History Of Freemasonry In Cornwall.

HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN CORNWALL .

LONDON , SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 24 , 1866 .

By ? £ < Bro . WILLIAM JAMES HUGUA ]? , 18 ° , & c , ( Continued from page 382 . ) Upwa . ids of eighty subscribers from various towus in Cornwall appear on tbe list . No doubt "the minute of the author ' s attendance at the -Falmouth

Lodge will explain all , as doubtless he was combining business with pleasure , in taking a tour tbrougb the West . April 18 th , 176-1 . "This night the bye-laws standing in this lodge were read , and some continued ,

others altered , explained , etc ., and some new ones made ; and the whole bye-laws ordered to be transcribed in a book for that purpose . On a visit to Palmouth recently , to obtain all intelligence possible on the history of this lodge , we

were unable to describe any clue or information about a printed or 31 S . copy of its bye-iaws before 1 S 02 , excepting those contained in the minute book of the first volume of the transactions of this lodge , which were inserted in a previous number of the

FKEEHASOK'S' MAGAZINE , and to which we would refer those brethren who may not have seen them before , and are fond of reading the rules that were law about 1751 , at Falmouth . On April 12 th , 1764 . Bro . Bartholomew , attorney

at-3 aw , of this town , was balloted for on the 26 th inst ., and accepted . The officers for the next half year were elected and appointed on June 25 th , as follows : —Bro . Matthew Allison , "W . M . ; E . Vivian , S . W . ; Henry Pye , J . W . ; Edward Snoxell , Treas . . John Lilly , Sec . It was proposed by the E . W . M .,

Bro . Matthew Allison , that the sum of two guineas be sent to the Grand Charity , and that as the E . W . M ., is about to set out for Loudon , it is by ballot determined that he is desired to pay the same sum into the hands of the Grand iSecretary . " A

proposition was made by Bro . Stephen Bell , P . G . M ., "That a ballot should be called in order to know whether honorary members should be admitted , and finding six white balls for , and four black against it , proved in the affirmative , and accordingly was entered

in the bye-laws , " ( Nov . Sth , 17 G 4 ) . It was then proposed that two brethren ( whose names were mentioned ) become honorary members , who were immediately balloted for and rejected . This result might almost have been expected under the

circumstances , as the privilege of being made an honorary member of a lodge was intended as a special thing for strangers as a rule , or some extra service haying been rendered by a member to the lodge . In this case

there were no such claims , aud the brethren were subscribing members ofthe lodge when the ballot was taken . The next meeting carried out one of the most spirited and determined resolutions that could well be in regard to the question at issue . Being one of considerable interest , ancl unique in its way , we

will let the Secretary tell the tale iu his own style , and may such a punishment be never more merited in the good old lodge of Love and Honour . "November 29 th , 176-1 . —Lodge opened in due form . Present , Bro . Henry Pye , E . W . M .: P . T .,

and several brethren . Proposed by Bro . Tonge , that Mr . Thomas B be refused admittance in this lodgo for the future , even as a visitor , till he has acquitted himself of many severe imputations upon his character , not only as a Mason , but as a honest

man . Ballot called , ancl all black balls . Eesolved that notice be sent to every lodge in the county of this proceeding . It was also agreed that from the impertinence and plain conviction , his apron shall be lumt in the lodge that ' no brother should defile

himself by ever wearing it in the future . " Brother Henry Pye was chosen Master on Dec . 27 tb , and appointed Bro . James Hooten , S . W . ; Bro . A . Moses , J . W . ; Bro . J . Enys , P . M ., Treas . ; and Bro . Stephen Bell , Secretary . The lodge was then adjourned to the 10 th January , 1765 , when Bro . the Eev . Lane , of St . Ives , visited the lodge . A

letter was read from the party who was expelled last November , desiring a clearance of his character and the imputations laid against him . It was proposed by Bro . Tonge that no answer or notice at all be given to the said letter . A ballot called , and all agreed to the proposition . "

As Bro . Stephen Bell was desirous of being relieved from the duties of Secretary , the Master appointed Bro . Nathaniel Steel , and invested him properly with the jewel of his office . The question demanded , and nothing proposed , lodge closed in due form , and

regularly adjourned . The officers of the lodge for the second half-year of 1765 , were—Brother Thomas Vivian , W . M . ; Bro . Stephen Bell , S . W . ; Bro . N . Steel , J . W . . ; Bro . E . Snoxell , Treasurer ; Bro . Richard Vivian , Secretary ;

and on 24 th June they dined together at Bro . Snoxell ' s house . A letter was read from the Grand Secretary , requesting a contribution towards the chairs and candlesticks of the Grand Lodge . The consideration of the subject was deferred to a more convenient

season , which seems never to have arrived . Bro . S . Bell being elected the Master of the lodge on the 12 th December , he selected the following as his officers : —Bros . Nathaniel Steel , S . W . ; J . Hooten , J . W . ; E . Snoxell , Treasurer ; Matthew Allison , Secretary . The festival of St . John the Evangelist was obeeryed