Star.
London, England, 1829-01-15 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, 3Axtmfte .19.

This morning was the time 6zed for the coniecra'ioa
of the national church in this town. The anxiety mans.
tested by persons wishing to be present on the occasion
was so great, that upwards of two thousand tickets sere
i•sued. At el. yen o'cl ck. by ei.ich tm • the church
was comfortahly fille.i by a most respectahle assembly,
th- Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of tl e diocese, ire.
ceded by his mace and folios,. ed by the Clergy of the
t ian and neis:hburhood; entered the Chinch In m the
vestry, and took his seat at the Communion tab'e. when
Dr.Ward.thr Registrar to the Bishop's CourrarChester,
reed the deed of uJowment t f the church arid the peti-
tion f r consecration. His Lordship. accompaeiei as
t chore, tit- n walked down the ce Are aisle of t' e
church and back again to the altar, repeating the
24th, Palm, the responses being made by die minis-
ters, and took his seat at the comxnuni .n7table,
having received the deeds from the registrar, he red.',
with an audible voice, the prayers suitable for t e
occasion. The registrar then read the sentence ..t
secration, which was signed by tie B ship, and ps di red
to be enrolled in the court of the diocese. Tim morn-
ing service was then read by tfie Rev. J. B. Moir's, alter
ich his Lordship ascended the pulpit, and preached a
very excellent and appropriate sei min Irim a part of
the ilitts verse of the 17th char ter of S7.Matthew. The
service Javing been concluded, the Bishop. accompa-
nied as, be had previously been, walked throigh the
chinch to 2. shed erected at the eist, side of the Nadal-
gr. trod, and read the prayers solemnly, setting the
*krouncfairait for the purpose for which it is intended.
, The Bishop next proceeded in the stare cat Ow of
the Worshipful the Mayor to St. J rho's' Chinch, she e
aslp of ground, taken:floa the back .of she Lunatic
As) tuns, and added to the chu ch-yas if, was consec rat J
• fur the interment of the dead. lie al ea wardiprocteded
to the new cemetery secently for toed in this town, and
consecrated the same: To-morrow ( ednesda v) and
the neat day, his Lindship will hold COlifii ta

hIANCHISTSIt, J 431.
STATE. re TRAM—. Hitheito the atticipa.i tts.
which wet. very generally indulged of en improvei
meat in business when the new year commenced. hale
not been reali ed ; it continues ,s languid and unsatis.
factory as ever; and yet we 6.id that many consider
the piospects of the swing trade mote faiourable. In .
the meantime, bow-Ter, ue have to mike that the ad.
vices from several losegn markets are bad. The great
1411 i.. the exchange at Rio (from 12 to 14 per cent.) he-
sites the lo.s to the F. merchants ra, on the remit-
lance. for goods Already sold, ail, keep back. for a
wl ile at least, fur,her shipmen.s.. The prospects of
hu mess to the Continent of Env ore are good, the stocks
there being light, ind tl e -demand steady. The lo•
pr ice of cotton, and the certainty of a reasonable ;nice
for that article continuing throupb the year, is much in
favour of the spince.s and roatutactuiers; but from
present appearances there is a probability that they will
be in some measure hams sed by their workpeople, who
seem determined to make an efUrt to improve their con-
dition by tut ning out. The masters are now acively
arranging means of counteraction. and at Stockport
(where no fewer than 15 mills are -tending in conse-
quence), have, to be beforehand with the men, pro-
posed.a reduction. H 'wetter these disputes may ter-
minate., the F..yeseyikeffect nf thentis to diminish-m. -
Jena; slitter their elistence now perhaps may be attri•
bitted, in 0,44 the very *titles' state if the market.

CORON ER'S INQUEST.

-.was- -
Yesterday evening an inquiry of a singular and
mysterious nature for k place at S.. Thoma.'s Hmi.i-
tal. before Thomas S .elt n, Esq. 'Coroner,' relating
to the death of an individual styled James Allen,
aged ab ut 42.
The unfortunate deceased, who passed for and as-
sumed the dress of a man, was killed under circus' -
stances which will be stated. Death °centring on
the. way to the hospital. an examination of the body
took place, when it was found to be of the f mare seg.
• William Shrieve deposed, that he was a sawyer is
the emt boy of Mr. Crisp, ships; right and builder, of
Dockhead; the deceased, whom he had known for 'he
last three year, was in the same service; on M. Hilly
afternoon la*, about half past three o'clock. they wets
at work in a sawpit in Mill.street. Dockhead, wh. n a
large piece of timber fell on the head of the deemed,
who was at the bottom of the pit, and she fe:l .enseless,
bleeding from the nose; mouth, and ears ; she vas
placed On a •hotte-, to be conveyed to this hospital, but
espired before arrival.
By the Conoitire—The deceased hid a very weakly
voice, v ith ro br.rd or whiskers; witness Assays
thought that as .a man he v as deective.
By a Juror—The eeceased lepresented herself as
having been a married man Fr upwards cf 21 yeats ;
and his w ifei now living—an hot est, judo, taints woman.
Mary Daley.deposed that she had known the de.
ceast d, and the female who passed as his site. f a
number of years; ,bout a year ago the wife in!or wed
witness that she was sure her Jemmy had imp, se's' •
'upon her, for he certainly was not a clasper mans—
(Great laughter). Witness Often advised Mrs. Allen to
leave her uporthle a,husband, hut she sail s' had root
the heart to do it. Witness never thought tl.edeceaaed
above a gander of a man. hut still pie had no idea he
was a genaine avontaa—(Laughter).
....•
By a jittOf —The deceased', ad left his wife. selreal.
times on account of jealtnisr—(A laugh).
By a Juicir—Wetness can swear moat positively that
poor Mrs. Allen was a perfect woman in all points; ••••
it was her belief, th t although she had been mar.
tied twenty.one yews, she was as much a maid as a
her (witness's) grand-daughter.—(l: ud laughter.)
Mr. John Martin, dresser to Mi. Green, surgeon to
the Hospital, deposed, that the deceased, who was at-
tired in male apparel, was dead when brought to the •
hospital; the bones of the skull v ete fractured in
several places, Which was sufficient to cause immediate
Jeath; on examination, witness discovered the deceased
to be a female.

Both the Coroner and Jury expressed their *fermi.)).
ment at 'sn extramdinary a circumstance as two femalts
living together as man and wife for a period 4.1 ttrrney-
one years; it certainly was both unprecelentrii and
mysterious.

Mts. Daley sal recalled, and questioned as to wheal err
she kfiew to a certainty that the marriage cereitony
passed between. the deceased and the either fen-tile?
The v itneawsaid she bad seen ne certificate at the
marriage; tat ceremony took Otte at Camberwell
Church, about 20 sears ago.
The Joey expressed a wi.h to have the female who
lived with the deceased before them ; but the C• rnner
saidethat it was unnecessary, they had only to is giri,e
how the deceased (immaterial, male or female) cast e o
her death.
After some further discussion, a verdict of " Asa..
dental Death" was returned.

Yesterd.l Vt.count Alm.ett.t.e held a Levee 11 NA.
vt.l Officers, at the Admiralty.