Imperial Majesty has
already given to my reports, emboldens me to hope that
the existing restrictions calculated to impede the
well-being of my Russian brethren will be speedily
removed. By this means I feel assured will not only
their happiness and prosperity be promoted, but their
character as good, useful, and most loyal subjects will
be abundantly testified.

"I trust that the documents to which I have referred
will satisfy the Committee that the Israelites of His
Majesty's Empire are not of an idle disposition, but, on
the contrary, most of them are anxious to cultivate
land, and even pray for such occupation, and that under
the fostering protection of His Imperial Majesty they
will gladly apply themselves to industrial pursuits.

"On the whole, my heart is filled with hope that the
honourable and distinguished Committee will take into
consideration, the circumstances of extreme misery in
which the great body of Israelites in His Majesty's
Empire is placed, and that the Committee will kindly and
speedily proceed to the arduous, but noble and sacred,
task of carrying out the intentions of His Imperial
Majesty to a most happy and glorious conclusion.

"In fine I beg to express to your Excellency my
sincerest acknowledgments for the kind and condescending
manner in which your Excellency was pleased to convey
to me your very gratifying communication; and with
fervent prayers that your Excellency may soon find the
happy opportunity of signifying to me some good tidings
of the progress which may have been made in the further
extension of His Imperial Majesty's favour to my
brethren, I have the honour to remain, with the most
profound respect, your Excellency's humble servant,

(Signed) "Moses Montefiore."

We now return to the diary of 1846, in the entries of which, from June
20th to the end of the year, we find a succession of pleasing
evidences of the motives which prompted him and Lady Montefiore to
undertake the journey to Russia.

In an interview which he had with Sir Robert Peel, the latter told him
that he would be happy to do everything, either privately or publicly,
to forward his benevolent objects; that he would write to Count
Nesselrode to say that he had seen the favourable impression made on
the public mind by Sir Moses' report of the promises made to him; and
that, if His Excellency rightly valued its effect, those promises
wou