MEMOIRS OF THE Princesse de Ligne EDITED BY LUCIEN PEREY TRANSLATED BY LAURA ENSOR IN TWO VOLUMES.--VOL. II. [Illustration] NEW YORK SCRIBNER AND WELFORD 1887 _Printed by_ R. & R. CLARK, _Edinburgh_ CONTENTS CHAPTER IV Arrival of the Prince-Bishop in Paris--Letters from Madame de Pailly--Letters from the Princesse de Ligne-Lichtenstein--The Abbé Baudeau at Bel Œil--Arrival of the de Lignes in Paris--Marriage of Hélène and Prince Charles--Their departure for Brussels Page 1 CHAPTER V An entertainment at Bel Œil--The Ligne family--The Court at Brussels--Prince Charles of Lorraine--The ladies at Court--Letter of the Chevalier de l’Isle--The Prince de Ligne at Versailles--The Prince’s letter to his son Charles 24 CHAPTER VI The two Princes journey to Berlin--Portrait of Frederick the Great--Journey to Saint Petersburg--Portrait of the Empress Catherine--Return journey through Poland---The Bishop’s residence at Werky--The Diet at Warsaw--The _Indigénat_--The return to Bel Œil 52 CHAPTER VII Life at Bel Œil--The Archduchess Christine, Governor of the Netherlands--The Comte d’Artois at Bel Œil--_Le Mariage de Figaro_--The Comtesse de Sabran and the Chevalier de Boufflers 72 CHAPTER VIII Prince Charles purchases a hotel in Paris--Birth of Sidonie--The insurrection in Flanders--Winter in Vienna--Joseph II. and his Court--First representation of _Don Juan_--Haydn and Mozart--The Comtesse de Kinsky--Prince Charles’s affection for her--Hélène’s departure for Warsaw 95 CHAPTER IX The Prince de Ligne’s departure for Saint Petersburg--Journey through Tauris--Interview at Kherson--War declared against the Turks--Alliance between Austria and Russia--The Prince de Ligne as Russian General--Potemkin and Romanzoff--The taking of Sabaez--Prince Charles at the storming of Sabaez--Letters from the Emperor Joseph to the Prince-father--Letters from the Prince de Ligne to his son--The Governor of Kaminiecz--The Prince’s return to Vienna--Siege of Belgrade 120 CHAPTER X The four years’ Diet--The Court at Warsaw and the Princesse Charles--Festivities of the great Polish lords--Count Vincent Potocki and his two wives--The Princesse Charles and Count Potocki--Flight to Niemirow--Two divorce suits 158 CHAPTER XI