Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-11-08

In Boston, on the so III 'u,t Hon Turo.
PHILus PARSONS, Chief Justice OF the Su.
preme Judicial Court of this Common wealth,
aged 65.
The dssth ofthis great man .sill be Uni
verssiiy feli, and ought to be Universally Ia.
wonied. throughout our Stale. The sta.
ton he has occupied for the last seven years,
has given opportunity TO al, classes of PEG.
pie, IN ell parts Of The Commonweal h, to see
and hear tho man, whose fame had before
reached their ears, and whose eminent pro.
iessiona! talents bad scqu,red to him, from
common suffrage, The reputation OF being
The greatest lawyer of his day. This reputs
ton was not coniiDed 10 our own State, bu,
had spread INFO Tue adjoining States, and
even to the most remote parts of the Union ;
q, least 10 all those para where the law is
known IS science, aud where us dls,in.
guished shges, of whatever country, are rev.
erenced aud admired. The celebrated IN
rists. who have occasionally visited ,l.is me
tropolis TO administer The laws Of the ma.
ton, JAY, CHASE, PATrER.os, and 9th
ers. have all passed their Judgments upon
his legal chsrscter, and have pronounce d
him "tbe Great Lawyer" And mos,
strangers of distinction. who have travelled
INTO thisquarter for curiosity or Information,
have been led, by bis fame, TO visit and con.
verse with MIN, and have uniformly sane,
Ionea common report, by hen testimony to
his greatness. With this uncommon Gel, b.
r,iy he entered upon the FIST Judicial office
IN this State, and whatever admin alton he
had excited AS Lawyer, was imne diatel,
transferred to HIM as Judge. CONNIE nee.
ing his career soon alter new and Improv
ed system of Iudiosture had been adopted,
The ilect OF his administration was inst AM =
Iy perceived in ,he dispatch of business,
IN the promptness aud wisdom OF his opin
ions, and in The Universal confidence the,
inspired. The most eminent Counst liurs
seldom hesitsted 10 submit and 10 be con-
ucted when he declared he law. the Juries
feil no uncertainty or doubt when he had
addressed them, and the Suiiors saw with
sausisslion their expences diminished, their
delay shortened, and the lime of the public
eooDomised. by he exeruons OF his wonder
iul faculties in the discharge of his official
functions.
When associated upon the bench with his
brethren. to hear and determine questions
OF law OF great import to the public and TO
Individuals, his profound ye. familiar &C.
qhainlsnoe with the principles OF the com.
mon law, his astonishing recollection { usa
ges and presidents not to be found ii print
aud his precise and Accurate knowledge of
he forms Of pleadings and OF Tie Course OF
proceedings in the Courts OF the Country
T. ON whence all VS. have to boast of in this
,egard Is derived, gave a stability and res.
peci 10 decisions honorable to the Judicial
character Of the State, and useful 20 poster.
- rs we'll as ~ The presen, g..erst,on'
His readings upon many of the old statutes,
,ud learned CONSTRUCTION Of those of modern
date, being recorded in our book, of repor,s
viii long stand s9 monumen,. of hs deep
egal and technical kro~iedge. i, enlarged |
and liberal views of the principles OF govern
nent nd laws, aud his AGATE ane pene rat.
ng powers of discrimination.
In the deyelope ment of bis character as q
Judge we see ,bst he drew to his AID slnos, /
Ill the h,erslure and The science which The !