who appeared at it from time to time, up to the termination of the Colonial government. The statement of Chief-Justice Tilghman, in the Bush Hill case,' reveals to us all we know, and all that probably we can ever know, in regard to the subject; for, as the grandson of Tench Francis, who was Attorney-General in 1745, and connected by marriage and association with the most eminent families of the Bar, he knew as much of the former Bar as any of his contemporaries, and they have all long since departed without adding anything to what he left. "From what I have been able to learn," said the Chief Justice, "of the early history of Pennsylvania, it was a long time before she possessed any lawyers of eminence. There were never wanting men of strong minds, very well able to conduct the business of the Courts, without much regard to form. Such in particular, was Andrew Hamil

In 1859 the first edition of Mr. Binney's book was published, followed, in 1866, by a second edition of only one hundred copies. This interesting work has now become so scarce that we feel warranted in republishing it, adding thereto portraits of the gentlemen of whose personal and professional life he writes.-ED. PENNA. MAG.

Lyle v. Richards, 9 Serg. & Rawle.

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