Letter
“palmerston.” to In 1865 Mr. Wood reported that he had sent to Malta a Maltese family consisting of a widow and minor children, who had been induced by distress to embrace the Mahomedan religion. As the children of a Maltese father, during their minority, remained British subjects, and it was assumed that the application made for their removal to Malta had been at the instance of their next relation or friend, Mr. Wood’s proceedings were approved. Queen’s advocate, January 13, 1865, January 16, 1840
Lord Palmerston to Sir T. Read. “January 16, 1840. “Sir: Mr. Ancram, in his dispatch No. 14, of the 2d of June, 1838, reported the case of a young Maltese…