The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-31 00:00:00

MONTENEGRO.

The Spener Gazette has the following from
Vienna :—" In consequence of the war between the
Montenegrins and the Turks, Baron Jellachich will
be named Commander-in-Chief of a corps of obser-
vation of 18,000 men. The Emperor has also deter-
mined to send. Count de Leiningen on a private
mission to Constantinople. He is to be accompanied
by Major de Ruf, of the staff. It is supposed that
this mission relates to the affairs of Montenegro.
The Waywode of Grahovo has announced that, in
case the Turks proved victorious, he should fall
back on the upper part of Dalmatia. The Turco-
German [frontier is guarded by a whole brigade.
The regiment called the Grand Duke Constantine
has arrived here, and has received orders to recall
all the men that it has out on leave of absence.
This implies that it must hold itself ready to march.
Its destination is not known."

THE FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT NEAR BRISTOL.—
BRISTOL, JAN. 28.—The coroner's inquest, in reference
to the late fatal accident at the Shortwood Colliery,
Mangotsfield, was this day resumed on the body of
Bennett, at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, before J. B.
Grindron, Esq., coroner, and a highly respectable jury,
and appeared to excite a good deal of interest. Mr.
Bush, solicitor, attended to watch the proceedings for
the proprietors, and Mr. Cossham, the acting partner,
was also present. Mr. Mackworth, the government in-
spector of collieries, attended by direction of the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department, and took an
active part in the inquiry, which lasted several hours.
Several witnesses were examined, and the coroner baying
summed up, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental
death."

A DANGEROUS CHURCHMAN.—The following para-
graph, headed " Interesting to Seamen," which, while it
may be interesting to the class to whom it is addressed,
exhibits at the same time one of the most impudent and
arrogant acts of a man clothed in the garments of the
Church (but evidently ill qualified in spirit for his holy
calling) we ever heard of. It will be seen, on perusing
the paragraph in question) that one Reve •end (1) Aneas
B. Hutchinson, ..f the district of St. James, Devonport,
has taken upon ;timself to impugn the terms and validity
of an act of Pai'maent framed for the more convenient
ratification of marriages between persons who object to
the formularies and expenses of marriage solemnisations
in the Church of England. This Devonshire parson says
a person may be a wife, married at the Registrar's Office
by act of Parliament, but so convinced is he that she is
no wife in the eye of the Church (i. e. his own beam-
blinded fanatical orbit), that he would sooner suffer
his right hand to be cut off than sign,a poor woman's
paper of allotment, so married ! Oh ! Christian parson !
We, as staunch Churchmen, blush to see such fantastic
tricks played before high Heaven by one who ought to
be foremost (like the good St. Aubyn) to render assist-
ance to such as the applicant in question—the wife of one
of England's brave tars, one of those gallant men to
whose efforts Church and State, too, must one day look
for protection. Is there no chastisement for this man of
pride and false reasoning Is there no Court to which
he may be made amenable for his unworthy and uncha-
ritable act I May he insult a poor honest woman and
deface her only legal claim upon the Crown for support
with idle and insolent impunity 1 Is he a married man
himself Is he a. newly-fledged incumbent of a fat
livinol We incline to think he must be, and that he
must have bought it, for assuredly such a man is not a fit
recipient of the patronage of the Church upon his merits
or qualifications in a holy or Godly light.—Portsmouth
Times and Naval Gazette.
INTERESTING TO SEAMEN.—One of the earliest acts of
the present Board of Admiralty was to issue a regula-
tion, which will have the effect of superseding a provision
in the Act of Parliament. It appears that within the
ecclesiastical district of St. James, Devonport, of which
the Rev. E. B. Hutchison is incumbent, resides a Mrs.
Mary Ann Mitchell, thtwife of the quarter-master on
board H.M.S. Termagant, to whom she was married
more than ten years ago at the office of the Superinten-
dent Registrar, Devonport. On her husband's appoint-
ment to the Termagant, now at Portsmouth, she received,
in the course of the past month, the usual allotment
paper and form of certificate of identity, which the sta-
tute 11 Geo. IV., cap. 20, sec. 34, requires to be filled
up and signed by the minister and churchwardens of the
parish in which the allottee resides, before any half-pay
can be taken. Until the late division of the parish of
Stoke Damerel into several parishes for ecclesiastical
purposes, it was customary for the wives of absent sea-
men resident at Devonport, to take their allotment
papers to the Rev. W. J. St. Aubyn, the rector, who
has always acted with kindness, and urbanity towards
every such applicant, whereas many of the recently
appointed district clergy have manifested a strong
disinclination to attach their signatures to allotment
papers, whenever it was found that the women pre-
senting them had not been married according to the
rites of the Church of England. In the present
instance there was an absolute refusal, for when Mrs.
Mitchell. went to Mr. Hutchison with her allotment
paper and marriage certificate, he told her he would
not sign the paper upon the production of such a mar-
riage certificate—that he would rather suffer his right
hand to be cut off than he would do so, as he did not
consider her the wife of Mitchell in the eye of the church;
and he added, "You may be a wife by act of Parlia-
ment, and you may go and get your money of the clerks
or officers as you an ; they may pay you." He then
handed back the paper to her, when she found that he
had defaced the form of certificate by writing upon it,
" I decline attesting this paper. JEneas B. Hutchison."
Under these circumstances, unable as she was to get her
half-pay, and having no other means of support, she ap-
plied to Mr. Elms, the Superintendent Registrar at
Devonport as the person who had granted the license of
her marriage, to endeavour to procure for her that jus-
tice to which she was entitled. This Mr. Elms readily
and kindly promised to do. He immediately submitted
the case to the Registrar-General, who promptly com-
municated with the Lords of the Admiralty, and the re-
sult was the instant issuing of an order to the Payraas-
ter-Genearl to pay Mary Ann Mitchell the sum allotted to
her, on the production of the certificate signed by the
Superintendent Registrar and Registrar of Marriages,
and it was further directed that this rule should be ob-
served in every case where part:es were married at Dis-
senting Chapels, or at the office of a Superintendent
Registrar.

