The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-16 00:00:00

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The New Bower Operetta House.

This little theatre, which had become notoriously one o f
the most objectionable places of amusement in London, has
been recently taken by Mr Walter Kimber, with the view
not only to "revive its fortunes," but at the same time to
introduce a higher class of more pleasing entertainments
for the play-going public "down about this 'ere quarter.'
The spirited manager commenced by thoroughly sweeping
out the old Augean stable, which is now transformed into
a neat, comfortable, and pleasing little operetta house. Mr
Kimber merits every success for his bold effort to raise the
fortunes of a truly fallen house.
The company which has been got together, as a whole, is
a fair and passable one. Four pieces were put on the stage
last evening, and on the whole creditably performed, viz.,
4. The Kiss and the Rose," by Howard Payne, and 66 Her
only Paling," a new and original comedietta by Smyth
Lee, Esq. In this piece Miss Emma Mansell manifested
her talents as an actress, and her very beautiful song,
"The pleading of the heart," was loudly and deservedly
encored. The new burlesque of " Cymon and Iphigenia "
is smartly written, and seemed well adapted to the place
and the audience, and was carried out with great spirit on
the part of all the actors. " Iced Champagne" closed the
evening's programme.
There is just one word in passing that we would whisper
into the ear of the manager, and that is, to avoid injudici-
ously using too large capital letters in announcing his
"swans," for somehow if the public are disappointed when
the bird has been seen and heard, they are very likely to
say, "well, it is but a ' goose' after all."

STRUGGLE ON THE PARAPET OF LONDON-
BRIDGE.—Last evening Mr. Payne, the city coroner,
held an inquest at the Vestry-hall, Fair-street, Southwark,
respecting tho death by suicide of Mary Ann Mann, aged
43. John Nare, No. 3, Blue Anchor-road, Bemondsey,
said that lost Sunday morning, about 8 o'clock, ho was
crossing London-bridge, A boy called out to him—
"Master, there is a woman going to drown herself I" He
they saw the deceased with one leg over the parapet of the
bridge, She was standing in the middle recess of the centre
arch. He rushed forward and caught hold of her by the
arm. She struggled fearfully. Ho tried to pull her back,
but could not do so. He then let her go, and she fell into
the water. Her head was first dashed against the stone-
work of the bridge. The witness just saved his own life.
Geo. Mann, No. 10, Great Arthur-street, St. Luke's, a
cigar-maker, said that the deceased was his wife. For the
last eight weeks she had been very ill. She frequently said
she would go and drown herself, because she had dreadful
pains in her back. Mrs E. Speller said that the deceased
had fallen downstairs last Thursday. After that she said
to witness "I feel so low-spirited that I shall go and kill
myself." The coroner having summed up the jury re-
turned a verdict of "Suicide while of unsound mind."
THE ALABAMA. AND SUMTER.—Already Captain
Semmes' narrative of his cruises on board the Alabama and
Sumter has reached a second edition, and Messrs Saunders,
Otley, and Co., announce that the work has been carefully
revised,