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IVIADAVEeCiITALANI.
After an absence of seven years, Madame CATA•
14WS returned to Otis country, where, during ,her
Arifs7ft. Jeritse astOred a renown, and enjoyed
a degree of success, till then without example. As,
'since her return, many persons have expressed a
wish to be iJormed of the manner in which, since
her departure, she bas employed the wonderful gifts
for which she is indebted to nature, we think a brief
account of her various travels and undertakings will
be read with no little interest. We have only to ob-
serve, that if the facts which our narrative will pre-
sent, should seem to require proofs, reference might
be made to almost all the diplomatic agents of the
Courts of Europe.
On leaving London, Madame CATALAN! pro-
ceeded to Paris, where the King of France granted
her the patent of the "1 healre Royal Italica, and con-
descended to annex, by way of encouragement, an
annual allowance of about seven thouiand pounds
sterling. Madame CATALAN! continued for four
years proprietor and sole manager of that Theatre,
then the most elegant in Paris. She gave alternate
engagements to the celebrated composers, Paer and
Spontini, for the conducting the musical depart-
ment, and also engaged, during the time mentioned,
almost all the first singers, both male and female, of
Italy. Nevertheless, as when .Madame CATALAN!
did not herself sing, the receipts were trifling, the
establishment became a burthen to her, and she re-
solved on leaving Paris, and exerting her talents in
all the capitals of Europe. The trumpet of Fame
has successively announced to us the glorious fruits
of this determination.
From Paris Madame CATALAN! went direct to
Berlin, where success the most flattering, and honours
the most distinguished, awaited her. She excited no
less admiration by her beneficence, than by her ex-
traordinary talents; and his Prussian Majesty be-
stowed upon her the most honourable reward, in
deigning to write her a most gracious letter, trans-
mitting to her, at the same time, the grand medal
of the Academy (similar to that which the Great Fre-
derick sent to Voltaire). The King's letter was pub-
lished in all the Journals of the time. Madame Ca-
LANI likewise received from all the Court of Pius-
sia the most distinguished testimonies of kindness. t
Laden with honours and presents, she went from
Berlin to Hanover. His Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge, whose enlightened taste tot the Arts,
and particularly for music, is generally known, re
ceived her with all that amenity which distinguishes •
him ; and all the Ladies of the Court hastened to
make her sensible of their goodness. She gave a
Concert for the benefit of the poor, and was, the !
same evening, crowned at the Theatre.
Madame CATALA NI afterward went to Stutgardt.!
The charms of her voice made such an impression
on the late King, who, as we know, was passionately
fond of music, that some minutes before his death,
which happened a few days after his hearing her, he
pronounced her name.
From Stotgardt she went to Munich. At this
first visit to that capital, in consequence of a trifling
misunderstanding, she did not sing But returning
-some time after, when she paid her duty to the
Queen,- her Majesty embraced her, and lavished her
goodness upon her, as if to indemnify her for the
slight mistake that had occurred. The King was
not less obliging in his conduct to Madame Cara-
L A NI, and was so good as to recommend het to the
friendship of his daughter, the Empress of Austria.
Furnished with this powerful recommetwation,
Madame CATALAN! went to Vienna, where f.: et
'with prodigious success. To give an idea .•
without overstepping those bounds that rest.' ye
which we have prescribed to ourselve., it in
sufficient to cite the following facts:—At each ia r
Concerts, the great room of the Redoubt was filled
to excess, though the price of admission was very
high : the Room contains three thousand persons.—
She also obtained the favour of the whole Impe-
rial Court, and his Majesty the Emperor made her
a present of a superb ornamental of opal, enriched
with diamonds. The poor shared her success, and'
blessed the benevolence of her heart. The Magistracy
of the city testified at once their own admiration and
the public gratitude, by causing to be struck, ex-
pressly for her, a medal which bears the most honour-
able inscription.
For a long time, pressing invitations called for
Madame CATALAN! in Russia, where the brilliant*
of her reputation had excited an impatient desire to
hear her. On leaving Austria, she made the jour-
ney to St. Petersburgh, where she commenced with
a Concert, the tickets for which were fixed at twenty-
five roubles. Such was the impression she made,
that the room could ant contain the crowds of per-
sons which came to the succeeding Concerts, and
every evening several hundreds were disappointed of
places. At length, she chose for the scene of her
concluding Concert, the public Exchange; and more
than four thousand persons were present. Always
the patroness of the poor, Madame CATALAN' de-
termined that the large receipts of this evening should
be devoted to the wants of two hundred unfortunate
families in St. Petersburgh. When, after this, she
took leave of the Empresses, their Majesties Con-
descended to embrace her, giving her assurances of
the interest with which the pre-eminence of her ta-
lents, and the excellence of her conduct, had inspired
them. The reigning Empress made her presents of
a pair of gold ear-rings, and a diamond necklace...-.
The Emperor Alexander was not less generous. la
the presence of his whole Court, he graciously kissed
her hands, thanking her for the good act she had
done, and presenting her with a magnificent girdle
of brilliants.
Madame CATALAN! remained four months in

Russia, and in that space of time the Concerts which
she gave, as well in the capital as at Riga, at Mos-
cow, and at \Vilna. produced her, all expenses paid,
• snore than fifteen thousand guineas, exclusive of pre-
sents of great value. The liberality with which the
Russian Islobility encourage the fine arts is well
known, and the following is a new testimonial
When Madame CATALAN' went from Moscow tol
Warsaw, she found on her arrival at this latter city,
a letter from the principal Muscovite Nobles, in which
they offered to secure to her 240,000 roubles (about
ten thousand guineas), if, during the winter, she
would come and give ten Concerts in their ancient
capital. Fearing that her health would not bear the
severity of tke climate, she was compelled to decline.