€6 LIFE OF MYTTON. 



but wlien he was made acquainted with the nature 

 of the gift, the would-be giver was very soon de- 

 spatched, and I never heard whether he again made 

 his appearance, on a similar errand, at Halston. 



The next anecdote that presents itself to my mind 

 arose out of my seeing him get out of his carriage at 

 a cover's side, and walk towards his hunter, to mount 

 him. " There he goes" said Tom Penn ; '' hes a 

 lily, ain't he? Give him two hundred thousand a 

 year, and I'll bet a hundred he's in debt in foive 

 {five) years." But it is necessary to say who this 

 Tom Penn is, or rather was, for he is also in his 

 • grave, having broken his neck in hunting. He was 

 •,pad-groom to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart, 

 much looked up to, and consequently often consulted, 

 for his correct judgment of a hunter, by the help of 

 which, although an excellent servant, he was one of 

 the most impudent fellows that ever wore a livery ; 

 or, perhaps, more properly speaking, what is known 

 in the lower world as "a regular cool hand." 



Now a question arises, not unworthy of discussion, 

 Did the late Mr. Mytton really enjoy life amidst all 

 this profusion of expenditure ; and was he, in the best 

 of his days, in a situation that many poor men would 

 £Ovet ."* This, I think, admits of a doubt. It is true, 



