9 AUGUST 1856, Page 11

4t Wtrts.

The regular season of both Operahouses closed on Saturday, with the 'usual solemnities.

Au unwonted ceremony marked the formal close of Her Majesty's. Piccolomini, as liriolefta in La Traviata, was "called on" times innumerable ; smothered in avalanches of bouquets, so copious that the footmen were compelled to assist her in removing the' tribute ; and finally a dove descended upon the idol of the hour ! 'At least so says the Morning Poet, which is alone in noticing the fashionable arrival. Perhaps others could not see the bird of Venus for the flowers. The courtly critic, however, certifies that the dove did descend on this occasion—" the emblem of innocence and purity, an omen of success with the classic Greeks."