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 388 M*ALLISTER. discover the mystery. He afterwards connected himself with Isaac Becket, and they became the earliest English engravers in mezzotinto. The best of his portraits (which were his principal works) was that of Le Piper the painter. DOMINICK LYNCH, Was a native of the county of Galway, and admitted into the order of Dominicans in Spain, where he hispa nized his name from Lynch to Linze. He lived many years in great reputation, and officiated as synodal judge under the archbishop of Seville. He was gradually pro moted to a l l the honours o f Seville university, being first lecturer i n arts and philosophy; then master o f the stu dents, secondary, and a t length principal regent; and last o f all, was made professor o f divinity, i n 1674, which office h e held with universal approbation until the year 1697, when h e died a t Seville, and was much lamented. He was held i n such high esteem i n Spain, that Nicholas An tonio, i n his Biblioteca Espanola, hath with much honour, ranked him among the authors o f that country. He wrote, according t o the Dominican Bibliothèque, four volumes i n quarto, o n Speculation and Natural Phi losophy, a l l o f which were published i n Paris, a t different periods. GEORGE M*ALLISTER, Was born i n the city o f Dublin i n 1786. His original profession was that o f a jeweller; but the art o f painting o n glass arrested his attention, and with a l l the enthu siasm o f youthful warmth, h e devoted his hours unremit tingly t o patient investigation, and repeated experiment; until, without the aid o f patronage, instruction, o r pecu niary assistance, h e appeared like a bright luminary, dispelling the darkness with which self-interest had hitherto shrouded this particular branch o f the fine arts. The