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Empress of Austria. - Thalberg. - Vieuxtems. - Ministers.

Ambassadors. Farewells of the Young Queen. - Reception at

the Neapolitan Ambassador's. - Promised Festivities of the Car-

Departure of the Young Queen. - Prince Dietrichstein.--

Duc de Reichstadt.-Last Day of the Old Year. - Grand Reception

at Prince Metternich's on New Year's Day.
Page 126

English Ignorance of Austria. - Indifference of the Austrians on

the subject. - Their superior Information respecting England. -

Anecdote of the Edinburgh Review. - Anecdote of the Quarterly.

-False Reasonings.-Effect of the Austrian System on the Lower

Classes of the People. - Madame de Staël.-M. de Lamennais and

George Sand.-Greatest-happiness Principle.

Scientific Soirée at Baron Jaquin's. -Contrast between that and

all other Vienna Soirées. Soirée at Baron Hammer's. - His

Asiatic Library. - Arabian Bon-mots. -Comte de Montbel.-His

observations on the effects of Revolution. - Divorce between Land-

lord and Tenant. - Return of Soldiers of Fortune. - Anecdotes. 149

Princess Metternich's Ball. French Ambassador. - Prussian

Minister. Ball Dresses. - Falsehoods respecting Austria.-Romeo

Crowd in the Hohen Markt.-A Murder. -The law of Austria.

-Exposure of the Culprit. - Visits of the Public. - Commutation

of Punishment. - Anecdote of the Emperor Ferdinand. Effect of

the reprieve on the Prisoner.

Universal Waltzing. - Sunday. - Children's Ball. - Ball for

the People. - No Chaperons. - Mode of obtaining Partners.

Washerwomen's Ball. - Hackney Coachmen's Ball. - Entertain-

ments announced for the Carnival. - Hospitality of the Foreign

Ministers.
Page 176

Prison in Leopoldstadt. - Description of the "Cachots."-Pro-

found Silence. Labour. - Food. - Discipline. - Cholera. Spilberg.

-Austrian Prisons in general.

Dinner Parties. Arrangement of a Vienna Day.-La Cuisine.

-Wine.-Excellent Style of the Vienna Dissipation.

Separation between the Haute Noblesse and the Bourgeoise Aris-

tocracy. Manner in which it affects both. - The Chase. -Jews. -

Reasons for their living apart. Their distinctive marks less per-

ceptible among the Women than the Men.-Cause of the Division

in Society. Anecdote.

Ball at the Turkish Ambassador's. - Splendour of the Apart-

ments and of the Company. Style of opening a Vienna Ball.-

Prince Hohenlohe. - French Literature. - Lamennais.-Society

in Vienna less varied than in London or Paris. - Advantages and

Disadvantages of this. - What one may meet in a London Draw-

ing-room. - What one is sure to meet in a Vienna one. - Baron

Hügel. - Scarcity of Poets. - Baron Sedlitz.-Baron Hammer. -

Madame Pechler.-Prince Lignosky. - Count Mailath. Page 239

Mardi Gras. Fête at Hernals. Severity of the Cold.-Beauty

of the Spectacle. Spring Dresses. Splendid Banquet.-Redoute.

-Conclusion of the Carnival.

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Austrian Government. - Condition of the Poor. - Education.

Censorship. - Charitable Institutions. -Rural Population. Allot-

ment of Land. - Simple Organization of the Government of the

Sovereign State. - Government of Hungary. - Commercial Supe-

riority of England.

The Princess Metternich. - Anecdotes recounted by her of the

Emperor Francis.

Evening Parties. -Separation between the Married and the Un-

married Ladies. - Monotony the only defect of the Society. -

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LETTER LXI.

The Holy Week. - Performance of Les Ténèbres in the Court

Chapel. The Fusswaschung. - Restoring the Elements from the

Tomb to the Altar. - Procession of the whole Court in attendance

Earthquake. Infant Schools. - Asylum for the Blind.-Asylum

for the Deaf and Dumb. - Hôpital des Invalides. - Pictures.

Dinner at the Turkish Ambassador's.

Churches. - Academy. - Conversation of PrinceMetternich. -

Anecdotes related by him.

Belvedere Gallery of Pictures. Ambras Collection. - Liechten-

stein Gallery. - Gardens. - Camillas. - Imperial Conservatory.-

Schönbrunn. - The Imperial Hot-houses. - Duc de Reichstadt.

-The Archduke John.

Italian Opera. Private Concerts. - Esterhazy Collection of Pic-

tures. - Count Czernin's Gallery. - Pic-nic. - Imperial Cabinet

of Antiques. - Profession of Three Sœurs Grises. - Armenian

Closter Neuberg. - Dinner with the Abbot. - Birthday Vienna

Ball at the French Ambassador's. - May-day. - The Race. - Re-

view of the Troops. - The Augarten. -The Prater.- The Beauties

of Vienna. Album of the Princess Metternich.-Album of the

Princess Odescalchi.

Party at Prince Wasa's. - Grand-duchess Stephanie. - Arch-

duchess Sophia.- Archduke Francis. - Anecdote of the late Emperor.

Farewell Walk on the Ramparts. - Exhibition of Flowers. -

Farewell Visits.

Munich Gallery. - Hof Chapel. - Princess Helen. - Rotterdam.

-The Hague. - Royal Collection of Pictures. - Chinese Museum.

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