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14 History of the Society of Dilettanti
from December to May, but in December, 17^7,
the January meeting was postponed to the second
Sunday in that month j and on May 20,1781, it was
resolved
< That it appears by experience to be for the advantage of the
Society that the meetings be held twice in a month instead of once,
that therefore the regulation for so doing be continued for the
ensuing year/
But this was rescinded on March 6", 1784, when the
Society reverted to' their original institution.' The
season during which the meetings were held was after-
wards changed: February to July being appointed
instead of December to May: and this is the
arrangement which holds at the present day. At
the date of the foundation of the Society and
for many years afterwards, the hour for dining was
considerably earlier than at present. Among the
early resolutions of the Society are these of
February 4, 1739:
'Ordered that the money for the Dinners be collected at the
first meeting of every year.
' Resolved that no business be transacted till after dinner.'
On April y, 1741, in consequence of a resolution,
'That Mr. Gage haveing left the soci. without leave of the
President and contrary to a known and ancient custom be censured,
it not being seven a clock,'
it was ordered
* That it be a standing Rule of this Society That the President do
call for the Bill at seven a clock (if business will permit) and that he
do positively without fail call for it at eight' j
and further ordered
c That no one be so disrespectfull as to go away before the bill
is called for, without leave publickly asked from and obtained
of the President.'
In April, 1767, a fine of one guinea was inflicted
for a breach of the latter order.
from December to May, but in December, 17^7,
the January meeting was postponed to the second
Sunday in that month j and on May 20,1781, it was
resolved
< That it appears by experience to be for the advantage of the
Society that the meetings be held twice in a month instead of once,
that therefore the regulation for so doing be continued for the
ensuing year/
But this was rescinded on March 6", 1784, when the
Society reverted to' their original institution.' The
season during which the meetings were held was after-
wards changed: February to July being appointed
instead of December to May: and this is the
arrangement which holds at the present day. At
the date of the foundation of the Society and
for many years afterwards, the hour for dining was
considerably earlier than at present. Among the
early resolutions of the Society are these of
February 4, 1739:
'Ordered that the money for the Dinners be collected at the
first meeting of every year.
' Resolved that no business be transacted till after dinner.'
On April y, 1741, in consequence of a resolution,
'That Mr. Gage haveing left the soci. without leave of the
President and contrary to a known and ancient custom be censured,
it not being seven a clock,'
it was ordered
* That it be a standing Rule of this Society That the President do
call for the Bill at seven a clock (if business will permit) and that he
do positively without fail call for it at eight' j
and further ordered
c That no one be so disrespectfull as to go away before the bill
is called for, without leave publickly asked from and obtained
of the President.'
In April, 1767, a fine of one guinea was inflicted
for a breach of the latter order.