5th. Ld. Montfort gives Ld. Downe 1 guinea, to receive 10 gs. when he rides 10 miles within the fifth day. 6th. Ld. Montfort gives Ld. Howe 1 guinea to receive 10 guineas when he rides 5 miles within the Sixth day. _Paid._ Another wager of this nobleman dealt with the matrimonial intentions of the proprietor of White’s: Ld. Montfort wagers Ld. Ravensworth one hundred guineas, Duke of Devonshire Fifty guineas, and Ld. Hartington fifty guineas, that Mr. Arthur is not married in three year from ye date hereof, March 11th, 1754. N.B. Bob goes Twenty guineas with Ld. Montfort in this bet.[3] (Now Sir Robt. Mackreth.) Footnote 3: A note added: “‘Bob,’ the waiter, married the daughter of Mr. Arthur, the proprietor of the club, became prosperous, and was afterwards knighted. He was subsequently Member for Castle Rising.” The following are a few of the very numerous bets of which account is given in this curious record: _November 7th, 1758._ Mr. Cadogan engages to pay Mr. Willis twenty guineas, in consideration of one guinea received from him, whenever he has in his possession, either by purchase or gift, a Post Chaise with a crane neck. The following bet, recorded in 1813, would appear to refer to some incident in the life of Mr. Creevy which has escaped notice: Col. Osborn bets Sir J. Copley 5 gs. that Mr. Creevy is imprisoned before the announcement of the capture of Dantzic is received. J. COPLEY. J. OSBORN. _pd._ _April 2nd._ Mr. Methuen bets Col. Stanhope ten guineas to 1, that a certain worthy Baronet understood between them does not of necessity part with his gold ice-pails, before this day twelvemonth; the ice-pails being found at a pawnbroker’s, will not entitle Col. Stanhope to receive his ten guineas. H. F. R. STANHOPE. PAUL METHUEN. _White’s, April 10th, 1813._ Mr. Raikes bets Sir Joseph Copley ten guineas that he does not play at cards or dice at any Club in London in a year from this date. _settled._ _May 22nd, 1818._ Lord Binning bets Lord Falmouth five guineas that a Roman Catholic Bishop upon formally abjuring his Catholic faith, may be made a Protestant Bishop without any new ordination in the Protestant Church. BINNING. FALMOUTH. _pd._ _April 17th, 1825._ Lord George Bentinck bets Col. Walpole a Rouleau that the Duke of St. Albans marries Mrs. Coutts within six months of this day. Ld. Elliott stands half the bet with Ld. G. Bentinck. G. BENTINCK.