Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume 2 (of 2) Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries, from 1812 to 1883

From the moment of his death to the hour fixed for the funeral, the members of the College, conjointly with some friends, remained with the body, reciting prayers and certain ps...

The coronation of the Czar Alexander III., at Moscow, afforded to Sir Moses an opportunity of writing a letter of congratulation on behalf of himself and his co-religionists, to...

"On Wednesday, the 27th ultimo, I was visited by deputations from the several learned Jewish bodies in the city of Morocco. I should estimate the number of my visitors to have a...

TOUSSOUN PASHA STAYS ON A VISIT TO SIR MOSES--SIR MOSES RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DEPUTIES--THE INDIAN MUTINY--MONETARY PANIC--THE JEWISH DISABILITIES AT LAST REMOVED...

_January 29th._--The Board of the London Committee of Deputies of the British Jews having been among the first in England to convey to him its congratulations, signed by the Hon...

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND SIR MOSES--CONSECRATION OF JUDITH COLLEGE--NAPOLEON III. A PRISONER OF WAR--SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST THE JEWS OF DAMASCUS IN THE _TIMES_ NEWSPAPER--SIR MO...

"As we now continued moving towards Jerusalem, I had continually to look right and left to see the number of new houses, some of them very large buildings. As we proceeded all t...

_Thursday, October 6th._--We meet Sir Moses in the Guildhall, surrounded by the most influential merchants and bankers of the City of London, standing before the Lord Mayor, and...

"MY DEAR SIR,--It is with deep regret that I have to place in your hands further despatches received from Jassy, from which it would appear that the position of our unfortunate...

On July 3rd Sir Moses writes: "Mr Pisani informed me he had received the firman for the building of an hospital, and also that for myself, which, according to the usual practice...

THE MISSION TO MOROCCO--TANGIER--LIBERATION OF TWO PRISONERS--DEPUTATION OF MOORS--SIR MOSES SUCCESSFULLY INTERCEDES FOR THEM--DEATH OF SIR MOSES' SISTER, MRS GOLDSMID--OPPRESSI...

"On Sunday morning, April 8th, wishing to examine some documents uninterrupted by visitors," says Sir Moses, "I determined to leave home therewith, and to direct my steps to the...

From January to July 1872 Sir Moses, as President of the Board of Deputies of the British Jews, was engaged in an extensive correspondence with many congregations and individual...

Having given the reader a copy of the letter Sir Moses wrote to the _Times_, pleading the cause of his Christian brethren when persecuted by the Druses and Mohammedans, he will...

_July 25th._--The _Times_ published the news of Abbas Pasha's death and Said Pasha's succession. Sir Moses immediately addressed letters of congratulation to the new ruler, expr...

In order to ascertain the reasons for Sir Moses' return to Jerusalem after so short an interval since his previous visit to the Holy City, I must ask the reader to revert to the...

_May 20th._--Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore arrived in Paris. Lady Montefiore's state of health being very unsatisfactory, Sir Moses resolved to remain five or six days in the Fr...

"On June 21," Sir Moses writes, "at six o'clock in the morning I received a telegraphic note, informing me of the arrival of his Highness Mohammed Said Pasha, Prince héreditaire...

"On Friday, the 13th of April, being desirous of leaving some pecuniary relief from myself for each of the synagogues, colleges, schools, and various charitable institutions, wi...

He entreated His Excellency Kiamil Pasha, the Governor of Jerusalem, to remove from the Jewish quarters the public slaughter house, which had become extremely offensive in conse...

THE POLISH AND RUSSIAN JEWS AND THE QUESTION OF AGRICULTURE--THE JEWISH DISABILITIES IN PARLIAMENT AGAIN--THE CHARTIST RIOTS--SIR MOSES AND LADY MONTEFIORE DEPART FOR THE HOLY L...

"On my way to the hotel I was enthusiastically greeted by hundreds of our brethren who were awaiting my return from the Palace, and whose faces were radiant with joy and gladnes...

"Wednesday morning, the 28th of March, at 10 A.M., having been appointed for my first visit to his Excellency, Izzet Pasha, I proceeded to his palace, accompanied by Mr Consul M...

"It was my intention," he says, "to lose as little time as possible, and I was fully prepared to leave Dover, _en route_ for Brindisi, the next day, but a strong gale sprung up...

On the following Saturday night her mortal remains were taken to Ramsgate, accompanied by Sir Moses and his near relatives, the officers of the Synagogue, and Dr Hodgkin, her ph...

ADDRESS TO THE CZAR ON THE OCCASION OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH--THE CZAR'S REPLY--DEATH OF SIR MOSES' SISTER, MRS COHEN--SIR MOSES READS HIS OWN OBITUA...

The Anti-Jewish Riots in Russia continued to excite the greatest indignation. All the daily papers had leading articles on the subject. Relief committees were formed in the prin...

"In reply to your notice, No. 3915, without date, I hasten to inform you that in Roumania, no lists for signatures may be laid out in the streets and public places, except on th...

During the latter part of December 1867 and nearly the whole of January 1868 he was confined to his chamber at Ramsgate by a severe attack of bronchitis, and was just about to s...

