_Gentlemen Pensioners._--
"On Saturday last, the Secretary to the Band of Gentleman Pensioners
did, by order of the Duke of Montague their Captain, dispatch circular
letters to the said gentlemen, signifying his Grace's pleasure to
revive the ancient rules and orders that were practised at the time of
the first institution of the Band in the reign of King Henry VII., viz.
that five of the said Gentleman Pensioners shall attend constantly
every day in the antechamber of the palace where His Majesty shall be
resident, from ten in the forenoon till three in the afternoon, the
usual time of His Majesty's retiring to go to dinner; and on every
Drawing Room night from eight to twelve."--_Weekly Journal_, Jan. 4,
1735.