, and on his way back called on Mr N. M. de Rothschild. On
the evening of the same day he attended the anniversary meeting of the
Society for the management and distribution of the Literary Fund, the
Marquis of Lansdowne in the chair, supported by the Marquis of
Northampton, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and many literary
celebrities, including Thomas Moore, Bulwer, and Dickens. The
President paid the Sheriffs a handsome compliment in proposing their
healths. Messrs Rothschild had requested Sir Moses to give L20 in
their names, which, he remarked, was extremely well received.

_May 27th._--He went in the forenoon to the Vestry of the Spanish and
Portuguese Hebrew Community, it being the day appointed for the
election of their Deputies. The ballot was to close at three o'clock,
and he was subsequently told that he had been elected.

_May 28th._--On his way to the city Sir Moses called on his colleague,
and gave him an invitation he had received from the Duke of Sussex for
himself and Lady Carrol. They then went to the Lord Mayor and invited
him to take the chair at their dinner on the 13th June, at the
Merchant Taylors' Hall, which he agreed to do. Sir Moses writes: "He
had not yet received his invitation from the Duke of Sussex, and
seemed rather uneasy about it."

_May 30th._--As this was the first day of the Pentecost Festival, Sir
Moses walked to the city, and attended service in the Synagogue there.
On his return to Park Lane he walked with Lady Montefiore to the
King's Arms, Kensington, where they had taken rooms the day before,
and where they found a cold collation spread for them. This last, as
well as both their court dresses, had been conveyed there from Park
Lane on the preceding day.

"From our sitting-room," Sir Moses writes, "we had an excellent view
of the company going to the palace, as well as of the Queen and her
attendants in three royal carriages, escorted by a troop of Horse
Guards. After ten o'clock dear Judith went to the palace in a sedan
chair, and I walked there. There were many hundred carriages, and
thousands of persons. The appearance of the rooms, galleries, and
company was magnificent beyond description. The Duke of Sussex
received the company, and spoke very kindly to Judith and myself. In
the second chamber Lady Cecilia Underwood was at the door, and greeted
us most kindly. The Queen was also in this room, and near to her the
Duchess of Kent and the other members of the Royal Famil