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In 'Leisure Moments in the Camp and in the Guard-Room' (York, 1812) there is a very circumstantial account of an incident which is said to have happened when Paine was a member of the French Republican Legislature:"It may not be generally known, that among the members of the various legislative bodies, which, for four or five years, were fabricating Constitutions for France, there were scarcely any who delivered their speeches otherwise than by reading them. In the first assembly I only knew of four or five, who spoke impromptu, and who were ready, on every occasion, both for attack and defence-those were MIRABEAU, the too celebrated orator; L'Abbé MAURY, the pliant priest; CAZALES, the esteemed friend of the illustrious BURKE; and LALLY-TOLENDAL, the sublime advocate of a murdered father. "Those who could neither speak, nor compose, had a person to stain paper for them, whom they called their Teinturier, or Dier. I knew a very good scholar of the name of BERTIN, whose hours were all employed in composing speeches, (à un petit écu la piece,) at half a crown a piece, for seven Royalist and nine Jacobin Members, who had not a word to say for themselves! This Teinturier, to my certain knowledge, even proposed to his legislative customers to read the discourses for them in the tribune, for an additional shilling, if they could obtain the President's permission to that effect: many of them, no doubt, would have willingly availed themselves of Citizen BERTIN's proposal, had not the apprehension of exciting the laughter of the other legislators deterred them. "PAINE, who knew no more of French than he did of morality, had a Teinturier for himself, and whom, though a member, he paid; he was also his reader. It was an excellent subject for a caricature to see them both perched in the Rostrum together, one displaying the purchased and supposed eloquence of TOM PAINE, while the representative of the Pas de Calais nodded his assent to every expression, and not unfrequently bestowed his approving suffrage on the very part of the oration which made against his own general and avowed principles in politics! On one occasion, I well recollect the following ludicrous circumstance of his mistimed nod of approbation. "It was on a question relating to the Clergy, in which TOM's scribe and other-self had introduced the following passage, trusting it would prove the means of making some addition to the portion congrue: Il faut convenir que, de tout tems, le Clergé de France, malgré les préjugés, qui existent à son desavantage, s'est montré digne du caractère sacré, dont il est revêtu; et qu'il a toujours interpreté le CODE SUBLIME de la foi Chrétienne d'une manière exemplaire, et propre à consoler les fideles dans tous les accidens de la vie ! et surtout qu'il ne s'est jamais montré l'ami du Siège de Rome.' Which may be thus Englished: 'It must be allowed, that from time immemorial, the Clergy of France, notwithstanding the existing prejudices which prevail against that body, bave proved themselves worthy of the sacred character, with which they are invested; and that they always interpreted the SUBLIME VOLUME of the Christian faith in an exemplary manner, and calculated to cheer the faithful in the various fortunes of this fleeting life! nor did they ever evince partiality to the See of Rome." "To every word of this passage PAINE assented with un. common vehemence of action, and of course in English, the only idom with which he was at all acquainted.To be sure!' he exclaimed; 'certainly!' 'most assuredly nothing can be more certain!' &c., &c., &c., while he looked round the Hall with much selfcomplacency, and as if to solicit applause for the consistency of his doctrine ! ! "This was meant evidently, according to some, as a joke on the Member for the Dopartment of Calais; whilst others insisted, that it was (as it afterwards proved to be) intended as a vehicle for the private opinion of his Dier; but in either case, Tom considered himself as ill-used, on learning, from the public voice, that he had comtattod his own favourite system, and had declared from the tribune, that the HOLY SCRIPTURES contained matter for consolation to mankind in all the walks of this chequered pilgrimage. Certain, however, it is, that I never saw PAINE after that day in the rostrum with the same Teinturier. "Among other gentleman-like propensities, Mr. PAINE was excessively addicted to drinking unqualified brandy; and it is thought, that he drank more copiously of his favourite liquor in the morning, than at any other part of the day; no doubt for the purpose of rendering his conscience callous to self-reproach, and to the workings of compunction, furies that are ever in the suite of the impious. Notwithstanding his carbuncled face, and most repulsive ensemble, he was not proof against the omnipotence of beauty. He wished to become, and to declare himself l'amant aimé of a very pretty figurante of the name of VINCENT, whose form and savoir faire had laid many suitors at her feet, and brought many visitors to the opera-house. Toм employed an Irish rebel, who now keeps a school near Paris, to write a letter for him to 'la belle Pauline'; and Patt, who was the most incapable person in France to keep a love-secret, published the answer, which was couched in these words. I give them with all their orthographical imperfections on their head, and in the true style of Parisian operadancers: Citoyen Réprésentant du Peuple,-Je vous connoy de vu, et c'est asez pour moi: je n'aimes point l'echantillon, que j'ais vue à la tribune; pour couper au court, si vous aviés à m'offrir tous les richesses du Citoyen Agalité, je dirois à mon laqué