[§1] [William Richard Hamilton (1777-1859) was the son of Anthony Hamilton, Archdeacon of Colchester, etc., and grandson of Richard Terrick, Bishop of London. In 1799, when Lord Elgin was appointed Ambassador to the Sublime Porte, Hamilton accompanied him as private secretary. After the battle of Ramassieh (Alexandria, March 20, 1801), and the subsequent evacuation of Egypt by the French (August 30, 1801), Hamilton, who had been sent on a diplomatic mission, was successful in recapturing the Rosetta Stone, which, in violation of a specified agreement, had been placed on board a French man-of-war. He was afterwards employed by Elgin as agent plenipotentiary in the purchase, removal, and deportation of marbles. He held office (1809-22) as Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and as Minister at the Court of Naples (1822-25). From 1838 to 1858 he was a Trustee of the British Museum. He published, in 1809, _Ægyptiaca, or Some Account of the Ancient and Modern State of Egypt_; and, in 1811, his _Memorandum on the Subject of the Earl of Elgin's Pursuits in Greece_. (For Hamilton, see _English Bards_, etc., line 509; _Poetical Works_, 1898, i. 336, note 2.)] [§2] Thomas Hope, Esqr., if I mistake not, the man who publishes quartos on furniture and costume. [Thomas Hope (1770-1831) (see _Hints from Horace_, line 7: _Poetical Works_, 1898, i. 390, note 1) published, in 1805, a folio volume entitled, _Household Furniture and Internal Decoration_. It was severely handled in the _Edinburgh Review_ (No. xx.) for July, 1807.] [§3] It is rumoured Gell is coming out to dig in Olympia. I wish him more success than he had at Athens. According to Lusieri's account, he began digging most furiously without a firmann, but before the resurrection of a single sauce-pan, the Painter countermined and the Way-wode countermanded and sent him back to bookmaking.--[MS. D.] [See _English Bards, etc._, lines 1033, 1034: _Poetical Works_, 1898, i. 379, _note_ 1.] [eb] _Where was thine Ægis, Goddess_----.--[MS. D. erased] [ec] {110} ----_which it had well behoved_.--[MS. D.] [123] [The Athenians believed, or feigned to believe, that the marbles themselves shrieked out in shame and agony at their removal from their ancient shrines.] [124] [Byron is speaking of his departure from Spain, but he is thinking of his departure from Malta, and his half-hearted amour with Mrs. Spencer Smith.] [ed] {111} ----_that rosy urchin guides_.--[MS.] [ee] _Save on that part_----.--[MS. erased.] [ef] {112} _From Discipline's stern law_----.--[MS.] ----_keen law_----.--[MS. D.] [125] An additional "misery to human life!"--lying to at sunset for a large convoy, till the sternmost pass ahead. Mem.: fine frigate, fair wind likely to change before morning, but enough at present for ten knots!--[MS. D.] [eg] ----_their melting girls believe_.--[MS.] [eh] {113} _Meantime some rude musician's restless hand_ _Ply's the brisk instrument that sailors love_.--[MS. D. erased.]