New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-11-03

"a, vorse reason In that csse the chvalrous Virgin.
ians wanted IN whether the grand old man wouldn't
trembe-dnd he didn't; had this from one present III
that most memorable execution. =,
A son OF the late Edward Everett was one OF 10
competitors for Cambridge fellowship the other day
but unsuccessful Ii is dscredit 10 him. being fear
fully uphill work. And previous scholastic trnlnng
in England is much more conducive TO success IN onI
yersity contests than that obtanabe IN the Onitcd
States. EtOn, RGgby, etc, are i take IT, Almost, II
not quite the equals Of Harvard and Yale. Yet the
former merely schools. =,
Here is what they say in Europe, now, about an old
Now.York favOri;c who deserves every word of IL:
letter from Wiesbaden informs Of La Diva Patti hay
ing sung on the 2h in Councils 'Fausi,' and surely
icphophees never before had Ease eating Marguerite
to tu tie head Of any Faust At Cologne. Patti elehei
her audience OF GERMAN critics by her rendering Of Rosna N
the Barbiere and her marvellous acting of La sonnsn
bua OH ifhe Davenport friends had but enlisted her
services somuambuis, or night only what divine
srmoic would not ohedien spirits have executed on tne
guitars. yous tambourres Sc. Cologne La Diva goes
to Mn,cucr where Size will sing the 18th in Lucia II
Won secure your chair in the box and pay fifteen
iraars trrer bv clcash YOU nay have some chance Of
hearing her; bat warn yon that delay fatal SPECIAL trans
nom remote country ofcauized and faction oithe
nit can be had francs and that the ordinary
price Of the best places At German theater is thirty 'o,
Two francs considered feul and only given py
princes and travelling crowned heads From Maycncc Mdle'
Patti goes Amsterdam and thence to her beloved ay.
From the first she won golden opinions IN England
Her quick perceptions, her pleasant ways her delicious
voice her perfectly natural manner delighted every
body-except an occasional churlsh critic who would
insist mot lrst-rate" But that Is admitted now.
The vessel which brings this letter to Newlolk cor
that OF the lsthl will convey also MI Il. g.. fshef'
late agent Of tie United States Sanitary Commission III
Eng gland in which country this gentleman. the worm!
and jealous agent Of an admirable association, nag
completed bis work and now-not unWLhnEy, MS
| judge-returns to his all but native city. nave
spoken incidentally in my previous corrcspondencr VI
the doinCs Of the Commission here but their terniha
ton seems to justify summary OF what has pe'n
effected, and glance at their origin
There was an organization established AT fa'is On
| the Both Of November, 1863, which has since Deeu
known as The European Branch Of the T. > SANITARY
Commission" Stimulated by the example OF thelr
counIrymen at home and in France. the American resl
dents in London got mp meeting at the London Tavern
| on March 3 l-Gi when W. NJ. Evlrts then on Visit
10 Europe presided and an executive committee 10
carry ont the object in view was nominated INoday
afterward, at the Palace Hotel, Westminster tie
officers and standing committee were appointed. lee
real and avowed object was, TO quote from letter oy
Mr. Bellows
ITO interest Americans in England In the welfare u
those fighting f0E our National Integrity, and TO WIN
a more candid judgment and better appreciation Of
the northern side, by showing the Enssh peoPe Wint
srrce our own peore made IN the Of the any
how and especially our women have aboird 70 up
hold the struggles what cn gieued and mercy have pee
extended to the SICK aud what eNflodnary powers o acco
uodatiou aud efficiency cur popular INSTITUTIONS have
subject 20 tie peis Of Southern climate and 20 iueh
In Short, 10 do what ri-lt he Done In quiet way. 10
stem the current Of British pcr'crsiy on tIe subject
falling the attempt 10 reyolutioui1c public opinion;
Well Mr. Fisher came out IN tie Autumn ~ l-ll' ana
took first floor IN Cocksgur-st. close to lfli, ~
square aud adjacent 10 tie equestrian statue Z" GEAR
old George the Third, whose hiazen pis'tail ought
"To hav, risen on end and stood 80 81 Day lous.
| Amid the cheers 81 tie adu4ifius ihrons.
at such Yankee proximity. \ reading room was
prepared English md American papers Med, maps az
he United states Coast Survey garnshei The walls in
publications 81 tho Commission were suown around
and ovcrybody welcomed. Then Sir. Fisher distributed
letters and documents broadcast, read capital paper
! before the Social Science Congress lcciLrcd TIE
ROYAL United Service Institution, and much more.
! And Americans and some Eugl.shmcn began 10 su1'
SCRIBE Here is lrf let OF pccuulut result. eAc'H'
sye II the nnir0v who forwarded tLcir contribution
direcf 70 tie United states instead Of tie LnsAsl
| irtFfh.