The National Register.
London, England, 1816-05-26 00:00:00

LADY HESTER STANHOPE:

A Paris Pater contains the following:—" Lady Hester
Stanhope, who belongs to one of the first families in England,
merits a glare among the most celebrated and intrepid travel-
lers of the present age. This Lads, the niece, the friend, and
intimate companion of the great •Vitt, was not Less attached to
hint by conformity of mind than by the tie of blood. She
enjoy, a pension from her country. Pitt, who, as is known,
died w Montt fortune, left to his nice's, poor like himself, a
few lines, in which lie recut 1111 l ended them to the generosity of
the people of Digit-mil. After the death of her uncle, Lady lltN-
ter formed the project of travelling in the Levant. She first
repaired to Malta, and from thence proceeded to Constanti•
'tilde. Wishing afterwards to niake a pilgrimage to Palestine,
she sailed fir the Holy Land, but bad the misfortune to be
shipwrecked oil the Isle of Rhodes. Cast on a barren rock,
she seemed to be destined to perish of hunger; but an English
ship whirls appeared on the following day, took her on board
and eons ey ed her to Syria. There she travelled in all direc-
tions, accompanied by Mr. Bruce who has just been tried for
the part he took in the escape of I.avnlette. She spent several
years wimelering among the ruins of Palmyra and Ilieropolis,
and exploring the sallies of Mount Lebanon. Living for
whole 'mottle, on lice and welter, and accustomed to the fru-
gality of Oriental habits, (ruin being tee hie and debilitateii,
she became a strong and vigorous Ainazen. According to
letters which she addressed to her family in England, else is
now at the head of three tribes of Bedouin Arabs, who re card
her as a being of a superior order. She has had several chil-
dren, whom she was fund of, brought to her from Euglatiel
anal she declares, that she will never forsake that Lanai of the
sun, to breathe the humid and cloudy atmosphere of Great
Britain."

The States of Guernsey have voted the erection of •
superb column, as a tribute of gratitude and remembrance
to Sir Doyle, their late Governor.
It is not generally known, that the celebrated Tulma,
the Kemble of the French Stage, is an Englishman.
He attained his 20th year before he left England.
Dupont, the dancer, has returned to Pans; having,
it is said, realized a property of about 20001. a year.
Accounts front Laval, of the 2d instant, state, that
the Monks of La Trappe have been joined by an Illus-
trious personage, in the person of the once notorious Hu-
ron Geramb, who has most heroically renounced the pomp'
and vanities of the world, to embrace the mona'stie life :
he is now so pious in his behaviour, that the others take
him for a model ! !!
Marshal Mortier Duke of Treviso, had a fall from his
horse at Paris, which caused great apprehension for his
life. Several of Iluonaparte's old friends have recently
experienced a like accident.
At a dress party some evenings since, a wit, alluding
to the fashionable appearance of the Ladies' dresses, re—
marked, that good habits seemed to be fulling ofi:
A young heir apparent of distinction has, it is reported,
recently fallen into the snare set for him by two adepts
in the science of deep play, and has been pigcwred to
the amount of 50,0001.: hut it is principally standing
es a debt of honour, for the payment of which the
Noble Father nf tliontat. enough neither to fell
his timber, nor join in cutting cir the entail of the family
estate.

M.iY 26.