History Of Freemasonry In Cornwall.

and patron in solemn silence . He recapitulated the numerous advantages which the Craft had 'derived from his influential patronage , and the honours which his Majesty ' s name had caused the Fraternity to receive .

The health of King' William IY . was then drunk ivith enthusiasm . Bro . Ellis then gave the lodge a sketch of the king's Masonic history , ancl expressed his full conviction that the loss which the brotherhood had sustained in their late patron would be sufficiently restored in his illustrious

successor . Bro . Ellis presented a portrait of the late Bro . George Bell , formerly Prov . G . M . for Cornwall , on behalf of Bro . Lieut . G . B . Lawrence , JS . JV . which was duly accepted with much pleasure on

7 th August , 1832 . Notice was given at the lodge held 5 th April , 1856 , that the Royal Arch Chapter would be opened on the 14 th . A meeting of a more than usually interesting character ivas held 31 st August , 1841 , for the

initiation of Sir Charles Lemon , Bart ,, F . S . S ., M . P ., & c , into the ancient and honourable society of Free and Accepted Masons . The Past D . Prov . G . M . presided on the occasion , and after the ceremony the members dined in the hall . The

health of her most gracious Majesty was drunk , not only as our Sovereign , but also as the daughter of a Mason and of a Grand Master , and a neice of a Grand Master . After which the chairman saw he could not advert to the next sentiment he should

propose without feeling what he could not express . It had been his pleasing duty on many occasions to bring before them the just tribute of respect and fraternal regard which all felt for that highly distinguished gentleman , who for a half century

and more was the boast of the Craft in this province , and the theme of admiration wherever and by whomsoever he Avas truly knoivn . You know , lie said , my brethren , to whom I allude , because I am bold to say that though we may see his like

agaiu , yet all ivill acknowledge he was , take him for all in all , such as all felt proud to copy , however few mig ht attain to a likeness of the original . I h . ope I may say that to me he was a friend and a brother , for removed as I am from his rank aud

greatness , yet that polite bearing which characterised the old English gentleman shone so conspicuously , and was unostentatiously displayed in and by him towards me when favoured with an interview either in the library or at the dinner table , that distinction seemed lost in the urbanity

of the gentleman . It is somewhat remarkable that on this day whilst we have been engaged in preparing the ceremony preparatory only , I hope , to another which will place my honoured and distinguished brother on my right ( Sir Charles

Lemon , Bart ., & c ., ) as the successor of the late Sir John St . Aubyn , P . G . M ., that the monument to the revered memory of Sir John St . Aubyn should be passing our hall to be erected on the spot containing his remains and those of a long

line of ancestors . I cannot help adverting to the loss which the tender and affectionate lady has to bear , ivho was so ivorthy of so honourable a man . It must have been a stroke of no common order , and the grief felt by that lady is such , I am assured , as no time can assuage . I propose the memory of our late revered , venerated , respected ,

and highly-esteemed Sir John St . Aubyn , our late Prov . G . M ., to be drunk in solemn silence . Sir Charles Lemon Avas passed 28 Sep ., and raised 26 th October in the same year . The Lodge of Love and Honour had the

distinguished honour of having that illustrious brother to be its W . M ., Jan . 31 st ., 1843 , and during that ' year a patent was granted by authority of the Grand Lodge of England appointing him Prov . G . M . for Cornwall , dated 26 th June , 1843 .

The neivly-appointed Prov . G . M . was installed at the Royal Hotel , Falmouth , where a Prov . Grand Lodge was held , April 16 th , 1846 . The members , having first attended church , where Bro . Rev- H . Gryels , Vicar of St . Neot , the Prov . Grand Chaplain , preached a sermon from the 1 Chap . 1 Kings , 34 ancl 35 verses .

As the remaining minutes of the Lodge of Love ancl Honour , Falmouth , will be familiar to the readers of the FEEEMASONS' MAGAZINE through the medium of its lodge reports , Ave shall content ourselves by concluding the sketch , of the lodge ,

regretting that from want of time Ave have had to pass over several interesting records , and have not been able to do that justice to our subject which some more able writer could have done . Before continuing our history , by referring to

the records of another old lodge , we will just mention on May 20 th , 1851 , being the centenary of the constitution of the Lodge of Love ancl Honour , the undermentioned members of the lodge commemorated the anniversary , and passed a

social and fraternal evening with the fellowship becoming brothers and Masons . Bro . McHearcl and Bro . P . Kempe , of the Phcenix , Honour , and