Uncategorized MALTA UNDER LT. GOV. PONSONBY 5 Aug 202510 Jun 2026 Governship of Malta under Lieutenant General Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (1827 - 1835) Introduction Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, an English major-general in the British army and an aristocrat, had fought in…
Articles in English… Transport on land in early British Malta (c. 1830 – 1840) 20 May 202111 Jun 2026 TRANSPORT in MALTA in the EARLY BRITISH PERIOD as recounted by Dominique Miège (1841) Introduction Dominique Miège was the resident French Consul to Malta in the early 1830's and must…
Articles in English… How the Maltese made merry in the 19th century 29 Apr 202111 Jun 2026 Introduction Throughout the 19th century, the Maltese folk hardly had anything to feel happy about. What with a large percentage of them employed only sporadically, and hundreds others begging in…