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his triumphs frequently graced our 

 Register. His blood was inflamed 

 by the painful labours of his glo- 

 rious campaign; his soul, oppressed 

 with the contradictions which pre- 

 vented him from crowning it by the 

 total expulsion of the French from 

 Italy; and his heart afflicted with 

 the grief of finding his important 

 services repaid by unaccountable 

 caprice and ingratitude. He is 

 said to have been in disgrace with 

 his sovereign ; and such is the cha- 

 racter of Russian manners, that the 

 displeasure of the prince includes 

 banishment from all society. The 

 man so lately the theme of royal 

 panegyric was absolutely aban- 

 doned in the struggles of sickness 

 and death; and the last moments 

 of SuvarofF were deprived of the 

 offices of friendship, and the con- 

 solation of public sympathy. Su- 

 varoff, it cannot be denied, served 

 his country with persevering suc- 

 cess, and implicit fidelity, and has 

 contributed to consolidate the 

 power, and to extend the fame of 

 the Russian empire. Posterity will 

 render him that justice, which his 

 contemporaries refused him; and 

 we are not afraid to express its lan- 

 guage before-hand, by paying this 

 homage to the great talents and vir- 

 tues of a hero, whose actions will 

 maintain adistinguished rank, in the 

 history of the eighteenth century, 

 goth. In Gower-street, in his 

 eighty- thirdyear, Ben jaminKenton, 

 esq. From an obscure origin, and 

 an education in a charity-school, he 

 obtained, by frugality, ind ustry, and 

 integrity, with an irreproachable 

 character, a more than princely 

 fortune. For some years he kept the 

 Crown and Magpie tavern,inWhite- 

 chapel; and afterwards, becoming 

 a wine merchant in the Minories, 

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went very largely into the trade of 

 exporting porter. His property, in 

 the different public funds, exceeds 

 300,000/. and at the present mar- 

 ket prices, is worth 272,000/. his 

 landed estates 680/. a year. And he 

 has bestowed it in amannerthat re- 

 flects honour to his memory. To 

 the hospitals of Christ, St. Bartho- 

 lomew, and Bethlehem 5000/. each; 

 to the charity for the blind, 20,000/. ; 

 to the Philanthropic Society, 3000/.; 

 to the Marine Society, and the 

 Lying-in Hospital, 2000/. each ; to 

 theFoundlingHospital and Asylum, 

 1500/. each; to the Vintner's Com- 

 pany, 4000/.; to Mr. John Cole, 

 20,000/. ; Mr. Smith, (his grandson, 

 and only immediate descendant, 

 who was, unfortunately, not much 

 in his favour) 800/. a year; Mr. 

 Usher, 1000/.; Mr. Vaughan, 

 2000/.; Mr. Waley, 1500/.; Al- 

 derman Harley, 1000/.; Chamber- 

 lain Clarke, 1000/.; his four exe- 

 cutors, Messrs. Baldwin, Till, 

 Holford, and Watts, 2000/. each: 

 Mr. Wall, 500/.; Whitechapel 

 charity-school, 500/. ; fifty or sixty 

 other legacies, from 100/. to 500/.; 

 and to his successor in business, 

 Mr. David Pyke Watts, the resi- 

 duum, supposed to be not less than 

 6000/. a year. 



JUNE. 



4th. The celebration of this day, 

 on which his majesty entered into 

 his 63d year, commenced with the 

 grandest sight ever exhibited in 

 Hyde Park. At six o'clock, all the 

 volunteer coi-ps in London and its 

 immediate vicinity, to the number 

 of 12,000, were under arms, and 

 assembled in the field before eight. 

 Notwithstanding the immense 



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