The Knights Templars.

the right , and here we have made our solemn declarations of Catholicity . Instead of being permitted to defend the Order , what happens ? We are offered grace and liberty if , to save our lives , we are capable of the culpable baseness of

repeating our lying declarations . We are menaced with death , if we persist in declaring our innocence , and supporting the cause of virtue , honour , truth , and , above all , in meriting the salute of our friends , HOW in bliss . We have declared before the

Papal Commissioners , we have declared before your assembly , all illegal as it is , that we are , one and all of us , and have ever been , heart and soul , believers in the Catholic faith and the dogmas of the Church . "

lhe Archbishop was furious at this courageous behaviour . He at once proceeded to violent measures . Those who had confessed , but afterwards ¦ retracted their confessions , and now persisted in doing so , were declared to be relapsed heretics ,

and in consequence , after having been degraded from holy orders , were to be delivered over to the secular arm , to be punished with the utmost rigour , if they did not repent and confirm their first deposition . Those who had withdrawn their

recantation , were set at liberty , and called reconciled Templars ; while those who had not confessed , . and would not , were sentenced to perpetual

imprisonment as unreconciled Templars . No time was lost with the execution of the sentence . The same day it was passed , the execution was begun . No difficulty was encountered with the first three classes . The third class heard their

fate with the liveliest grief , for whether their depositions were true or false , a heavier punishment , even death , could not have been inflicted , than to pass the remainder of their lives in solitary confinement , badly fed , ill clothed , without hope ,

and without consolation , and they envied the doom of the relapsed . The relapsed , after degradation , were condemned to be burned alive . ( To be continued . )

A LARGE number of gold English coins of the reigns of Edward III . and Henry VI ., and French coins of the reigns of one of the Charles ' s and Louis of France , have been picked up at Blackpool sands , nearly all in a good state of preservation . It is supposed that the coins formed part of a box of specie on board a vessel which had become a wreck in this locality , and that they became embedded in the sand .

Knights Templary In Devonshire.

KNIGHTS TEMPLARY IN DEVONSHIRE .

By BEO . VINCENT BIED , 30 ° , E . C . Royal Veteran . The following minutes extracted from the records of the oldest Encampment in Devon , will be doubtless considered of sufficient interest to the readers of the MAGAZINE . The present may be regarded as an instalment , and further extracts will be given from time to time .

1804—30 March , Good Friday , An Encampment was opened of the most magnanimous aud illustrious Order of Sir Knights Templar . When the E . G . M . Sir John Young , presided .

Proceeded to business , when the following officers were chosen -. — Sir John Young , Lt . Gen . „ ¥ 111 . Henbury , E . G . Mr . „ 0 . M'Donalcl , D . E . G . Mr . „ Dan . Ross , G . Mr .

„ William Cluff , D . G . Mr . „ William Lilly , G . S . B . The Encampment brooke up at half past nine o ' clock , and off in good order . From a subsequent entry I find Sir John Young , described as a soldier .

„ Wm . Hanbnry , „ ,, „ 0 . M'Donalcl , „ „ „ Dan . Ross , „ „ „ William Lilly , „ „

1805—12 April , Good Friday , An Encampment was opened of the most magnanimous and illustrious Order of Knights Templar , & o . When the following officers were installed : —

Sir Richd . Allen , Cap . Gen . „ Wm .. Lilly , S . Grand Gov . „ Wm . Henbury , J . G . Gov . „ Thos . Reeves , G . Marshall . „ Wm . Cluff , G . S . B . The Encampment adjourned for a timeSunday ,

, one o ' clock . The Encampment assembled , at three o'clock cauled to refreshment , and closed till it p leased God to enable the Sir Knights to assemble again . 1805—7 August , Transactions ,

The General Grand Encampment was cauled to labour , when Bros . Henry May , Geo . Glanvill and George Taunton were dubd Sir Nights Templers aud Knights Malta . Here follows list of persons present , aud the seal legend Memento Morithe other part

obliter-, ated . The next entry in the book is dated 1805—10 October .