AN ARTFUL TRICK ON MR. K-.--A short time
ago, a well-dressed female called at the residence of an
elderly gentleman, at Southwick, named K—, and
inquired whether he could accommodate her with lodg-
ings, stating that her husband was the owner of a yacht
at Liverpool, and was desirous of residing for a time in
the neighbourhood of Brighton. She thought, she
added, that Southwick would be a convenient situation,
inasmuch as it was close to the month of the harbour,
and her husband would take frequent excursions to sea
with his Brighton friends. Her statement appearing
plausible, and her manners genteel, Mr. K— did
not hesitate to let her his apartments. He remarked
that she had no luggage, but she satisfied him on that
point by stating that her boxes were in her husband's
yacht, which she expected would arrive in the course of
a couple or three days. Moreover she desired him to
secure a nice place in the harbour, where the yacht,
which she called the Forget-me-not, might be moored.
At the request of his new lodger, Mr. K accom-
pained her to the harbour, to look out a place fo::
the yacht, and an interview was had with the
captain of the steam-tug, in order to enter into an
arrangement with him to tow the yacht into the har-
bour at intervals. Two or three days elapsed, but no
yacht arrived ; and, in the meantime, Mr. K— ad-
vanced his lady lodger 201. to make some " trifling!'
purchases. Wanting more money, she requested Mr.
K—'s nephew to write to a friend at Liverpool for
251. or 30/., directing the letter to Ivy Lodge. By re-
turn of post a letter was delivered to the "lady," pur-
porting to come from Liverpool, and stating that her
boxes were at a certain house in London, and that in
one of the boxes were two 501. notes. At the request of
his lodger, Mr. K was induced to go to London for
the money, the "lady" giving him the key of the box,
and the address in town where the boxes were deposited.
Mr. K— wished his lodger to accompany him, but
she excused herself on the ground that her husband
might arrive in the meantime, and be annoyed at her
absence. On his arrival at the house in London he
found it was in a low situation, where there were a num-
ber of fellows and wenches fiddling and dancing ; and,
on inquiry for the lady's boxes, he was met by bursts of
laughter and ridicule. He rushed out of the house, the
truth flashing across his mind, and made the best of his
way to the station, taking an early train for his home.
We need scarcely add, that on his arrival at his own
residence his "lady-bird" had taken wing, leaving Mr.
minus his 20/., and nil for board and lodging.—
Brighton Gazette.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

Farewell Season of Mr.:33eqlamin Webster as Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING, Jeri. 31,

Will be performed the popular and highly successfiil Comedy of
MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by
Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart. Parselle, and
Lambert ; Mrs. Stirlimr, Miss F. Maskell, and Miss Rosa Bennett.
After which, the gorgeous Extravaganza, entitlel LEO TB E
TERRIBLE.

To con' lude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and
SETTLED.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestria.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 31,

Will be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON
IN A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F.
Matthews, and Horncastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell.

After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza,
entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs.
F. Matthews, Suter, Ilorncastie, and Templeton; Madame Veoris,
Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis,
Miss Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosina Wright will appear.
To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS.

Sole Agent for the Private BoLes, Mr. W. Alleroft, 15, New
Bond-street.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 31,

Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or,
Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, 0. Smith, rnd
Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Laura
Honey, and Mrs. Keeley.
To conclude with the succeisful new Comic Pantomime, ce'led
NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Merrie Monarch. Principe..
oanseuse, Mdlle. Auriol Clown, Mr. Flexmore.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 31,
Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal
character by Mr. C. Kean.
After which, THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which Mr.
Wright will appear.
To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ-
mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR
STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the
Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pan-
taloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leelercq.

ROYAL OLY MFR.: THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren.
THIS EVENING, Jsw. 31,

Will be presented LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by Messrs.
Compton, W. Farren, Jun., Hoskins, Cooke, Edgar, Bender, and
Clifton; Misses Anderton and H. Gordon.
After which, JOHN DOBBS. John Dobbs, Mr. W. Farrel), jun. ;

rattel nester, Mr. Compton. _
To conclude with ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen
Mab and the World of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, with
his highly-trained Dogs.
Box-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence
of Mr. Edward Chatterton.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITIIEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions
LAST WEEK Bur FITE of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEMENT,
As he is about retiring from the Profession, having Let the ihe.itrJ
to Mr. WILLIAM COOKE.
THIS EVENING, iLitg. 31,
And following Evenings, will be presented the Equestrian Drama
of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN.
After which, an unequaled Rourne of Scenes in the Circle.
To conclude with the Grand Comic Pantomime of FORTUNIO
AND HIS HORSE COMRADE; or, Harlequin and the Seven
Gifted Men.
On THURSDAY, Feb. 3, the Lest Juve 'le Performance will t
place, when the Pantomime will be played H•st—concluding, by
Eleven o'clock, with a popular Farce.
Doors open at tialt-past ~'clock. To commence at Seven.
Rox-oftlee open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager. Mr.
W. West.