B2\ 
1822.] Stephen si ana 
to an Arab servant of mine, about whom 
she felt interested, from his having 
served her faithfully. The latter men¬ 
tion of u her poor friend,” whose death 
she determines to revenge, refers to a 
Colon el Bit in, of the French engineers, 
who, after the abdication of Bonaparte, 
came to travel in the East, and whom 
I met at Cairo after his return from the 
Temple of Jupiter Ammon, in Lybia. 
He passed a day with Lady Hester at 
Mar Elias, and was advised by her to 
avoid going into the mountains of the 
Arsarie, near Latikea, which he pro¬ 
mised. He broke his pledge, however, 
and followed the impulse of his cu¬ 
riosity—-and was murdered there. The 
French ambassador caring little about 
him, and the consuls in Syria having- 
no power, Lady Hester obtained a quo¬ 
ta of five hundred men from the Pacha 
of Acre and Damascus, and after great 
search the murderers were brought to 
light and executed. 
Jas. Buckingham. 
May 28, 1819. 
Written by Lady Hester Stanhope, 
at the Convent of Mar Elias , near 
Si don, 1816, addressed to Mr. Buck¬ 
ingham, at Aleppo , 
This is a little P.S. for Sady Achmet. 
Louis Marron, whom I have just or¬ 
dered to give some money to his wife, 
t say's, that if Sady Achmet could go to 
Bagdad, he would do well to bring 
with him some Bagdad common shawls 
to sell at Scyde; those which are striped 
orange, and brown for the lower Turks 
and Mueres, and some smaller ones for 
the waist, and little square ones which 
children wear for the turbans, and the 
women wear for zinars. They sell for 
seven and eight piastres a-piece here, 
and he will get them for three or four 
at Bagdad. Also leifias of a common 
and fine sort, as there are few to be had 
here. Bagdad muslin shawls come in 
plenty by the caravans: Bagdad coel 
tor the eyes also would sell well. 
I enter into these details as they may 
be useful for the poop man whose con¬ 
duct has delighted me; what he said 
of Selim is very true, he is the best 
creature in the world, and the warmest 
friend. I am very sorry that you have 
not made his acquaintance; I am sure 
you would have been quite delighted 
with him ; Achmet can tell you that 
both he and his father have a real affec¬ 
tion for me, and I am sure would do 
any thing in the world to be useful to 
me. I hope Achmet takes good care of 
your horse and his own. 
Monthly Mag. No. 362. 
— No. IK 
If you have any letter for your wife, 
and will send it me by the return of 
the messenger, I will forward it in the 
first packet I send to the Horse Guards, 
and it will cost her nothing however fat 
it may be. The Pasha of Damascus in¬ 
tends to join in the attack (not in per¬ 
son) upon the Anzorea Mountains. 
That is the real cause of the delay, but 
do not say a word of this at Aleppo: 
what l do, I do completely. “ La 
Reine,” as he used to call me, has 
sworn to revenge the death of her poor 
friend. 
Two FORMS of PRAYER by EMINENT 
LADIES. 
(Printed from the original MSS.) 
PRAYER by MISS CARTER. 
Accept, O merciful God, of the tribute 
of my praise and thanksgiving for the 
continuance of thy goodness to me 
this past year, which, like all the former, 
has abounded with such great, innumer¬ 
able, and unmerited blessings. Mer¬ 
cifully pardon all my sins, and pardon 
and graciously accept my imperfect 
endeavours of doing my duty. To thy 
divine assistance, and to the influence 
of thy blessed Gospel on my heart, I 
owe whatever good is in me. To thy 
name be the glory; to me belong only 
shame and contrition for my unequal 
proficiency under the great advantages 
thou hast bestowed upon me. Enter 
not into judgment with thy servant, O 
merciful God! who knowest our 
frame, and considerest that we are hut 
dust. Sensible of my own frailty and 
weakness, l intreat the aid of thy Holy 
Spirit to enable me to pass my remain¬ 
ing days in such a manner as may, from 
a firm faith in the atonement of my 
blessed Savour, make me quit the 
world in humble hope and joyful ex¬ 
pectation of that happiness which thou 
hast promised to repenting sinners; 
and I most earnestly intreat thee, O Fa¬ 
ther of Mercies, to remove me from 
hence at whatever time thou knowest 
my soul to be best prepared for appear¬ 
ing before thee! 
Fill my heart with constant grati¬ 
tude, as for thy former mercies, through 
a long life, so for those which thy 
goodness continues in my declining age, 
which is still blest with such an un¬ 
common degree of strength and ac¬ 
tivity, and such an use of my senses 
and understanding as allow me every 
reasonable enjoyment of all the great 
advantages with which thy favour has 
distinguished my life. 
Accept, O Lord, my humble thank- 
3 U fulness 
