I really think, a model of what every theatre ought to be.  There is a good deal of bronze about it which gives it a classical appearance, and the boxes are supported by Caryatides in bronze.  There is a peculiarity in all the theatres at Vienna, which is, that in the parterre you must sit in the place the number of which is marked on your ticket.  These places are called Gesperrte Sitze, and each seat resembles an armchair.  When not occupied, the seat is folded up and locked to the back of the chair, until the person who holds the ticket corresponding to its number comes to take it; so that no other but the person holding the ticket corresponding to the number can take it, and you are thus never likely to be shoved out of your place, as you are at most of the theatres in Europe.  There are men stationed at the doors who follow you into the parterre to unlock and let down a seat for you, and to them you give your ticket with a slight gratification, which is however quite optional; your ticket you previously pay for at the door.

VIENNA, Augt. 20th.

I have been to see Schoenbrunn, the usual residence of the young Napoleon; but he is now at Baden with the Imperial family, where his mother, who is lately arrived from Italy, is also on a visit.  The young Napoleon is said to be a remarkable fine boy, and a great favorite with his grandfather the Emperor.  Many are the anecdotes related of him.  I shall mention one.  He had heard so often talk of his father, that shortly after the arrival of his mother, he wished to see his father also and asked his attendants repeatedly and not in a very patient tone:  Wo ist denn mein Vater?[124] This was told to his grandfather the Emperor; and he gave directions that the child should be brought to him, the very next time he should put the question.  He then said to him:  Du moechtestwissen wo dein Vater ist?  Er ist in Verhaft.  Man hat es mit ihm gut gemeint; weil er aber unruhig war, so hat man ihn in Verhaft gestellt, und Dich wird man auch verhaften, wenn Du unruhig bist.[125]

So much for this anecdote; but I did not hear what was the answer of the young prince.  The young Napoleon is, it appears, a great favorite of the soldiers, who quite adore him, and he will sometimes go into the kitchen to get bread and meat to give to the soldiers on Guard at the Palace.  A singular event happened lately to Maria Louisa.  During her stay at Schonbrunn, her chatouille, with several things of value in it, bijouterie, etc., was stolen from her.  She caused enquiries to be made, and researches to be set on foot.  Nobody has been able to find out who took it; but it was put back in the precise place from whence it was taken, and not a single article of the bijouterie or things of value was missing.  It is supposed this theft was made for political purposes, in order to discover the nature of her epistolary correspondence, if any existed.  Had it been taken by a vulgar thief, it is not probable that the articles of value would have been restored.  Such is the unhappy condition of that Princess to be always an object of suspicion and espionnage.