“That to defray the necessary expenses of printing books, bills, &c., that members of the first class, if under the age of 55 years, shall pay 1_s._ entrance, and contribute 1_s._ per month to the box and 2_d._ per quarter to the secretary; and members of the second class, under the age of 55 years, shall pay 6_d._ entrance, and 6_d._ per month to the box, and 2_d._ per quarter to the secretary; and every person above the age of 55 years, and members of the first class, to pay 2_s._ entrance, and contribute 1_s._ 6_d._ per month to the box, and 2_d._ per quarter to the secretary; and every member of the second class to pay 1_s._ entrance, and contribute 1_s._ per month to the box, and 2_d._ per quarter to the secretary. No more than 20 members will be admitted above the age of 60 years. They to be free in 12 months; nor shall any article that may be hereafter made exclude them.” The benefits insured are to be— “That at the death of a free member, immediate notice shall be given to T. Scotcher, undertaker, who shall perform the funeral, and he shall inform one of the committee, and the first meeting night after the burial, his or her relation, next of kin, or nominee, on producing satisfactory evidence, will be entitled (if a member of the first class) to the sum of 10_l._; if a member of the second class, and above seven years, to 5_l._; if under the age of seven years, to 3_l._; but when the stock of this society amounts to 150_l._ in the public funds, if a member in the first class admitted ten years, 12_l._ will be allowed; and if a member admitted ten years in the second class, 6_l._ will be allowed, deducting all arrears on the books; and for the credit of the society, the committee shall see the undertaker’s bill discharged.” The publican is secured by a provision that the box shall not be removed to any other public house; and the office of “J. Scotcher, undertaker and founder of the Society,” is made permanent. An arbitrary rule, in such terms as the following, is so couched (the officers being judges) as to suppress complaint. This rule is common to other societies:— That if any member charge the committee, or any member thereof, or trustees, or secretary, with any improper practice in the management of the society, and cannot make it appear just, he or she shall be fined 5_s._, or be excluded. It is to be observed that the high and exclusive spirit of some of the rules would seem to show how little the body of the members are consulted in the preparation of them. Thus, in the “Ancient Friendly Society,” it is provided that “if any man sits down to drink with the stewards to pay sixpence, whether a member or not.” It is provided in the rules of the “Loyal United Friends,” that “if any person sit down to drink with the committee he is to pay sixpence;” and it is the same with a large proportion of the others.