confusion; and had it not been for the exertions of Mavrocordato, the worst consequences might have ensued, not only in western Greece, but in every part of the country. The arrival of the money, from which so much had been expected, had been made unavailable; for the other commissioners did not think themselves at liberty to act without their principal. A Candiote Greek, who, at Lord Byron's recommendation, had nearly concluded a loan for 20,000 dollars at Zante, no sooner heard of his death than he found himself deprived of his credit, and was obliged to return. Nothing but the supineness of the enemy could have saved Greece from the most disastrous reverses. The Turks did make themselves masters of Ipsara, and would have gained much more important points, had not those merchants at Zante, with whom the first instalment of the loan had been deposited, magnanimously resolved to

run every risk in order to do their duty by the borrowers of those supplies. The happy events which followed that generous measure are a sufficient proof of the beneficial effects which would have been produced by the immediate application of the money on its arrival, under the control of that man, whose name and whose exertions had added to the lustre even of the cause of Greece!

A few days after our arrival at Zante Colonel Stanhope came from the Morea: he had already written to inform us that the Greek chieftains of Athens had expressed their desire that Lord Byron should be buried in the Temple of Theseus. The citizens of Missolonghi had made a similar request for their town; and we thought it advisable to accede to their wishes so far as to leave with them, for interment, one of the vessels containing a portion of the ho

noured remains. As he had not himself expressed any wishes on the subject, we thought the most becoming course was to convey him to his native country. Accordingly, the ship that had brought us the specie was engaged for that purpose; Colonel Stanhope kindly took charge of her; and on the 25th of May, the Florida, having on board the remains of Lord Byron, set sail for England from the port of Zante.

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I.

IGNACIUS, Archbishop of Arta, has for some time resided at Pisa. When he first escaped from the persecutions of Ali Pacha, he took refuge in Russia, and is said to have enjoyed no small share of favour at the court of Alexander, from whom he was allowed a pension. Lord Byron, fearing to hurt him in the eyes of that court, abstained from communication with him whilst in Tuscany; but the same motive did not prevent him from accepting his letters of recommendation for Marco Bozzari and others in Greece. The Archbishop has always devoted a considerable portion of his income to the relief of his fellow countrymen; and the family of Bozzari, retired to Ancona, now subsists upon his bounty.

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We were in excellent health and spirits during our whole voyage from Italy to Greece; and for this we were partly indebted to our medical man, and partly to that temperance which was observed by every one on board,