Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-09-23
VISIT TO LADY HESTER STAN
HOPE.
Romantic 4aec30te of the present SaiatH
3ndhs PacblQf Egypt



.NocMjT OIL arose at hvo lay the
light OF O splendid moon "a little past the
fun and despatched a messenger TO lady
II. Sanhops with my Icte, he promised
10 return in two hours and hale j wait
ed for him until noon, when, suspecuaS
either that some accident had happened to
him, or tbat her Ladyship was absent ]
resolved To- set out for. Sllde, and had
actually commenced my route, when lhe
messenger returned with @ note from me.
Lalysmp, requesting me 60 come Immed.-
ate'y and see her, she sending at ,he same
time one of her servants TO Conduct me TO-
her house.
reached Diouni ct queer past three.
It's seated upon a coaica h.As.r5o-aoel
by mountains aud deep de.ls. her Lady
ship has built q VOL round 1t, TO kee ol,
the iacl,als, hygnas, and bears. was
ushered by her janulssares and cnodN la-
too pretty little pavilion DOB the gardens
where found al. sorts of English com
forts and l1N1ries. from which had been
nov solong esuauged, thatl.e.t qm.e de-
lighted upon behoIding them.
About five o'cle-kl was conducted Go
bier Iadyship's presence. she was cres-
scd QF.lraie, and is very imposing and
noble looking parsonage of great height
and digufed manners. She received me
very grlc.ousIy, and we soon became oc-
qIl1el with each other ld.1cd alone
She never eating after one o'clock.
A1e- dinner I again returned To- her Lac
dvshi0, aud remained tsis-1 .sts with her
until midnight, much entertained and ln-
sulcted by her conversation, winch IS
lively and interesting, extraordinary and
impressive by turns.
Nov q. I eu-5yed a nice, clean, Eog-
Hsh feeling bed ul eight o'dock. One
leaves ones carpet with no regret; but a
soft clean bed has irresistible attractions.
lin the afternoon I walked Wtnh her Lady
ship round her pretty garden. She has
laid out large sums of money Ipon iG,s
place, and has indeed conuiyed make
little Paradise To- the desert It.e-a-tct5
until midnight,
wish I could prevail upon Lady Hes
ter DO write her memoirs. She has seen
more Of the world, both civilized and bar
barous, than any body in existence, and
with all the talent necessary 20 write an
excellent book.
Nov 9. rode after broaktas, 90 DIoun
charged with communication toafre0ch
family, who had very unceremoneousIY ta-
Ken possession Of a house of Lady Hes
ters at that place Here / saw the French
Consul of Beyrouts letter, and could not
make ont the news 90 be official This
evening I was attacked by a Sigh, fever
Lady Hester's kindness and soucudC
were delightful.
Lady Hester has given me one @, her
own servants Co accompany me as % slyes
GROOM aTurk.-I ann mo-. the only guest
at Diouai.-Lady Hester informs me that
she has at this moment two great Nanom-
s.an vls,ters under her roof although j
have not seen them by any accident.
One of the Is O NoI.ao, learned 1 the
law Of the Prophet; and lho other is Ma
toonu chief from the Bakaa. near Boal-
beck. These men ore aware that i am
here, and asked her Ladyship about mes
but she wishing to evade the subject said
/ was Georgian.
Among the many interesting conr7rsa-
tons which I have have had with Lf'Y
Hester. she related several anecdotes OIL
the people of the East, most of which
we're extremely illustrative Of their man-
nsrs and supers,iuous.
Ise,ect the following. as itrela.es totwo
Of the greatest men the east can boast.
Sultan Nahmoud and Nahmet AID.
The growing power Of the Pacho of E-
zypt had long been the cause OF unoasl-
ness to- the Sublime Porte. lt was feared
at Smmbool, that Mahmet AlwolId some
day throw OH the yoke Of the successor to|
the Cal.phat. I'm vain the perHd.ous poll
cy Of the seraglio despatched Capldgi ba-
shis, armed with the bowstring and the dag
ger, So tha capital ofthe Pyramids, Do vain
its trcacherous agents eudcav0red by P3ls-
on on by stratagom to- rid the Porte of q
dangerous rival AIahmet Ali was too well
warned by bis spies a Cons,autn0ple, of
the tolls which were spread around him, .
90 suffer himself To- fall into the snare.
Atlength the Sultan Mahmoud raso.v-
81 upon adopting a scheme which should
be SO cleverly devised and involved IN
such imDenetrable secrecy, that twas lm- .
possible it could fail of success. Ho had
Do the harem a beautiful Georgian slave, .
whose innocence and beauty fitted her, IN
the Su.tan's ewes, for the attrociols act OF.
which she was 20 be the unsuspectng a-.
gent The belief in talsmans Is stI. pre-
yalent Throughout, The East; and perhaps
even the enlightened Mahmoud himself Is
not superior to- the rest Of his nation, m
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