€02 Licuteiiant-geney^at Simcoe — George Stuhbs,efq. [Jan. r 



to nominate refpcftable men to be juftjces of 

 the peace, and offii:eis of militia ; while over 

 tiui'ohe hiinfclfkfpta watchful eye. After re- 

 muioiiig five years in this fcttlcnieiit, Governor 

 Sinicoe returned to Eiiiiland, to the great re- 

 gret of all the inhabitants, who nil! long 

 thcrith a grateful remcmhrance of his pateuiul 

 tare of tlicir interefts, as "cll as of his pri- 

 vate virtues. Oii-the :>d of October, 17 94,he 

 ■<n:\& promoted Vj tiic rank of major-general, 

 and a new field was foon opened lor the ever- 

 cife of his talents. The fituation of the Illand 

 ef St. Dominjo, which had been taken pof- 

 ieflion ot by tioups from Jamaica, in Scptcm- 

 Ijcr, JT'.'.'i, retjuiring a pcrfon of talents to 

 tike the conim.md of it, as civil governor and 

 commander in chief, in tlie room of Sir 

 .-\dam Williamfon, his Majelly found none 

 jiwre defi-iving fo important a llation than 

 Wajov-Ccneral Sin.coe, who was appointed, 

 v'itli the local rank of lieutenant-general, the 

 Dd of December, 17'.*6. The nomination of 

 this ofliter was Very acceptable to all ranks in 

 the illand, in w hich he arrived during Fciiruary 

 tit the foUov.ing year. Having in fomc mea- 

 iurc retrieved the military aflairs, which were 

 dt this time nearly hopelefs. General Sinicoe 

 turned his thoughts to the civil government 

 cf the colony, (he expenditure of which was 

 immenfe, and the revenues but trivial. The 

 duties on import and export, he found ncceflary 

 to increafe, and tlicy were paid without a 

 Tnurmur by tlole immediately concerned. 

 t-evcral other regulations were made and en- 

 forced, the good eftcdh of which were foon 

 ^ifible J but, in the midft of this gleam of 

 yrofpcrity, the colony was deprived of its 

 governor, who rcturnid to England iu the 

 rionth of July, in the fame year. Perhaps 

 the confcquent evils, and fin.al evacuation, of 

 tliis valual/le idand, would not have occurred, 

 had he been properly fuppor;ed from the 

 Miother country j lliort, ho« ever, as his (lay 

 •was, he did ir.crc than any former general, in 

 coDCilialijig tue native inhabitants to the Bri- 

 tilh government. On the l&th July, 17!HJ, 

 \:\i JIajeily, as a reward for his ferviccs, was 

 rleafed to confer on him the command of the 

 li'd regiment of loot j ifiortly after his return 

 to England; he was employed o.n the ftaff; 

 and on the 3d of October, 1798, he wascr.ade 

 a lieutenant general. During the time the 

 immenfe preparations were making in all the 

 ■ yrcnch ports, in IbCl, lor the avowed pur- 

 pofe of a.i invafieii, the important command 

 of the town of Plymouth, t.^e county of De- 

 von, &:c. was eatruiied to h.ir; j and from the 

 tmconimon exertions he made in dilciplining 

 the volunteer corps, and perfuadiiig every 

 man who could bear arm* to come lorward, 

 there is little doubt but the enemy, had they 

 attempted to land in that part oi ti;e country, 

 would 1 avc r.ceived a fevcrt check. In con- 

 fequcncc of the Treaty of Amiens, the war 

 tttabliihment being laid afide, the name of 

 Ocr.cral Sinicoe ccafed to appear on the Staff 

 liilj but iuikc hollilities rccgmmcaccd, i-.c 



was among the lieutenant-generals employed, 

 and commanded tlic Wcftern or Plymouth 

 diftrict. When in tlie fummcr of the pt'-fent 

 year the Earl of St. Vincent proceeded with a 

 divifion of the Channel fleet to Lilboji, Gene- 

 ral Simcoe was one of the military officers Iiy 

 whom he was accompanied. On the depar- 

 ture of the noble admiral from the Tagus, 

 General Simcoe returned in the Illuftrious to 

 England, where he h.id l)efn deftined to fuc- 

 cecd Lotd Lake in the cliief command of the 

 Britilli forces in India. His lady was in Lon- 

 don making the necelTary preparations for thfc 

 voyage, when Ihe reteived the melaneholy 

 intelligence of his death a few days, after hit 

 arrival at Toibay. His country has thu$ 

 been deprived of a meritorious and fkilful 

 ofticer, and his widow and nine children of ai» 

 excellent hulband and father. As a military- 

 man, Gt-neral Simcoe was often confulted by 

 thofe high in office, and was a member ot" 

 every board of general officers ordered by his 

 Majelly. In la61, few gentlemen in the fer- 

 vicc were more capable of deciding on pro- 

 fellional affairs, whether rcfpcCling difciplinc, 

 or interior economy. He was alfo highly 

 eftccmcd by « numerous circle of friends of 

 the firlt rcfpeftabilit) , and his opinion and 

 advice were taken in matters of the moll In- 

 tel elfing nature, for which he was eminently 

 (jualified, by his good fenle and knowledge of 

 the world. He excelled in claffical learning j 

 few officers in the army havlog received a bet- 

 ter education. 



At hij houfc in Upper Seymour-ftrcet, 

 Portman-fquare, Gcorg: ktubis, cfq. the cele- 

 brated painter and anatomill. He w:;s horn 

 at Liverpool in 17'21 ; where he, early in life, 

 was dillinguifhed by the fupeiiority of hii 

 anatomical rclVarchcs. When about ;iO years 

 of age, he went to Rome for improvement in 

 h« fludics ; and, when he afterwards fettled 

 in the metropolis, was not lefs celebrated for 

 his talents as a painter. From this combina- 

 tion of fcience, he was enabled in 17 6(i to 

 complete his noble and ufeful work, " The 

 Anatumy of theHorfe; including a particular 

 Dcfcription of the Bones, Cartilages, Mulcles, 

 Fafcias, Ligaments, Nerves, Arteries, Veins, 

 iind Glands j in Eighteen Tables, all done 

 from Nature;" which not only rcflecls ji;reat 

 honour on the author, but on the country in 

 which it was produced. " France may reap 

 great credit from the Veterinarian fchool 

 lately eftablilhcd in that country : but what 

 pr.iife is not due to a private perlon w ho, at ' 

 his own expcncc and with the incredible la- 

 bour and application of years, began, conti- 

 nued, and completed the admirable work be- 

 fore us ! But it is impoliible to give our read- 

 ers an adequate idea of Mr. Stublis' perform- 

 ance without placing the book itfelf before 

 their eyes. Ali wc can therefore .idd con- 

 cerning it is, that the author himlelf dilVetled 

 a great number of horfes, tor the fake of at- 

 taining that certainty and accuracy for which 

 Jjis tngravings will ever (if we we not great- 



