The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-08 00:00:00

R. ALBERT SMITIVS MONT BLANC,
TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday),
at 8 o'ciock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and ~atnrdav Mornings at
s.
Stets, 13s. ; area, 25.; gallery, Is.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO
NOW OPEN for the winter season. Principal Comet
a Piston, M. Boalcoart.—Doors open at S. Admission (me Shilling.
H. Lament's new Varsoviana and St. Patrick Quadrille every night.

R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIMES.
Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character,
and. Costume, concluding with an impersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as
Camille, In "Les Horaces," TO-NIGIIT and every evening, at 8.
Prttrate boxes and stalls may be secured itkadvanee, without extra
charge. Polygraphic.-hail, King Obaring-cross. A
Performance every Saturday Morning at 2 o'clock, and, night at 8.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—INAUGURATION of
the MONUMENT in Honour of the HEROES of the CRIME
and of the Restoration of Peace. •

The Directors of the Ciyptal Palace Company, have the honour to
announce that by.the gmcioni permission of,her Majesty and his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, a PAC-SIMILE of the COLOSSAL
MONUMENT designed by 'the BaronMtiroChetti for erection at
Scutari, in honour of the fallen Heroes of the Crimea; is being con-
structed in the Crystal Palace
It will consist of a Granite Obelisk, 100 feet in height. supported by
!bur Colossal Angels, mounted on a baie of 20 feet square.
The monument will be unveiled to the public view To-morrow
(FRIDAY, the 9th of May). Hei Majesty and his Royal Highness
have graci3u3ly signified their intention to be present at the cere-
monial.

Baron Marochetti has designed for the Crystal Palace Cemnimy a
Trophy emblematical of Peace, which will be uncovered for the first
time on the some day.
By permission of the Minister of War and thq Commander•in-
Chief a number • f soldiers who distinguished tivmselves in the last
War and received decorations will attend, and will form a On ,rd of
11-amour to her Majesty. After the ceremonial of unveiling the
Mona:tient and the Trophy, there will be a display of the Fountains
on the Terraces. On this day thedoors will be opened at Eleven, and
the price of admission to persons not being season ticket holders will
be half-a-guinea. .
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A special place will be reserved for officers who have served in the
Crimea Officers forwarding their cards or names to the Secretary
,Will be furnished with tickets of admission.

By order,

G. GROVE, Secre'ary.

II ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
SEASON 1856.

It is respectfully announced that the OPERA. SEASON
will COMMENCE on SATURDAY next, the 10th of May.
On resuming the performances which have been suspended
during the last three years, the Director of her Majesty's
• Theatre is anxious to assure the patr,ons of the' Opera and
the public that no exertion shall be wanting to secure for
this establishment that high position it so long maintained ;
and he trusts that the renewal- of the enterprise under more
prosperous auspices will be accompanied with that favour
and support which no frequenter of the Opera needs to ba
reminded were for so many years accorded to a brilliant did
successful management.
• The secession, i11ir7,44006Y 44110tionip
had long been at d the Opera Douse
mencement of a lone and arduous Struggle to maintain the
fortunes of the old house ; and it was not till the wealth of
four successive competitors had been fruitlessly lavished upon
the rival theatre, that Mr. LUmley was reluctantly compelled
to retire from the contest.
From that time to the present Mr. Lumley's efforts have
been unremitting to re-open her Majesty's Theatre upon a
permanent basis, and to restore the Opera to its ancient
home. He has received liberal encouragement from every
side, and, effectually aided by noble and generous support
from a quarter where the refinements of art and taste never
• fail to find a patron, he is now enabled gratefully to announce
the immediate resumption of performances.
At the present moment there are vocalists, of an excellence
seldom surpassed, who have never been heard by an English
public. Of these the elite have been secured for the present
season.
Her Majesty's Theatre is marked out by its size, its situa-
tion, and its convenience of access, no less than by old and
interesting associations, as the appropriate seat of the Opera.
In the acoustic properties, so essential to the effective pro-
duction of the lyrical drama, it is acknowledged to surpass
every other stage in Europe. In consequence. of some happy
accident of construction a result has been attained that science
has failed to explain, and that no architect could engage to
reproduce, by which the faintest tones and the most delicate
vocalisation penetrate with unimpaired clearness to the re-
motest recesses of the vast edifice. •
The arrangements completed and in progress, both in Opera
and Ballet, will, it is confidently hoped, be thought worthy
of the former reputution of the Theatre, and of the just ex-
pectations of its distinguished supporters.
In consequence of the late period at which it was resolved
to open the Theatre, the arrangements, satisfactory as it is
Loped they will even now bo found, are not yet fully com-
pleted ; and negotiations aro in progress from which impor-
tant accessions are expected.
The following arrangements have been completed :
OPERA.
MADAME ALBONI,
Her first appearance in London these five years.
MDLLE. PIC 2OLOMONI,
Her first appearance.
MDLLE. GIUDITTA RIZZA, MDLLE. FINOLI,
Their first appearance!
MADAME AMADEI, MDLLE. BERTI,
Their first appearance.
And
MADAME ALBERTINI,
Her first appearance.

In addition to the above talent, an engagement has been

effected with
MDLLE. JOHANNA WAGNER,
Her first appearance.
SIGNOR SALVIANI,
Of La Pergola, Florence, his first appearance.
SIGNOR BOCARDE,
His first appearance in England these six years.
SIGNOR MARIANI,
And
SIGNOR CALZOLARI.

SIGNOR BENEVENTANO,
Of La Scala, Milan ; of tthe Italian Opera; Madrid ; and the
Principal Theatres of Italy ; his first appearance.
SIGNOR VARIO, SIGNOR FORTINI,
SIGNOR BAILLOU,
SIGNOR ZUCCO NI,
Of the Principal Theatres of Italy, his first appearance.
And
SIGNOR BELLETTI.