Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-31
VISIT TO LADY HESTER srANuopr

NOVEMBER OIL arose AT Eve PAN hm ~ tIankandl
sp,enu,o moon little past the in and desps,chsas
usssnger 10 Lady IL. Stanhope with my letter. ~,
promising TO return in two hours and half u.o
Cd Tor hun until noon, whcn suspccting e;,h. ~
some accident had happened to him. or Thai he I
ayshp was absent, resolved to set out for sadie nd
ma" actually commenced my route, when the messcn
ger returned with note from-hcr I,dvsh;n raA
ing mo to come immediately and sec her, She sendr,
At me same time one OF her servants TO conduct mo-
seated "pon p" AZ quarter past three 1t is.
ana deep dels. Her Ladyship has built a wall All
,ounu IT, 10 keep out the animals hyenas and bears
l was nsnefed 10y her janissaries and chaoux into
pretty little pavilion in the gardens where found NH
sorts oil English comforts and Injuries from which
had been now so long estrangcd that fell ouite do
lighted upon beholding them fN''e ~
AboW hive o'clock was conducted To her Iadv
ships presence. She was dressed q rg,a6. anS h;
very imposing and noble looking of greof
height and dgnificd manners She received me verv
staciousy ana we soon became acquainted with each
otncr, dined alone, she never eating after one
O'clock 800 "S
After dinner again returned to her Ladyship and
remained hfc-dfefe with her until midnight much en-.
tcrtancd and instructed by her conversation yvbic
is lively and interesting, and impressivo
by turns SS'"'
NOV OIL enjoyed nice, clean, English feeling
oed Ill eight o'clock One leaves ones carpet with
10 regret; but soft clean bed has Irresistible nt
fractions In the afternoon walked with her Lady
snip round her pretty garden. She has laid out lar1.
sums OF money upon this place. and has indeed con.
I" let
atcte until midnight.
! wish could prevail upon Lady Hester to write
her memoirs She has more of the world bo.b
civilized and barbarous, than anv body i'm cxe,anc
book. " 'NSonch1
Nov 81 rode after breakfast to Douni. cbo,o.
ed with communication to French family. who
hau very rnceremoniousy taken possession nj n
mouse oi Lady llester's at that place Ue,e ca,
the French consul Of Bcyrouts letter and could NO,
neKe out ,he news to be official This evening WIS
a'hcKcd 10y n slight fever, accompanied by a sore
,hFoat went to bed and TASTED. Lady Heste,,
kndncss and solicitudc were delightful
Lady Hester has given me of her own servon,s
10 accompany eco me as seys (sroom) Turk am
me that she has at this moment two grea, Mabomn,an
visitors under her root, although never sec tien,
by any accident. "
One of these is n Molah learned in tho ,av or,b,
Prophet; and the other is n Ma,ooal chief fo .i
Baka1, near Baabeck. These men are aware ,has
am mere ana asked her Ladyship about me; but she
wishing 20 cvado the subject said was n Georgian.
Among the many interesting conversations yyb;cL
have had with Lady Hester she related several m
ccdotcs OF the people of the East most of which ye
extremely illustrative of their manners and supersti
tons P'S"-
select The following rs 4, relates % ,bc ,o
est men of which the East can boast-Sultan Mini.
Inond and Mahmet Ali
The growing power of the Paclla of Epvn, hal
long been the cause of uncasiness TO the SubI;me
Forte. II was feared, at Stampool that Mabmot All
would some day throw of the yoke of the successor
10 inc C9hphat In vain the perfidious policy of tho
seragio despatched Capidg Bashs armed win tLo
bowstrng and the dagger TO the capitnI of,bo p
amids; IN VAN its treacherous agents endeo vonreJ
ny poison or by stratagem rid the Port Of Ian
gcrous rival Mahmct Ali was ton VOL ,vorrod b.,
his spies at Constantinope. of the tolls which 49,,
spread around him. to suffer himself to fall into rho
snare " ~ ''''o '"c
At length the Sultan Mahnoud reso,vo5 ,,no,
ooptihg scheme, which should be so clevcrlv de-
Vised, and involved in such mpcnetr,hle secrecy
tI", was impossible II could fail of SUCCESS. He
iiud IN 'he harem beautiful Georgian slave whose
innocence AM beauty fitted her in Tho Sult,n av,s
ior The atrocious act peridy of hicb sbc go -
nc the unsuspcctng agent The belief in t,lsmon.
is stll prevalent throughout the East: md ncrb,no
even inc enlightened Mahmoud himself not superior
!" 'ereSt oil ms natIon In matters Of traditionnrv
superstition He sent one for the fair Georpinn md
| hnechg great love for her person. and desire To-
"'Hnhcc hcr interests told her il was his mpcriaI
WI To send her to Egypt as n present 70 Mnbuct
An, whose power and riches were os unbo,pdo1 ,s
tue regions over which he held the SWAY of a sover
eG" prince second TO no one in the universe but 10
hImseii, the great Padisha. He observed In bor
now much hnppncss would fall TO her lot ir she
couIu cohtrve to captvoe the affections of the mas
ter Tor whom Inc designed her: that she would he
COME as II were the Queen of Egypt, and would
reign over boundless empires -llnt in order 10 in,
sure to her so desirable contamination of Lis ;rne
rial wishes for nor welfare and happiness he wonLI
present hcr with tallsman, which he then placed
upon her finger. Watch" said he 'a fayornbl.
moment. when the Pacho is laying on your bosom. To-
drop TINS ring into glass Of water. which when no
snail have drunk, viii give You the full possession of
ha suectons; ana render him your captive for ever"
me Wusrecung Georgian eagerly accepted the lot which
was ohced 20 er and dazzled by promised spenour de-
ernSd "on following the Instructions Of the Sultan the
ny lrteI IN he due course Of time she at Cairo with
splendid suite, aud many bearing rich presents Maj
met Ae spies bad however oontrived 10 nm, hin, on b;,
guard such splendid demonstration Of esteem from his I'm.
peHa master alarmed him for his safety would not suffer
the lar Georg an 10 the light Of his bu, ar,
some detention IN Cairo, made present of her 10 his intimate
(riend hel Aga the Governor Of Aexandra Of whom by
the bye the acha had long been jealous The poor (;eoroia
having lost ach1, thought she her best 10 cap,iVas
an Aga am she administered him the fatal draupht IN the
manner sultan MahmoHd had designed for Malnct Ali The
Aga tell dead upon the 1oo the Georgian srcked and CLAIMED
er ands; ~ rushed the the haren and oye ~,
he deah BODY oi their master When the Georgian was acc.
W poisoning the Ngn she calmly denied the fact "Vlat
n you 30 I" hn was the question. gave him glass OF
waleT mo winch had dropped iaisupn See there is the
a 'n therc - the ring" The ring true remained;
hut tho stone which had oncled was ,JJ =, I5e ,ooI
OF the battle Of Navari,o