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and bear the words, " Charity and Policy united." It is the work of F. and
J. Moore.
" Sacred to the memory of Jonas Hanway, who departed this life Sep-
" tember 5, 1786, aged seventy-four : but whose name livetb, and will ever live,
" whilst active piety shall distinguish the Christian; integrity and truth shall
" recommend the British merchant; and universal kindness shall characterize the
" citizen of the world. The helpless infant nurtured through his care; the
" friendless prostitute sheltered and reformed; the hopeless youth rescued from
" misery and ruin, and trained to serve and to defend his country, uniting in
" one common strain of gratitude, bear testimony to their benefactor's virtues:—
" This was the friend and father of the poor."
(246) . General Hope.-A weeping Indian female, hanging over a sarco-
phagus in the shape of a coffin, with a beaver near her; a serpent and a mirror,
with a cornucopia tied by a ribband to a rudder, and a pyramid in the back-
ground, are the component parts of this monument, which is by Bacon.
*« To the memory of Brigadier-General Hope, Lieutenant-Governor of the
" province of Quebec, where he died in 1789, aged forty-three years. To those
" who knew him, his name alone conveys the idea of all that is amiable in the
" human character. Distinguished by splendour of family, a cultivated taste for
" letters, and superior elegance of manners: as a public character, disinterested,
" and ever actuated by an unshaken regard to principle. The patron of the
" oppressed, the benefactor of the indigent. In the field, eminent for intrepid
** courage, tempered by unbounded humanity. In the civil service of his country,
«* he manifested the warmest zeal for its interests, and displayed such abilities and
" integrity, as were the pride and blessing of the people he governed. This
« monument was erected by his disconsolate widow, S. H."
(247) . Sir Eyre Coote, K. B.-This monument, which is by Banks, con-
and bear the words, " Charity and Policy united." It is the work of F. and
J. Moore.
" Sacred to the memory of Jonas Hanway, who departed this life Sep-
" tember 5, 1786, aged seventy-four : but whose name livetb, and will ever live,
" whilst active piety shall distinguish the Christian; integrity and truth shall
" recommend the British merchant; and universal kindness shall characterize the
" citizen of the world. The helpless infant nurtured through his care; the
" friendless prostitute sheltered and reformed; the hopeless youth rescued from
" misery and ruin, and trained to serve and to defend his country, uniting in
" one common strain of gratitude, bear testimony to their benefactor's virtues:—
" This was the friend and father of the poor."
(246) . General Hope.-A weeping Indian female, hanging over a sarco-
phagus in the shape of a coffin, with a beaver near her; a serpent and a mirror,
with a cornucopia tied by a ribband to a rudder, and a pyramid in the back-
ground, are the component parts of this monument, which is by Bacon.
*« To the memory of Brigadier-General Hope, Lieutenant-Governor of the
" province of Quebec, where he died in 1789, aged forty-three years. To those
" who knew him, his name alone conveys the idea of all that is amiable in the
" human character. Distinguished by splendour of family, a cultivated taste for
" letters, and superior elegance of manners: as a public character, disinterested,
" and ever actuated by an unshaken regard to principle. The patron of the
" oppressed, the benefactor of the indigent. In the field, eminent for intrepid
** courage, tempered by unbounded humanity. In the civil service of his country,
«* he manifested the warmest zeal for its interests, and displayed such abilities and
" integrity, as were the pride and blessing of the people he governed. This
« monument was erected by his disconsolate widow, S. H."
(247) . Sir Eyre Coote, K. B.-This monument, which is by Banks, con-