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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 161, 29 June 1876, Page 4

It would seem from the following passage taken from *' a Lady'B Letter frem London " in the Australasian, that Jenny Lind, and the other great vocal celebrities bave been at last excelled by an English lady. " Meanwhile, in London society' there has haß arisen. a musical ' etar, ? which bids fair to eclipse all those who have shone in the. artistic firmament. A youbg lady, the daughter of a clergyman of the Church of England, has been discovered to possess a voice surpassing in ppwer and compass any singer now known to be in existence. People who understaqd the science of music will know what her voice must be when they are told that it reaches easily and sustains perfectly A altissimo! Miss Roberts is the great topic in the musical circles and in fashionable circlee of a certain refined and cultivated monde, and she has already had • Bporting ' offers from the rival impresarii, but she has ,00 intention of turning her matchless talent to professional übob — her intention is to dedicate it eutirely to the service of the poor. She bas

undertaken to sing for the benefit of several oharities during the season, and many of the greatest ladies in London have placed their drawing-rooms at tbe disposal of the gifted young girl for this purpose. Her voice is highly cultivated, as well as in itself phenomenal, and she is an object of great curiosity and interest in society. * '- ' m* . **■*'—*