The Province Of Cornwall.

apparently was first named " St . George , and then " Mount Sinai , " the latter patronymic being continued when revived at Penzance in 1813 . Still another "Ancient" lodge was started in 1776 as No . 197 , in the " 1 st Royal Lane . Militia" at Dover and then Plymouth , but according to Bro . John Lane ' s invaluable

" Masonic Records , 1717-1894 , " it lapsed in 1806 , and in the same year was revived or transferred to the " 3 rd Regiment of Dragoons , " Exeter , but the colonel objected to its constitution . In 1808 it found rest and peace in the " North Hants Militia , " Falmouth , taking the name of " Love and

Unity , " but was erased in 18 3 8 , having , it is presumed , become a " Civil" lodge during the period of its activity . Under the same Grand Lodge , a warrant was issued as No . 306 for Devonport in 1797 , but was moved almost at once to St . Mawes , Cornwall , and then back again to

Devonport ( then " Plymouth Dock" ) two years latter , when it expired . The same number was reissued on 27 th December , 1799 , f ° l ° ch > e stiH at Plymouth Dock , which went to Plymouth in the following year , where it has remained and is most healthy and vigorous as the " Charity , " No . 22 ^ . Its Cornish experience under No . 306 , was certainly of a very limited and unusual character .

BRO . BERNARD V . EDYVEAN , P . A . G . D . C ., I'ROV . GRAND SECRETARY . The regular Grand Lodge , known as the " Moderns , " had not been idle in the interim , a lodge being formed at

Marazion—the " St . Michael ' s "—in 1777 which was erased in 1790 ; one at Truro , called the " Phoenix , Honour and Prudence , " in 1779 ( which was removed from the Roll in 1788 ) ; another at Falmouth , named the " Yolubian Lodge of Regularity and Reputation , " of 17 82 , but fell through in

1790 ; and in the same year the " Lodge of Peace , Joy , and Brotherly Love " was constituted at Penryn—its joys , however , ceasing in 1809 . Yet another was started at Penryn , with the distinctive name of the "Three Grand Principles , " in 1799 but though it kept on the Register until 18 3 8 , it had

, a very varied experience . The last lodge , in completion of the 18 th Century , Masonically , in Cornwall was the " True and Faithful , " No . 5 82 , held in the Cornwall Regiment of " Fencible Light Dragoons , " Helston , which eventually became a " Civil " lodge , and is now one of the most active

lodges in the county , under the number 318 ; its warrant of confirmation being dated in 1841 . Before referring more particularly to the minutes of several of the old lodges , active and extinct , it will be well to note that in 1786 , the R . W . Bro . Sir John St . Aubyn , Bart . ( Past S . G . W . of England , & c ) , was appointed the 4 th

Prow G . M . of Cornwall , and , needless to state , the appointment was very popular . This esteemed family is still represented Masonically in the county by the Right Hon . Lord St . Levan , who has long been a member of No . 331 , Truro . Sir John St . Aubyn , in 1794 , presented a set of jewels , and Sir Francis Bassett , Bart ., a " Sword of State , " to the Prow G . L ., which are still in use , and highly valued .

THE S . W . 'S COLLAR . IKWEJ , WORN IN THE PROW GRAND LODGE . The inscription engraved on the provincial jewels ( Cornwall ) reads : " Ex Dono Domini Johannis St . Aubyn Baronetti P . G . M . Comitatu Cornub . Al . 5797 . A . D . 1793 . "

THE SECRETARY'S COLLAR JEWEL WORN IN THE PROW GRAND LODGIO . Sir John St . Aubyn was one of the contributors to the Freemasons' Hall loan , and was presented by the Grand Lodge with a silver medal in appreciation of his generosity .

The only lodge to do so in Cornwall was the " Love and Honour , " No . 75 , Falmouth . The members lent the sum of £ 25 , without interest , to the Grand Lodge from 17 8 5 , and