The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-29 00:00:00

NEW MUSIC.

ONE SMILE FROM THEE. Ballad written and
composed by Mr. and Mrs. H. J. St. Leger.
This charming ballad, sung by Mr. Sims Reeves,
Mr. Harrison, and Mr. T. Williams, promises to be
one of the most popular of the season : the melody is
very simple and original, and the accompaniments
(though embracing many new combinations of har-
mony) can be easily played.

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.—This light, of late so
much talked of, was exhibited to the public last night,
between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, from the
portico of the National Gallery. A better site for such
an experiment could not have been selected, and the
novelty of the exhibition soon attracted to the spot a
large assemblage of spectators, who filled the street and
terrace opposite the gallery, as well as a great portion
of the square below. The moment the experiment com-
menced, the large open space in front was filled with
a flood of light, which paled the lamps, not only in the
square, but also some distance down Whitehall. So in-
tense was it, that, when thrown upon the people, one
could scan the countenances of those who were most dis-
tant from the gallery, and discern the cut of a man's coat
or the pattern of a lady's dress at the outskirts of the
crowd. Every now and then a strong pencil of light
would be thrown upon the Nelson column, bringing it
out from the surrounding obscurity, from its base to its
summit. The light was as steady as it was intense,
and the shadows which it cast were as,deep and positive
as those which accompany the strongest sunlight. On
the whole, the experiment appeared to be successful
in the hands of the operator, and satisfactory to all who
witnessed it.

CASE OF MURD E R.—lnformation has been for-
warded to the police authorities here of a murder which
has been committed at Uddingston, in the parish of
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, by a party of Irish labourers, all
of whom have absconded. It appears that on Saturday
evening, the 25th inst., Joseph Wilson, an English rail-
way labourer, employed on the Clydesdale Junction
Railway, was attacked by a body of Irish labourers, and
knocked down, struck, and otherwise maltreated, in
such a brutal manner that he died on Wednesday after-
noon. The parties implicated in the affair, eleven in
number, fled immediately afterwards, and warrants have
been issued for their apprehension.—Edinburgh .Adver-
tiser.

AUSTRALIA.—Her Majesty's steamer Acheron,
Captain J. L. Stokes, has arrived at Adelaide to com-
mence her portion of ills survey of Torres Straits. Her
Majesty's steamer Havana, Commodore Erskine, has ar-
rived at Sydney.
SHIPWRECK AND Loss or LIFE.--On Friday.
morning, between four and five o'clock, the brig Sea
Witch, of London, 199 tons, John Henry Freeman
master, from Sierra Leone, bound to London, with a
cargo of African oak and ground-nuts, was totally
wrecked near the spot known by the name of the Pulias,
in:Portinfer Bay, on the north-west coast of this island,
at a short distance from the Grandes Mosques barracks ;
and we are grieved to add that the master and seven of
the crew were drowned, three men only being saved.—
Guernsey Star.
YORK POOR-LAW UNION.—The most satisfactory
announcement at the meeting of the board on Thursday
was that of a great improvement in the health of the
city, and the consequent adjournment, sine die, of the
committee appointed to act under the New Disease Pre-
vention Bill.—Yorkshire Gazette.
IMPORTATIONS OF BRANDY.—The vessel Valentine,

from Charente, has brought 11 puncheons, 125 hogs-
heads, 70 smaller casks, and 432 cases of brandy, and
the vessel Thainston, from Charente, has brought 27
pipes, 291 hogsheads, 203 smaller casks, and 206 cases,
the produce of France.