PREPARATIONS FOR THE GREAT EXHIBITION--FRESH MEASURES AGAINST THE RUSSIAN JEWS--COMPLAINTS FROM ROME--NEWS FROM DAMASCUS--BARON LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD TAKES THE OATH ON THE OLD TE...

It had been Sir Moses' intention, when setting out on his Mission, to proceed direct to Jassy, but he was advised to go to Bucharest first, and to place the petition in the hand...

In June he sent despatches to the Board which he had received, referring to the serious persecution and cruel treatment to which the Jews of Zargkoon, in Persia, had been subjec...

SIR MOSES PRESENTED TO THE QUEEN ON BEING MADE A BARONET--UKASE OF THE CZAR--THE AFFAIR OF DEIR-EL-KAMAR--SIR MOSES' INTERVIEWS WITH LOUIS-PHILIPPE, M. GUIZOT, AND LORD NORMANBY...

"SIR,--Knowing your sympathy for the sufferings of your co-religionists everywhere, I take the liberty to address you on behalf of the Jews of Shiraz, who are at present reduced...

"_1st._ That it is true that the child Edgar, when a little more than one year old, was taken ill, but only of a slight ailment very common among children, and the child's state...

The year 1860 opens with the record of a satisfactory reply from the Turkish Government to Sir Moses' petition respecting the building of the Juda Touro Almshouses in Jerusalem,...

the safety of the Hebrew community. A lady who had dined with them the previous night was so much alarmed as to dread returning home to the Ghetto. Two gentlemen, besides her hu...

During the first part of the year 1861 Sir Moses continued to give attention to various pursuits of a financial, communal, and political character, and devoted much time to the...

Numerous letters now arrived from all parts of the Continent describing the Anti-Semitic movement in Germany; hundreds of communications reached him also from Russia, describing...

_November 14th_.--Mr Weekes, the sculptor, who five months previously had submitted to Sir Moses a model of the bust of the Archbishop of Canterbury, which, with the consent of...

The Executive Committee of the Sir Moses Montefiore Testimonial, engaged since the beginning of 1876 in promoting the object in view, held frequent meetings to consider the best...

Already in the beginning of the year, "Sir Moses Montefiore Memorial Committees" had been formed in many parts of the world, also in London. By the kind permission of the Right...

_January 26th, 1866._--Sir Moses had the satisfaction of hearing from the Foreign Office that the grievances of which the Jews of Persia complained, and which were happily now a...

Twenty-four years having now passed since Sir Moses made the entry in his diary on the desirability of having a railway between Jaffa and Jerusalem, without his having witnessed...

_Thursday, November 22nd._--The City of London presented an address to Sir Moses. This was unanimously voted by the Court of Common Council, on the motion of Mr Loveridge, secon...

CARDINAL ANTONELLI DECLARES THE ABDUCTION OF THE CHILD MORTARA "A CLOSED QUESTION"--THE DELUSION ABOUT THE PASSOVER CAKES SPREADS TO ROME--UNEASY FEELING AMONG THE JEWS IN THAT...

Lady Montefiore was still very unwell, and Sir Moses himself was so ill at Dover that he could not leave his couch in the morning after his arrival; but there was no time for hi...

Cardinal Antonelli declares the Abduction of the Child Mortara "A Closed Question"--The Delusion about the Passover Cakes spreads to Rome--Uneasy Feeling among the Jews in that...

Address to the Czar on the occasion of the Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh--The Czar's Reply--Death of Sir Moses' Sister, Mrs. Cohen--Sir Moses reads his own Obitu...

The Polish and Russian Jews and the Question of Agriculture--The Jewish Disabilities in Parliament again--The Chartist Riots--Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore depart for the Holy L...

Preparations for the Great Exhibition--Fresh Measures against the Russian Jews--Complaints from Rome--News from Damascus--Baron Lionel de Rothschild takes the Oath on the Old Te...

Toussoun Pasha stays on a visit to Sir Moses--Sir Moses re-elected President of the Board of Deputies--The Indian Mutiny--Monetary Panic--The Jewish Disabilities at last removed...

The Prince of Wales and Sir Moses--Consecration of Judith College--Napoleon III. a Prisoner of War--Serious Charges against the Jews of Damascus in the _Times_ Newspaper--Sir Mo...

Sir Moses presented to the Queen on being made a Baronet--Ukase of the Czar--The affair of Deir-el-Kámár--Sir Moses' Interviews with Louis-Philippe, M. Guizot, and Lord Normanby...

The Mission to Morocco--Tangier--Liberation of two Prisoners--Deputation of Moors--Sir Moses successfully Intercedes for them--Death of Sir Moses' Sister, Mrs. Goldsmid--Oppress...

A Hospital for Jerusalem--Distribution of Relief in Palestine--Battle of the Alma--Sir Moses again sets out for the East--He receives the Order of the Medjidjeh--His Second Inte...

The Sultan permits the Building of the Jerusalem Almshouses--Concession for a Carriage-Road from Jaffa to Jerusalem--Sir Moses champions the Persecuted Christians of Syria--Puni...

Serious Outbreak against the Jews at Berlad--Sir Moses appeals to the Moldavian Government--The Reply--Repressive Bill affecting the Jews--The Galatz Incident--Lord Shaftesbury...