s,cyoc. C,srE1L,y.-Our musical public were
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SyGyoIA CAsTELLAS.-Our musical public were
completely taken by surprise at Mad. CAsTEL-
L.y's Concert on Tuesday evening-as much and
as delightfully."- astonished by her singing as by the
almost miraculous performances of Mr.. WALLACE
Beng almost entirely unknown here, though ceie-
brated abroad, few could anticipate display OF
musical talent so transcendent as that with which
she made her first appearance before New-1 ork
audience We have heard persons, IN every way
qualified to speak critically of her performance,
declare that she ranks, in every respect, with
Pedro,ti. Grsi, and Mrs. Wood-all Of whom, III
the judgement OF many critics, she excels: and
that many Of her notes are almost identical with
those OF Maibran, whom she is said greatly to
resemble, and bids fair fully to equal. Her voice
is rs remarkable for its uniformity and unfalter-
ing sweetness, as for its power and compass. She
untes perfectly, in manner as rare as 1t Is Won
derfu. the highest and finest soprano with the
purest, softest contralto and though her lowest
tones and middle octave are remarkable for their
sweetness and bel-lke cleancss, 1t ism the upper
octave, running to notes rarely reached by the
most gifted singers. that her greatest triumph Is
achieved, and her power seems almost miraculous
AS nearly as could be judged the compass OF her
voice extends 10 two octaves and four notes.
while two octaves and sir notes were the extent
Of NIalibran's The cogoScenti at her Concert
were absolutely in rapturcs, and we have never
heard applause moro enthusiastic or deafenlng
than that which greeted her singing. She Is. we
understand, native Of Lyons, and was pupil of
Bordogni and DAmoreau Cinti. She has ap
peared as Prima Donna at the most celebrated
Operas IN Rome, Florence, Pavia, Milan, Venice,
Mexico, and New Orlcans-in all which cities
she has received the most rapturous applause
Sheis yet very young and is very beautiful and
bids fair tostand foremost among the great singers
who have cntranccd the world.


Mr.. TMM presided al the piano, and though
he PLAYED well, as he always does, he seemed at
times absolutely astonished from his propricty by
the brilliancy Of her execution. PAGGI played
beautifully on the Oboe though his admirable
performance was nearly lost beside the splendid
singing ct Castelar,. We understand the Signo-
ra will give another Concert in our city some
time next week, and it is ntimatcd that it will
be the last previous to her departure for Europe.
We are sorry she has resorted to the old exploded
system of charging dollar for tickets-as her
audiences at half a dollar would be at least three
times as large.