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Lodge ob Tba ^ quillity ( No . 218 ) . —The Installation Festival of this thriving Lodge was held on Monday , the 16 th of February , at the Bridge House Hotel , Southwark , Bro . Coleman Van Goor , the W . M ., presided , and Bros . Cox and Wagner were passed to the 2 nd Degree . Mr . Morris Hart was initiated . Bro . S . Selig then assumed the chair , and Bro . Van Goor presented the W . M . elect , Bro . Noah Davis , for installation , which ceremony was performed with the precision and accuracy for which Bro . Selig is distinguished . There was a goodly

attendance to witness the installation , there being between seventy and eighty Brethren present , amongst whom were fifteen P . Ms . The handsome ballroom of the hotel was used for the occasion , the ample space adding much to the effect of the rites . We understand that the gavels of this Lodge , which was formerly held at the Freemasons'Tavern , are the same as were used by H . B . H . the Duke of Sussex at the first meeting of the Grand Lodge after the Union . The W . M . then appointed and invested as his Officers for the year Bro . Van Goor , P . M . ; Bro . Meyer Harris , S . W . ; Moss Ansell , J . W . ; Charles Herrman , Hon . Sec . ; M . B .

Levi , Chap . ; Andre Fresco , S . D . ; J . Kidstone , J . D . ; Bro . Moses , Dir . Cer . ; Bros . Smith and L . Levi , Stewards ; Morris Hart , I . G . Bro . Alexander Levi , who had been unanimously elected Treasurer , as well as Bro , Crab tree , the Tyler , were also invested by the W . M . Bro . Herrman , the Secretary of the Lodge , by desire of the W . M ., addressed Bro Van Goor , the immediate P . M ., and presented to that worthy Brother a very elegant Jewel , as a memorial of the kind feeling of the Lodge towards him for his regular attendance to the duties of the office of W . M . during the past year . It had been the custom of the Lodge to raise the

funds for a present to the P . M . by a subscription among the members , but as all members were not equally blessed with riches , this method was considered to be rather invidious , and therefore Bro . Alexander Levi proposed and Bro . Abrahams seconded a proposal that this act of grace and gratitude should come out of the Lodge funds , and the motion was carried unanimously . He ( Bro , Herrman ) , in placing this testimonial on Bro . Van Goor ' s breast , had very great pleasure , as he was sure it was well earned , and that the givers and the receiver were equally honoured . Bro . Van Goor said he should ever highly prize the present of his

Lodge ; it would be an everlasting record of the kindness of liis Brethren . He feared his services were scarcely commensurate with their handsome gift , and he thought that he might mention that one worthy friend had added a personal addition to the amount voted , that had been expended on the purchase of a diamonjcl , set in the Jewel . Bro . Alexander Levi said there had not been time to submit the report of the financial state of the Lodge , but he could assure the members that the funds were in a prosperous condition . At seven o ' clock the Brethren were called off to refreshment , and assembled at the banquet , which

was well served by the worthy host , the Hebrew grace before and after being most efficiently chanted by Bro . M . B . Levi , the Chaplain . The cloth being removed , the W . M . called on the Brethren to do honour to the Masonic toast of " The Queen and the ; Craft , " which was followed by the national hymn , admirably sung by Bros . H . and J / Isaacs , of the Lodge of Israel and Alexander . Next followed , of course , " The Earl of Zetland , the M . W . G . M , " and following it the same Brethren gave Bishop ' s admirable glee of " Mynheer Van Dunk . " The next toast was one immediately connected with the Lodge , " Prosperity to the Benevolent Fund , and the Health of the Treasurer , Bro . Alexander Levi . "

The W . M ., in proposing this toast , explained the origin of the fund ; in 1853 it was thought , that should a member fall into distress , it was derogatory to the Lodge that he should go to the Board of Benevolence for relief , and it was determined to establish a fund for the especial purpose of providing for such contingency ; this fund had now reached the sum of £ 250 , and hence the Lodge was prepared , should

any case come which demanded great commiseration , to grant as much as £ 100 for the relief of a Brother , and thus set him on his legs again . The Brethren of No . 218 thus in times of prosperity provided for a day of adversity , to which all were liable , and they all knew that the G . A . O . T . U . ordained the poor that the rich might find objects to relieve . A subscription was then entered into , which resulted in an addition to the fund of £ 23 . Bro . Alexander Levi expressed his grateful thanks for the contributions that had been made to the Benevolent Fund ,