Metropolitan.

given of the next public night for Wednesday , the 30 th of November . After the lodge was closed the brethren dined together , and spent one of those agreeable evenings which characterise the meetings of the Grand Stewards' Lodge , and have become proverbial , Bro . Nufct , W . M . pro tern ., exerting all his usual pains to set every one at their ease , and being eminently successful in his good offices . With such a Secretary and Steward as Bro . William Watsonit would be superfluous

, to say the banquet was elegant , choice , and as plentiful as the Freemasons' Tavern could produce . The toasts were those stereotyped as forming part of Masonic entertainments , but proposed with good feeling , and replied to in good humour . MOUNT . LEBANON LODGE ( MO . 73 ) . —This flourishing and prosperous lodge held its usual monthly meeting on Tuesday , October 17 tb , at the Green Man Tavern , Tooley-street ,

Southwark ( Bro . C . A . Cathie's ) . Bro . E . N . Levy , W . M ., assisted by Bros . H . Moore , S . W . ; J . C . Gooddy , J . W . ; E . Harris , P . M ., Sec ; E . Hurrell , J . D . ; F . Walters , I . P . M . ; J . Donkin , Dr . Dixon , T . Walter , E . Smith , P . M . ' s ; M . A . Loewenstark , F . Ebsworth , R . Fenn , C . A . Cathie , R . G . Chipperfield , Marshall , J . Delany , G . F . Davenport , H . T . Turney , T . Sabine , Brookhouse , and many others . Amongst a large number of visitors we noticed Bros . Harris , 1 SS ; H . Bagshaw , W . M . 548 ; C . H .

Mourn , W . M . ; G . Holman , 871 ; & c . Bro . Brookkouse was raised to the third degree . Three brethren were passed to the second degree ... Four gentlemen , viz . —Messrs . Maidwell , Drapper , Jacobs , and Hunter were initiated into Freemasonry . The W . M . performed the ceremonies in his usual superior , painstaking manner , Avhich reflected the highest credit on him . After the lodge was closed the brethren separated . EASSEEN- STAB LODGE ( No . 95 ) . —The first meeting of the

season of this long-established lodge was held on Tuesday , Oct-18 , at the Ship and Turtle Tavern , Leadenball-street . Bro-Frank L . Goode presided ; Bro . J . How , P . M ., as S . W . ; Bro . Wilkinson ; J . W . There were also a goodly array of P . M . 's present—E . W . Davis , Marriott , Grey , Allison , W . W . Davis , and Sharpe , aud about twenty-five other members and visitors . Bro .

Hessmg was passed to the second degree , and Bros . Ayres and Verney were raised to the third degree . Three pounds from the Charity Fund were voted in aid of a distressed brother who had petitioned the Board of Benevolence . Proposals for the admission of two . new members were submitted , and after the disposal of other business the lodge Avas closed , and the brethren adjourned to the banquet . Among the visitors were Bros . T . E . DavisP . M . No . 569 ; J . H . FreemanP . M . No . 205 ; Manning

, , , P . M . No . 9 . ; and W . G . Drew , No . 8 . LODGE OF : JUSTICE . ( No . 147 . )—This lodge held its - first regular meeting since the . recess , on Wednesday , October 11 th , at Bro . J . Porter ' s , White Swan Tavern ; High-street , Deptford . In consequence of the lamented death of Bro . John Hollins , W . M ., the lodge was placed into deep mourning . Bro . G . BoltonP . M . and Treasureropened the lodgeassisted by Bros .

, , , J . Bavin , S . W . ; J . Lightfoot , J . W . ; C . H . Davis , P . M . and Sec ; G . Chapman , S . D . ; J . Patte ,: J . D . ; J . Cavell , P . M . ; F . Walters , P . M . ; H . Moore , Wingfield , J . Porter , Pitt , and many others too numerous to enumerate . Amongst a large number of visitors Ave noticed , Bros . J . Brinn , 75 ; G . Brown , W . M . 169 ; J . Liddiard ,.. 548 , & c . The only ceremony done was raising three brothers to the sublime degree of Master Masons ,

and as they Avere each introduced separately , the W . M . was able to render this ceremony with impressive solemnity , which must have made a lasting impression on the minds of the candidates , likewise on those brethren who had the advantage of both hearing aud seeing ' this important ceremony well and correctly done . It was pleasing to see such an old P . M . as Bro . G . Bolton so thoroughly well able to undertake the duties of the chair in such an efficient mannerespeciallwhen called on an

, y upon emergency and without any previous notice . A letter of condolence was unanimously agreed to he sent on behalf of the lodge to the widow of the late esteemed Bro . J . Hollins , W . M . One gentleman was proposed for initiation , and one brother as a joining member for the next meeting . Business being ended , the lodge was closed . There was not any banquet , and the brethren separated soon after the business Avas finished .

ROYAL ALBERT LODGE ( NO . 907 ) . The regular meeting of this lodge took place at the Freemasons' Tavern on the 17 th , inst . The lodge was opened by Bro . Downs , W . M ., assisted by Bros . J . A . Farnfield , S . W . ; T . Peters , J . W . ; and amongst the brethren . present were Bros . J . Smith , P . G . Purst ., P . M . and Treas . ; R . W . Little , Sec ; W . H . Farnfield , S . D . ; J . Abbott ,

Metropolitan.

