The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1840.

manifestation was expected at the Opera, on Monday night,
and the police, in consequence, assembled there in great
force, to repress anything of the kind. The following ac-
count of the affair appears in the National:—
" The pit of the Opera presented a most
extraordinary aspect, from its containing 150 if not 200 police
agents, filling one-half of the seats. The Government, having
received information that it was intended to call for the
performance of the Marseillaise or the Cracorienne, had given
instructions to the Prefect of Police to take every possible
means for preventing this manifestation of opinion. After
the first act of Lucie was over, a portion of the audience cried
out for the 3farseillaise, but the agents drowned the cry
by shouting La Piece! La Piece! and the orchestra com-
menced the introduction of the second act. At this time a
detachment of Sergens de Ville collected near the entrance,
and a squadron of Municipal Guards took up their station in
the court-yard next the Rue Grange I3ateliere. After the
second act was over, the cries for the Alarseillaise were re-
newed, and received with the same opposition as before
by the police agents. Upon this a party of Sergens de
Ville entered the pit, and took out three of the most voci-
ferous of the young men, and conducted them to the Corps
de Garde in the vestibule." On Tuesday a meeting of
Deputies, belonging chiefly to the Left and the Left Centre,
and amounting to about eighty, was held in one of the
committee-rooms, to consider what steps might be best
under present circumstances, to assist the unfortunate Poles.
M. DUPONT DE L'EURE was called to the chair, when M.
GARNIER PAGES proposed that the assembly should con-
titute itself into a permanent committee to watch over the
interests of Poland. M. ODILON BARROT, however, and
many other members objected to the proposition, and
thought that, in the present position of the Poles,
when it was not likely that they could consolidate their
forces, and effectually resist the three great Powers, it would
be better to wait events, and that in the meantime the meet-
ing should merely appoint a committee, charged with drawing
up an appeal to the people, and calling upon them to sub-
scribe in favour of the insurgents. Such a course would be
more consistent with the dignity of the French Chamber of
Deputies than to give formal expression to wishes and feel-
ings, which had little chance at the present moment of being
accomplished. This plan, therefore, was adopted, and a
committee was appointed, merely to collect subscriptions.
Ti►e committee consists of M. DUPONT DE L'EunE, chairman,
MM. ARAGO, LA3I.A.RTINE, ODILON BARROT, BEMILLY, MAL-
LRVILLz, LavAvErrE, and DE LARCY. The Prussian and
Austrian Ministers at Paris received on Tuesday accounts
that the insurrection virtually was at an end. According to
the National, the subjoined petition, copies of which are to
be sent for signature to all parts of France, was to be pre-
sented to the Chamber of Deputies :

" Gentlemen,—For fifteen years past, and in every year, you have
opened all your sessions by expressing a wish for the resurrection of
Poland as a nation, and on all occasions all France has joined in that
wish. Poland is now rising against her oppressors ; she is display-
ing the utmost energy in order to break her fetters and re-conquer
her independence and liberty. We come to claim of you, as a sanc-
tion of your ow•n votes, a solemn declaration of sympathy for her
generous efforts. The Poles are the French of the North; their
blood has been shed for France In all our battles ; let her, then, cover
them with her exalted protection. It Is the act of justice and
humanity we expect from you." •
The French Funds, from various causes, still continue to fall. On
Tuesday the Three per Cents. closed at 831. 70e. ; the Five per
Cents., 119 f. 25e.; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,290 f. ; Batten,
1,030 f.; Havre, 745 f.; great Northers,l7sf. ; Avignon, 975 f.; Vier-
zoo, 745 f.; Bordeaux, 662 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 520 f. ; Troyes and Mon-
tercau, 440 f.; Basle, 240 f. ; Fampoux, -4601.; Dieppe, 475 f.; Paris
and Strasburg, 540 f.; Tours and Nantes, 672 f. 60e.; Paris and
Lyons, definitive, 623 f.

The following are the quotations for other lines :

Lyons and Avignon Railroad (TaJabot) 6121. ; ditto (Lecolate),
605 f.; ditto (Compagnie Meridienale), 503 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette
(Mackenzie), 503 f. ; ditto (Espeleta), 5091.; Charleroi, 490 f.
MARSEILLES, MARCH 7. Marseilles and Avignon, 500 f. ;
Northern, 7851.
BISINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE