... by your Excellency or the Governorin-Chief an answer cannot with truth be made by the General or State Governments of the United States that the people of the Province have done anything contrary to the treaties existing between that country and Great ...

... royal commission to these persons, called the attention of the commissioners to a variety of subjects, all connected with the civil government of the island of Malta, but that which be did not mention—certainly it was not excluded—wera the words free press ...