History Of Freemasonry In Cornwall.

members proceeded to Ealmouth and attended the lodge on July 14 th , 1763 , to request the favour of its assistance in re-establishing their lodge at Truro as early as convenient . The request was , of course , complied with , but ivhen , is not stated , although we are informed that Bro . Bell , E . W . H ., and

two other brethren attended the lodge at Truro , at the Ship , for the first time , aud decided to hold their meetings on the first and third Tuesdays of each month . The Master of the Truro Lodge paid the accustomed fee to Bro . Cole for the removal of the

lodge from the King's Head to the Ship Inn , and desired it might be signified to the Prov . G . Secretary to transmit it . Upon the election of the Master , August 11 th , 1763 , " Bro . Hooten , late W . S . W . was by a majority

of one ( three appearing for Bro . Hooten , two for Bro . Yonge , and one for Bro . Lilly ) duly elected Master . 2 T . B . —Bro . Benjamin , for some reasons ( as Masons pride themselves upon being free ) refused to give his vote for the new election . The newly

elected W . M . invested the following as his officers for the ensuing term : —Bro . Alexander Moses , S . W . ; Yonge , J . W . ; Lilly , Treas . ; Snoxell , Sec . Ealmouth , September Sth , 1763 . W . M . in the

chair . It was proposed by the J . W . that as the Prov . G . M . of the County of Cornwall has left England with an intent to be absent from it some time , the compliment should be paid the D . Prov . G . M . to desire his acceptance of the Provinciality , ancl unanimously agreed to . A deputation for that purpose was

appointed , and ivas ordered to wait on Bro . George Bell , D . Prov . G . M ., on Monday , 14 th November , 1763 . The honour was accepted most readily , subject to the approval of the M . W . G . M ., Earl Eerres . On December Sth , a petition was drawn up , read , and

approved , aud forwarded to the Grand Secretary for presentation to the Grand Master . The petition was granted and the E . W . Bro . George Bell was duly installed as Prov . G . M . for the County of'Cornwall at a regular meeting of the Ealmouth Lodge , held

on January 31 st , 1764 . On September Sth , 1763 , the lodge was visited by the author of a " Candid Disquisition of the Principles and Practices of the most Ancient and Honourable Society of Eree and Accepted Masons , 1769 , " Bro . Wellnis Calcott , P . M .

On perusing our copy of this work the . other day we were struck with the number of subscribers from Cornwall , and wondered how they had been obtained . ( To be continued . )

Bahamas.—Turk's Island.

BAHAMAS . —TURK'S ISLAND .

A correspondent in this distant portion of the globe , where we have a lodge under the English Constitution ( No . 647 ) lias been good enough to

save us a copy of the Eoyal Standard of the 6 th . ultimo , giving an account of a terrific hurricane which had visited the Bahamas on the 30 th . September last . The details given are heartrending in the extreme , ancl calculated to rouse our sympathies on behalf of our fellow men who are sufferers

by this dire visitation . Doubtless , also . , some amongst the sufferers are members of our Order . It would be pleasing to learn that amongst tbe merchants and other inhabitants who met at the U . S . Consulate , and formed themselves into a

committee to appeal for and on behalf of the sufferers , that our ancient Order , ever foremost in ivorks of charity , was ivell represented upon the occasion referred to . We here quote our contemporary : — " On

Saiurda } ' , 28 th . September , the ivind blew moderately from the N . N . E . There were apprehensions of a coming storm in the minds of a few , but as Ave had had nothing like a hurricane since 1837 , it was difficult , in the majority , to recognise anything

of an approaching hurricane . On Saturday at Midnight , or on Sunday morning , say about one or two a . m ., the wind gradually increased , so that at sunrise there were no longer any doubts , especially from the indications of the barometer , of a hurricane at hand . Throughout the clay it bleiv with a terrific force , and until after mid-day , from

about E . N . E ., when it abated for a half hour , which gave a sufficient interval for the most daring to venture out to make a few general inquiries as to what had happened . Those who were informed as to the nature of the deceitful lull , in the

experience of former hurricanes , hastened back to prepare , if possible , for what ivas already coming upon them—an increased blast from the S . E . — which lasted until about five or six p . m ., ivhen the gale gradually abated . It is almost impossible to

exaggerate the extent of our losses , private and public , bere and at Salt Cay , especially in reference to the labouring population . They have neither houses , food , nor clothing left—as destitute in fact as if they never had the one or the other .

This is literally true both as to this island and Salt Cay , to say nothing of the Caicos Islands , from which no information has been as yet received . The magistracy and ministers of the Gospel have been since Monday engaged , under the sanction

of the executive , in writing out orders for the destitute labouring classes to receive the merest p ittance from any merchant in whose poiver it may be to advance them on the credit of the