Masonic Seals.

tion is much nearer the truth than a good many are . The brethren who took the Eoyal Arch then do not seem to havo " passed the chair " as a preparation for the mysteries of Arch Masonry . The third seal belongs to the Knight Templar

Encampment that has been held at Banff in connection with the Lodge No . 92 for a very longtime . It never joined the Grand Conclave formed A . D . 1811 , although solicited to do so , but was independent from the first . It can be traced in the

minutes back to the latter part of the eighteenth century , and was never given to any but Eoyal Arch Masons . The super-excellent degree was also worked , as also the Knight of Malta , ancl most of them are

even worked at the present time , and are in a ¦ flourishing state . As is usual with operative lodges , the lodge at Banff has a large fiiendly society in connection ¦ therewith , and owns a hall wherein to celebrate ihe mysteries ofthe Craft .

Freemasonry In Cornwall.

FREEMASONRY IN CORNWALL .

By Bro . W . J . HCGITAS . { Continued from page 123 . ) There are few towns that have enjoyed a greater share of Masonic reputation than Truro has for its size , and at the present time the members who

reside there are fully entitled to be considered as the centre of Freemasonry in Cornwall , as respects numbers ancl influence . For years two lodges have been held in the town , and of late the members of the Phccnix ( No . 331 ) have decided to

build a Masonic Lodge Eoom or Hall , corresponding to the important position it occupies in the province , ancl as the Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Augustus Smith , is a member thereof , and gives his powerful aid to the enterprise , we shall ,

no doubt , very soon have the pleasure of witnessing a handsome and commodious temple erected in tho very heart of Freemasonry in the far west . The Fortitude Lodge ( No . 131 ) has a large and imposing room , suitably ancl tastefully decorated ,

wherein to meet , and is moreover not only one of the oldest , but the largest lodge in the county . We purpose giving a sketch of these two lodges by way of concluding our "History of the Craft in Cornwall . " The Fortitude Lodge was

originally known by another name , and was first held hy warrant dated Cth day of July , 1772 , auder the authority of the Grand- Lodge of

England , termed the "Ancients" or "Athol Masons , " who seceded from the "Modern " Grand Lodge ( as the members of the latter were termed by tho former ) about 1740 . It was afterwards transferred " to certain brethren in the

67 th regiment , and numbered 175 , subsequently it was again transferred to " certain brethren in the Eoyal Regiment of Devon and Cornish Miners to be held as a military lodge in the said regiment , " and finally , " Whereas by the union of the

two fraternities of Masons , 27 fch clay of December , 1813 , the said lodge became No . 213 , and whereas the whole of the brethren who have signed a

memorial , asking that the lodge may be worked under a civil warrant , ar-e resident in Truro , " & c . The Grand Lodge empowered the members to meet at the Dolphin Inn , in the " borough of Truro aforesaid , under the title of the Lodge of

Fortitude as No . 213 ; " Roger Gundy being the first Master ; John Jewell , Senior Warden ; and Stephen Daddo , Junior Warden . "Dated the 2 nd day of December , A . D . 1826 . " We have not been able to glean much in

reference to the early history of this lodge . It appears once to have met on " Dover Heights , " where the regiment was stationed , according to " Alii man Regon , " ( the Constitutions of the Ancients ) . The minute books of the latter part of the ISth century are missing , as also the first warrant , but the whole of the foregoing dates , & c ,

are acknowledged in the warrant now held by the lodge . The earliest minute book in possession of the lodge commences April 20 th , 1807 , which is evidently one of a scries of records , the remainder of ivhich are now unfortunately lost . At this

date the members worked under a military warrant . "May 11 th , 1807 , Bro . Candy ( Sergeant ) proposed Bro . Thomas Mayne , a modern Mason , to become an ancient Mason . Seconded by Bro . Atkins , ballotted for ancl unanimously accepted . "

We may mention that although the Moderns ( or the real Ancients ) prohibited their members from joining the Ancients ( or according to fact , the Moderns ) , the latter never returned the compliment , so that the candidate just mentioned was

well received , notwithstanding he was acting in disobedience to the constitution of the Grand Lodgo he first joined .

At the "Ordnance Arms , Dover , loth July , 1 S 07 , Bro . Tregouniug proposed that ninepence out of the shilling collected from each member be expended for the refreshment of the lodge , and