The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-30 00:00:00

CILI7E4U D'ASNIEI?ES.

(From the Paris Correspondent of the Anglo-American Times)
Where to go in Paris ? Paris is empty, the golden
grain is smiling on every side, and the rich bloom
of the grape gradually deepening to perfection.
Uvaque conspocta livorem ducit ab uva ;
but Paris is empty, and at the Bains de lier among
the mountains of Helveti 1, in the salons of the Ger-
mon spas, and even toiling along under the burning
sun of Spain, must out look for the mercurial Pari-
sian. " That," said an American friend, "is not,
however, my affair, and I should like to know what to
do with myself in this modern Babylon, with a
temperature more than thirty degrees above
freezing point, and the asphalte furnaces stand-
ing in the street, giving one the vertigo ?"
" Do," said I ; " nothing more easy. Take
the train for Asnieres, which you will reach in
ten minutes ; and take at the same time my word
for it, that were you to travel the wide world
over, as the song says, in search of the pic-
turesque, you will scarcely find a more enchanting
little nook than that which, cradled amidst the
wooded islets of the Seine, induced the royalty of
France to place there a chateau and gardens which
the enchantress Armida might have envied, and the
perfect restoration of which is due to English enter-
prize and energy. It is more than probable that
a regatta is on foot, for the locality is a favourit.i
one with the rowing clubs of the Seine, and
the river will be studded with the vessels
and still more brilliant costumes of the Cano-
tiers, male and female. Visit en suite the
gardens and chateau, which the courtesy of the
direction will enable you fully to appreciate, and
as the evening draws on, and myriads of coloured
fires, gleaming from Kiosk and pavilion illumine
the glades of the park, you will begin to realize
some of the fantastic conceptions of the thousand and
one nights, and think of the friend of your boyhood
the Caliph Haroun Al Raschid. The chateau itself is
also brilliantly illuminated, and a very peculiar effect
produced by encircling, as it were, with a frame-
work of fire, the statuary which, in the shape of
panels, adorns its front. But I have said enough
to enable the reader to judge for himself of
one of the most beautiful localities of France.
The Gardens of Asnieres have been opened by the
spirited lessee of Cremorne, in England, W. E.
T. Smith, and the direction of the amusements is
placed under the capable superintendence of Mr.
William Abel, well known as a dramatic author
of considerable merit. I must not forget or
mention, however, that whilst the refreshment
saloons of the chateau are fitted up in a manner
that leaves nothing to be desired, a splendidly
got up American restaurant attests the provision
of Uncle Sam for those of his children as goes
" forren." The heat has increased to-day to over
32 degrees, and we feel in our office, at No. 31,
very much like a scalloped oyster. (N.B.—
Our friends are beginning to find out that
the Anglo-American General Agency at No. 10,
Place de la Madeleine, conducted by Captain Red-
mayne, refers to the sale of wines, spirits, and to
the affording of general accommodation to Ame-
ricans, but represents no journal, providing only
the Franco and other American journals, fur the
perusal of their clients). It is said that the wines
made in France this year will be of the most
superior quality, and the wine harvest will
take place much earlier than ordinary, pro-
bably about the latter end of August. As a
proof of the early period of the corn harvest, a
sack of new wheat was brought to the Halles Cen-
trales on the 25th of June,last, and bought by the
Emperor's baker. By the way, there has been an
extensive fire lately at the aforesaid Halle, which
resulted in considerable loss to the town and
the merchants, and also been attended with loss of
life in the instance of a poor fellow named
Hartmann, corporal in the corps of Tompins, for
whose widow people are making an active subscrip-
tion. The Exhibition at Havre is gradually in-
creasing in importance, and Alexander Dumas is
placed there as the correspondent of the Petit Jour-
nal, which, published at the cost of a halfpenny,
pays far better than any other publication in
France.

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