de vous fermer ma porte au nez; d'ailleur, crois tu, malheureux, que je suis si peu bonne Chretienne pour vouloire passer une nuit avec un manant, qui ne croy ni au bon dieu, ni à la sainte Verge Marie? Tu fais horreur de toutes les manieres ! PAULINE VINCENT. Which may be thus interpreted. Citizen Representative of the People,-I know you by sight, and that's plenty for me: I don't approve of the sample, I saw in the pulpit of the assembly--But to cut the matter short, if you made an offer of all Egalité's riches, I should tell my footman to shut my door in your face. On the other hand, dost thou think, wretch, that I have so little of the Christian about me, as to indulge a fellow, like thee, who believest neither in God Almighty, nor in the blessed Virgin Mary? Thou excitest horror in every point of view! P. V. "Though PAINE, as a legislator, was the real representa tive of Orator Mum, he figured with no inconsiderable degree of éclat as a holder-forth of treason, when, in a corner of the Caffé de Chartres, appositely denominated the Pandemonium, he there saw himself encircled by the English, Irish, and Scotch rebels, who emulously sought after the honour of even touching the hem of their Apostle's garment." " That Mr. J. F. Neville, the "veteran British officer" who wrote the Leisure Moments' was greatly prejudiced against Paine is quite evident, and this adds to the inherent improbabilities of the story about the written speech. Perhaps Dr. M. D. Conway or Mr. J. G. Alger could throw some further light upon the alleged incident. 47 Scaly ff. WILLIAM E. A. AXON. Moss Side, Manchester, GEORGE ROBINS, AUCTIONEER. Most persons have heard extracts from the effusions of this remarkable man, the best known of which being an apocryphal description of a certain property which wound up with a declaration that the only drawbacks were the litter of the rose-leaves and the noise of the nightingales; but few persons are aware that this daring hyperbole was not unfrequently reached, if not at times actually exceeded, in authentic particulars of sale of which he was the author. Describing "the splendid abode of the Marquis of Londonderry in St. James's Square, at the corner of King Street," the auctioneer premises : "The difficulty that frequently occurs to do justice, and at the same time avoid colouring the picture too highly, is in this instance likely to be avoided, inasmuch as its highest panegyric will be found in the single circumstance that the Marquis of Londonderry, when Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, rendered it equal to the accomplishment of his enlarged views of splendour and comfort, in which laudable feeling it must in fairness be admitted he was not a little indebted to the fine taste and discrimination of his Marchioness. It is not intended to give a lengthened detail of the accommodation which reigns so triumphantly in these regions of splendour and hospitality; and it would probably suffice to state that when the allied sovereigns visited England, the most superb banquet in their estimation was conceded to the noble Marquis, whence it necessarily follows the accommodation was equal to all that fastidious taste could devise; enough is already accomplished to prove demonstratively that it is fitted for a splendid entertainment on the most extended scale. It remains to be added, that the domestic arrangement harmonises and is in strict accordance with the whole. Le cuisine a manger [sic] is worthy of the commendation of the great artiste Eustache de St. Ude [Ude was always a trump card with Robins]. It might be here inquired, What more can be desired? To which it is rejoined, that in the immediate environs (that is in Duke Street) is a Twelve Stall Stable and Standing for four Carriages." Could the art of bathos descend deeper than this? Abberley Lodge Estate, within twelve miles of In the particulars and conditions of sale of Worcester and twenty of Ludlow, which was sold by auction on 23 June, 1836, "by direction of the venerable proprietor," who was formerly M. P. for Worcester, it is said : sale: "The Abberley estate hath claims to great antiquity, it is an original grant from Henry VIII.; the words of the gift are so courteous that Mr. Robins cannot resist the temptation of recording them in the particulars of Given to Walter Walsh, Esq., Groom of his advowson of the Church, the Park and the Estate in as chamber and household, the manor of Abberley, with the full words as so bountiful a King could give to his esteemed favourite." Another estate, in Worcestershire, "in the golden vale of Evesham," possessed a mansion house of which it is said, "the architectural form of the Mansion is only one of its many attributes, nor is it confined to the extraordinary richness of the soil; there is an influential, an almost bewitching power, which whispers in very intelligible terms that it was originally created with an intention that one of the representatives of the loyal and independent borough of Evesham should be a resident member and his abode Prospect House." This was in 1834, after the passing of the first Reform Bill : "The mansion [it is further declared], which is uniform, puts on a character which gives it additional claim to attention, inasmuch as it possesses all that a large gery about it, that qualifies it for one of less pretensions. family could reasonably desire, mixed up with a snugThe brick-work is by a master's hand-the Entrée by a paved colonade [sic] and virandah [sic]-the shrubbery walks, gardens and grounde, most adequate. It is situ mile of the town; and it should seem as if nature in its ated on a delightfully commanding spot, within half a bounty had ordained it for one of the