The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-24 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

Miss Adelaide Keinhlc formally took her leave of
the stage last night, in the character of Norma, in
' which she began her triumphant career. She has
successively appeared in Elena Überti, Figaro, Son-
nambula, Semiramide, and .lfatrimonio Segreto. The
present occasion, in which she bade farewell to the
public, was an impressive one. On her first entrance
last night the applause of the crowded audience was so
great that her feelings were overpowered, and she
could scarcely proceed. She collected herself, but
during her first recitative she might frequently be ob-
served, as she turned aside, to wipe from her eyes the
tears which the acclamations of the public had drawn
forth. The :sustained note which precedes " Casta
Diva," and which she will recollect as having caused
the first decided acknowledgment of her vocal powers,
when she commenced her career last season, produced
the same effect as ever, and awakened once more the
plaudits of the audience. The aria " Ah, bello, a
me ritorna," created such delight, that, although the
scene had changed, its repetition was demanded.
Miss Kemble was then led on by Mr. Cooper, and
although some of the audience mercifully cried out
" Shame, shame !" she made a sign that she was
willing to repeat the air, which she did amid renewed
applause. From this moment she took courage,
and she went through Norma with an evenness as a
singer, and with an energy as an actress, which, if
she has equalled on former occasions, she has certainly
never excelled. The whole of the last scene—the
dejected removal of the wreath from the head when
Norma declares that she has broken her vow—the
enraptured attitude of momentary joy when she hears
so late a confession of Porno's love—the agony with
which she suffered herself to be dragged along the
ground as she followed Oroveso—the sudden delight
with which she rose when she learned that he
would protect her children—all these were expressed
.with a sort of inspiration, which seemed the result of
great excitement, and which will render the effect of
her farewell indelible on those who witnessed it. The
curtain had hardly descended on this scene, when
countless voices were raised for the appearance of Miss
Kemble. She soon appeared, led by Mr. Cooper, and,
as some bouquets were thrown on the stage, picked.
them up and kissed them with fervour. As she
retired, followed by the loudest applause, she covered
her face, and wept bitterly. Such was the impres-
sive farewell of a lady who has, for a short but bril-
liant period, held undisputed supremacy over the
London public.
Miss Kemble's retirement into the privacy of do-
mestic life will, we hope, be a happy circumstance to
herself, though a matter of great regret to the public
—all the greater for the consideration, that in her we
lose the last of the Kemble's.

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TRADE BETWEEN PRANCE AND SPAIN IN 1841.
--M. Mateo Duren, the Consul of Stain in Bordeaux,
has published a return of the trade carried on between
that country and France during the year 1841, and
which shows that the balance was considerably against
Spain, her exports to France being only 37,162,689
francs, whilst her imports amounted to 100,893,906.
As compared with the results of the preceding year,
there appears a falling off; in 1841, of about 5,000,000
of francs in the exports, and of 4,000,000 f. in the im-
ports. The principal articles for which Spain was
tributary to France were cotton cloths, which figure
among the items for 36,127,019 f.; linens for
12,999,094 f.; silks for 9,890,720 f.; woollens for
8,649,026 ; haberdashery for 3,279,459 francs
machinery for 1,820,749 francs ; paper, books,
and prints, for 1,529,028 f., &c. The returns
made by Spain consist almost entirely of raw mate-
rials. The principal articles were wool for a value of
9,764,541 f. ; lead, 6,707,388 f , cork, 3,719,733 E ;
dried fruits, 3,032,498 f.; mats, 1,691,599 f.; oil,
1,688,805 f. ; silk, 1,041,648 f. ; grain, 758,982 f., &c.
The only manufactured goods to be found in these
tables are linens, which only represent an amount of
143,808 f. ; and silks, of 103,433 f. The commercial
intercourse between France and Spain is far greater
by the land frontier, than by sea, the exports from
France by the first being 61.029,292 f., and by sea
only 36,064,614 f. The number of vessels employed
in the trade was 2,543, measuring 163,357 tons. Of
these, 1,121 cleared the Spanish harbours with car-
goes, and 296 in ballast ; and 677 sailed front the
French harbours with cargoes, and 449 in ballast.
Ei.oermeNr.--The quiet (at this season of the year)
town andineighbourhood of Epsom were yesterday
thrown into a state of great excitement by the elope-
ment of a young lady of great beauty and accom-
plishments, the eldest of a family of twelve, with a
clerk of the Surrey Branch Bank in that town, where
her father holds a responsible situation. Every ex-
ertion has been made by her afflicted parents to dis-
cover her retreat, but, unhappily, as yet without effect.
The workmen engaged in one of the quarries on
Durdham Down, about a fortnight since, came upon
a number of bones embedded in the earth in one of the
fissures of the rock, at about 30 feet be low the sur-
face. This had been going on for some time, and a boy
had collected some of the remains, and sold them as
old bones, before the circumstance came to the know-
ledge of some parties connected with the Philosophic
Institution ; but it having come to the ears of the
Committee, they voted a small sum of money to work
that part of the quarry, in order to ascertain whether
a cavern existed there
or not, and also to select such
remains as might fall in the way in the progress of
the work. Accordingly an excavation was made in
the fissure, about 10 feet deep, or 40 feet from the
surface. In the course of this proceeding, a con-
siderable quantity of bones and teeth were collected,
for the most part in a state of perfect preservation;
these were chiefly taken to the Institution, and, on
being examined, there were found teeth of the bear,
hyena, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, ox-deer, elephant,
and the head and horns of the ox, and portioi is of bone
of these and other animals.—Devizes Garet le.
How delicious and how entrancing must have bees
the feelings of Adam, when he awoke in Ei len to find
himself—a landed proprietor.—Punch.