The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-20 00:00:00

NEW MUSIC.

A Home Love Song. By Frederic de Bernhardt.
J. H. Jewell, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury.
Hail to Thee ! Hail to Thee ! Canzonet. By John
Raymond. Williams, 123, Cheapside.
The words of the first of these compositions are
by W. Charles Kent, whose lyrical contributions
to some of our best periodicals are well known and
appreciated for the elegance and tenderness they
possess. The simple beauty of the " Home Love
Song" before us well merits the sweet melody
which is wedded to it by Frederick de Bernhardt.
There is no straining after effect, no sudden transi-
tions to break up the flow of harmony nor mar the
expression of deep and gentle feeling contained in
the words ; and, moreover, it is within the compass
of all voices—a recommendation not always attend-
ing our ballad school of music. We most cordially
advise those who admire the combination of genuine
poetry and pure melody to place this song in their
folio.
" Hail to Thee !" is the production of a young
musical amateur, who promises fair to do that
which will bring his name out from the private
ranks before long. There is much in this canzonet
evincing originality of treatment and poetic concep-
tion of language.
The composer evidently has a fine ear, and has
arranged his air in some parts to give it rather tho
character of vocal declamation than of mere har-
monic rhythm. We hope to see more of Mr. Ray-
mond's compositions, feeling sure that the present
specimen is but a slight rendering of the talent
which lies latent in him.

REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO OSBORNE.—Her
Majesty, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and the
Royal family, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the
Court, arrived at the Royal Clarence yard, Gosport, by
special South-Western train at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday and
crossed over to Osborne in the Royal screw yacht Fairy.
Her Majesty travelled strictly private, the ceremonies usu-
ally observed on such occasions being entirely dispensed
with.

THE TELEGRAPH IN RUSSIA.—The extension of
the electric telegraph across Siberia to the Pacific Ocean
has progressed so far during the past four years, that at the
commencement of 1861 the Russian Government had
ordered the construction of lines extending 6,000 kilometres,
2,000 of them being in the country lately ceded to Russia
by China—that is, along the shores of the Amour and
Ussuri, from the town of Nicolaewsk, through Chabarowska
to the port of Nowgerod, the most southern point of the new
Russian territory on the sea of Japan. The Minister of
Marine is ordered to provide the funds necessary for the
construction of these 2,000 kilometres. At the same time
a line of telegraph has been commenced from Kasan in
Europe to Siberia. During the present year there will be
opened to the public a line of 2,000 kilometres, from Kasan
to Omsk in Siberia, and shortly afterwards this line will be
extended 2,500 kilometres farther to Irkoutsk. Thus,
within two or three years, a network of telegraph lines will
be extended from Europe on the one side to Irkoutsk in
Asia, and on the other, the Russian possessions on the
Amour and Ussuri will be put in communication with the
principal Russian ports on the sea of Japan. Of the whole
distance, estimated at 10,000 kilometres, there remains only
that portion between Irkoutsk by Kiahta as far as the town
of Cabarouka to be undertaken. But when the works now
in hand have been concluded, this last line will be pro-
ceeded with immediately. Thus within four years we shall
see realised the gigantic project of putting the whole of
Europe in direct communication with the farthest shores
of the Pacific Ocean. Besides the incalculable advantages
which this Siberian line of telegraph will confer upon
Russia, upon its commerce with China, and upon the whole
of Europe, by the easy and speedy communication with
China, Japan, and other countries bordering on the Pacific
Ocean, it will be a great step towards the completion of a
Russian-American line of telegraph by Siberia and the
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