History Of Freemasonry In Cornwall.

Prudence , No . 415 , Truro , assisted at the celebration . JOHN ELLIS , Deputy Prov . G . M . GEORGE PASMOKE , W . M . JAMBS CORNISH , P . Prov . G . W .

WILLIAM J . CLAEKE , and others . The foundation stone of the Falmouth Docks was laid with Masonic honours 28 th Feb ., 1860 , and subsequently a grand banquet was held . A full report appeared in the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE

at the time . We find by our records that Bro . Sir John St . Aubyn was appointed Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of England by his Grace , the Duke of Manchester , G . M ., on April 30 th , 1781 . ( To le continued . )

Cheshire Educational Masonic Institution.

CHESHIRE EDUCATIONAL MASONIC INSTITUTION .

The fourth annual report of the Cheshire Educational Masonic Institution of which Lord de Tabley , the Prov . G . M . for Cheshire , is president , has just been issued , and the committee express great satisfaction at the progress the institution has

made during the past twelve months . At the close of the last financial year there was a balance of £ 473 3 s . lid . in hand , which has since been increased to £ 665 7 s . 4 d ., £ 500 of which has been satisfactorily invested in the names

of the trustees , and at a high rate of interest ; arrangements are also being made to invest a further portion of the funds . Eight children at the beginning of the year ivere receiving the benefits of the institution , but the committee had

to report with regret that one died three months after being placed on the books , leaving seven foi the remainder of the year . There are , however , five more applicants at the ensuing election , and the committee felt quite justified in recommending

all should be elected if found eligible , relying on increased support from the brethren to meet this greatly increased expenditure . From the lodges in the province , the contributions out of initiation and joining fees have increased from £ 17 6 s . 6 d .

in 1865 . to £ 38 7 s . 3 d . in 1866 ; the donations have increased from £ 47 4 s . to £ 62 7 s . ; and the subscriptions from £ 35 15 s . to £ 56 lis . 6 d . in the same period , showing the increasing interest felt in the institution by all the brethren . The committee desired to express their gratitude to

Cheshire Educational Masonic Institution.

the Provincial Grand Lodge and the Worshipful Masters of the lodges at Stockport , for the sum of £ 12 13 s . 9 d ., contributed as a moiety of the collection at church at the last meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge held in that town on the

6 th September , 1866 . They also desired to thank the brethren of the Ellesmere Lodge ( No . 758 ) , and Bro . Waugh , for £ 5 7 s . 6 d ., the proceeds of an entertainment given at Runcorn on the 27 th . December last , on behalf of the funds ; and in

doing so , ivould urge on the members of the various lodges in the province the great assistance they could render by readings , lectures , or other

entertainments ol a similar character in their respective localities . The committee again recorded their deep sense of obligation for the very indefatigable exertions of their honorary secretaries , Bros . Piatt and

Hignett , who , in conjunction with Bro . T . E . Hignett , of Lodge No . 537 , and Bro . J , L . Howard , P . M . No . 537 , and other influential brethren in Cheshire and West Lancashire , so successfully promoted aud carried out an amateur

performance in the Theatre Royal , Birkenhead , on the 29 th October , 1866 , which resulted in the handsome sum of £ 49 13 s ., being handed to the Treasurer of the institution .

The committee stated that they could not close their report without expressing their thankfulness to the Great Architect of the Universe for the uninterrupted success Avhich had attended the institution from the commencement to the present

time , and for the increasing interest felt in it by all who were acquainted with its working , as evidenced by the additional income from all sources , notwithstanding the gloom which had overspread the ivhole commercial world during

the period embraced by this report , and they sincerely trusted it might prove a blessing to all who were in any way connected with it . The greater part of the lodges in the province are subscribers to the institution , and it is ardently

desired that it may go on and prosper , the only qualification for a candidate for the benefits of the institution being-, that the father shall have been a subscribing member , for at least three years , to some lodge or lodges Avithin the province of Chester .

JEWEI - LEHY . —Tho Nov . Jersey Courier , in an article on " Masonic Jewellery , " beautifvlly suggests : — " If you are anxious that the world should know you to be a Mason , lot them find it out by your upright and regular deportment , and the practice of Masonic virtues and brotherly lovo . "