Through a long life he has been a conspicuous actor upon the stage of jniblic events, and his views and ofjinions have never failed to attract attention and command respect, and his name will descend to ]jostcrity sus unsullied as that of his illustrous ancestor. During his whole career he has never in any controversy 8to|)ped to consider the odds against which he was fighting. To him to undertake has been to continue, and tiie sentiment ascribed to the Hero of Switzerland seems to have been the

motive-power of his own actions: " Je ne sais pas H la cfios^cat possible, jnaisje .saiji yii'il faut la /aire."

In him the spirit of the Huguenots lives again, and in him we see a worthy successor of the gallant host who fought at Ivry, and followed as their oritlanime the helmet of Navarre.

When the sessions of court began to be resumed, in 1778, an entirely new set of lawyers appeared. From that time to 1794 the name of Pell appears very frequently on the records. This was doubtless Hon. Philip Pell, born July 7, 1753, "judge-advocate of the Continental army in the Kevolutiouary war, and a member of the Cincinnati Society." Mr. Bolton says of him: " This illustrious individual had the honor of riding by the side of General Washington when he entered New York City upon ' evacuation day,' November 25, 1783. He was a graduate of King's College (now Columbia) in 176G, and is said to have been one of the best Greek scholars of that day." Hon. Philip Pell was the grandson of Philij), fifth son of Thomas, eldest son of Lord John Pell. He lived in Pclham and was twice married -- first, to Mary Ward ; second, to Anna Lewis. He died in 1811, and left an only son, like him named Philip, the father of Philip Pell, of San Francisco, California.