Departure from Jerusalem--Arrival in England--Projected Railway from Jaffa to Jerusalem--Lord Palmerston's Views--The Firman Hháti-Hoomáyoon--Lord Stratford de Redcliffe 56
Fifth Visit to the Holy Land--Maltese Jews and their Grievances--Cairo, Jaffa, Lydda, and Geeb--Arrival in Jerusalem--The Appeal Fund Institutions 63
Toussoun Pasha stays on a visit to Sir Moses--Sir Moses re-elected President of the Board of Deputies--The Indian Mutiny--Monetary Panic--The Jewish Disabilities at last removed--Sir Moses presents Toussoun Pasha to the Queen 72
The Case of the Abduction of Edgar Mortara--Strange Theory about Baptism--Sir Moses interests Himself in the Matter--Action of the Evangelical Society--Discouraging Opinions 82
Cardinal Antonelli declares the Abduction of the Child Mortara "A Closed Question"--The Delusion about the Passover Cakes spreads to Rome--Uneasy Feeling among the Jews in that City--Shameful Attempts to get up Testimony against Them--Interview with Cardinal Antonelli--Sir Moses leaves Rome 90
Interview with the Duc de Grammont--Another Ukase--Influential Protest in the Mortara Case--Persecution in Roumania--Attitude of the French and Turkish Governments towards the Jews 100
The Sultan permits the Building of the Jerusalem Almshouses--Concession for a Carriage-Road from Jaffa to Jerusalem--Sir Moses champions the Persecuted Christians of Syria--Punishment of the Culprits--Disquieting Reports from Damascus 109
Appeal from the Jews of Damascus--Lord John Russell's Action--The Mortara Case again--Serious Illness of Lady Montefiore 116
Affairs in Syria--Lord Palmerston's Advice--Death of the Duchess of Kent--Acquittal of one of the Accused Jews at Damascus--Favourable News from Moldavia--Death of the Prince Consort 125
The Jaffa and Jerusalem Railway--Lord Dufferin--Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore's Golden Wedding--Death of Lady Montefiore 133
Burial of Lady Montefiore--Sir Moses sets out for Jerusalem--Interview with Sultan Abd-Ool-Azeez--Abandonment of the Journey to the Holy Land--More Persecutions in Morocco--Sir Moses proceeds there on a Mission 139
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 148