_Chip in Porridge_ (Vol. i., p. 382. Vol. viii., p. 208.).--The subjoined
extract from a newspaper report (Nov. 1806) of a speech of Mr. Byng's, at
the Middlesex election, clearly indicates the meaning of the phrase:
"It has been said, that I have played the game of Mr. Mellish. I have,
however, done nothing towards his success. I have rendered him neither
service nor disservice" ["No, nor to anybody else," said a person on
the hustings; "you are a mere _chip in porridge_."]