594 . Miscellaneous. 
in preserving it, provided the fatigue undergone is not in- 
ordinate. The fear with young men is, that an abrupt tran- 
sition from a life of comparative inactivity, to one in which 
violent exertion is taken, may induce disease of the heart 
or lungs, it therefore behoves them to gradually train 
themselves for competitive trials of strength, wind, and 
fleetness, and to guard in this, as in all matters, against 
excess. If the constitution is originally sound, the diet 
during preparation, based upon rules of common sense, 
and adapted to fully support the powers, and the work 
gradually increased, no harm will ensue from preparing for, 
or entering upon these contests, on the contrary, the 
results will be beneficial to health, more especially if the 
man has been from childhood accustomed to active sports, 
which points to the advisability of paying attention to 
gymnastics of all kinds in our schools; in fact, making 
physical proceed, pavz passu, with mental education. 
HALL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 
Yet another Immortelle was, on the 20th ultimo, placed 
upon the grave of the late Prince Consort. We do 
not believe in heroes of any kind, so we do not go in for 
worship. There are no demi-gods in these degenerate days. 
However, the late Prince Consort was a good enlightened 
gentleman, who did much in his generation to further 
studies which tend to soften the manners of men, and well 
deserves a monument, which we trust may prove @re peren- 
mius, and. conclude the series of institutions, associated with 
his memory, for useful as the services he rendered to the 
cause of art and science were, enough has been done to 
testify our appreciation of them, and we say of his name 
vequiescat in pace. 
The day on which the ceremonial took place was a 
melancholy one, as befitted the solemnity of the occasion ; 
rain threatened all the morning, and towards the close of 
the proceedings carried its threat into execution, in the 
shape of a disagreeable drizzle. The Prince of Wales read 
a touching address which alluded to the manifold mournful 
associations of the day. Her Majesty, dressed in the 
deepest mourning, spoke of her presence as “a struggle to 
which she had nerved herself,’ and was altogether deeply 
affected, she, however recovered sufficiently to go through 
the usual formula, with the new coins, gold trowel, and 
ivory hammer. The Archbishop of Canterbury prayed. 
A musical composition of the lamented Prince was oi 
The Queen left, and the rain fell heavily. | 
