Lady Hester Stanhope to Colonel Campbell.
Jôon, February 4, 1838.
Sir,
I shall give no sort of answer to your letter of the 10th of January (received the 27th), until I have seen a copy of her Majesty’s commands respecting my debt to Mr. Homsy, or of the official orders from her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, as also of Mr. Homsy’s claim, as well as of the statement sent to England—to whom, and through whom—in order that I may know whom I have to deal with, as well as be able to judge of the accuracy of the documents.
I hope in future that you will not think it necessary to make any apologies for the execution of your duty; on the contrary, I should wish to recommend you all to put on large Brutus wigs when you sit on the woolsack at Alexandria or at Beyrout.
Hester Lucy Stanhope.
Lady Hester Stanhope to Mr. Moore, British Consul at
Beyrout.
Jôon, February 4, 1838.
Sir,