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Show ' The centenary of Byron's arrival In Greece H was celebrated at Mlssolonghi with great solem- H nity, the town being decorated for the occasion. H All the local authorities, the arch-bishop and tho H clergy, the troops of the garrison, and a great H crowd from all the neighboring districts, assem- H bled in the public garden in the afternoon, where B the students from the gymnasium and the children H from all tho schools marched in procession to the m poet's statue, on which they deposited a wreath. M i. Speeches were delivered, and a hymn to Byron H I' by the Greek poet, Solomos, was sung. The m , mayor addressed a dispatch to the British minls- M r ter in Athens, expressing the deep gratitude of m the Inhabitants of Mlssolonghi for the Immortal M benefactor, whose remains repose In their keep- |
