The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-11 00:00:00

Spreading of the News of Thackeray's Death,

(AS PICTURESQUELY DESCRIBED BY HENRY KINGSLEY IN
THE FEBRUARY NUMBER OP "MACMILLAN.")
And those who loved him are left lamenting because he is
gone, and because they missed the few last priceless words
which he might have spoken, We honour their grief, but let
them remember that it is shared by others—that William
Makepeace Thackeray has seventy millions of mourners.
Just now the mails are going out. A hundred splendid
steamships are speeding swiftly over every sea, east, west,
and north, from the omphalos called London, to carry the
fortnight's instalment of British history and British thought
into every land where the English language is spoken. But
the saddest news they carry—sadder news than they have
carried for many a month—is the announcement of the death
of William Thackeray.
It will come first to New York, where they loved him as
we did. And the fianeurs of the Broadway, and even the
busy men in Wall-street will stay their politics and remem-
ber him. They will say " Poor Thackeray is dead."
Though they may refuse to hear the truth—though they
choose to insult us beyond endurance, at stated times—let
us keep one thing in mind : the flags at New York were
hung half-mast high when Havelock died. Let us remem-
ber that.
And so the news will travel southward. Some lean,
lithe, deer-eyed quadroon lad will sneak, run swiftly, pause
to listen, and then hold steadily forward across the desolate
war-wasted space between the Federal lines and the smoul-
dering watchfires of the Confederates, carrying the news
brought by the last mail from Europe, and will come up to a
knot of calm, clear• eyed, loan-faced Confederate officers—
(Oh I that such men should be wasted in such a quarrel, for
the sin was not theirs after all) ; and one of these men will
run his eye over the telegrams, and will say to the others,
" Poor Thackeray is dead." And the news will go from
picket to picket, along the limestone ridges, which hang
above the once happy valleys of Virginia, and will pass
south, until Jefferson Davis—the man so like Stratford de
Redcliffe—the man of the penetrating eyes and of the thin
close-set lips—the man with the weight of an empire on hie
shoulders—will look up from his papers and say, with
heartfelt sorrow, " The author of The Virginians' is
dead."
High upon the hill-sido at Simla, there will stand soon a
group of English, Scotch, and Irish gentlemen, looking
ever the great plain below, and remarking to one another
how much the prospect had changed lately, and how the
grey •brown jungle has been slowly supplanted by the bril•
liant emerald green of the cotton plant, and by a thousand
threads of silver water from the irrigation trenches. They
will be hoping that Lawrence will succeed poor Lord Elgin,
and that he will not bo sacrificed in that accursed Calcutta;
they will be wondering how it fares with Crawley. Then
a dawk will toil up the hill-side with the mail; and in a
ac r a
few minutes they will be saying, "Lawrence
Crawley is acquitted; but poor Thackeray
l is appointed ;
The pilot, when he comes out in his leaping is
eaping whaleboat,
and boards the mail steamer, as she lies-to off the heads
which farm the entrance gates to our new Southern Empire,
will ask the news of the captain ; and he will be told, Lord
Elgin and Mr, Thackeray are dead." That evening they
will know it in Melbourne, and it will be announced at all the
theatres; the people, dawdling in the hot streets half the
night through, waiting for the breaking up of the weather,
will tell it to one another, and talk of him. The sentence
which we have repeated so often that it has half lost its
meaning,
will have meaning to them, " William Thackeray
is dead."
So the news willfly through the seventy million souls who
speak the English language. And he will lie cold and deaf
in his grave, unconscious, after all his work, of his greatest
triumph; unconscious that the great, so-called Anglo-
Saxon race little knew how well they loved him till they
lost him. Vanitas vanitatum I " Let us shut up the box
and the puppets, for the play is played out."

OMINOUS ACCOUNTS are received of the doings of
the Italians, who are preparing for war by collect-
ing an immense amount of material at Ancona. Garibaldi
has redoubled his earnestness of appeal to his countrymen
for the million of arms, and men to back them. It is said
this furore has been awakened by Austria's proceeding's in
connexion with Prussia, and the belief that there is a com-
pact for the latter to have Kiel and the former to be defended
in her possession of Venice; so the sooner a check is give
to the design by Italy the better. Such is the language of
Italian journals copied into German papers. Court
Journal.
Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against
Imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release
from all debts and liabilities without publicity, by application
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HER MA JESTY'S THEATRE.
Nights of Fez formance—Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays.
THIS EVENI2 tG, TFIURSDAY, FEBRUARY
I 'ALTST (In English).
Lemmens-Sherrit ,;ton, Taccani, and Florence Lancia.
Santley, Mar chesi, Dussek, and Sims Reeves.
Cot ductor—Signor Arditi.
Commence at ELr,ht.
of the Theatre open daily.
Tickets, also, at Messrs. Chappell and Co.'s, 50, New Bond-
" treet.

