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chap, means of encouraging a little communication on 
v— v— / his part; and were then told, that the body, 
by the Emperor Paul’s command, had been 
taken up, and thrown into the ditch of the 
liecent dis- fortress. The orders received were, “ to take 
posal of bis _ . . , 
body. up the body of Potemkin , and to cast it into the 
first hole that might be found.” These orders 
were implicity obeyed. A hole was dug in the 
fosse, into which his remains were thrown, with 
as little ceremony as if they had been those of 
a dead dog ; but this procedure taking place 
during the night, very few were informed of the 
disposal of the body. An eye-witness of the 
fact assured me that the coffin no longer existed 
in the vault where it was originally placed ; and 
the Verger was actually proceeding to point out 
the place where the body was abandoned, when 
the Bishop himself happening to arrive, took 
away my guide, and, with menaces but too 
likely to be fulfilled, prevented our being more 
fully informed concerning the obloquy now 
involving the relics of Potemkin. 
Let us therefore direct the Reader’s attention 
to a more interesting subject — to a narrative ot 
the last days, the death, and burial, of the 
benevolent Howard ; who, with a character 
forcibly opposed to that of Potemkin, also termi- 
nated a glorious career at Cherson. Mysterious 
