The Penn's Grove record., 1885-09-19
PERSONAL RE@.~.sUeNcES
~ sir Moses M~outsnore.

and VeTy OIttu AStOAAC0
ness with which be had invariably
been treated when visiting St Peters
burg on behalf Of his c~oreliglonists.
he considered the Gear Nicholas a
''tourb subject" and used to tell
how when he pleaded for q little
more liberal treatment Of the Russian
Iowa. he had 10 be content with the
Autoorat's assurance ''thst he would
see. He would see" de certainly at.
tributed the anti-Jewish ordinances
issued by this Czsr-as, indeed, those
also of his successor Alexander H.
10 the influence OF certain important
personages surrounding him; and m
proof of Nicholas kindly sentiments per
soually towards the Jew, Sir Moses
gave. on one occasion, q good in
stance. that had been brought to has
oogpizsnce in Warsaw. In violation OF
the law which exempts, or formerly ex-
empted, the only son OF a widow 0
military service, the Commander OF the
Wsr.aS district had forciblY taken,
among the recruits Of the year. the
only child Of a poor Jewess. She
prepared a petition to the Emperor,
and. by favor, it was duly placed IN
his hand when he came to Praga. He
ordered the Commandant before him
n demanded an explanation. The
officer assured his Majesty that the
Jewess had really two sons, and he
az In dutv bound-had only taken the
eldest, You are sure that it is the
eldest you haye %taken," demanded the
Car. Certainly, your Majesty an
swered the officer. "Well," retorted
the Sovereign, eve must not lose a
soldier; so we will accommodate matters.
Give back the eldest son whom you
have. aud take the second o for
service" The device was worthy of a
Solomon. the poor widow received
back her boy, and the Commandant
abstained from any further report about
the missing recruit,
Sir Moses occasionally referred to hle
Introduction to Napoleon I'LL, who
impressed him very favorably. DE
had an audience of the Emperor twice,
once in reference to the Mortara case,
and once about the Damascus stone" q
matter that ''worried him"-as he put
it-for more than twenty years. After
the ''blood. affairs" IN Damascus, con
peauent upon he disappearance OF
Father Tomasi, the Catholics had q
atone placed in the Church with an
inscription setting forth that Pere To-
mast had been murdered by the Jews.
This circumstance was brought TO SlI
Moses knowledge, and he bestirred him.
self, as may be imagined. actively &c
have the lying record obliteratod. He
wrote to the French Consul and to the
English representatives; he made appli
cation to the Catholic See, but all ID
vain. For twenty years be moved
every person, high or low, with whom
he came into contact to secure the re.
movaI OF the inscription. He saw Lord
Palmerston, who said he could do moth
ing, as France was so intensely jealous
OF ANYTHING like interference with her
inter ests in Syria. He tried the Due
de Persigny. de Morny, and lastly the
Emperor of the French himself. But.
though one and all expressed sympathy
with him, nothing came of all his
efforts. ''But," as he was fond of re-
peatlng, "what l could not accomplish
for my brethren, Providence did for
them. The SANDER about Father 10.
mast had been standing for some twenty
years, when 10, one fine morning the
Druses rose and came down upon the
city, plundered the district, and de-
stroyed the Church, leaving not one
stone standing upon another, and obltt-
Grating for good all the falsehood about
the Priest murdered by my corelis
ionists."
1t was during his Shrievslty that Sir
Moses was first brought into contact
with the late Earl RusselI-Lord John
Russell, as he then was. This states
mai was at that time Secretary OF State
for Home Affairs, and it vas at the
Home Office that Sir Moses first made
his acquaintance. He came on behalf
OF a soldier condemned to death for the
murder of a comrade, and the date of
whose execution had already been fixed.
According to Sir Moses account the
circumstances were as follows. The
Duchess OF Kent had given a ball at
Kensington P~,lsce, and the soldier re-
ferred to had been n OF the extra-sen-
tries placed on duty for the occasion.
1t was a bitter GOLD night, and the
Du,hess, in the goodness Of her heart,
ordered some hot grog to be distributes
10 the men on guard outside. So Libe-
rally, In the case OF u poor sentry,
was the order OF her Grace construed
that when the guard came round be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock to re-
lieve him he was so far intoxicated that
he refused to turn out of his boxl In
natp sba aan,aa,f IN nnD1n md nr1araA
in vain he coaxed. In his drunken
stup )r the man continued obstinate; he
wouid not bulge. The sergeant, an
intimate friend, sent his four men a few
steps on, and himself came forward to
try what persuasion would do. "If
y0u move" cried the sentry, levelling
his musket, ''IIl fire." The sergeant
dad move, the sentry fred, and the for
mel fell dead on the spot. The upshot
of the matter was. the soldier was con
demned to death. The Duchess of
Kent, to whom representations were
made, felt herself constrained to use her
influence in order to obtain some miti-
CATION of the sentence under the cir
cumstances And the two Sheritls, Sir
Moses Montetiore and Sir George Oar
rol, waited upon Lord John Russell in
order to lay before him the facts above
narrated. Sir NJ ises often described
his interview with Lord John, and the
impression produced upon him by that
statesman. He was the most cold
blooded man / ever saw" the philan-
thropist was wont to say. "He listened
without the least emotion to all we
urged, and with an is that all You have
to say gentlemen he dismissed us"
In the end, however, the poor nan for
whom they pleaded received a free par
don, but was killed a short time after
wards by the fail OF q tree in Richmond
Park.
"GWzot had a thorough.g going dis
like of Jews, and never hesitated about
giving expression to it. And of all
jews he least liked the Rothscbilds,
and invariably spoke of the charitable
Madame de Rothschild as that jew
woman On one occasion-Slr Moses
related he was in company with Gui-
got, when Madame de Rothschild vas
announced. "Ah," exclaimed the his
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