Another agency of supreme importance in bringing Greece before the eyes of the English public at this time was the removal of the marbles from the Acropolis by Lord Elgin. These marbles, the last of which arrived in England in 1812, were the center of much discussion in England. One has but to call to mind the caustic remarks by Lord Byron on Elgin in _The Curse of Minerva_ and _Childe Harold_ to realize the intenseness of the opposition to taking away from Greece part of the last vestiges of her ancient glory. The coldness of their reception was finally overcome by Visconti and Canova, who pointed out their historical and artistic value. Finally in 1816, after an extensive investigation of their merits, Parliament appropriated £35,000 for their purchase by the government. From that time until to‐day they have been preserved for public view in the British Museum. After the Greek Revolution the service which Lord Elgin had rendered not only to England, but to the world, was recognized; for they alone of all the monuments of Greece escaped the ravages of the years of warfare. The importation of these marbles, then, was another cord which fastened English attention on Greece; for they provoked public discussion of the merits of the action, and for those who had access to London, furnished a physical bond of connection with Greece. The Greek Revolution, which raged from 1821 to 1829, was another factor in deepening the interest which the English public had in Greece. After the outbreak of the revolution, although the government officially ignored the revolt and added its name to those who refused to admit the Greeks to the Congress of Verona, the people of England announced in no uncertain terms their approval of the Greek cause. The grounds for this approval were two: the Greeks were the people who had in the ages long gone by given priceless literature and art to the world for which the world had done nothing in return; secondly, the Greeks were Christians and were to be encouraged to throw off the yoke of bondage imposed upon them by the Mohammedan Turk. Such sentiments as these are to be found in the magazines of the time and in the various pamphlets which appeared in behalf of the Greeks in the early part of the war. Concretely the interest of the English public was shown by meetings held in various parts of the country, chiefly Edinburgh and London, and in the formation of the London Greek Committee. This committee collected £7,000 by voluntary subscription from the British public, with which to purchase military supplies for the Greeks. At the suggestion of Lord Byron, whom the committee made one of its agents in Greece, the committee assisted in the floating of two Greek loans in England. The battle of Navarino (1827) which, though considered as "untoward" by the government, was a brilliant naval success for the English and French fleets, was heartily welcomed by the English public.