WHY PATTI DISLIKES HER CASTLE IN WALES.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3005, 11 February 1881, Page 4

WHY PATTI DISLIKES HER CASTLE IN WALES.

Ifc has been announced that Mdme. Adeline Patfci is desirous of selling her recently acquired property in Wales. The famous prima donna claims, so ifc has been stated, that the taxes are too high, that the peasantry poach upon her lands and waters, that they destroy her improvements, and consequently she " wants to sell out." The following facts, which were received by our reporter from a responsible source, will perhaps explain more fully Madame Patti's desire to part with her property. Last summer, while starring afc Covenfc_ Garden in London, Madame Patti one day invited a iramber of friends to accompany her by special train to her estato in Wales. After their arrival there was a grand dinner, followed in the evening by a splendid display of fireworks, which attracted the att(vi< ; on of all the Welshmen and Welshwomen in that; part of the United Kingdom. They invaded the castle grounds in great numbers, and cheered loudly each display of burning gunpowder. Finally, as ifc was supposed, camo the bouquet—fchafc is to say, the last set piece. It was a splendid one, and amidst all sorts of sputtering, dancing, jets of flame appeared the words, " God bless Adeline Patti." Seeing this, the invited guests burst into hearty cheers, and the natives cried aloud,"Tehmfczkinllwynpzrtch!" which is probably the Welsh equivalent for "Bully for Patti." Naturally the fair songstress was as happy as she could be, and all her friends were delighted with the fete. But just as fchev started to go indoors, thinking the exhibition was over, suddenly another set-piece was displayed, even more splendid than the other one. Then all at once there appeared in the centre, in golden letters of immense size, the legend; " God bless Nicolini." The neighbours, thinking ifc was all in the programme, cheered louder than before, but the guests saw at once that some one had committed a great mistake. That same evening Patti personally requested her friends to say nothing of what had occurred ; and this is why fche incident has not until to-day been mentioned in tbe papers. It is believed that Mr Nicolini and Madame Patti's business agent were at the bottom of this outrage. The lady has long suspected that Nicolini and the agent were both benefiting themselves too much at her expense, but as yet she has no proof of ifc. However, ifc is certain that she is not; so enamoured of the famous tenor as she used to be, and it is whispered about that the couple no longer occupy the same room "after the opera is over." Publicly they appear to be friends, bufc, when alone, the man has to undergo a series of lectures which are not so enjoyable as he would like them to be. In brief, the man who has today the name of being tho lover and intimate associate of the great prima donna gains nothing by it, excepting, of course, certain perquisites in the way of a salary. It is more than likely that that world will soon hear of a dissolution of the partnership which has been existing so long between Madame and Monsieur. —The Parisian.