representatives of Evesham, for every window would enable him to look over his respectable constituency." Much in the same manner as the devil is said to The description of "the splendid seat called Buckland Filleigh" is delightful, as it contains a personal note and a line of poetry, the authorship of which has not yet been discovered, but may be attributed to the eminent auctioneer himself. Buckland Filleigh, says Mr. Robins, "is decidedly the most distinguished feature of North Devon's favoured county. Those who are at all familiar with the renown so justly conceded to this property, will see that the last term has been used advisedly; for It needeth not the aid of Fancy's sketch. Indeed, the great difficulty which the humble individual is impressed with, who has the conduct of this sale, arises out of his poverty of words [modest man!] such as should be sought to aid him in giving a faint portraiture of a seat which nothing in the county pretends to rival, and of which history has already given most favourable mention.' After describing the house, erected at an expense of 40,000l., with "a portico of imposing size and appearance, modelled in exact proportions from the celebrated Temple of Theseus," the particulars conclude: "The ornamental waters and island, the plantations of luxuriant growth, scattered about in pleasing negligence, the undulating lawns, and the almost interminable Woods, together with a more distant landscape, bounded by the Dartmoor ridge of lofty mountains, with their bright ærial tints-the valleys teeming with fertility-vary and gladden the interesting scene and form a picture truly enchanting; indeed, the Ensemble is so unapproachable, that Fairy Land will not fail to be brought immediately into recollection, and the fortunate possessor be accounted in Devon First Lord of the Creation.' JOHN HEBB. whoever he may have been, and the London locality, there was no satisfaction in these remarks. Failing in my attempts to ascertain anything more conclusive in records, I sought the aid of maps, and I quickly discovered a sequence of names crossing the western side of Middlesex into Surrey and Kent that suggested a connexion with some historical event. Commencing with Kenton, in the Harrow Weald, we have Kentish Town, Kilburn (anc. Keneburne), Kensal Green, Kensington (Chenesit), Kempton (anc. Kenton) Park. In Surrey, Kennington (Chenintun) and Kenley, also another Kennington in Kent, and the county name Kent (Chenth). In the latter case the earlier Cant must have existed side by side with Kent, as the Saxons retained the early form in their Cantabrigia, and there is still, I believe, a shoal near the mouth of the Thames known as the Cant. Again, I observed that an imaginary line drawn across Middlesex from a point a little eastward of Kentish Town to the Thames would have all names in Ken to the west of such line, and that we may seek in vain for names of this class to the east of the line; nor could I discover any in Essex, certainly not in the southern half of the county. Another observation induced me to think that the event that produced these names had caused a disruption of an earlier occupation, as there appears the Welsh or Cornish Pen, in Pentonville, to the east, and on the west, Pen (Buckinghamshire), and also that Kenton is the Erse equivalent of Penton. Joyce (Irish Names of Places,' chap. ix. p. 463) says that, "Ceann (Can), a head, is used much in the same way as the English word, to denote the head, front, or highest part of anything; and it commonly appears in THE PREFIX "KEN" IN LONDON PLACE-NAMES. anglicised names in the forms of can, ken, kin.' -In his notes on Ken or Caen Wood (8th S. xi. I may note, also, that in the more modern form of 456) COL. PRIDEAUX has some remarks on the Kilburn there may be the Erse coill a wood. existence of certain names in which Ken appears This word appears in Irish names as kill or kyle. as a prefix in the west of Middlesex. This reminds The great forest of Middlesex extended over the that during nearly thirty years' district in which Kilburn is situated. me residence in Kensington I gave such spare moments that the names referred to above may have been Assuming as were left me by other occupations to the endeavour to discover the true origin of the name due to an invasion of the London valley by Erseof that locality. I consulted Faulkner, who in- speaking Celts, I sought to discover some other evidence in the nomenclature that might fairly be formed me (Kensington,' p. 2), traced to the same dialect. Want of leisure prevented me pursuing this inquiry, but I noted that the legend that attributes the name of our London Ludgate to a certain King Lud makes that mythical personages to be a brother of Cassivelaun. It is not necessary to believe in King Lud, as there is a more likely explanation of the name, but the assumed connexion with Cassivelaun, of whose warlike character we have historical evidence in Caesar's writings, may have some significance in this connexion. Following the course of the Flete River upwards from Ludgate, we arrive at Snow Hill. Now there is no reason for assuming the "with respect to the definition of the word Kensington there appears no analogy to any circumstance connected with it, nor have the conjectures of preceding writers thrown any light upon the subject." After quoting the various forms of the name down to the modern one, he continues, quoting Lysons, that "Chenesi was a proper name; a person of this name held the manor of Huish, in Somersetshire, in the reign of Edward the Confessor; so that perhaps it might have been originally called Chenesi Tun, or the town belonging to Chenesi," As he fails to show any connexion between Chenesi, |