_March 5th._--Heard there will be no war. The ministers' plan of funding and repaying six millions of the bank has lowered the funds.
_March 17th._--Attended the meeting of the schools; meeting of the society for granting marriage portions to orphans (Spanish and Portuguese Hebrew community).
_March 20th._--The King of Portugal died; The Emperor of Austria dangerously ill; our good king much better.
_April 9th._--Dined with Mr N. M. Rothschild; met there Prince Esterhazy, Duke of St Albans, his brother and two sisters, Lady Augusta Cotton, a son of Lord Coventry, and the Earl of Lauderdale.
_April 13th._--The Emperor Nicholas insists upon the Turks evacuating Moldavia.
_April 16th._--Attended meeting of the elders (Sp. and Port. Synagogue); signed 1171 cheques, dividends of the Alliance, sixteen shillings per share.
_June 20th._--War commences again in India, after Bhurtpore had been stormed by Lord Combermere and peace made with the Burmese, when they had to pay £100,000 sterling, and cede a great extent of the territory.
During the following three months he again devotes much time to communal affairs, attending committees of schools and charitable institutions.
_October 15th._--Political events of great importance attract his attention. He calls with Mr N. M. Rothschild on Prince Esterhazy, who says that Canning and Villele are trying every means to settle a representative constitution for Spain.
_October 22nd._--The entry states, "Received an express that the differences between the Russians and Turks are amicably settled."
_October 29th._--He frequently attends meetings of the elders in this and the following month, also orders blankets for distribution among the poor.
_December 12th._--The king sends a message to the House to the effect that five hundred troops would be sent to Portugal.
_December 14th._--The King of France's speech is considered very warlike.
The diary concludes with the following memorandum:--
"By the blessings of God, prepare for a trip to Jerusalem. Get letters of introduction from Lord Auckland for Malta, and from J. Alexander for Constantinople. Study Italian, French, and Hebrew."
The reader having accompanied Mr and Mrs Montefiore through the first period of their life and work, and seen them deservedly raised to a position enabling them, if so disposed, to take a prominent part in important public movements, I shall now describe all the incidents of note in connection with their pursuits in the second period of their lives.
