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Co = operatiue Cruises ana tours , ORGANIZED BY HENRY S . LUNN , M . D ., B . Ch ., P . R . G . S ., and CONNOP F . S . PEROWNE . SPECIAL MASONIC CRUISE TO THE HOLY LAND . A Months Cruise for Twenty-five Guineas , msiting Athens , Constantinople , the Holy Land , and Egypt . Chaplains : Rett . Canon Child , G . C ., and ReV . Canon Bullock , P . G . C . Wednesday , January 11 th - - - Leave London , via Dover , Calais , Paris . Thursday , January 12 th - - - Leave Marseilles . Saturday , January 14 th At Naples . Tuesday , January 17 th At Athens . "Wednesday , January 18 th At Athens . Saturday , January 21 st - - - Arrive Jaffa , for Jerusalem , After landing passengers , the vessel will Sunday , January 22 nd - - - Arrive Port Said . [ proceed to Port Said . Tuesday , January 24 th - Depart Port Said . Wednesday , January 25 th - - - Arrive Jaffa to embark passengers from Jerusalem . Thursday , January 26 th - - - Arrive Alexandria for Cairo . Tuesday , January 31 st ... Depart Alexandria . Friday , February 3 rd - - - Arrive Malta , afternoon . Saturday , February 4 th - - - At Malta , leaving at midnight . Monday , February 6 th - - - Arrive Naples , mid-day . Tuesday , February 7 th - - - Depart Naples , mid-day . Thursday , February 9 th - - - Arrive Marseilles . Friday , February 10 th - - - Arrive London . The fare includes a second-class return ticket from London to Marseilles , via Dover and Calais . First class , £ 2 12 s 6 d extra . Those who start from Marseilles will pay £ 5 5 s less . Special arrangements will be made for those passengers who desire to travel from Naples via Borne , Florence , and Venice to England . Full details of Land Excursions , with plan of Steamer , on application . £ 10 10 : £ 13 13 : and £ 18 18 : ROME TOURS . £ 10 10 s Skating and Toboganning Winter Parties . For full particulars , apply Secretary , 5 Endsleigh Gardens , London , N . W .

Royal Arch Masonry.

ROYAL ARCH MASONRY .

WE have obtained an advance copy of tbe following circular , bearing the signature of Comp . Col . Starkie , and which it is intended to issue to the various Chapters in and around Manchester . 2 Cooper Street , Manchester ,

December 1898 . M . E . Sir and Companion , It is very gratifying to me to observe the progress that Eoyal Arch Masonry lias made in this Province during the past few years . Whilst so gratified I am desirous that

there should be a greater uniformity m working the Ceremonies of the Order ; and in order that this may be carried into effect I have to enlist the services of the First Principals of Chapters in the Province , bringing before the notice of the Members of their Chapters the Truth Eoyal Arch Instruction Chapter , No . 1458 , as announced in the annexed circular .

By means of a general Chapter of Instruction of this nature for the Province , it is hoped thai the result will be a uniform system of working throughout the Province . I have to request that you will take such steps as you may deem needful for bringing this matter before the Members of your Chapter .

Yours fraternally , ( Signed ) LE GENDEE N . STARKIE , Grand Superintendent , East Lancashire .

TBUTH EOYAL ABCH INSTRUCTION CHAPTER , NO . 1458 . Preceptor . —Comp . Arthur H . Jefferis P . Z . 645 P . P . G . J . Assistant Preceptors . —Comps . Buckley Carr P . Z . 993 Prov . G . J ., and Charles Swinn P . Z . 204 P . P . G . Std . Br .

Director of Ceremonies . —Comp . Fletcher Armstrong P . Z . 935 P . P . G . A . D . C . Scribe E . —H . Hellewell , 4 North Corridor , Royal Exchange , Manchester .

Mosley Hotel , Piccadilly , Manchester . This Chapter of Instruction was founded in April 1897 , to

afford instruction and improvement to Eoyal Arch Masons in the working of the Supreme Degree , and for the purpose of preparing Companions to fill the several Offices in their respective Chapters , so that the Exaltation Ceremony may be rendered both impressive and as near perfection as possible , and it is thereby hoped to stimulate zeal in Companions to promote and diffuse

the valuable tenets inculcated , enhance the prestige , and further increase the interests in this Degree , " the foundation and keystone of the whole Masonic Structure . " The Chapter meets at 6-30 p . m ., on the second Tuesday in the months of January , February , March , April , May , September . October , November , and December .

Officers are appointed at each meeting , for rehearsing the Ceremony of Exaltation at the ensuing meeting . Annual subscription 6 s ., no joining fee . ( By-Law IV ) . — Eoyal Arch Companions desirous of becoming members of this Chapter shall be duly proposed and seconded in open Chapter ( or by letter from their respective Chapters , duly signed and vouched for by the 1 st Prin . and S . E . ) , and balloted for at the next regular meeting .

The Instruction Chapter now numbers seventy-four subscribing members .

The annual ball under the auspices of the Morecambe Lodge , No . 1561 , was held on Wednesday night , 14 th inst ., in the Oriental Ballroom of the Winter Gardens , Morecambe . The arrangements reflected every credit on the Committee

and on Bro . J . Porter , who had acted as Secretary , and there was a capital attendance . In every way the ball was a great success . r » r \ r \

A work on "The Origin and Antiquity of Freemasonry , " and its analogy to the Eschatology of the Ancient Lgyptians , as witnessed by the "Book of the Dead , " and the Great Pyramid of Ghizeh , the first Masonic Temple in the World ; by Bro . A . Churchward , M . D ., M . R . C . P ., M . R . C . S .,

F . G . S ., P . M ., P . Z ., & c , is announced as in the press . Copies of the book , price 5 s each , beautifully illustrated , may be ordered of the Publishers , Sir Joseph Causton and Sons , Ltd ., 9 Eastcheap , London , E . C .