Dominique Joseph Garat, a French writer and politician, born at Ustaritz, near Bayonne, Sept. 8, 1749, died Dec. 9, 1833. He was a contributor to the Encyclopedic methodique and the Mercure de France. He published a eulogy on L'Hopital in 1778; was elected to the constituent assembly in 1789, and reported the sittings of the assembly in the Journal de Paris; succeeded Danton as minister of justice, and informed Louis XVI. of the sentence of the convention. From the ministry of justice he was transferred to the home department. He cooperated with the enemies of the Girondists, tried in vain to save some of the latter, and left office in August, 1793. Under the directory he was sent as ambassador to Naples. where he was ill received. In 1805 he received a mission to Holland. On the downfall of Napoleon he tried every means of propitiating the Bourbons, but in 1816 was excluded from his seat in the institute. He now wrote one of his most interesting books, Mc-moires historiques sur la vie de M. Suard, and not long afterward retired to his native mountains, where he led an obscure but religious life.