The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDONS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1834.

LITERATURE.

Q UEEN ANNE B 0 LEY N.
Smith, Elder and Co, London, 1834.

Mr. Smith, who is the author of this Historical
Tragedy, has executed a difficult task with considerable
ability. There are few dramatic subjects more hack-
nied than that of Anne Boleyn, and to impart to it
an air of freshness and novelty requires talent of no
mean order. The plot of this tragedy is remarkable
for its continuousness and simplicity ; there are no di-
vergings or abrupt transitions, it is regular and unbroken
throughout. The language of the play is easy and
unembarrassed by tawdry metaphor ; though it occa-
sionally halts from a too frequent habit of moralizing,
on the part of some of the subordinate characters.
When Mr. Smith has acquired a little more dramatic
experience, he will no doubt see fit to remedy this slight
blemish. Meantime, we may congratulate him on the
poetic spirit he has displayed in Anne Boleyn. We
subjoin one of his songs, which is simply and feelingly
written :
" Let the lover have the spring,
When the flowers their sweetness bring;
Let the summer sheen employ
All the family of joy,
But let waning autumn be
Still for melancholy me ;
When the season, like my hopes,
Smiles—and straight to rain slopes.
When the redbreast from my bower
Wakes the quiet evening hour,
.And no other voice on high
Floats along the vacant sky ;
When the sun upon the sea
Full in solitude, like me,
Beams his brighest, ere night's gloom
Wraps the spirit in the tomb—
I would set me with the sun
Ere the light of love was gone,
And waste with the wasting year,
• While still music sounded near ;
I would feel life's current fail,
• Yet a manly exit hail ;
And, with vigour on my brow,
Die alone—'twere best I trow."

NORTHCROFT'S PARLIAMENTARY CHRO-`
NICLE. Voi.ll.
Northcroft, London. 1834.

This volume, which consists of two separate divi-
sions, comprises impartial anj authentic reports of all
the speeches delivered in both Houses, together with
the various petitions presented, and the divisions on all
the important questions brought forward during the
last session of Parliament. Considering its cornpre;
hensive character, and the time and difficulty requisite
to get it up in any creditable style, the book is re-
markably cheap, and what is nearly as great a recom-
mendation, of a most convenient and portable size.

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

THE LONDON GAZETTE

THIS EVENING.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 18, 1834.

The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed
under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, granting unto
Lieutenant-General the Ilfght lion. Sir George Murray, G.C.8.,
the office of Master-General of his Majesty's Ordnance of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, constituting
and appointing the Right Hon. Edward Lord Ellenborough ; the
Right Hon. John Sullivan ; Joseph Planta, Esq. ; and Sir Alex-
ander Cray Grant, Bart. his Majesty's Commissioners for the
Affairs of India.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, granting the
office and place of Advocate-General, or Judge-Martial of his Ma-
jesty's Forces, to the Bight Hon. Sir John Beckett, Bart.

[Substituted for the Notice which appeared in the Gazette of the
12th of December instant.]
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Nov. 27.
The King has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Foley, to
appoint Edward- Clarke, Esq., one of his Majesty's Honourable
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Knapman, resigned.