The Order Of St. John.

The Masonic Order of Malta has been recently revived in England , under the auspices and authority of the Grand Conclave of Knights Templar , and UOAV forms a subsidiary or appendant grade to the latter .

The Order of Military Hospitallers of the Holy Sepulchre was united , in 1489 , with all its possessions to that of Malta but , as the union Avas never regularly established , the Knights continued to meet independently , and succeeded in

perpetuating the institution both in France and England . Louis XVIII . was the protector of the French branch , and the late Duke of Sussex Avas the head of the English Knights .

As a memento of the friendship which originally existed between the two Orders , the presiding officer of the Chevaliers of the Holy Sepulchre is entrusted with the ancient passwords of the Knights of St . John . ( To he continued . )

Freemasonry In Cornwall.

FREEMASONRY IN CORNWALL .

( Continued from page 82 . ) Bro . Isaac Head , Collector of the Customs at the Isles of Scilly , was appointed Provincial Grand Master by the M . W . the Marquis of Car-By Bro- W . J . HUGHAN .

narvon , in A . D . 1755 , of Scilly aud adjacent islands . We cannot discover any authentic details of this province , which has been long extinct , or rather united to that of Cornwall . AU we know is , that the Godolphin Lodge was held at St . Mary ' s

Island , and that Bro . Head , the Prov . G . M ., was the author of a noted answer , or " Confutation of Freemasonry , the Avay to Hell , " and of several

orations delivered at certain lodges in this county and elsewhere , which have been inserted subsequently in various Masonic works published in the eighteenth century . The True and Faithful Lodge , Helston , Avas originally constituted in 1752 ,

according to "Book of Constitutions , " A . D . 1750 . I cannot find the Lodge mentioned in the " Freemasons' Calendar , " for A . D . 1784 , 1799 , ISO ' S , 1805 , and 3 810 . Neither does it appear in the "Freemasons' Pocket Companion , " A . D . 17 G 4

, and , for certain , ifc was unrepresented afc the Provincial Grand Festivals for several years . In A . D . 1801 ifc appears in the roll of lodges that attended the P . G . Lodge at Helston as No . GOO .

It now ranks as No . 318 , and is the fourth oldest lodge in the province , the Mount Sinai Lodge ( No . 121 ) , Penzance , being the second . The latter formerly met on the first and third Wednesday , and its original warrant was dated 14 th June ,

A . D . 1755 . Ifc is not noticed , however , in the minutes of the Falmouth Lodge until 11 th June , A . D . ] 767 . It subsequently seems to have collapsed for a time , but in 1810 the brethren at Penzance , being anxious to revive Masonry in the

far west , resuscitated the lodge , " by Avhich was not only recovered an ancient foundation , " but on it Avas rebuilt a Masonic edifice that has proved one of the most flourishing in the county . The Past D . Prov . G . M . for Cornwall is an old

Past Master of this lodge , and , although the members " are out of sight and hearing " of the Grand Lodge , they contribute much towards the

success of the Craft universal . The Royal Arch Chapter was established A . D . 1833 , and is in good working order . At the Provincial Grand Lodge held at Falmouth , A . D . 1814 , the presence of several lodges are recorded , which

had not previously joined the annual festivals of the province , and the United Lodge of Friendship , held at Fovvey , was represented for the first time . This lodge ceased to work soon after , and belongs to the past . The last of the old lodges

now revived , with the exception of the one at Truro , is called tlie Three Grand Principles , Penryn , which has existed "in and out" for about a century , although its present warrant Avas only granted in 1863 . Its name has for many years

been known and recognised in Cornwall , and hence we hope that at length it has found a firm footing , and prosperity and success Avill attend its every effort .

Tlie minute recorded in fche proceedings of the Provincial Grand Lodge held afc Penryn , respecting the introduction of ladies at the banquet , is well worthy of reproduction here . The minute is as follows .- — " This business having been gone

through with , the lodge was closed for refreshment , and dinner Avas served up after Avhich , ifc having been suggested to the R . W . Prov . G . M . thafc tlie ladies of Penryn were very anxious to be permitted the honour of being introduced into the

lodge room , to see the form in Avhich the brethren were seated , and fche manner in which it Avas set out , the R . W . Prov . G . M . consented to the request , and appointed Bros . John Davis and Richard Gates Stewards , and directed them to furnish them-