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE OF
FAUST (In English).
MONDAY next, FEBRUARY 15.
To commence at Two o'clock.
Lemmens-Sherrington, Taccani, and Florence Lancia.
Santley, Marchesi, Dussck, and Sims Reeves.
Conductor—Signor Arditi.
.Prices of admission same as to the Evening- Performance.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
U nder the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and
Mr. W. Harrison.
THIS EVENING (first time) a new Opera, founded on
Goldsmith's Comedy, and to be called SIT.; STOOPS TO
CONQUER. Miss Louisa Pyne and Air. W. Harrison.
After which, the Burlesque Opening of the Grand National
Pantomime,
HARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON.
Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven.

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431-IEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E.
Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and
E. B. Chatterton.
TIT'S EVENING, the Performances will commence with
the New Berl o-Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled
HT AND MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps,
supported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, Fit zjames, and Misses
R.
Leclerc,i, Atkinson, and Heath.
To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto-
mime of SI NBAD THE SAILOR; or, The Seven Wonders
of_ the World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ;
Harlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons,
Messrs. W A. Barnes and J. .orris ; Columbines, Madame
Boleno and Misses Gunniss.
Prices as sasuaL Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
BEL DE VIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated
3.ivery Evening during the Week.
THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a
ew and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD:
essTs. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett,
4reland; Misses Percy, Pauline Le:derci, Wood, Mrs. Lee,
and Miss E. Lavenu.
ter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DENIONIO, a Love
Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's Italian
Chronicle 4," by Mr. John Brouviam. Principal charac
ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles,
Brough,m, 3,!:mery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
loilett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Airs. Lee,
and Niles Elsworthy.
The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is
wtade to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either
to; play b 111,4 or for the safe keeping, of hat, and cloaks, and
that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to
receive any gratuities whatever.
Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL HAY M ARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, LITTLE DAISY.
Followed by SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER.
After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights
of the Round Table. Messrs. Chipoondata, Compton, Braid,
Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough,
Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—
Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA.
After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER;
or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman
who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't
know what to do,

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Si 7. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, THE ['BETTY lIORSEBitEA.KER.
Miss Woolgar.
kt to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate-
man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil-
Ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and
Mrs. Billim,rtcn.
To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortunlo
and his Seven Magi?, Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, It. Phillips,
Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti
Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman.
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Commence at 7.

LE A.H.-EVERY
MISS BATEMAN.

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31 ISS BATEMAN.—LF,AH.—Tnis EVENING,
the 11:1111 appearance of the greatTrap,ic Actress, Miss
B.I'I'EMAN, in the character of LN:AIi. In consequence of
the unbounded success with which Miss Rateinan's imperso-
nation of the priticipat character in the new Five Act Drama
of LEAII has been attended, Mr Arebster be ,4-s to announce
that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further
entice.

'ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr.
Belford, Mr. Parselle, ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne.
Atter which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORP HEMS
AND EITRY DICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton,
Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o.
Followed by MARGATE SANDS:.

Commence at 7.

The Weather--Sun Office, Feb. 11, 1864.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the
Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Cro. ded with rank and fashion.— The New Comedy of THE
SILVER LINING every Evening—Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, tit's. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J.
L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are
engagedßenjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul
Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas.
Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Mat-
thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went-
worth, and Mrs. Charles Mat!news.
THIS EVENING, and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock,
sn entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by LeicestPr Bucking-
ham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LINT G : Mr. Charles
Mathews Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John-
stone. Mr. Montague ; Mrs. harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank
Matthews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling.
To be followed by Mr. Charles Mathews just translated
from the French)in his characteristic character of Un Anglais
Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER.
To conclude with 1863; or, THE SENSATIONS OF
THE PAST SEASON Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford,
Mr. A. Cottrell, and Miss Fanny Josephs.

THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,"
Containincr, the Lateet SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
Dan be had Every Eveninv, of
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