Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume pot

CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER XXI. CHAPTER XXII. CHAPTER XXIII. CHAPTER XXIV. CHAPTER XXV. CHAPTER XXVI. CHAPTER XXVII. 1 CHAPTER XXVIII. CHAPTER XXIX. CHAPTER XXX. CHAPTER XXXI. CHAPTER XXXII. CHAPTER XXXIII. CHAPTER XXXIV. CHAPTER XXXV. CHAPTER XXXVI. CHAPTER XXXVII. CHAPTER XXXVIII. CHAPTER XXXIX. CHAPTER XL. CHAPTER XLI. CHAPTER XLII. CHAPTER XLIII. CHAPTER XLIV. CHAPTER XLV. CHAPTER XLVI. CHAPTER XLVII. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER XXI. CHAPTER XXII. CHAPTER XXIII. CHAPTER XXIV. CHAPTER XXV. CHAPTER XXVI. CHAPTER XXVII. CHAPTER XXVIII. CHAPTER XXIX. CHAPTER XXX. CHAPTER XXXI. CHAPTER XXXII. 2 CHAPTER XXXIII. CHAPTER XXXIV. CHAPTER XXXV. CHAPTER XXXVI. CHAPTER XXXVII. CHAPTER XXXVIII. CHAPTER XXXIX. CHAPTER XL. CHAPTER XLI. CHAPTER XLII. CHAPTER XLIII. CHAPTER XLIV. CHAPTER XLV. CHAPTER XLVI. CHAPTER XLVII. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, by Sir Moses Montefiore and Judith Montefiore The Project Gutenberg EBook of Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I, by Sir Moses Montefiore and Judith Montefiore This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 Author: Sir Moses Montefiore Judith Montefiore Editor: Dr. L. Loewe Release Date: August 2, 2008 [EBook #26170] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SIR MOSES, LADY MONTEFIORE, VOL. I *** Produced by David Starner, Roberta Staehlin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file made from images generously made available by Seforim Online.) [Illustration: REPRODUCED FROM A PHOTOGRAPH ON PORCELAIN IN THE POSSESSION OF MRS LOEWE TAKEN AT THE AGE OF 80 HELIOG LEMERCIER Et Cie PARIS] DIARIES OF Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, by Sir Moses Montefiore and Judith Montefiore 3 SIR MOSES AND LADY MONTEFIORE COMPRISING THEIR LIFE AND WORK AS RECORDED IN THEIR DIARIES FROM 1812 TO 1883. WITH THE ADDRESSES AND SPEECHES OF SIR MOSES; HIS CORRESPONDENCE WITH MINISTERS, AMBASSADORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF PUBLIC BODIES; PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF HIS MISSIONS IN THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY; FIRMANS AND EDICTS OF EASTERN MONARCHS; HIS OPINIONS ON FINANCIAL, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS, AND ANECDOTES AND INCIDENTS REFERRING TO MEN OF HIS TIME, AS RELATED BY HIMSELF. EDITED BY DR L. LOEWE, MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND OF THE SOCIETE ASIATIQUE OF PARIS OF THE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY OF LONDON, ETC (ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE MISSION TO DAMASCUS AND CONSTANTINOPLE UNDER THE LATE SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE BART, IN THE YEAR 1840). ASSISTED BY HIS SON. In Two Volumes WITH ILLUSTRATIONS VOL. I. CHICAGO: BELFORD-CLARKE CO. 1890. [Illustration: ANCIENT COAT OF ARMS OF THE MONTEFIORE FAMILY, explained on page 6.] (The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved.) Copyright Belford-Clarke Co., Chicago. PREFACE. In submitting to the public the Memoirs, including the Diaries, of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, I deem it desirable to explain the motives by which I have been actuated, as well as the sources from which most of my information has been drawn. The late Sir Moses Montefiore, from a desire to show his high appreciation of the services rendered to the cause of humanity by Judith, Lady Montefiore, his affectionate partner in life, directed the executors of his last will "to permit me to take into my custody and care all the notes, memoranda, journals, and manuscripts in his possession written by his deeply lamented wife, to assist me in writing a Memoir of her useful and blessed life." The executors having promptly complied with these instructions, I soon found myself in possession of five journals by Lady Montefiore, besides many valuable letters and papers, including documents of great Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, by Sir Moses Montefiore and Judith Montefiore 4 importance, as well as of no less than eighty-five diaries of Sir Moses Montefiore, dating from 1814 to 1883, all in his own handwriting. In addition to such facilities for producing a Memoir, I had the special advantage of personally knowing both Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore for many years. There is an entry in the diaries referring to a dinner at the house of one of their relatives on the 27th of November 1835 (where I met them for the first time), and to a visit I subsequently paid them at East Cliff Lodge, Ramsgate, by special invitation, from the 3rd to the 13th of December of the same year. I also had the privilege of accompanying them on thirteen philanthropic missions to foreign lands, some of which were undertaken by both Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, and others by Sir Moses alone after Lady Montefiore's death. The first of these missions took place in the year 1839, and the last in 1874. A no less important circumstance, which I may perhaps be allowed to mention, is, that I was with Sir Moses on the last day of his life, until he breathed his last, and had the satisfaction of hearing from his own lips, immediately before his death, the expression of his approval of my humble endeavours to assist him, as far as lay in my power, in attaining the various objects he had in view. However desirous I might have been to adhere strictly to his wishes, I found it impossible to write a Memoir of Lady Montefiore without making it, at the same time, a Memoir of Sir Moses himself, both of them having been so closely united in all their benevolent works and projects. It appeared to me most desirable, therefore, in order to convey to the reader a correct idea of the contents of the book, to entitle it "The Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore." In order, however, to comply with the instructions of the will, I shall, in giving the particulars of their family descent, first introduce the parentage of Lady Montefiore. To assist the reader in finding the exact month and year referring to Hebrew Communal affairs, I have always given the Hebrew date conjointly with that of the Christian era, more especially as all the entries in the diaries invariably have these double dates. L. LOEWE. 