History Of Freemasonry In Cornwall.

ilie proportionate part of the expenses of the -members present to be defrayed out of the funds ¦ of the lodge , and that every brother not being a member , shall pay or account with the Treasurer for seven shillings and sixpence as a visiting fee .

Bro . Nicholls proposed " That the celebration of the annual festival be inserted in the Shubornc or ¦ same other public paper . Mr . George Williams at a subsequent meetingwas proposed and elected as a candidate for

initiation , and in consequence of the service he might be to the lodge , his . being under age was dispensed ¦ with . We expect that reason would not avail in the present day . P . Eller , our late Tyler , being very ill , was relieved with one guinea , being much

in want , and having a large family . '" A lodge of emergency was convened on the 7 th September , 1786 , for the purpose of installing Sir John St . Aubyn , Bart ., as Provincial Grand Master of the 'Oovmtv of Cornwall . As mio-ht have been

expected , the members mustered in force , and were ¦ gratified besides in witnessing- several visitingbrethren from the Druid ' s Lodge , Redruth ; St . Michael , Marazion ; Phoenix Lodge of Honour and Prudence , Truro Lodge of Peace , Joy , and

' . ' . Brotherly Love , Penryn ( seventeen members ) , ' . Lodge of St . John , Joseph Banfield and Sir John ' . St . Aubyn , Bart ., aud Sir Francis Bassett , Bart ., v'G'iirlstop 'lier Hawkins , Esq ., and Colonel Lemon . "Hie minutes of the last lodge being-read and sa'pproved , Bro . George proposed that the R . W . M . sf the Lodo-e of Love and Honour invest Sir John

'¦ St . Aubyn , and instal him into the office of Provincial Grand Master of the province of Cornwall . 'The motion was seconded and carried unanimously %$ > ' siiow of hands . The R . W . Bro . St . Aubyn , ' . ' . having been invested in clue formwas thrice

pro-, 'claimei as Provincial Grand Master , and an ex--cellent charge was subsequently given to him by Sie R . W . M . The above business having been 'concluded Mr . Henry St . Aubyn was initiated in vfiie first degree , passed to the Fellow Craft , and raised to the decree of Master . " Another

-meeting or the lodges was duly convened for the Tick October , 1786 , and after the usual prellmmaries of opening , reading the minutes , & c . Bro Clutterbuck proposed and Bro . Rogers seconded "That the first by-law be repeated as far

-as respects the days of meeting , and that instead of vvtsefmg on the second and List Wednesday , 'iSie members shall meet on the second and last Thursday in . each month . " It also was proposed

" That the Secretary write the Grand Secretary of the alteration , that ifc may be noticed in the "Masonic Almanack . " We hope that several secretaries who have neglected this desirable rule , will notice this request , and make the Freemasons ' Calendar and PocJcot Booh

for 1868 ( 1867 being published ) as perfect as the present Grand Secretary desires it shall be , by sending him a notice of any alteration in the nights and places of meeting of their respective lodges , as we have reason to fear there are several

omissions in that respect of late . The first Freemasons' Calendar , published by the authority of the Grand Lodge was in 1777 . Scott ' s Pocket Companion , however , was issued several years preceding that year , and contained much valuable

information . The officers were elected and appointed 14 th December , 17 S 6 , as follows : —Bros . John Pearse , R . W . M . ; Robert Snell , S . W . ; Christopher Nicholls , J . W . ; John Bellhouse , Treasurer ; Peter Billard , Secretary . At a

subsequent meeting the following letter was read by the R . W . M .: — "Freemasons' Hall , 23 rdDecember , 1 786 . I duly received our Brother Billard's letters of the 4 th and 27 th ultimo , and last week I received a tin case containino- the vote of thanks of

your lodge to the Grand Master and Acting Grand Master , which you may depend I will take the first opportunity of presenting to them . The alteration of your nights of meeting came too late to be inserted iu the Calendar for 1787 , but ifc shall be noticed in the next .

" I am , R . W . Master and Brethren , " Your obedient servant and brother , " ( Signed ) W . WHITE , G . S . " No . 95 , Lodge of Love and Honour , Falmouth . "

The following propositions were duly proposed , seconded , and carried unanimously : —1 . That the lodge subscribe for the prints of the Rio-ht Honourable Lord Petre aud His Grace the Duke of Manchester ( Past Grand Masters of the Society

of Free and Accepted Masons ) as proposed in the last letter by the Grand Lodge in their quarterly communications . 2 . That a canopy be erected over the Master's chair . 3 . That the clock belonging to the lodge be sent to London to be

repaired as soon as possible . " There was a vei * y large attendance of the members at the next meeting , when some very difficult questions were considered , and eventually decided' by an appeal to the ballot . It would appear- that one of the prin-