Gens D'Armes

GENS D'ARMES.

**ARMED Police** :—These, are stationed at the entrance of the Academie Royale de Musique, or Italian (originally Madame Catalani's) Opera house.—The prices of admission, and bills announcing the performance of the evening, appear on each side of the door;—on the pillars are notices from Restaurateurs of their charges for dinners, &c.—and behind, is a flower girl, anxiously waiting the arrival of the company, to deck them with her bouquets;—unsoliciting, except with her eyes,—any return for value received.