The Comte de Rechberg’s Work on the Governments of the Russian Empire--The King of Bavaria--Polish Poem of Sophiowka-- Madame Potocka, or the Handsome Fanariote--Her Infancy-- Particulars of Her Life--A Glance at the Park of Sophiowka --Subscription of the Sovereigns--Actual State of Sophiowka, 364 CHAPTER XIX A Luncheon at M. de Talleyrand’s on his Birthday--M. de Talleyrand and the MS.--The Princesse-Maréchale Lubomirska --New Arrivals--Chaos of Claims--The Indemnities of the King of Denmark--Rumours of the Congress--Arrival of Wellington at Vienna--The Carnival--Fête of the Emperor of Austria--A Masked Rout--The Diadem, or Vanity Punished --A Million--Gambling and Slavery: a Russian Anecdote, 375 CHAPTER XX Isabey’s Study--His Drawing of the Plenipotentiaries at the Congress of Vienna--The Imperial Sepulchre at the Capuchins --Recollections of the Tombs of Cracow--Preacher Werner --St. Stephen’s Cathedral--Children’s Ball at Princesse Marie Esterhazy’s--The Empress Elizabeth of Russia-- The Picture-Gallery of the Duc de Saxe-Teschen--Emperor Alexander and Prince Eugène--The Pictures of the Belvedere --The King of Bavaria--Anecdotes, 394 CHAPTER XXI Ypsilanti--Promenade on the Prater--First Rumour of the Escape of Napoleon--Projects for the Deliverance of Greece --Comte Capo d’Istria--The Hétairites--Meeting with Ypsilanti in 1820--His Projects and Reverses, 406 CONCLUSION Napoleon has left Elba--Aspect of Vienna--Theatricals at the Court--Mme. Edmond de Périgord and the Rehearsal-- Napoleon’s Landing at Cannes--The Interrupted Dance--Able Conduct of M. de Talleyrand--Declaration of the 13th March --Fauche Borel--The Congress is Dissolved, 410 INDEX, 421 PORTRAITS FRANCIS I., EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA, _Frontispiece_. _at page_ COUNT NESSELRODE, 36 MARIE-LOUISE, ARCHDUCHESS OF AUSTRIA, 76 ALEXANDER I., 142 MARIE, DOWAGER-EMPRESS OF RUSSIA, 211 ROBERT, VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH, MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY, 281 PRINCE DE METTERNICH, 353 M. MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND, 376 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF THE COMTE AUGUSTE DE LA GARDE-CHAMBONAS Auguste-Louis-Charles de La Garde,[1] a man of letters and a poet of some repute in his time, was born in Paris in 1783. The following is a copy of his certificate of baptism:--