J . D . ; C . Chard , I . G . j H . J . Lewis , Dir . of Cers . ; T . Lewis and W . Watson , P . M . 's ; Nugent , C . P . Farnfield , Ranaison , Standfast , Pendygvass , C . T . Chard , Walker , & c . Visitors : Bros . P . Bichard , P . Prov . G . S . B . Jersey ; Dr . T . W . J . Goldsborough , W . M . 998 , and P . M . 201 ; and J . Terry , P . M . 228 . The business of the evening being to pass Bro . Langford Webb , the ceremony was ably rendered by Bro . Downs , W . M . The Secretary then read a communication from Bro . W . Farnfield .

, Assist . G . Sec , Secretary to the Royal Benevolent Institution , requesting a Steward to represent the lodge at the festival to be held on the 25 th of January , 1865 , on behalf of that de ~ serving Charity . This elicited a double response , Bro . Jeffreys , the I . P . M ., undertaking the office at the ensuing festival , and the W . M . promising to follow in Bro . Jeffreys' footsteps the succeeding year . The lodge was then duly closed , and thebrethren adjourned to banquet under the presidency of Bro ..

Smith ( the W . M . 's health not permitting him to remain ) , when one of those pleasant evenings Avas enjoyed for which the Eoyal Albert Lodge is becoming famed , amongst the Craft .. Nor are the merits of this young lodge confined to the genial and brotherly feeling which animates all who meet at its social board , as it has not forgotten to support the claims of our-Charities , a Steward having been regularly furnished by the

lodge since its consecration , and more than one-fourth of itsmembers having constituted themselves Life Governors of the-Eoyal Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and their Widows .

STEAAVBEEBY-HIIL LODGE ( No . 946 ) . —The first meeting : for the season of the brethren of the Strawberry-Hill Lodge took place at Bro . Bendy's , the Grotto Tavern , Twickenhan , on : Wednesday , the 12 th inst . There were present Bros . John Stedwell , W . M . ; Collard , S . W . ; John Archer , J . W . ; John Gurton , 1 st W . M . and Founder , Treas . ; . W . Piatt , sen ., Sec . ; - Faithful , S . D . ; W . Piatt , jun ., J . D . ; Paxon , I . G . ; and W .-Watson , P . M ., with some twenty-two other brethren .

Thevisitors were Bros . Haskins , W . M . St . Luke ' s ; J . Sedgwick ,. W . M ., and T . Simpson , P . M . St . James's Union ; Matthew Cooke , W . M . De Grey and Ripon ; E . Garden , A . White , W „ Harnett , J . Lonsdale , and J . Dixon . The business of the day was one raising , two passings , aud five initiations , all of which ceremonies were excellently performed by the W . M ; and hisofficers . After the business was concluded , and the lodge had : been closed , the brethren sat down to one of the most

sumptuous and elegant dinners ever set before the brethren of any lodge . The W . M . in terse words proposed the usualloyal Slid Masonic toasts , which he followed up with that of the newlyinitiated brethren , and for Avhich Bro . Newham returned thanks in a few sensible words . The remaining toasts werethose common to Masonic meetings , pleasingly given , neatlyreplied to , and an evening wasjspent which was one of unmixed , happiness and good cheer .

Provincial.

PROVINCIAL .

CHESHIRE . CnESTEB . —Ceslrian Lodge ( No . 425 ) . —On the 13 th inst ., a ceremony most interesting to the Craft took place at Chester ,, iu connection with the initiation at the Cestvian Lodge of Mr . Robert Stapleton Cotton , son of the D . Prov . G . M . the Hon , Col . Cotton , and grandson of the R . W . Prov . G . M . of Cheshire ,., Field Marshal the Viscount Cornbermere . The lodge was opened by dispensationat three p . m . at the Corn ExchangebBros .

, , , y Mawdsley , W . M ., Wilcock , S . W ., and Butt , J . W ., Bros . John Trevor , acting as S . D ., W . C . Hunt as J . D ., and C . Dutton as I . G . Bro . Field Marshal Viscount Cornbermere presided , and there was a full attendance of Prov . G . Officers of this and the neighbouring provinces , including Bros . Lord de Tabley , P . S . G . W . of England , and Prov . S . G . W . of Cheshire ; Hon . Wellington Cotton ,. D . Prov . G . M . of Cheshire ; Rev . E . Dymock , D . Prov . G . M . of

North Wales and Salop ; Lord Arthur Edwin Hill Trevor , Capt . Bush , R . N ., the Mayor of Chester , Bros . Robert Frost , E . G . Willoughby , P . Prov . J . G . W . ; Moss , P . Prov . J . G . W . ; E . H . Griffiths , Prov . G . Sec ; J . Twis 3 , Prov . G . Org . ; Rev . H . G ., Vernon , Prov . G . Chap . ; Rev . J . W .. Newell Tanner , P . Prov . G . Chap . ; Rev . Frederick Ford , Chaplain of the Cestrian Lodge ; W . Bulley , J . P . Piatt , W . Butler , Prov . G . S . B . ; Thos . Truss * P . Prov . S . G . W . ; J . D . Weaver , Thomas Piatt , Wm . Southam , Thomas Wylie , J . H . Younghusband , E . Minshull , E . Cuzner , Donald McGregor , A . Dickson , J . W . McEwen , J . Ralph , Henry