[...] One of our first objects of enquiry was the progress of the Greek university and for this purpose, we took an early opportunity to wait on the chancellor, Lord Guilford. After winding through the intricate, and apparently endless, passages of the old palace where his lordship resides, we were ushered into an antiquated room surrounded by shelves, containing a valuable collection of oriental and other manuscripts. Here, seated at a table covered with papers, and placed before a blazing wood fire, we found Lord Guilford, dressed in the ancient robes of Socrates; his mantle pendant from his shoulder by a golden clasp, and his head bound by a fillet embroidered with the olive and the owl of Athens.
It is to his lordship's unrelaxed exertions that the present institution owes its existence; and it is still maintained almost exclusively by his liberality; very little pecuniary assistance being granted by the Ionian Government. The library, which now contains about 4000 volumes, constats almost entirely of donations from his lordship; and, perhaps, his most important gift is the time and attention which he devotes to its interests.
