, 1863-06-26


Nor Engaged to be I1rarricd-Nor ii
FcnG With her Father and Brother
iu-Lusv-A Curious Affair.
We stated, upon tue authority of London
| parers, a week or more ago, that the charm
Ing cantatrice, Adelina Patti, had placed her
| self under tile protection Of British law,
! against the e1tortionate and tyrannica1 con,
duct If her father, Signor Patti, aud her broth
| cr in-}aw and professional teacher fur yeare
| 1ast, Mr.. II. Strakcsch. And part Of the
| coInpls1nt made by her against them was. thai
they Lad intesfered to prevent an engag sncut
on her part, with young spanlara, whom
| she desired to marry.
| Several successive issues Of the London
| 7tlyraph, received By the latcst arrival, col.
| tain some most remarkable details Of pro.
cettfpgs in this case, from which it Is evident
| there las been some tall prurarication, aud
| Ierhapss something even more criminal on
| the part Of somebody. One number Of the
| journal named gives, with minute statement,
IN account Of q bill brought in Chancety, In
which Mile, Patti appears US plaintiff .sby
| her next friend, James William Maclona1d. ~
and her father and Mr. Strakosch as tie de-
fcndants !; in which bill she is made to appear
as complaining Of severe and fraudulsn snt CON
! duct on the part Ct these gentlemen, ind par
ticularly Of the enforced breaking CT Of an
engagement with q Belgian fuot 9panish)
noblemnn. This case, the London piper altu
ded to, represents US having been settled
among the parties, and that all obstacles were
removed to the marriage Of Mile. Patt with
the Baron de Vile, then in London.
contains letter from the Solicitors Of Messrs.
Patti and st1aEosch, and Of Mile Patti, in
whicl, iE embodied an affidavit Of The latter,
in whi,.h she utterly ignores the alleged bill
In Chnnccry, declares she ia wrongly named
in 1t, that the Use Of her name ii this pro-
| T. Al
and even without her knowledge, that she
never before heard of the existen:e Of Hue
| donald, her "next friend" In this proceed
ing, that Maurice Strakosch Is the husband pf
her eldest sister, and her professional In
structor from the earliest period; and that
there is not one word Of truth In my Of the
! af1ldavits {purporting, some Of them, to be
| ntyer treated With crunlty by eitber OF them,
| nor hy either Of them has her liberty, or her
pcseefEfon Of her jewelry and other belongings
been controlled, OF attempted to be; that she
has always as much money % she wants; thnt
she has the utmost confidence in her fatdcr's
management Of her affairs, and perfect satlsfac-
ton with any and every arrangement he secs
fit to make on her behalf; that aae desires to
have no other guardian, and that she and her
fathcr have ever lived most happily With her
brother-in-law, Maurice 6trakcsch, mud 1er
sister, his wife.
1Eis is Tic legal aspect Of the matter, and
II Is believed that the court dismissed Mr..
Jnmes William Macdonald and his fickety
case, taking from him, however, the costs Of
the suit. The tn1l facts are no: dfvulgei, but
il IS believed that the story runs nearly thus:
It would seem that certain Baron d. Vile.
fascinated by Ade1ina'e charms, had, at some
time not specified, sought her hand; how
fur she felt bound BY a regard Tor him, or
to what point the form alitie; Of the afftir
had gone, are details not yet youchsafed to
the general public. He Would seem, how
ever, 10 have imagined that he had encourage
ntnt from Miss Patti. and that her family
stood in his way. Having contracted such q
notion, he determined TO remove her from
under the control Of the family, and not wish
ipw to appear In the technical relation OF
s'next friend" he caused The said ]. Willian
Macdonald to act in that capacity.
One would think that oil this were suf1l-
ciently explicit. But the next day there up
VilIe," Of which, in the light Of alt the facts,
as far os yet developed, VIC confess ne can
make nothing. It Ia a5 follows:
sm-T has long since become d matter Of
public record, that the obje=ts Of the proceed
ipgs n the Court Of Chancery was never ex-
who would hare acted In her interest; but
that. on the contrary, they did it, who at the
came time we're living upon her earnings, and
whose fees are paid ont for .theul-under
whose influence she vas living. Every one
who Enows INC will pity Miss Patti, when she
could be induced 10 swear that that she did
not believe that entertaIned honorable in.
tentions to her. Whether she was SO prevail.
ed upon, OF whether she did this Of her own
i free will, I was once determined to give up all
thoughts Of a person who would break oil On
epgagement In this Ibc11ous and perGdious
manner. beg, therefore, that you will give
1t the utmost publicity that there is not the
relnotest probability ot my marrying Miss
Patti, and some day itmay be an lmposslbillty.
The affection at one time was sincere; hut
strakosch and s. Patti, who had monetary
interest at etake, were determined it shoull
rot last. haye demanded q retnrn Of my
letters and \ mutual exchange, but it has not
been complied with, I au,, sir, yoars. &C.,
De VILE.
Old Cambridge Terrace, May 80
There arc hints Of IN existing lctter in the
hands Of the editor Of the Paris Figaro where,
| in Adelina gives uttezance. to expressions ol
| dissatisfaction with her father mud brother,
I and 1t hardly seemsa II the baron would have
| gone to work the way he did had he not sup
| posed hlmEeN acting In some degree In accor
dance with the 1ndy's wishes. On the whole
! there are points Of much interest about ,tht
story which would bear uch more light As
It Il, we are led to belioye that the prina don
M Is safely out OF. .chanccry, and that Is cause
enough for sincere cougratu1ation.