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was dry. How much, then, is it to be lamented, 

 that a man who had such resources for spending his 

 life in the pleasantest, as well as the most honour- 

 able occupations, should have thus abused his mental 

 powers, and subjected himself to misery of any kind 

 beyond that which is common to all ; and that repose 

 and retirement, the secret wish of mankind, should 

 by him have been considered valueless, if not irk- 

 some! 



I may here reproduce some specimens of Mr. 

 Mytton's off-hand style of writing, in two of his 

 addresses to the Freeholders of Salop, on his last 

 unsuccessful attempt to become one of their repre- 

 sentatives in 1 831; but they fall far short of the 

 others both in matter and style. In fact, they bear 

 evidence of a mind in decay, and sinking with the 

 general wreck. 



