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“...erected near the Military
[Hospital at Hastings.
, The old barracks form a group of two-storied buildings
ferranged in an irregular square about the Savannah,
“which used to be regarded as the finest parade ground in
Ithe West Indies.
I At the cross roads beyond the Grand Stand is another
Isomewhat severe monument, to the memory of Lieut -
Colonel Patrick Henderson and of the officers and men of
the Royal York Rangers who fell in action in the cam-
Ipaign in Martinique, the Saintes, and Guadeloupe in
[1809-10. It is inscribed :
Sacred
I TO THE
I Memory of Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Henderson
I, of the York Light Infantry Volunteers
Who expired at Guadeloupe, as Major Commanding
.the Royal York Rangers, on the 28th of August 1810
IGNORANT OF THE PROMOTION CONFERRED UPON HIM
by his Sovereign for his brilliant and important
SERVICES AT THE HEAD OF THIS CORPS DURING THE
CAMPAIGNS OF 1809 AND l8lO,
AT
Martinique and Guadeloupe.
This Tablet
is INSCRIBED
S BY
Lieutenant-General Sir George Beckwith,...”
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“...from this spot. The old Dutch and French forts, the
buildings of which have long since been levelled to the
ground, were quite near by. The principal buildings in
Scarborough are the Government offices, police barracks,
Anglican, Wesleyan, and Roman Catholic churches,
Court-house, Royal Gaol, and Colonial Hospital. The
town has branches of Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial,
and Overseas), and the Royal Bank of Canada.
Government House, where the Governor and Judges
reside when they visit the island, is half a mile from
Scarborough. In the grounds there is a graveyard in
which are the graves of the wife, son and two daughters,
ob. 1823, 1820, 1819, and i820 respectively, of Major-
General Sir Frederick Robinson, Governor of Tobago
from 1816 to 1828, and the grave of Sir William Young,
his predecessor, afterwards Member of Parliament, and
a recognised authority on West Indian affairs. It is
pathetic to picture Sir Frederick living his lonely life in
the house near by after his wife and three...”
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“...much of the bush and undergrowth was cleared
away, the ruins of many buildings, the existence of which
had been forgotten, were brought to light. Among
others were a hospital and barracks, which, it is said, had
only just been completed when the hill was abandoned.
A profitable lime-burning industry is carried on by the
Government, under the charge of the Director of Public
Works, at the foot of the hill.
The next place which deserves a visit is St. Thomas’
Church at Middle Island (3 miles farther), in the church-
yard of which—under a roof to protect it from the
elements—is the tomb of Sir Thomas Warner, the
founder of the colony. This great coloniser died at St.
Kitts on March 10th, 1648, universally respected. His
tomb is inscribed:
An Epitaph vpon The-----
Noble & Mych Lamented Gent’ Sir
Tho Warner K Lievtenant
General of ye Carribee
Ieland & Gover of ye
Ieland of St Christ
who departed this
LIFE OF IO OF
March 1648.
First Read, then weepe when thou art hereby taught,
That Warner lyes...”
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“...ministers were soon sent out. In 1664 there
was but one church in the whole island (at Spanish
Town), “ being a fair Spanish Church ruined by the old
soldiers but lately in some .measure repaired by Sir
Charles Lyttelton.”
In Mulberry Garden, the present Poor House, there is
a noble tamarind tree under which, it is said, Colonels
Raymond and Tyson were shot for conspiracy in 1660.
Eagle House, which stands behind the Public Hospital
in King Street, is full of historic associations. Locally
it is known as John Crow House, from the eagle which
surmounts one of its gate-posts. It is said to have been
the residence of William O’Brien, second Earl of
Inchiquin, Governor of Jamaica 1660-61.
To Bog Walk (boca de agua, or water’s mouth), a very
beautiful gorge of the Rio Cobre, is a charming drive
from Spanish Town. A pleasant excursion can be made
from Kingston by taking the early morning train to
Spanish Town, and driving thence through the gorge to
the village of Bog Walk. At the lower end is...”
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“...much cere-
mony m one of the niches in the cemetery behind San Lazaro
hospital. Some little time later, a party of students from
Havana University were alleged to have spoken disrespectfully
of Castaflon and to have desecrated his tomb. This enraged
the Spanish Volunteers, who demanded vengeance. It being
impossible to ascertain which of the students were guilty an
entire class consisting of forty young men was arrested and tried
by court martial. So great was the outcry that no lawyer
could be found to defend their case, until a Spanish officer
whose name, Capedevilla, deserves to be remembered offered
, T,his brave man conducted the defence with such
ability that the Court could do nothing else but acquit the boys.
This made the Volunteers still more angry, and they insisted
that the young men should be tried by court martial, and that
two-thirds of the judges should be officers of their force. The
Captain-General foolishly yielded to the request, and the un-
fortunate boys, not one of...”
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