The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-01 00:00:00

of Staleybridge, familiar to the readers of Coningsby.
To appreciate tho excitement felt by the Boston
inhabitants in reference to Mr, TRAIN'S appearance
there on Monday evening at the soiree of the Work-
ing Men's College, it is only necessary to note the
mention made as to that gentleman's movements, in
the reporter's remarks prefixed to the shorthand
record of the proceedings. When the tea and et
ceteras had been satisfactorily consumed, and all
traces of the repast cleared away, the company as-
sembled in the Exchange Hall having been by that
time augmented to an aggregate not far short of a
thousand—the reporter tells us " Mr. TRAIN and
other invited guests had not then arrived, but a
messenger shortly afterwards entered the room to
say that he and his lady had reached Boston by the
six o'clock train, and large posters were quickly
distributed throughout the town—' Mr. TRAIN has
arrived !' " Two hours are allowed him, however,
for repose after the fatigues of his journey--during
which interval the inimitable humour of Boz is
whiling away the time delightfully. By the time
the reading of the Trial Scene is closed with old
Mr. WELLER'S almost tearful lamentation

" SAmmY, he should ha' proved a haliby"—the
speaking of the night begins at length ; the Chair-
man addresses the assembly ; and, after the Chair-
man the senior Member for Boston, Mr. STANILAND,
delivers an harangue to some of the busiest
workers amongst his industrious constituency.
It is in the midst of that gentleman's speech
that occurs what may be termed of
course " the incident" of the night—which we
must now give in the graphic words of the local
reporter :—" A long interruption here brought
the speaker to a stop, and, on turning to the door,
we perceived the Mayor leading in a most
charming lady, beautifully attired, and from the
fact of Mr. TRAIN following close behind, there
appeared no doubt that it was Mrs, TRAIN.
Cheers, loud and long, rang throughout the hall,
until the audience appeared almost exhausted
by their tumultuous plaudits. Mrs. TRAIN having
been duly introduced to the ladies on' the plat-
form, and Mr. TRAIN to the gentlemen, something
like order was restored. All eyes were fixed upon
Mrs. TRAIN, and many compliments were passed
about the room upon the fair American beauty."
That—we take it—is what may be fairly termed a
sensation. That is certainly entering a crowded
room with something like " éclat." And we are
not in the least surprised, therefore, to read shortly
afterwards in the report that when Mr. G. 0. A.
HEAD—we beg his pardon, when Mr. G. F. TRAIN
rose to address the meeting "for some time the hall so
;ang with the deafening plaudits of the assembled
audience that he was unable to utter a word,"

until (as the reporter adds) "at length order being
restored, he proceeded." Although the "bright
particular star" of the evening was rather cruelly
introduced to the audience by the senior member
for Boston, Mr. STANILAND, with the remark that
now his friend TRAIN, " Special TRAIN," if he
might be allowed to call him so, had arrived,
they might prepare themselves for a good
amount of amusement"—something like saying to
a Wit," Now, Mr. So-and-so, be funny," and then
turning to the audience with "You are expected to
laugh !"—Although this rather unfair advantage of
a precipitate compliment was taken in reference
to Mr. TRAIN quite unwittingly, we are ready to
believe, on the part of good-natured Mr.
STANILAND, the prediction of the latter
was certainly fulfilled to the very letter,
the working men of Boston did unquestionably
derive from Mr. TRAIN'S sparkling, earnest, poeti-
cal, and thoroughly idiomatic speech, no inconsi-
derable amount of merriment: Londoners as well as
Boston men can now turn to it, anareaab Mr. TnAni's
special for therarsavpß. And we promise them
beforehand that it will be found pleasant reading—
for the speaker is not only exceedingly clever,
and heart and soul in earnest, but he is
thoroughly and essentially " a character" to boot.
He talks among other things (it will be seen) of his
determination to become President of America be-
fore he has done with it. ' And really while one is

laughing under the influence of the mere rush of his
animal spirits, or what he himself terms " the
electricity of good nature,"—one can't help
recollecting the old adage about—" Many a
True Word being spoken in Jest." Presi-
dent or no President, there he is as he is—and, so
regarding him, one cannot also but recognise in
him, already, a happy result of the due admixture
of what he himself alludes to as " the three P's "
Patience, Perseverance, and Pluck !