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progress he liad made in the pre- 

 paration of a Latin dictionary, 

 which he had destined to form the 

 consummation of his labours, and 

 the depository of the knowledge of 

 Latin, which the indefatigable study 

 offiftyyears had conferred, suggests 

 an additional and abundant source 

 ofregret Which the intelligent public 

 must experience from the loss of 

 this valuable man. To his pupils, 

 however, and his friends, and the 

 latter character belonged to all the 

 worthy among the former, that loss 

 will be felt with much more in- 

 teresting aspects. His kindness, 

 his humanity, his candour, his im- 

 partial justice, his warmapplauseof 

 virtue and merit, his honest indig- 

 nation at meanness and vice, and 

 the deep and paramount interest 

 he displayed for their improvement, 

 rendered him for life dear to his 

 scholars. And those persons who 

 knew more particularly his private 

 worth, his zealous rectitude, the 

 steadiness of his attachments, and 

 liberality even apjiroximating to 

 munificence, on proper occasions, 

 though, by habit and principle 

 averse to all wasteful expense, will 

 cherish his memory, as intimately 

 allied with their most pleasing, 

 virtuous, and approved of, recol- 

 lections. 



At Seville, in the T'tth year of 

 liis age, L. Geronimo De Ustariz 

 Tovar, marquis of LTstariz, mem- 

 ber of the supreme council of war, 

 assistant of Seville, and intendant 

 in commission of Andalusia. He 

 was employed in various public 

 situations for fifty years with the 

 approbation of his country. When 

 intendant of Estremadur3,he intro- 

 duced a variety of reforms and im- 

 provements, the effects of which 

 were soon manifest in the increasing 



prosperity of that province; and 

 he had the satisfaction of seeing 

 many of his agricultural, financial, 

 and judicial regulations, adopted by 

 the royal cabinet, and extended to 

 the whole of Spain. From Eslre- 

 madura he was promoted to the 

 assistantship of Seville. But, unfor- 

 tunately for his country, the reign 

 of favourites, strumpets, pimps, 

 and parasites, had now commenced; 

 and those practices so recently de- 

 tected in the appointment of mili- 

 tary officers in a country which we 

 will not name, began to be felt in 

 every branch of the Spanish govern- 

 ment. He was removed from 

 Seville, to make way for a cousin 

 of the infamous Godoi. In reward 

 for his public labours, he was no- 

 minally honoured with a seat in the 

 council of war, but was actually 

 banished to Teruel; though the 

 disgrace of this proceeding was 

 attempted to be disguised by ap- 

 pointing him a commissioner of 

 mines in that quarter. Here he 

 remained many years ; neglected by 

 the court, but honoured with the 

 attachment, esteem, and confidence, 

 of the Arragonese. To his popu- 

 lar conduct, and the general admi- 

 ration of his civic virtues, is chiefly 

 to be ascribed the patriotic stand 

 made by the Arragonese in the 

 present contest. Ihis venerable, 

 but proscribed, reformer, the instant 

 the proceedings at Bayonne were 

 known at Teruel, sallied from his 

 retirement, and, with all the ardour 

 of youth, traversed the province in 

 every direction, to rouse the inha- 

 bitants to resistance. He recog- 

 nized and treated with the utmost 

 respect, the new authority of gen. 

 Palafox, and accepted a seat in the 

 Junta of government. After ten 

 months of indefatigable service in 



Arragon, 



