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to repair to Pans , but he left his Order s interests in the hands of the noble Jacques . Upon the fall of Rhodes they added " of Rhodes" to their designation , aud when they became possessed of Malta , called themselves " The Knights of Malta . " De

"Vertol calls his history , " of the Knights Hospitallers of St . John of Jerusalem , styled afterwards the Knights of Rhodes , and at present , the Knights of Malta . " To make separate degrees of these titles is worse than idiotcy .

My remarks upon these high grades ivill be found confirmed , and the subject more exhaustively treated in an article published in the " Freemasons ' Quarterly Review" for 1838 , page 24 , to which I refer the reader for further li ght . In conclusion , I

may be permitted to say that all the so called upper degrees and rites , huddled together , are not worth a single diagram traced upon the board of St . John ' s Masonry .

History Of Freemasonry In Cornwall.

HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN CORNWALL .

By > $ < Bro . WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN , 18 ° , Corresponding Member of the German Union of Freemasons ; Knight Companion of the Eoyal Order ; Member of Severed Sites in England and Scotland ; § 'c ; fyc .

[ Continued from page 347 . ) A dispensation was read by the W . M ., 5 th Dec , 1826 , from T . 0 . Burckhardt , Esq .,. to the Knights Templars at Falmouth , by order of H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , granted by great favour , for the

purpose of holding an encampment or conclave , to be called the Cornubran Conclave of the Holy City . It stands the first on the list of encampments under the present Grand Conclave for England for the province of Devon and Cornwall

for 1867 , and although it has seen many changes since its inauguration , it still thrives , and has of late taken a fresh lease of its life by removing to a more central part of the county of Cornwall . From Falmouth the encampment was transferred

to Redruth , and although not lacking in support whilst with our ff Braid ' s" friends , for the sake of its permanent prosperity , it is now safely lodged at Truro , where it is expected many member of the oyal Arch will soon join its ranks .

The history of Kni ghts Templars in Cornwall is unimportant . An address to H . R . H . the Duke of Clarence was duly forivai'ded about October , 1827 , by the lodge , and received a most gracious answer .

History Of Freemasonry In Cornwall.

On Monday , 22 nd December , 1828 , the members of the Druids ' , Love and Honour , and other lodges met at Redruth for the purpose of attending the funeral of the much-lamented Bro . Knight , who was called the father of Masonry in Cornwall , and

held high office in the province , having been universally beloved and respected . The lodge was opened in the third degree by the Prov . G . Sec , ivho , with deep Masonic feeling , and in his oivn peculiarly happy flow of

animated language , pronounced a warm eulogium on the public and private character of our lamented brother , aud detailed with discrimination the manifold services which he had rendered to the

Craft during the period of a life protracted to 83 years . The brethren then , in half Masonic costume ( white crape around the left arm , sprigs of accacia in the hand , aud white gloves ) , proceeded to the church , and , after the funeral ceremony

they strewed a portion of their evergreens into the vault in symbolical hope of a resurrection from the tomb of corruption into the celestial chambers of the Grand Lodge above , ivhose happiness unintermittingly endures .

The lodge had the honour of a visit from the D . P . G . M ., Bro . Robinson , 2 nd . Feb ., 1830 . In answer to the welcome reception of the distinguished visitor the D . P . G . M . expressed his obligations to the members for their kindness , and declared his

hio'h sense of feeling ; towards the Mother Lodge of the county from ivhich especially he believed the Masonic estimation in which he was held in

the province ivas mainly oiving , and he felt , in common ivith the experienced Craft , a double delight in visiting a Masonic establishment where all the landmarks of the society ivere so vigourously observed , and all the sociality of brotherhood so

happily experienced . The brethren appeared in Masonic mourning , in conformity with the directions of the Grand Lodge , 3 rd August . The jewels of the officers aud the aprons of the Fraternity presented a

respectful tribute to the memory of our lamented patron , King George IV . We should have stated that the lodge took part in a grand procession on July 6 th , which had been arranged by the town authorities for the purpose of proclaiming the accession of King William IY ., and afterwards assembled at the usual hour in the

eve , and partook of a feast especially prepared . Bro . Ellis , Prov . G . Sec , took the opportunity of proposing the memory of our kite revered monarch