The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-20 00:00:00

with the art of self•defence, while the audience was
cheering in front I kept on my guard by looking
behind. I call the audience to witness that I struck
no blow, touched no man, made no hostile move-
ment. When two or three took hold of me I shook
them off and put myself on defence. I was
good for a few of the miserable poltroons who
would strike a single man, but when dozens rushed
upon me, striking me right an& left, and three dif-
ferent hands were lifting me from the floor by the
hair of my head at the same time, it was difficult
fer me to reach the stage. I, however, did so over
the fallen bodies of several, four times, when the
officers of the law took me in charge. Respecting
the law, I gave myself up, and although in
charge of two policemen, the miserable cowards
struck me, tore open my shirt, and held me over
the staircase by the hair of my head, when I
should have fallen over 30 feet on the iron stairs
had I not rescued myself by holding on to the rail-
ing. Cries of Kill him, the d—d 'white man—
smash his head—knock him down !' accompanied
by acts of violence, followed me into the street.
The policemen seemed too excited or unable
wholly to protect me from this most respectable
committee, who say t' at free speech is the chief
plank of the free soil platform !" Altogether a
most exemplary scrimmage, it must have been, from
beginning to end. One worthy of Mr. G. 0. A.
HEAD, we beg the hero's pardon—of Mr. G. F.
TRAIN, and of his whereabouts, or rather of his
surroundings, what the French call entourage—the
Federal freemen, the Federal free-and-easy-men,
we should say, who indulged themselves by
holding Mr. G. F. TRAIN up over the stair-
case by the hair of his head. As affording
the subject for an effective tableau, having as its
central figure the only man of mark. of any
kind yet brought forward upon the side of the
Federals, we would commend to the attention and
.mbition of HIRAM POWER, the great American
sculptor, the representation, in enduring marble, of
Mr. G. F. TRAIN, with his shirt torn open,
and his manly chest bared ; with his hair dis-
hevelled, not to say towselled ; his eyes
"in a fierce phrenzy rolling, for Mr. TRAIN,
remember, is a poet, as well as an orator, and an in-
ventor of street tramways; his whole form, as he
powerfully expresses it, in an attitude of defence—
Mr. G. F. TRAIN, in tact, as he appeared the other
day upon the Boston Platform. HIRAM POWER'S
world-famous Masterpiece of the Greek Slave might
then be matched with another masterpiece repre-
senting this affecting effigy of the American Free-
man. Who knows but that TRAIN, thus done into
marble by the hand of POWER, might take rank
thenceforth with the Quoit Thrower or the Dying
Gladiator.

HER MAJES7 Y.

BRUSSELS, OCT. 18.

Queen Victoria arrived here at nine o'clock this morning,
with Princesses Helena, Louisa, and Beatrice, and Princes
Arthur and Leopold.
The Queen was attended by Earl Russell, Lieutenant-
General Grey, Lady Bruce, and suite.
Her Majesty was received at the Laeken station by the
Belgian Royal Family, the English Ambassador, and other
distinguished personages, and conducted to the King of the
Belgians at the Palace of Laeken.
OCTOBER 19.

There was a State dinner at Laeken yesterday, and a
breakfast was given this morning. The English and
Belgian Royal Families, with their suites, were present on
both occasions.

Queen Victoria will leave in the course of to-day for
Antwerp, whence her Majesty will embark either this
evening or to-morrow morning, .
.... _ _

Many English families residing in Belgium have gone to
Antwerp to see the Queen,

Her Majesty took her departure from (derma ny
on the 17th inst., on her way to England. She intends
spending two or three days at Brussels. Her Majesty, it
Is expected, will arrive at Osborne on the 21st inst.—
Court Journal.

The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch are receiv-
ing a succession of visitors at Drumlanrig Castle.

The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe and Lady
Charlotte Ker leave town to-morrow for their seat, Floors
Castle, ltoxburghshire.

The Countess de Flabault and Madlle. Elphin-
stone de Flahaub arrived at Albert-gate House on Saturday
from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch at Drum-
lanrig Castle, Dumfries-shire.

The Marquis of Tweeddale and Lady Jane Hay
have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Sandgate.