1 Oscar Villas, Broadstairs, Kent, 21st June 1887 (5647 A.M.). CONTENTS. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, by Sir Moses Montefiore and Judith Montefiore 5 CHAPTER I. PAGE Birth of Sir Moses Montefiore at Leghorn His Family Early Years 1 CHAPTER I. 6 CHAPTER II. Early Education Becomes a Stockbroker His Marriage 12 CHAPTER II. 7 CHAPTER III. Extracts from the Diaries Financial Transactions Public Events before and after Waterloo Elected President of the Spanish and Portuguese Hebrew Community 19 CHAPTER III. 8 CHAPTER IV. Daily Life Death of his Brother Abraham An early Panama Canal Project 25 CHAPTER IV. 9 CHAPTER V. First Journey to Jerusalem 36 CHAPTER V. 10 [...]... Life of a Convict Death of Lady Montefiore's Brother 137 22 CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XVIII Bartholomew Fair Sir Moses earns the Thanks of the City Preparations for a Second Journey to the Holy Land The Journey Adventures on Road and River in France 145 23 CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XIX Genoa, Carrara, Leghorn, and Rome Disquieting Rumours Quarantine Precautions Arrival at Alexandria Travel in the Holy Land 153... Reception at Safed Sad Condition of the People Sir Moses' Project for the Cultivation of the Land in Palestine by the Jews Death of the Chief Rabbi of the German Congregation in Jerusalem Tiberias 162 25 CHAPTER XXI 26 CHAPTER XXI Invitation from the Portuguese Congregation at Jerusalem Sanitary Measures in the Holy City The Wives of the Governor of Tiberias visit Lady Montefiore A Pleasant Journey... Jews of Damascus and Rhodes Revival of the old Calumny about killing Christians to put their Blood in Passover Cakes 204 CHAPTER XXVI 31 CHAPTER XXVI Indignation Meetings in London M Crémieux Lord Palmerston's Action Sir Moses starts on a Mission to the East Origin of the Passover Cake Superstition 213 CHAPTER XXVII CHAPTER XXVII Arrival at Leghorn Alexandria Sir Moses' Address to the Pasha Action of. .. in Alexandria Illness of Lady Montefiore 240 34 CHAPTER XXX 35 CHAPTER XXX The English Government and the Pasha Mohhammad Ali and the Slaves The Pasha promises to release the Damascus Prisoners He grants them an "Honourable Liberation" 248 CHAPTER XXXI CHAPTER XXXI Interview with the Pasha Liberation of the Jews of Damascus Public Rejoicings and Thanksgiving Departure of Sir Moses for Constantinople... Mr Montefiore His Recovery Sir David Salomons proposed as Sheriff Visit of the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria to Ramsgate Mr Montefiore's Hospitals Naming of the Vessel Britannia by Mrs Montefiore A Loan of Fifteen Millions 93 CHAPTER XIII 18 CHAPTER XIII Death of Mr N M Rothschild Mr Montefiore visits Dublin Becomes the First Jewish Member of the Royal Society Death of William IV. Mr Montefiore... The Tomb of David Spread of the Plague Mussulman Fanaticism Suspicious Conduct of the Governor of Jerusalem Nayani, Beth Dagon, Jaffa, Emkhalet, and Tantura 180 CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIII Encampment near Mount Carmel State of the Country Child Marriages in the Portuguese Community at Haifa Arrival in Beyrout 188 28 CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXIV On Board the Acheron Sir Moses' Plans on behalf of the Jews... CHAPTER XV Death of Mr Montefiore's Uncle Mr Montefiore rides in the Lord Mayor's Procession Is Knighted His Speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet Presents Petition on behalf of the Jews to Parliament 119 20 CHAPTER XVI 21 CHAPTER XVI Destruction of the Royal Exchange City Traditions "Jews' Walk" Sir Moses dines at Lambeth Palace 130 CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVII Another Petition to Parliament Sir Moses intercedes... Duke of Wellington in furtherance of the Jewish Cause The Duke's Dilatory Tactics Laying the Foundation-stone of the Synagogue at Hereson 78 15 CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XI Lord Brougham and the Jews The Jewish Poor in London Mr Montefiore hands his Broker's Medal to his Brother Dedication of the Synagogue at Hereson The Lords reject the Jewish Disabilities Bill 86 16 CHAPTER XII 17 CHAPTER XII Illness of Mr...CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VI Mr and Mrs Montefiore leave Alexandria A Sea Voyage Sixty Years ago 47 11 CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VII Arrival in England Illness of Mr Montefiore The Struggle for Jewish Emancipation 55 12 CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER VIII Lady Hester Stanhope Her Eccentricities Parliament and the Jews 63 13 CHAPTER IX CHAPTER IX Mr Montefiore presented to the King Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London... Grand Vizir 222 32 CHAPTER XXVIII 33 CHAPTER XXVIII Authentic Accounts of the Circumstances attending the Accusations against the Jews Terrible Sufferings of the Accused Evidence of their Innocence Witnesses in their favour Bastinadoed to Death 229 CHAPTER XXIX CHAPTER XXIX Affairs in the East Ultimatum from the Powers Gloomy Prospects of the Mission Negotiations with the Pasha Excitement in Alexandria . XLVII. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, by Sir Moses Montefiore and Judith Montefiore The Project Gutenberg EBook of Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume. POSSESSION OF MRS LOEWE TAKEN AT THE AGE OF 80 HELIOG LEMERCIER Et Cie PARIS] DIARIES OF Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, by Sir Moses Montefiore and