Metropolitan.

Tuesday , Sth . —Lodges , Burlington ( 113 ) , Attiion Tavern ; St . James ' s Union ( 211 ) , Free ; masons' Tavern ; Percy ( 23 » 1 ) , Ship and Turtle ; Israel ( ' 2-1-7 ) . Bridge House Hotel ; St . Michael ' s ( 255 ) , George and Blue Boar ; United Strength ( 276 ) , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John's Gate ! Nine Muses i 2 S 6 ) , Freemasons'Tavern ; Wellington ( S 05 ) , Lord Duncan , Broadway , Beptl ' ord-Cliapler . —Jerusalem ( 218 , ) , Hick ' s Coilbo House . Wednesday , Uth . —Lodges , Fidelity ( 3 ) , Freemasons' Tavern ; Enoch ( 11 ) , ditto ; Union o . Waterloo ( 13 ) Freemasons' TavernWoolwichKent ( 15 ) 'Three TunsSouthwark

, , ; , , ; Royal Athelstan ( 19 ) , George and Blue Boiir ; Royal if aval ( 70 ) , Freemasons' Tavern ; Vitruviau ( 103 ) , AVhite Hart , Lambeth ; Eastern Star ( 112 ) , ; Justice ( 172 ) , Royal Albert , New Cross ; Pilgrim ( 2 S 9 ) , Snip and Turtle ; Belgrave ( 1051 ) , Gun Tavern , Pimlico . Committee Royal Benevolent Institution , at 3 . Thursday , 10 ( 7 ; . — -Lodges , Friendship ( 0 ) , Thatched Houso Tavern ; Regularity ( I 0 S ) , Freemasons'Tavern ; Friendship ( 248 ) , Ship and Turtle ; Bank of England ( 329 ) , Radley ' s Hotel ; Polish ( 778 ) , Freemasons' Tavern ; Canonbury ( 955 ) , Canonbury Tavern , Islington . Friday , 11 th . —Lodges , Britannia ( 38 ) , Thatched House ; Caledonian ( 156 ) , Ship and Turtle , Bedford 183 Union 195 London Hi

Freemasons' Tavern ; () , Freemasons' Tavern ; () , Tavern ; gh Cross ( 1056 ) , Railway Tavern , Northumberland Park , Tottenham . Saturday , llth . —Lodge , Phtcui . v ( 202 ) , Freemasons' Tavern . [ The appointments of Lodges of Instruction will appear iu tlie last number of each month . ] NErruxE LODGE ( No . 22 ) . —The annual installation festival of this Lodge was held on Thursday , the 2 / th of January ultimo , at Eadley ' s Hotel , New BridgestreetBlackfriars . The Lodge was opened at four o ' clockby the AV . M . Bro .

, , Batty , who gracefully closed his year of office by initiating , with much earnestness of maimer , Mr . Richard Child . The W . M . then resigned the chair to Bro . James Ashivoll , P . M ., aucl the W . M . elect , Bro . Robert Farrcu , was introduced by Bro . Toivneud , P . M ., and duly installed , saluted , and proclaimed ; in tho jireseuce of sixteen Past Masters . The W . M . then appointed as his officers for the year ensuing : Bro . John Boughey , S . W . ; Bro . ft . Pratt , J . W . ; Bro . C . J . Osborne , Sec . ; Bro . T . J . Lemare » S . D . ; Bro . Clarence HarcourtJ . D . ; Bro . Edward

, , Diggens , I . G . ; Bro . I . Wilcox , ivho had been re-elected Treas . ivas , us also Bro . Holt , the Tyler , invested . The Brethren adjourned to an elegant banquet at six o ' clock , to which about forty Brethren sat down and spent an evening of much enjoyment . There ivere several visitors , among whom were Bros . T . E . Davis , P . M ., No . 812 ; W . W . Davis , P . M ., No . 112 ; Jackson , W . M ,, No . 22 ; Mobbs , E . Davis , & c . §

CASTLE LODGE OF HARMONY ( No . 27 ) . —A meeting of this old red apron Lodge was held at the Thatched House Tavern , St . James ' s-street , on Monday , Jan . 2-itli . Bro . Dr . Hinxman , W . M . in the chair , supported by tho following Past Masters , Bros . John Nelson , P . S . G . D . ; J . H . Law ; Dr . Craft ; R . Warner Wheeler , key , and the officers of the Lodge . Bro . McDonald having been balloted for , ancl elected , was most impressively initiatedinto the Order . The Loclge was then opened in tho second and third degrees , and the S . W ., Bro . William Robert Wood , G . Stewardwho had been unanimously elected as W . M . for the ensuing yearat the

, , previous meeting of tho Lodge , was most ably installed by Bro . Dr . Hinxman . Tho W . M . then proceeded to invest his officers : Bro . Luff , S . W . ; Bro . Rev . J . Westerin , J . W . ; Bro . Nelson , Treas . ; Bro . Dr . Hinxman , Sec . ; Bro , Crispin , S . D ., & c . etc . All business being concluded , and the Lodge closed , the Brethren adjourned to the banquet , aud passed the evening with that social harmony for which this Lodge has long been distinguished . There were many visitors present , from St . Mary ' s , No . 70 , London ; and the Royal York , No . 391 , Brighton ( of both

of which Lodges , Bro . Wood is a Past Master ); and also from other Lodges . It will no doubt be remembered , that ifc was chiefly to the exertions aud liberality of Bro . Wood , thafc the children of the Freemasons' Girls School owed their pleasure trip to Brighton last summer ; ancl this is only one of the many instances ivhich has evidenced his beneficent spirit and practical energy in the interests ancl principles of our Order . OLD JUNG ' AEJIS LODGE ( NO . 30 ) . —Delightful aucl agreeable as are the meetings

generally of this favourite Lodge , wc question if any former reunion of its members surpassed that of Monday , 21 th ultimo , when Bro . F . Playford was