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“...first settled (see above)—to Vic-
toria. In the western wing are the Post Office
and the Treasury departments. Trafalgar Square, Trafalgar
which was formerly called the “ Green,” contains Square-
the first statue erected to the memory of Lord -
Nelson. News of the hero’s victory and death
reached Barbados on December 20, 1805; there
was a brilliant illumination on December 23rd
to celebrate the victory, while on January 5 th a
funeral sermon was preached at St. Michael’s
Church on the death of the hero. Subscriptions
were invited towards the erection of the statue,
and ^2300 was subscribed in a few weeks. The
Green was purchased for ^1050, towards which
sum the Legislature contributed ^500. The
statue, which is of bronze, and represents the
Admiral in full uniform, was erected on March
22nd in 1813. Lieutenant-General Sir George
Beckwith, the Governor of Barbados, who had
already laid the first stone of the pedestal on
February 24th, in that year performed the cere-...”
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stately memorial of Admiral Rodney, who defeated
de Grasse off Dominica on 12th April 1782. A
temple, with a cupola and lanthorn supported on
open arches, and connected with the neighbouring
buildings by a colonnade, shelters a statue of this
naval hero by the elder Bacon. The statue is
flanked by two handsome bronze cannon, cast at
Douai in 1748 by Jean Maritz, which were captured
from the Ville de Paris, the magnificent vessel which
was the gift of the city of Paris to Louis XV. One
of these is called “ Le Précipice,” and the other
“ La Modeste,” and they bear the following
inscription:—
ULTIMA RATIO REGUM
PLURIBUS NEC IMPAR,
LOUIS CHARLES DE BOURBON
COMTE D’EU
DUC D’AUMALE.
It is fitting here to recall that the memorable
battle which won for us our West Indian Colonies
began at 7 a.m. on the glorious 12th April, and
lasted until 6.30 p.m. The English lost 261 killed
and 837 wounded, and of the French no less than
14,000 were accounted for as captured or killed...”
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