The Minute Book Of The Lodge Of Industry, Gateshead.

" 17 . Whoever shall psume to call for or order any licquor , & c . & c . except by direction of Master or Deputy Blaster , ye time of assembly , shall forfeit 00—00—02 . " 18 . If any stay out after 10 oclock the meeting night without the Blasters leave , penalty 00—00—06 .

" 19 . Whatever member having due warning shall fail or neglect to attend at the apointed time and place of meeting , on the Chief meeting day , viz . June 24 th yearly , shall pay to fund Box 00—02—00 . " 20 . No mason shall take any work

or employ others so to do , that he has heard any of his Brother B'lasons been meeting about unless he first aquaint his Brother that was Bargaining for ye said work , or can prove him incapable of performing the same penalty 20 s . —00 . "

This last rule is written in another hand . I close here to-day , and piropose to give in the next Blagazine what may be called the " Fund Laws , " but which are too long for the present number . I feel more and more what a debt we owe

to the W . B'I . Bro . R . Gregory , to Bro . E . R . Robson , and the members of the Lodge of Industry , No . 48 , Gateshead , for so kindly allowing these ancient and valuable documents to be communicated to the Craft . I feel sure that their courtesy and kindness will be deeply appreciated by all Blasonic Students .

Masonic Odds And Ends.

MASONIC ODDS AND ENDS .

COLLECTED BY WILLTAM JAMES IIUGIIAN . The "Shane MS . " IN the " Freemasons' Magazine" for May , 1861 ( p . 348 ) , occurs a notice of the Sloanc BIS . It is b y " M . C . " in "Notes

and Queries . " The writer styles it "a very curious paper , evidently written about the middle of the seventeenth century . " The O . B . is inserted , which agrees with the Sloane MS . We take the above to be a transcri pt , and the earliest we have met

with of the BIS . in question in any Blasonic paper . Earl y Symbolical Freemasonry . In Sebastian Minister ' s Cosmography , printed in 1554 , the Square and Compasses , with the letter " G . " within , occur as a niargm ornament . The "Square and

Compasses" may be operative , but the letter G , being so depicted is certainly speculative . T . li . H . Duke of Kent and Dulce of Sussex . In the "Congregationalist" for January , 1875 , is an article by the Rev . Robert llalley , LL . D ., entitled "Recollections of the Old Dissent . " After alluding to several able Nonconformist ministers " who

have passed away , Dr . llalley presents a most racy sketch of the ministry of the Rev . Dr . Collyer , of London . " His great attraction was his imaginative power , never unduly indulged , but simply and p leasantly illustrating his subject His preaching attracted the attention of some

persons belonging to a class seldom seen in a dissenting place of worship . Among others were two royal dukes , the Duke of Kent , father to our present Queen , and her uncle , the Duke of Sussex . ' On the occasion of opening his new chapel at

Peckham , at that time thought a very grand affair , the two royal dukes attended to show their regard to him . " A good story is told of this Dr . Collyer . He once invited their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Kent and Sussex to dine with

him , and to his consternation they graciously accepted his invitation . His humble residence at Blackheath he knew was too small for the purpose , and his servants were unused to the entertainment of such exalted guests .

As a last resource Dr . Collyer ordered a sunrptiious dinner at the " Green B'Jan Hotel , " Blackheath , at that time frequented by the nobility , and there dispensed the honours of the table in a manner worthy of royalty .

Dr . llalley tells us " the most extravagant estimates were prevalent as to the cost for the luxuries , wine , and the waiting , but the worthy doctor kept the secret to himself , and never appeared to have gratified the curiosity of his friends on the subject . "

The Masoris Company . We find from our notes that for some time before and after the year 1686 , the clerk to the "Blaster , Wardens , Assistants and Commonalty of the Art and Blistery of Masons of the Citty of London , " was called Thomas Slampe . This name differs ( as already noted ) , from the clerk to the Society , which owned the Antiquity BIS ,, and to us it