XLIII. On the late plague at Malta

Abstract

* At Vallett~,some years ago, du,-il~ the funeral procession of the late Admiral Sir A. J. Bait, the civil commi~sio,,er, ~hose excellent qualiLies had endt;ated him to e~'ery class of the inhabitants; a Maltese was hea!'(t to say to another, " What a pity that so good a man should go to hell[" During his fatal illness tire Bishop of Malta l/'aid Sir Alexander sct'erai visits, the drift of which may be easily eonediv6d. To have gai~ed ore,: such a proselyte would have been a ereat trit,,~q~h,