Metropolitan.

Tuesday , lSffi . —Lodges , OH Union ( 51 ) , Hartley ' s Hotel ; 3 Iotint Lebanon ( 87 ) , Green Man Tooley Street ; Cadogan ( 188 ) , Freemasons' Tavern ; St . Paul's ( 229 ) , London Coffee House Camden ( 1000 ) , Assembly House , Kentish Town . Chapter . —Mount Sinai ( 49 ) , Anderton ' s Hotel . Board of General Purposes , at 3 , Wednesday , lOtli . —Lodges , Grand Stewards , Freemasons' Tavern ; Boyal York ( 7 ) , ditto s United Mariners ( 33 ) , Three Tuns , Southwark ; St . George's ( 161 ) , lloyal Hotel , Greenwich ; Sincerity ( 203 ) , Cheshire Cheese , Crutched Friars ; Oak ( 225 ) , Eadley ' s Hotel ; Nelson ( 1002 ) , Bed Lion , Woolwich . General Committee of Grand Chapter , at 3 ; Lodg < _ of Benevolence , at 7 . '

Thursday , Wlh—Lodges , Glohe ( 23 ) , Freemasons' Tavern ; Gihon ( 57 ) , Bridge Houso Hotel ; Constitutional ( 03 ) , Ship and Turtle ; St . Mary ' s ( 70 ) , Freemasons' Tavern ; Temperance ( 193 ) , Plough Tavern , Kotherhithe ; Manchester ( 20 il ) , 5 Andei-ton ' s Hotel ; IVestboume ( 1035 ) , Manor House , Westbourne Terrace North . Chapter . —Yarborough ( S 12 ) , George Inn , Commercial lload East . House Committee Girls' School , at 2 J . Friday , list . —Loclges , Middlesex ( 170 ) Thatched House Tavern ; Jordan ( 237 ) , Freemasons Tavern . Saturday , 22 nd . —Lodges , Unity ( 215 ) , London Tavern . Chapter . —§ t , George ' s ( 5 ) , Freemasons' Tavern . [ The appointments of Lodges of Instruction will appear iu the last nuiiitier of each monlli . J

ALBION LODGE , ( NO . 9 ) . —Tho annual meeting of tbis Lodga took place on Tuesday , Jan . 4 th , upwards of forty Brothers being present . Bro . Ferryman , ' WM . , opened tbe Lodgo in due form , and Bro , Bailey was passed to the second degree . The W . M . tbon resigned bis seat to Bro . Cant , P . M . ancl father of tbe Lodge—who proceeded with the ceremony of installation . Bro . Storing was then introduced by the retiring Masterand impressively installed into the chair . The new W . M .

ap-, pointed the officers , as follows -. —Bro . Hughes , S . W . ; Bro . W . Knight , J . W . ; Bro . Young , S . D . ; Bro . Abbott , J . D . ; Bro . Brown , I . G . Bros . Charles Lee and P . acksfcraiv were also invested as Treasurer and Secretary . Lodgo having been closed in solemn form , tbe Brethren retired from labour to refreshment . Bro . Moring presiding , supported on tho right by tho visitors , amongst whom ivere Bros . Pevreu , P . M ., Kb . 118 ; Bease , ditto ; Bern , Kb . 9 . 15 ; Chancellor , No . floa ; Beuler , So . 215 YoungP . M . No . 237 ; aud on the left by P . Ms . Bros . FerrymanJ . Burton

; , , , , Geo . Friend , Cant , Valentine , aud Lee . Upon the removal of the cloth , the P . M . proposed the first toast of the evening " The Queen and Craft . This was followed by the toasts of " The Earl of Zetland" and " Lord Panmure , " which were given ivith the customary honours . The next toast was that of " The Visitors "—replied to by Bro . Perren . The " W . M . said a pleasing duty now devolved upon him , that of

proposing tho health of their much esteemed Past Master , Bro . Cant , the father of the Lodge , who had that night performed the beautiful ceremony of installation in a manner to reflect lustre upon tho Lodge . Bro . Cant was ono of the most distinguished members of the Order , ho being one of the nine worthies appointed in 1813 to arrange the union of the York aud Athol Masons . Bro . Cant was ( with the exception of Bro . White , tho late Grand Secretary ) the oldest and nearly the last of those worthies . It ivas an . honour to have such a man associated with their Lodge . He ivould conclude by calling upon them to drink the health of Bro . Cant with

tbe usual honours . The worthy P . M . briefly replied . The " Masters , " the " Past Masters , " " Officers , " & e ., wero toasted and suitably acknowledged , the concluding toast being the " Masonic Charities , " coupled as usual with the name of Bro . Burton , who said that ho felt considerable pleasure in having his name associated with that toast . He had served the charities upou five occasions , and now he was about to act as steward for the Eoyal Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons and their Widowsand trusted to be well supported on the 26 'tk instant ; it had ahvays been

, his pleasure to represent No . 9 when serving the charities , it being his mother Lodge , although he had been favoured with high offices iu other Loclges . In conclusion , bo must again urge the assistance of the Brethren at the approaching festival , I ' eeliug that the Benevolent Institution was move in need of aid at the present time than perhaps any of the other charities connected with the Order . Bros . Wood Banks and Miss Ada Taylor added by their singing to the enjoyment of the evening .