Address and Testimonial from the Jews--Sir Moses' Speech in reply--Death of the Duke of Sussex--The Deportation Ukase in Russia--Opening of the New Royal Exchange--Sir Moses made Sheriff of Kent 313
Affairs in Morocco--Letter to the Emperor--His Reply--Deputation to Sir Robert Peel--Death of Lady Montefiore's Brother Isaac--Sir Moses sets out for Russia 320
Perils of Russian Travelling in Winter--Arrival at St Petersburg--Interviews with Count Nesselrode and the Czar--Count Kisseleff's Prejudices 328
Count Kisseleff is more Conciliatory--Sir Moses sets out for Wilna--Arrival at Wilna--The Jews' Answers to the Charges of Russian Officials 339
The Jewish Schools at Wilna--Wilcomir--Deplorable Condition of the Hebrew Community in that Town--Kowno--Warsaw 344
Deputation from Krakau--The Polish Jews and their Garb--Sir Moses leaves Warsaw--Posen, Berlin, and Frankfort--Home 351
Sir Moses receives the Congratulations of his English Co-religionists--His Exhaustive Report to Count Kisseleff--Examination of the Charges against the Jews--Their Alleged Disinclination to engage in Agriculture 359
Report to Count Ouvaroff on the State of Education among the Jews in Russia and Poland--Vindication of the Loyalty of the Jews 374
Report to Count Kisseleff on the State of the Jews in Poland--Protest against the Restrictions to which they were subjected 381
The Czar's Reply to Sir Moses' Representations--Count Ouvaroff's Views--Sir Moses again writes to Count Kisseleff--Sir Moses is created a Baronet 385
BIRTH OF SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE AT LEGHORN--HIS FAMILY--EARLY YEARS.
The neighbourhood of the Tower of London was, a hundred years ago, the centre of attraction for thousands of persons engaged in financial pursuits, not so much on account of the protection which the presence of the garrison might afford in case of tumult, as of the convenience offered by the locality from its vicinity to the wharves, the Custom House, the Mint, the Bank, the Royal Exchange, and many important counting-houses and places of business. For those who took an interest in Hebrew Communal Institutions, it possessed the additional advantage of being within ten minutes or a quarter of an hour's walk of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue and the Great German Synagogue, together with their Colleges and Schools, and several minor places of worship.