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“...of the pedestal on February 24th in that year,
j performed the ceremony of unveiling. The inscription
jon the pedestal runs :
To the Memory of
HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT NELSON, K.B.;
Vice-Admiral of the White,
The Preserver of the British West Indies
In a moment of unexampled peril ;
The Hero, whose various and transcendent merits.
Alike conspicuous in address, decision, action
1 AND ACHIEVEMENT
^Throughout his whole unparalleled career of glory
I NO POWERS OF LANGUAGE CAN SUFFICIENTLY DELINEATE,
This Statue
WAS ERECTED BY
The grateful inhabitants of Barbados,
On a spot of ground appropriated to it
By a public grant of
The Colonial Legislature.
In accordance with the solicitations of a
select Committee.
That so sincere though humble a tribute
Of esteem, admiration, and gratitude to their
Illustrious Deliverer
Might be rendered more congenial
To his generous and exalted spirit,
t From the hand of one,
j-Himself a Hero and a Benefactor to this country,
I The first stone of the Pedestal was deposited...”
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“...present site in 1898,
to make room for a statue of Queen Victoria. It now
stands on a pedestal which for some years supported
Bacon’s statue of Rodney, now at Spanish Town.
Sir Charles Metcalfe, who was one of Jamaica’s most
popular Governors, is represented bareheaded and wear-
ing the insignia of the Bath. On the original pedestal
is the following inscription :
This Statue
IS ERECTED IN HONOUR OF
The Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, Bart., k.c.b.
Now Baron Metcalfe
By the grateful inhabitants of Jamaica
IN COMMEMORATION
OF THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM
HIS WISE, JUST AND BENEFICIAL ADMINISTRATION
OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAND
A.D. 1845.
The lower pedestal, erected to receive Rodney’s statue,
is inscribed: This inscription on an earthenware tablet
(similar to those erected by the Royal Society of Arts in
London) was put up by the Institute of Jamaica in 1892.
12 FEET WEST OF THE
CENTRE OF THE PEDESTAL,
Commander Green,
U.S.N. IN 1875 ERECTED THE
LONGITUDE STATION OF
Kingston and foond...”
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“...JAMAICA 269
Beyond the Parish Church and facing down King
Street is a Statue of Queen Victoria from the chisel of
E. Edward Geflowski, erected in 1897 at a cost of £800,
which was voted by the Legislature to commemorate the
Diamond Jubilee. Though the statue was not over-
thrown by the earthquake ten years later, it was turned
about a third of the way round on its pedestal by that
occurrence.
Behind it is Victoria Park, an open space, now adorned
with trees and with a fountain, which was formerly used
as a market and a parade ground for the troops. It was
for many years known as the Parade Garden; but in
1914 the name was, at the suggestion of the local
Victoria League, changed by the Mayor and Corporation
of Kingston to Victoria Park. On February 14th of
that year the ceremony of naming the park was per-
formed by Her Highness Princess Marie Louise, grand-
daughter of Queen Victoria. The statute on the east
side represents Edward J ordan, a native of the island who
took a prominent part...”
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“...provision of a grand staircase was
overlooked when the designs were passed. Opposite
King’s House is the building in which the House of
Assembly used to meet.
The north side of the Square is graced by a stately
memorial to Admiral Rodney, who defeated De Grasse
off Dominica on April 12th, 1782. A temple, with a
cupola and lanthom supported on open arches, and con-
nected with the neighbouring buildings by a colonnade,
shelters a statue of the naval hero by the elder Bacon.
On the front panel of the pedestal is the following
inscription:
GEORG. BRYDG. RODNEY
BARON RODNEY
NAVAL. PRAEL. VICTORI
PRID. ID. APRILIS
A.D., MDCCLXXXII.
BRITANN. PACEM REST.
D.D.D. S.P.Q. JAMAICENSIS.
This may be rendered :
TO GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY
BARON RODNEY
VICTOR IN A SEA FIGHT
ON THE DAY BEFORE THE IDES OF APRIL
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1782.
HE RESTORED PEACE TO BRITAIN.
THE LEGISLATURE AND THE PEOPLE OF JAMAICA
PRESENTED [THIS MEMORIAL],
Rodney is represented as clad in. a short-sleeved tunic
and he has a cloak over...”
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“...Eastern-looking building with a dome and overhanging
roof, contains a library and a museum of plaster casts,
ceramics, etc., bequeathed by Victor Schoelcher (1804-
1893), who was mainly responsible for securing the
emancipation of the slaves in 1848. In Place Barré,
opening out of the Rue Schoelcher, there is a statue of
that worthy by Marquet de Vasselot in front of the well-
built Palais de Justice. Schoelcher is shown protecting
a negro girj in the attire characteristic of Martinique
and the pedestal is inscribed :
" AUCUNB TERRE FRAN5AISE NE PEUT PLUS PORTER D’ESCLAVES !’’
(No French territory will be able to maintain slaves any more.)
On the hill at the head of Rue Schoelcher is a calvary
and chapel from which a superb view of the harbour can
be obtained.
An expedition which can be made in comfort in half a
day or less is to the Baths of Absalon situated in the
mountains to the north-west of the town. The military
camp of Balata (9 km.) is passed en route. Two kilo-
metres beyond it the...”
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“...Spain, the Cortes ordered an investiga-
tion to be made, and after the inquiry the students were pro-
nounced to be guiltless, those sentenced to transportation being
“ pardoned.” Many years afterwards, a son of Castaflon visited
the cemetery, and after examining the tomb in the presence of
a Notary-Public, made a declaration that it had never been
disturbed.
The monument, which was erected by public subscrip-
tion and executed by the Cuban sculptor Saavedra, .
consists of an elaborately carved pedestal supporting a...”
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