The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-08 00:00:00

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The Emperor of the French at N W

A letter from Vichy, of the 3d, says— This
bathing place contains at the present mom Out ay,
Emperor, a King, a Pasha, and a great nun tber of
eminent personages, and 10,000 bathers and Water
drinkers. The King, however, is on tho p( tof
departing. Ascending from the new parks foil ow-
ing the capricious windings of the river, on the
right are seen the imperial chalets inhabited by the
Emperor and his suite, These chalets, six in. Iv um.
ber, are entered from a fine boulevard of 'et ent
creation. They stand in the middle of spa ei‘ )us
squares very prettily laid out, and their price !Apia
entrance is at the back, towards the English 1 )ark.
The ground floor, which is raised on a base ment
story, consists of a saloon, a dining room, a Large
bed room, and a study. The first floor is distributed
in nearly the same manner. The chalet at
present occupied by the Emperor, and sier-
mounted by the French flag, is nearly tile
same as that on tho left hand which he
inhabited last year. Besides the Emperor's cha'.et,
only two others are cfficially occupied. Imrae-
diately to the left is that of the ornerly offic,irs,
while that of the right is appropriated to M. 111
guard and his Majesty's cabinet. M. Dronyn de
Lhuys, during his stay at Vichy, also inhabited t his
chalet. The other chalets belong to the Marquis
do Clermont-Tonnerre, M. Fould, and M. Ernest
Andres. There is no kitchen in the Emperor's
chalet, and the basement story of the building on
the left hand is appropriated to that purpose, and
an underground passage constantly lighted with gas
forms a communication between the two buildings.
Opposite, on the other side of the Boulevard Napo-
leon 111., is a slip of ground 50 metres long by 24
wide, on which stand eight cottages surrounded by
gardens enclosed by breast-high palisades. Five of
them have been purchased by the Emperor and pre•
sented by him to his friend and physician, Dr. Con.
neau ; M. Leon, his first valet de chambre, an old and
faithful servant; M. Dupuis, first controller; and
M. Felix, first huissier of the palace. The other
three are for sale. Eighteen more cottages are to
be built further on. All these constructions, both
chalets and cottages, of elegant style, built of brick,
stone, and wood, with basements of red cement in-
crusted with pebbles, have a light and cheerful
appearance, and are very pleasing to the eye, being
in perfect harmony with the natural scenery around.
The Emperor rises early, takes a bath at seven,
breakfasts at ten, and dines at five. From half.
past eleven to one, or even later, his Majesty walks
in the park, like the other bathers, sometimes ac-
companied by General de Beville, at others by the
Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, or Colonels the
Marquis de Toulongeon and Count Lepic, his orderly
officers. Wherever he passes the crowd respect-
fully salute him. A day or two ago a little girl,
five years of age, who was selling flowers, offered
the Emperor a carnation, without knowing to whom
she spoke. His Majesty took the flower and gave
her a napoleon, with which she scampered off in
great delight. A similar occurrence took place two
mornings since, when a little boy, who was selling
journals, meeting the Emperor returning from the
bath, offered him the idoniteur du Soir, which Wall
accepted and paid for with a napoleon, to the young
dealer's unbounded amazement.