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the effect would be similar to. that, of col- 
lecting the whole inhabitants of a country 
into. one'-city. ‘+; Commodities, inventions, 
discoveries, opinions, feelings) would. cireu- 
culate, with a rapidity hitherto unknown ; 
and, above all, the, personal, intercourse. of 
man with man would be prodigiously in- 
creased. 2 
Struck with the contrast, which our city 
church-yards present, to the burial ground of 
Pére la Chaise, near Paris, a scheme has 
been projected by some individuals for a 
receptacle of the dead, on a large scale in 
the. vicinity of London. They propose to 
give it the name of the Necropolis, or city 
of the dead, and mean that it should: be 
laid out in a style, which, for solemnity, 
taste and magnificence, may surpass any 
thing yet undertaken. It is a mistake to 
suppose that church-yards are the only 
proper places for Christian burial. On the 
contrary, the origin of their use in England 
is not-of earlier date than the year 750. 
The concentrated rough pyroligneous acid 
is recommended as the best mode of giving 
the smoky taste to hams, beef, &c- After the 
meat has been properly salted it should be 
hung up to drain for twenty-four hours, then 
with a brush, such as is used for oiling 
harness, dipped in, the acid, rub the meat 
well all over, and hang it up in an airy dry 
place ; one application is sufficient, but a 
second or third will produce a more power- 
ful Westphalia favour. The flavour thus 
obtained is more delicate, the meat less 
liable to become rancid; and the sacrifice 
of a few minutes produces all the effect of 
the common methods of smoking. 
New Naval Uniform.— A long order has 
lately been issued, for effecting a change in 
the uniform of the Navy; a branch of our 
service, which, in every point of view, both 
within and without, required, we conceive, 
as little alteration as any thing in the uni- 
verse, Could the spirits of the Rodneys, the 
Howes; the Duncans, and the Nelsons re- 
visit the gangway of a three-decker, how 
little would they applaud this apparent 
imovation. ~There has appeared of late 
years, in some quarter or other, too great 
a disposition to interfere in trifling matters 
like this. The dress of the army has un- 
dergone alterations innumerable ; some of 
them certainly very praiseworthy, but the 
greater part of them very much the reverse. 
No one but must approve of the abolition 
of the enormous cock’d hat and heavy 
larded pigtails which used'to disfigure the 
household troops; and had the alterations 
stopped at similar reforms, no one could 
have objected to’ them. But when we look 
at the frippery and expense which have 
been introduced into some of the cavalry 
regiments, a stranger would be ‘half in- 
clined to suppose that the worshipful com- 
pany) of merchant. tailors had actually ob- 
tainedia footing in the Government, and 
Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
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had migrated) from. their) ancient hall in. 
Fhreadneedie-street to Downing-street 
i (fh .SVerniis 
and the Horse Guards<{ \Thisi foolérysiit: 
would seem, ‘is not; to stép: here, butithe 
rage for costume isstabe extended: tothe, 
civil, magistrates of »the:crowms; arid j:thes 
whole tribe cf Commissioners, ‘Auditors, 
Secretaries, Clerks, Inspectors, &c.j lare to 
form a party coloured corpsy:) 000.8 duos 
Intended New Civil Uniform.-—An order) 
for a New Uniform to be worn by the: Civil) 
Establishments is expected from the Trea= 
sury. The following has: been determined: 
on for one of the departments in ‘Somerset: ! 
place :—Commissioners.—= Plain Tue coats: 
double-breasted, gilt buttons, withthe royal: 
arms ; yellow waistcoat, with buttons like: 
those on the coat; Oxford mixture Wel- 
lington pantaloons. N.B.-The chairman, 
to have the skirts of his coat lined ‘with, 
yellow serge.— Inspectors: — Plain. blue sins 
gle-breasted coat, yellow waistcoat; Oxford, 
mixture pantaloons. Buttons the same as 
the Commissioners. —Senior Hraminers;. 
Isf Class. — Plain blue single-breasted) coat, 
yellow waistcoat, Oxford mixture trousers; 
gilt buttons, with a crown, encircled bya 
garter, bearing the name. of. the establish- 
ment. Four broad black silk bars.on the) 
cuff of the coat.—Senior HExaminers,) 2d 
Class. —The same ; three bars on the euff. 
—Junior Examiners.—The same ; two bars 
on the cuff.—Assistanis—The same; one 
bar on the cuff.—Secretary.—Same as In= 
spectors, with the addition of two broad 
black silk bars on the cuff, placed K+- 
Secrelary’s Department.—Same as the Exa- 
miners, with whom they rank, except the 
bars on the. cuff, which are to be similar to 
the Secretary’s, but rather narrower” 
Office-keepers, Messengers, and Porter.— 
Scarlet coat, single-breasted ; blue waist- 
coat, light mixture trousers, made very 
full; gilt buttons, having G.r. and the 
office to which they belong, thereon — Any 
person appearing at the office out of uni- 
form, on and after the 5th of April next, 
to forfeit one day’s pay—January 1825." © 
We hear that three life-boats, built for 
the use of the Royal National Institution’ 
for the Preservation of Shipwrecked Ma- 
riners, are now lying at. the Tobacco- 
grounds, Rotherhithe, for inspection, pre~ 
paratory to their being removed to Brighton, 
Newhaven and Biddeford. We learn also” 
that seven more boats are nearly com- 
pleted for that institution. ie bhideninx 
The old College of Physicians im War 
wick-lane is to be pulled down. ‘“Thé new? 
college‘at the extremity of Pall Mall Bast;° 
begins to assume a handsome appearances 1 
The long dead park wall, leading from: 
Hyde Park Corner towards Knightsbridge,,. 
is about to be removed and xeplaced by iron» 
railings, like those separating St. James's. 
Park from Piccadilly. Bass ig Nd ct 
The State Carriage and Equpage of. ‘The’ 
King ‘of Portugal. — Messrs." Bushnell 
Honywilk and Co. the coach tide 
Berners’-street, havé'lateély ‘fished! § 
nificent carriage, similar to our King’s State 
? Carriage, 
