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fame, others live in history. The names likewise of many early 

 Christian teachers are preserved amid the changed scenes of 

 their self-denying labours and sufferings : — 



" Some rude memorials bear the sacred sign 



Which shews a Christian has been laid beneath, 

 Nor need his relics any gilded shrine 

 Whilst the fair wild-flowers gem his native heath."* 



Statements fanciful or true, made by various writers, 

 indicate that the reigns of several of our Cornish Princes 

 extended over more than 50 years respectively. Little reliance 

 can be placed on many of the old legends but this fact certainly 

 remains : — that of all sovereignties exercised from within local 

 strongholds or coming directly from England's throne in any 

 age, there never was a better, purer, or more just administration 

 than that to which Cornwall, as a part of the great Empire, now 

 so thankfully bows ; and although further gains and advantages 

 may yet accrue as time rolls on, no King nor Queen of this or any 

 other country will ever have deserved more righteously the love 

 of subjects, than does our good Queen and Patron, Victoria ! — 

 Long may she reign ! 



In the Annals of our Constitution since the Norman Conquest 

 we read the names of three Kings, each — by a curious coincidence 

 — the third of his name, who reigned for half a century or more. 



Memories of their deeds still linger amongst us and some- 

 times are unexpectedly awakened. Not only are we generally 

 affected by their grants and laws, but incidentally we are 

 frequently reminded of their sway. 



Quite recently, in cutting the newest Railway in Cornwall, 

 a silver coin was found and brought to me for identification. I 

 observed that it bore the name and countenance of our Jubilee 

 Monarch, Henry III, who having succeeded to the throne in 

 1216, was granted a reign of 56 years. Then, again, the very 

 existence of a Duke of Cornwall recalls to us the Jubilee King 

 Edward III, who created that Dukedom in 1337 and wielded his 

 sceptre for just over 50 years. We have seen His Royal 

 Highness, the present Duke, our Vice-Patron, with his Duchess 

 who is deservedly styled by all " The Beautiful Princess," 

 coming into this very City of Truro and helping to buUd 



* Chambers's Journal, 1877, p. 160. W. I. 



