one moment were wandering
away from happy England to the burning sands of the African deserts,
and at another, to the frozen rivers and the snow-covered forests of
the north of Russia. This was owing to a visit which he had received
from Mr Erith, a Mogador merchant, who gave him a very cheering
prospect of the success which might be expected if he were to appeal
to the Emperor of Morocco for a firman, to place the Jews in the same
position as his other subjects; and to some letters he received from
several trustworthy sources, giving disheartening accounts of the
state of the Jews in Russia, to the following effect:--

"The Ukase ordering the Jews to remove from the frontier provinces to
the interior is now being carried into effect. This measure affects
nearly one hundred thousand persons. The families receive passports,
delivered by the Magistrates, indicating the place to which they are
to go, and only a few days after they have received the passport, they
must sell all their property and convert it into money."

CHAPTER XXXIX.

1844.

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.

The first few months of the year 1844 appeared, according to a
statement in the _Koenigsberg Gazette_, to give some hope for an
improvement in the condition of Sir Moses' co-religionists in Russia.

The paper says:--

"The famous Ukase against the Jews, of the 20th April
1844 (2nd May), seems to be adjourned. The Emperor
himself has given orders to the Minister of the Interior
to present him with a minute report on the situation and
property of the Jews in the villages and frontier towns,
before the terrible Ukase is put into execution. This
sudden change has produced so much the more joy among
the unfortunate Jews, as rigorous measures had already
been taken for the execution of the Ukase, as well as
the decree of the Senate, dated January 10 (22) 1884. It
is to Sir Moses Montefiore and the interference of many
members _of the nobility_ that thirty thousand Jews
perhaps owe the entire revocation of this law."

As for Morocco, where, during the bombardment of Mogador, the Jews,
together with other inhabitants, had been great sufferers, Sir Moses
wrote a letter to the editor of the _Times_, directing his attention
to the fact, and showing that the committee in London had correctly
es