The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-01 00:00:00

NEW MUSIC.

Messrs. Hopwood and Crew, of New Bond-street, have
just published six of the latest compositions of Fabio
Campana, They are respectively entitled, " The Scout,"
sung by Mr. Santley ; " Bessie's Mistake" and " Eyes,"
sung by Mdme. Trebelli Bettini ; " Evening bringeth
my Heart unto Thee," sung by Adelina Patti ; " Weep
not, 0 Rose" and " Speak to Me," sung by Mdme.
Sinico. The words of each of the above are by H. B.
Farnie, and certainly a more graceful or melodious
setting could not be than that by Campana. The " Scout'
is a capital, dashing, trooper's ditty, relating to the
dangers of the German Uhlan, and a more effective or
spirited composition has never before been published. Of
the other compositions, Patti's song, " Evening bringing
my Heart unto Thee," and that sung by Mdme. Sinico,
" Speak to Me," are two of the most exquisite melodies,
and we specially commend them to the attention of all
true lovers of pure ballad music. The other compositions
are all of equal merit, although in style they differ from
those we have specially mentioned. " Bessie's Mistake,"
more.especially, having rather a humorous touch aboutitj
will doubtless become a great favourite. It is a long time
since a series of such excellent compositions made their
appearance, and the admirers of good music will, on
becoming possessed of the six, thank us for directing
their attention to them, as a really good new ballad is
rather a scarce article now-a-days.

SIR RODE RICK MURCHISON'S ILLNESS.
At the meeting of the Geographical Society on Tuesday
evening, Sir H. Rawlinson, who presided, read the follow-
ing note, addressed to Sir R. Murchison's nephew, and it
was resolved unanimously that it should be forwarded to
that gentleman :—"I have been requested by the
council of the Royal Geographical Society to express
the deep feelings of sorrow with which they have learned
of the sudden illness of Sir Roderick Murchison, and
their earnest wishes for his recovery ; and I am further
authorised to say that the great body of the fellows of the
society, as represented at their regular evening meeting,
entirely concur in those feelings of solicitude for their
venerated president." On Tuesday Sir Roderick passed a
tolerable night, and is stronger.

The following attempt to trace the mutual con-
nection of the different Bourbon families of France may
not be uninteresting at the present conjuncture. The old
question of a fusion between the Count of Chambord and
the Orleans branch has • been revived. •At first
sight it - is a very simple one, and Beans to
admit of an easy soluti in. If the Count of
Parii is next heir to the throne, as "Henri Cinq " has no
children, why cannot the rival houses make an amicable
arrangement and remove at least one of tlip present
French difficulties? But the question is not to be. so
disposed of : the Spanish branch intervenes be-
tween the elder line and that of Orleans. As
long as they continued on the throne of Spain their
claim was bancd by the settlement of Louis XIV.
But they are not now on the throne of Spain,
and in fact have not been, in the male line, since the ac-
cession of Isabella 11. in 1833. So that the claim of the
present head of the Spanish family, Don Juan de Bour-
bon, has to be considered before that of the Count of
Paris, who is descended from Louis and who
therefore is more remotely connected with the Count of
Chambord than the Infante Don Juan, who derives from
Louis XIV.