226 LIFE OF MYTTON. 



made a will to which Sir Edward Smythe, Mr. Owen 

 of Woodhouse, Shropshire (his uncle), and myself, 

 were appointed executors, in which his all was left to 

 his only child by his first wife. The alteration, how- 

 ever, was immaterial, his "all," poor fellow ! that is to 

 say, his disposable personal property, being nothing; 

 but it is consoling to think that estates amountingf to 

 4500/. per annum were out of his reach, by entail, and 

 still remain to his family. Thus is it possible, that by 

 the aid of a ten years' minority, and ban-ing a)i- 

 othcr " John Mytlou," Halston and its oaks "' may yet 

 flourish. t 



One question may very naturally be asked, Why 

 was not that substitute for the law of Corinth, the 



• It has been st.-,ted to me, that the amount of timber sold by Mr. 

 Mytton at various times was So,ooo/., but I will not pledge myself to the 

 fact. 



t But there was another John Mytton, and Halston has passed into 

 other hands. Seges ubi Troja fuil, and prize Herefords have had the 

 place of horses and hounds. " The Worcester Journal" of January, 1838, 

 is answerable for the following : — 



"John Mytton Redivivus ! — One day last week, young Mytton, a 

 youth about twelve years of age, the eldest son of the late lamented 

 Squire of Halston, was out in a very hard day with the fox-hounds, and 

 at the dusk of evening found himself in a turnip field, a considerable 

 distance from home, with his pony so dead beat that he could proceed 

 no larther. The youth had too mucli of the inherent spirit of his fatliei 



