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of one who believed himself to be the last male descendant of 

 the family of John Keigwin, who showed so early an interest 

 in striving to prevent the Cornu-Britaunic language being 

 extinguished as a literary one, not only by his perservation of 

 the text of the miracle play "Mount Calvary," in the original 

 Cornish, and translating it into English (which was published 

 in 1682), but by collateral labour of a like kind. It is now to 

 mention the Eev. James Philip Keigwin, Fellow of Wadham 

 College, Oxford, and a Canon of the Cathedral Church, 

 Cumbrae. The Scottish Guardian says, in memoriam : — "Mr. 

 Keigwin was of an old Cornish family, of which few members 

 now remain, and indeed none of his own name in any way 

 related to him. . . . His sermons were of a very high 

 order. . . . He was an accomplished artist in water- 

 colours. . . . Had travelled a great deal on the Continent, 

 chiefly in France and Italy. His acquaintance with men and 

 books, combined with a keen sense of humour and a dramatic 

 power of narrative, made him an excellent conversationist." He 

 died a bachelor, aged 72 years. It may not be amiss before 

 leaving such notices to refer for a moment to two of our members 

 in our obituary list of last year, or rather to the bequests they 

 left us. First, we must note that the rubbings given to us by 

 the late Mr. A. PauU have not yet had their mountings completed 

 by the Eev. W. lago, who kindly imdertook to get them done, 

 and, therefore, our walls are not yet adorned with them. The 

 Council must inform the members that they have not been 

 unmindful of the handsome legacies of books and MSS. that we 

 owe to the late Mr. George Freeth. They entrusted the selection 

 of such articles as might belong to them in the library at 

 Duporth to our secretary, Major Parkyn, and the Eev. "W. lago, 

 who visited Duporth and claimed for our library a very large 

 and valuable collection of books and MSS. The Institution has 

 lost three of its ordinary members during the past year by death 

 and withdrawal, whilst on the other hand our subscribers have 

 been added to by the election of seven new members. 



The income of the year amounted to £222 19s. 5d. ; this is 

 less than that of last year by about ^20. These figures, 

 however, must not be taken to indicate any falling off in the 

 prosperity of the Institution, for the income for 1882 was 

 considerably augmented by special donations amounting to 



