The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-04 00:00:00

CATALTXL

-The. follo'whiglad&i_tiiiitr6f ?his Singer, who -is
grace Oni'OPera 'Stac.i'nex.t'si6ion, is tiakeill from a
Fr*h-Paper •
"We do not, here anrn*ntce one of those little
infantine prbdigies' beeanse.
they are out of •seasOn,-oi-0' of those -forced:. pro-
' dufts'of the''hot-hOuse', which seem v‘thiable only
' because they outrun nature. We nowlSpilak Of a
tHeiliiifi-fs full maturity Of' a.voiCe2,'-i'Vhiet 4'irrfke
only because it iS:pert., the' eXtent of wltieh-
• sitrifAs4eS hitheAo asigned to the' or',;;iins
of the most .fortUnate—in one' word, of the "tele-
. brated the most- wondrful
Europe.' at ire,, bc;•,.n -Obsei-ved, wished-tO
supei'ttdein 'her favotir those ordinary 'laws which
she hg`hilposed on herself, in' regulating the •Stitte-'
limits of'Eli su4rlan lar rig. lii addhien
to, the charrus..pecpliar
,tp the ferule voice, she' ins
;,n‘ thi4-i is'tibrsa'all''',iiie advantages of
tidal ingruwen tSl.5.' 1" •
• ,
ti
l'tladame CAtiLit,retOs'born in the Papaller-
ritoiv alder. the happy' cittnate of Ansonia, i:ii"tire
is all 'indigenous plant, and melody a proper-;
tY'ofehe..soil. 16" she ni.ide her di'but iii the
. ffe4Cparit.6l the Ope;a ; and; notwithstand-
ing her youth, and her little, faMiliarity• the'l
Stage, she maintained her reputation by' the singu-
lar merirtiffir voice,-though she had to'undergo a
COmparison with singers. of the most: .consiiin-
. ritiWYrlents. Bei Lime soon sprea'd all over
rope,;En-
and she was riot suffered to remain long ;n
she
was induced to visit Portugal, and resided
for a considerable time at *Lisbon. In that ,City-
the Woriderfial talents:which •fiatttre.. has bestowect on
her \Vete cultiYated an 4 carried to the highest perfec-
tion. In tat,,, She unites in herself 'all the great.
qualities' which excite -our idthiratiOn when- sepa-
rately distributed to other Artists. Fier:voice is equal-
IY astonishing both in the tow and in the high tones ;
anti i§ no less-remarkable for s‘.veetness abci'flexibi-
lity, than for strength and compass.

." From Lisbon .s—ne went to Madrid; carrying with
her tfhe regrei.76-f.the-Poilu,„;tieS(.:•.- At the Spanish
Court she received' the most flattering.
She was hondured with 'innumerabie marks of the
most' graaotis• condescension 'from the iQueen,-
to who'm she was particularly rcconmietisted
by the Princess of Brazil: She is now at Paris,
which,' as the Wtropolis of the Universe, the centre
OfFlOry'and th'dfine-artS, has a right to the posses-
sion iirluch a prddigy. ' •
" Madame CATALTNI is about 24. • She possesss
a vcry'agreeable person.' Her figure, indeed; mig-i.t
serve as a pas Sport to an infell'or voice, and of course
it will not dirmitish the elle& of one which is eX-
cOlent. • In'.a Conceet, 'Maclaine CSTALISI is
only singer. No oilier-Voice, either of nitin or wo-
man, can be heard besides her's. She is even a very
formidable rival of the most able performers, either
on• wind or stringed instruments. Their most bril-
lilmt passages eanndt'be compared with what Ma-
dame CATALINI easily executes with her natural;,l
voice:"

ACCIDENTS.—A.few' days ago the 'following dis,,
tresSing circumstance happened near King Cross,
;ITlalithx; York: In the absence of her mother,
Anna- Town-, about three years, of age, playing on
. the brink of a pool, by sotne means was precipitated;
into :he water. The matter returning at the!in-
stant, and frantic at 'the sight, would. have .rushed
into 'the pool, at the imminent hazard oilier 'own
life, had she not been prevented by 'a bystander.
Thebody of the child was speedily recovered;, but.
the vital spark was quite extinguished. .
A 'circurrigtance equally affecting 'occurred in a
respe&able familsr A' few evenings a"go
a, young woman was diverting the son of Mr. Cart-
, wright (a ,child four years of age). with a ball ; she
stood withlier back to the railing .of a stair-case,
which unexpeaedly gave way, when the young
woman andl-ter charge ..;ere precipitated to the bot-
tom. The latter survived a very short time, and the
former'was severely, brnized. Her anguish of mind,
was perhaps riot. ess than • that of., the :parents of the
lovely, boy:
Thursday night last, as the wife of .a farmer of the
parish of Ottery St. Mary, Devon; with her son; was
returning home, they were stopped on the road, near,
that town, by • four soldiers, who robbed theM of a:
siloer-watch. The woman had bills about her to a
considerable amount, which
.she fortunately preserv--
ed. The young ,man recolie&ing the:countenance
of oneofthe soldiers, who had worked for his father
during the late harvest, went dire any to the barracks'
at Ottery, and inquired for the man, but finding hira•
absent; he waited until hi; return, and had him- taken
into custody ; the culprit hurnediately made a volun:-
tory confession of the 'robbery, and "Was,admitted_
evidence against the other Ahre,, Who were, on Sa-
turday last, committed to tight-gaol to take their trial
at the next Assizes : they are all privates belongicg,
to the Loyal Bucks Militia. - The 'man who has im-
peached his acconiplices.i; committed ,to the Bride-

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