e between seven and eight: I suppose
there were more than one hundred and fifty persons. The
procession commenced at half-past eight; the roads were
lined with people, every window filled, also many
scaffoldings. The chapel at Kensal Green was solemn and
grand, being filled with the grand officers of state,
the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, &c., &c. We saw
none of the Tories or Royal Family at the palace, but in
the chapel there were the Duke of Cambridge, chief
mourner; Prince Albert, &c. The ceremony was over at
twelve. I reached home at a quarter to one, and after
breakfast proceeded at once with Lady Montefiore to the
city to attend the funeral service in the Portuguese
Synagogue, where Dr Loewe (who filled the office of
oriental linguist and Hebrew lecturer to his late Royal
Highness) delivered a discourse, at the conclusion of
which we repaired to the great Synagogue of the German
community. There was a funeral service, but no
discourse." "The Jews," Sir Moses says, "have lost an
excellent friend: may he be rewarded with eternal bliss
for his kindness to suffering humanity."

On May 30th the Earl of Thanet informed Sir Moses that Lord Lyndhurst
had given directions for the insertion of his name in the commission
of the peace for the County of Kent.

On July 13th the first step was made for the repeal of the Deportation
Ukase in Russia.

"I called at Baron Brunnow's," he writes. "He was just
stepping into his carriage, dressed in full uniform,
going to celebrate a mass on some public occasion; but
he very kindly insisted on my going into his library,
and returned with me. I gave him the letter I had
received from Koenigsberg, which he read, also the Ukase.
He said he believed the Minister of Justice thought it
was an act of mercy to remove the Jews from the
temptation of smuggling, of which crime many had been
guilty, and, no doubt, the Emperor was of that opinion,
which was the cause of the order. 'It was possible,' he
continued, 'if I were to be at St Petersburg, by
speaking with one and another, my influence might cause
its revocation;' but he advised me to write to Count
Ouvaroff, and, if I showed him the letter, he would
suggest such alterations as he thought would be
advisable. He recommended that no public steps should be
taken in the way of petition to the Emperor, as there
were two years still before the Ukase wo