I have nothing more to say--except that I am seeking in vain for an expression to portray so admirable a character. This is your portrait, Madam--and I leave the world to determine whether it is correct. HENRIETTE SONTAG (COUNTESS DE ROSSI) BY MR. SCUDO,[A] (_Member of the Institut Francais._) AMONG the rare consolations which have lately been vouchsafed to the devotees of music, is the reappearance upon the world's stage of a celebrated artist who had been its ornament. Mademoiselle Sontag, after having enchanted Europe by the beauty of her voice, by her marvellous vocalization, and the charms of her person, suddenly disappeared from the eyes of her numerous admirers, and hid the splendor of an incontestable and painfully acquired reputation under the veil of matrimony. Mademoiselle Sontag became Madame de Rossi. She exchanged a diadem for the coronet of a countess, and the graceful Muse became an humble ambassadress. A political revolution, which overturned society, was necessary to restore to us the eminent vocalist whom we have so much admired. Madame de Rossi, who, most happily for our enjoyment, has lost her embassy and a part of her fortune, as we are assured, has again become Mademoiselle Sontag. After having astonished the fashionable world of London, which received her during the past winter with great distinction, Mademoiselle Sontag has determined to present herself also, after a silence of twenty years, before that Parisian public whose discriminating acclamations formed then the most brilliant portion of her fame. We have heard her at six concerts which she has given at the Conservatoire; but before expressing our appreciation of a talent yet so admirable, we may be permitted, perhaps, to speak briefly of the youth of this celebrated woman, who has been so tried by destiny. [A] Scudo was a pupil of the great Choron, an intimate of Rossini, and has had the entree of all the most distinguished musical circles on the continent for the past thirty years. He is a prominent contributor to the _Revue des Deux Mondes_, the _Revue de Paris_, and the _Revue Independant_, from one of which publications this article is taken.--_Note of the Translator._