The R. Hone Richard Viscount Molesworth Sieve General of his MAJESTY'S Forces and Master General of the Ordnance of IRELAND.

The captain, however, got his Grace in the saddle, put the rein in his hand, and turning the horse's head to our line, entreated his Grace to push him that way with his utmost speed, as he accordingly did; but had not cleared the ground above three minutes, before the above-mentioned detachment came at full speed over the spot, so eager in pursuit of the Duke (whom they had certainly singled out) that the captain then had the good fortune to escape their notice.

By this time, the Duke had got within some of our battalions of foot, and the pursuers pressing pretty close upon the most advanced among them, which was the regiment of Albemarle Swiss, that regiment gave them their platoons very handsomely, and soon sent them back the same way, somewhat faster than they came on, however they now thought fit to pay the captain a little more respect than they had done before, and honoured him as they went by, with a few strokes of their broad-swords; but so luckily that he came off with only carrying their black marks about his shoulders for some time after.

The regiment of Albemarle, he said, continued firing to the front, as long as they thought they might do any damage to the enemy, of whom they dropped a good number to the right and left of him; but upon the first suspension of fire and smoke, he made them all the signals he could of his being a friend, and then went in to that battalion, where he was received with great friendship and some surprise by Colonel Conflant, who said he equally rejoiced and wondered at his escape, and that he doubted not, but he should soon see him at the head of a regiment.

He then told him, that the Duke had got between the lines, and was gone towards the centre; to which, while the captain was making his way as well as he could on foot, he, by chance, met with a foreign soldier holding the Duke's horse by the bridle; who upon his claiming the horse, and giving him a patacoon, immediately resigned him, and then the captain mounting that horse, pursued his way in quest of his Grace.

He found him upon a rising ground fronting the village of Ramillies, with a number of general officers and others about him, to whom he was distributing his orders, and when he saw the captain, he said he hoped he was not hurt.

The captain soon after observing that his horse (which

the Duke still mounted) was a little unquiet, shewed him his own, and said that might probably prove less troublesome to him; upon which his Grace shifting back to his own horse, and Colonel Bringfield (his first escuyer) holding the stirrop, the enemy just at that time discharged a battery from the village of Ramillies, which came among the groupe of us; and one of the balls after grazing, rose under the horse's belly, and took Mr. Bringfield in the head.

Edward, the fourth son of the first Viscount, was a Captain in the Spanish War, and his son John Molesworth, 'the celebrated calculator,' was father of Dr. Molesworth, who, as a young man, was heir-presumptive to the title; for, at that time, the title was in the family of the third son, and no direct heir had been born in that branch of the family. The following notice of the 'Calculator' appeared in Notes and Queries, May 7, 1864:

John Molesworth Esquire, late of Peterhouse College, Cambridge, and of Inner Temple, published :-(1) 'Proofs of the Reality and Truth of Lottery Calculations, with observations on the Museum and Adelphi Lotteries, and a Table showing the value of Insurance each day during the drawing of the latter; likewise a plan, by pursuing which, two out of three Adventurers will be successful; and a specimen of numbers, which will be valuable, both as to their chance for prizes and the manner in which they will be drawn, in-so-much that considerable odds may be laid upon an equal chance, with the certainty of gaining.' (London, 4to., 1774.) (2) Lots and Numbers of the Adelphi Lottery advantageous to ensure; with a hint to the speculators in tickets, by which there is a certainty of gaining, demonstrated in a manner clear to every capacity.' (London, 8vo., 1774.) In the second of these works he stated that, when a child, he could calculate the number of seconds in 50 years by mere strength of memory, without pen and ink; and that he could then read and retain 150 octavo pages in an hour. It seems that there are two engraved portraits of him; one in mezzo-tinto, taken in 1773 in his twenty-second year; the other, taken in his twenty-fourth year. Bromley calls him a lottery broker, and Evans a celebrated calculator. We should be thankful for further information respecting him.

Bust of Richard Molesworth, r., hair short, in helmet, scale armour with lio n's head cn the breast, and mantle. Leg. RICCARD MOLESWORTH, BR IT. TRIB. MIL. (Richard Molesworth, British Colonel).

Rev. Bellona, rushing over rugged rocks strewed with armour, seizes and arrests Fortune, whose foot is placed upon her wheel. Leg. PER ARDVA (Through difficulties).

3.5. Snelling, xxvii. 3. M.B. Æ. Always cast and by the same artist as the preceding (Antonio Silvi, of Florence).

Richard Molesworth was the second son of the first Viscount Molesworth, and succeeded to the title upon the death of his elder brother in 1726. He was bred a soldier, and gained a ccnsiderable reputation amongst his companions. At Ramillies he was aide-de-camp to Marlborough, whom at a critical moment he rescued from danger, by replacing with his own horse, that of the Duke which had fallen. At Preston he held a distinguished command, and afterwards filled the cffices of Master-General of the Ordnance, and Commanderin-Chief of His Majesty's Forces in Ireland. He died in 1758.

(From Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1885.)