Grisi is now about to leave us in good earnest.
Last year, towards, the end of the season, it was the general impression that we were hear- ing her for the last time. The agents who managed her series of au.- tumnal concerts intimated that these were to be followed- by her de- parture for America, and by her subsequent retirement from professional life. She has, however, returned to the boards of Covent garden; -but only, as is now officially announced, for the purpose of giving a short series of "farewell" performances. It does not yery clearly appear whether she is taking farewell of the musical stage or only of the English public. The Covent Garden Directors allude to the regret that Must be felt for her "retirement from the lyric stage" ; and announce that "during the present season Madame Grisi will make her last appearance before an English audience." Of her intentions for the future—whether she still means -to shed her radiance over the hemisphere of the New' World, or whether, like Rubini she will continue to shine in other parts of Etirope long afar her setting'here—are things of which' nothing is now said, nor is anything, we believe, publicly known. It is enough for us to know, that here at least this bright star is about to set for ever.
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