The Earl of Winchilsea, Captain and Mrs.
Stewart, and Baron Fagel have left the St. George's Hotel.

The Earl of Wicklow has left town for Brighton.
The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke and Lady
Agneta Yorke have left Sydney Lodge, Southampton, for
Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire.

The Earl of Glasgow, Lord Huntingfield, Lord
Methuen, and the Earl of Chesterfield have arrived at the
St. George's Hotel.
Francis Countess of Albemarle and Colonel the
Hon. Peregrine Cust are expected in town in a few days
from Paris.

Viscount and Viscountess Curzon arrived at
Curz House on Saturday from Penn House, Bucks.

Viscountess de Contades left Albert-gate House
last evening from Paris.

Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby have
arrived at their mansion in Piccadilly from visiting Lord
and Lady Aveland at Normanton Park, Rutlandshire.
Lord and Lady Churston have arrived in town
from a tour on the Continent.

Lord and Lady Aveland have been entertaining
a succession of visitors at their seat, Normanton Park, Rut-
landshire, during the past week.

Lady Milford and the Hon. Mr. Eyre have left
town for Brighton.

Lady Marian Alford has left Paris for Orleans.

His Excellency Gioucchino Maglietta dei Baroni
di Giuliano has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-
street, from Turin. _ _ .

Sir Charles Knightley, Bart., accompanied by
his daughter, the Hon. Mrs. Gage, have left town for
Fawsley Park, Northamptonshire.
Sir Henry Hoare, Lady Hoare, and Miss Hoare
have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from
Stourhead, near Bath.
Lord Clarence Paget, M.P., left the Admiralty
yesterday on a short renewal of his leave of absence.--
Army and Navy Gazette.
The public will be glad to hear that Miss Night-
ingale's health is somewhat improved since her sojourn in
one of the healthiest spots near London, where she is pro-
-IJuging her stay.--Court Journal.
THE MINISTRY.—The Ministers are expected to
arrive in town, in order to attend the Cabinet Council sum-
moned by Lord Palmerston, on Thursday next, the 23d inst.
Mr. Milner Gibson will reach London to day (Monday),
Lord Granville, who has been the Minister in attendance on
the Queen, is expected at his residence in Bruton-street to-
morrow (Tuesday) ; Mr. Gladstone is also expected on the
same day in town from Hawarden Castle. The Home Se-
cretary (Sir G. Grey) is expected to arrive on the day pre-
ceding the Council from his seat, Fallodon, Northumber-
land. Lord Palmerston, who is staying at his seat, Broad-
lands, Hants, is Expected to travel to town in the forenoon
of Thursday. Sir G. C. Lewis, the Duke of Newcastle, the
Duke of Somerset. the Lord Chancellor, and the other
members of the Cabinet are also expected to arrive in the
metropolis for the purpose of being present at the meeting
which will be held at the office of the Premier in Downing-
street.— Obser. ver.

THE LIFEBOAT IN THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL
GARDENS.—This morning the lifeboat which has been ex-
hibited for some months past in the Royal Horticultural
Gardens, contiguous to the International Exhibition, will
be removed. It will be remembered that room could not
be found for her in the Exhibition building. The boat is
a lull-sized one, fully equipped for service, and placed on
her transporting carriage, all being precisely like what may
be seen at the numerous stations of the National Lifeboat
Institution on differt nt parts of the coast. During the period
the boat has been in the gardens she has been the object of
much interest to the visitors there. Captain Maynard and
the men belonging to the Naval Brigade under his charge
at the International Exhibition have taken care of the boat,
They also subscribed among themselves sufficient money to
buy a flag, which was placed by the side of the boat. To-
day they will accompany the boat through some of the prin-
cipal streets, with a band of musk, to the river side. The
cost, £2SC, of this lifeboat has, been munificently presented
to the institution by Mr. G. J. Fenwick, of Seaton Burn,
Newcastle-on-Tyne. She will be sent in the course of a
week or so to Tynetuouth, Northumberland, where a con-
venient house has been built for her reception, and where
it is more than probable her services will often be required
in saving life from shipwreck. The cost at more of the
house has been collected by Ur. Hugh Taylor, late M.P.
for that borough,