...Guard by order of Sir Thomas Maitland has a pleasant sound to English ears, but is nevertheless true " The love of the Maltese and the voice of Europe confirms these islands to great and invincible Britain." The Order of St. John of Jerusalem still exists at Rome, but has no longer any connection with Malta....

...forts in Valletta, known as the Cavaliers of St. John and St. James, were with the utmost difficulty persuaded to surrender them without an independent...consequences of that love." THE END INDEX ARMOURY, 66 Aubcrges, 52 — 54 Bajazet, 16, 30 Balconies, 61 Ball, Sir Alexander, 78 Baracca, upper and lower,...

...Kentucky whisky ; here's how" — and they did. On the main guard entrance I read, "Treaty of Paris, 1814, the love of the Maltese and the voice of Europe confirms these islands to great and invincible Great Brtiain." This is memorable, but I shall remember Malta for several other reasons ; its old library,...

...INSULAS CONFIRMANT AD 1814". Its English translation has been rendered: "To Great and Unconquered Britain the Love of the Maltese and the Voice of Europe confirms these Islands AD 1814" (Luke, Malta, 98). For pensions paid by the British Government to former Knights see PP 1821...