Sir Moses immediately sent a telegram to the President and Secretary of the Board of Deputies of the British Jews, appointing a meeting with them in London. At the time mentioned, these gentlemen came to him, and he read them the dispatches he had received. It was then agreed to call a meeting of Deputies for the earliest day possible. A letter was also drawn up for the Foreign Office.
On the following Tuesday, a meeting of the Board of Deputies was held, and Sir Moses was invited to proceed to Saffi, an offer which he readily accepted.
November 12th.—He went to the Foreign Office for his letters of introduction, and also called at the Mansion House to see the Lord Mayor and several of the Aldermen, who took a great interest in his Mission.
November 14th.—Prayers were offered up for him in all the Synagogues in London and the country.
November 16th.—We find Sir Moses at Dover, accompanied by Mr Haim Guedalla, Mr Sampson Samuel, the Secretary and Solicitor of the Board of Deputies, and Dr Hodgkin; proceeding to the Lord Warden Hotel, with the intention of remaining there over night, in order to be ready to leave the next morning for Calais. Many friends being anxious to express their good wishes, they came in the evening to see him, and remained till a late hour. Even then he did not retire, but continued writing and making arrangements, until he was entreated by his physician to take some rest.
CHAPTER XVIII.
1863.
THE MISSION TO MOROCCO—TANGIER—LIBERATION OF TWO PRISONERS—DEPUTATION OF MOORS—SIR MOSES SUCCESSFULLY INTERCEDES FOR THEM—DEATH OF SIR MOSES' SISTER, MRS GOLDSMID—OPPRESSIVE REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE JEWS IN MOROCCO—FAVOURABLE EDICT OF THE SULTAN.
I SHALL now give the reader a resumé of the Mission of Morocco, using for the more important episodes Sir Moses' own words as contained in his letters to the President of the Board of Deputies.