-Sir Moses attended a meeting at the City of London
Tavern, for the benefit of the London Fever Hospital; Lord Devon in
the chair. It was not well attended, but the collection was good. He
was afterwards present at a dinner given by the Sheriffs to the
Judges. Justice Allan Parke sat next to him, and the Vice-Chancellor
next to Sir George Carrol, who was in the chair.
_Friday, June 15th._--Sir Moses left home at twelve o'clock in his
state carriage, the servants in full livery, and himself in black
court dress, sword and chain. He called on the Recorder, who
accompanied him to the Mansion House, where a luncheon was prepared.
At one o'clock the Lord Mayor in his half-state carriage with four
horses and outriders, the Sheriffs in their state carriages, and some
of the Aldermen in theirs, set out in procession for the Swan Tavern,
Stratford. They held there a Court of Conservancy for the county of
Essex, after which they proceeded to Blackwall, and crossed the water
in the city state barge, which was decorated in grand style with
banners and flags. At four they held a Court for the county of Kent,
at the Crown and Sceptre, and dined there.
_June 19th._--Sir Moses accompanied the Common Sergeant to the Court
at the Old Bailey, after which he attended the Lord Mayor at the
Mansion House, and proceeded in state to the Borough Town Hall, where
a Court of Conservancy was held for the county of Surrey. Thence the
procession moved on towards the Swan Hotel, near Westminster Bridge,
where a Court was held for the county of Middlesex. "Afterwards," says
Sir Moses, "we drove to the city, and I left the Recorder at the Old
Bailey. Then I joined the Lord Mayor and Sir George Carrol, and held a
Court of Hustings."
_Thursday, June 21st._--After spending the morning at the Old Bailey,
he went with Lady Montefiore to the Queen's Drawing-Room, Sir George
and Lady Carrol accompanying them in their state carriage.
On June 22nd Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore went to Ramsgate for a few
days, where they celebrated the anniversary of the dedication of their
Synagogue, and that of their wedding day, returning three days later
to London. The time having arrived for the election of Sheriffs for
the ensuing year, Sir Moses went in his state carriage to the Mansion
House, thence in procession with the Lord Mayor in his state carriage
(drawn by six horses with six footmen walking before him) and Sir
George Carrol in his state equipage, to the
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