UFE OF MYTTON. yj 



Chaplain of Halston and Rector of . Indeed, 



some of his intimate friends have doubted whether he 

 has enoufjh of this subtle art to enable him to oro 

 through the world with ^clat. Beino- once on a visit 

 at an old lady's house, who prided herself on the ex- 

 cellence of her cook, he was requested to carve the 

 bottom dish. On being- asked to help the old lady 

 herself, he addressed her thus : ' Pray, madam, how 

 do you like it ? Here is some very imich done, — some 

 very little done, — and some not done at all.' On an- 

 other occasion he was diningf with an old orentleman 

 in Gloucestershire, who plumed himself on the cele- 

 brity of his ale. On hearing that the Chaplain was 

 a Welshman, and reckoned a good judge, he ordered 

 a fresh cask to be tapped, and pledged him in a 

 bumper of it after his cheese. No encomium being 

 passed on it, the old gentleman ventured to ask him 

 how he liked his ale. ' Why, sir,' said the Chaplain, 

 we should call it very good small beer hi Wales! 

 " I have before observed, that the Halston Chap- 

 lain can neither be compared to Maecenas nor to 

 Falstaff — being completely ' S2ii generis.' Some years 

 since, however, he put me in mind of a scene between 

 the latter and his prince. We had had rather a hard 

 night at Halston, and our host was taking a nap, at 



