“A man supplied with food and comforts, without labour and care, has constantly full opportunity of attending to health. But man is a social animal. The Creator has ordained that no individual shall live to himself, and live in happiness. A man without an object is like a tree without a leading shoot. He has not the vigour of his fellows; his strength is either dissipated in irregular pursuits, or decays from listlessness. In professions and trades the nervous system is often exhausted by excessive application; here, as frequently it declines from the want of exertion. Need I add, that the vices which result from the want of employment, undermine the constitution and shorten life.” Mr. Thackrah has stated, in many instances, the modes which he conceives applicable to the mitigation or removal of the evils of particular employments. It is, of course, not within our province to follow him in these details. But throughout his work he notices also those habits which are best calculated to preserve man in health in every situation. These best remedies, which are in a great degree within the reach of us all, may be comprised in the words _temperance_, _cleanliness_, _exercise in the open air_, and _cheerful relaxation_. It should be the aim of every working-man to employ these remedies for any evils of his occupation, as far as he can himself; it is the duty of every employer, as much as in him lies, so to regulate his periods of labour, that no artisan shall be unable, from want of time, to take his evening walk in the fresh fields, to cultivate his little garden, or to afford an hour to that improvement of his mind which will invigorate and refresh his body, by the cheapest and the purest of all pleasures. --------------------- GEORGE THE FOURTH’S GATE, HYDE PARK CORNER. [Illustration: Entrance to the Green Park, St. James’s.] This fine gate, which was completed about five years since, after a design by Mr. Decimus Burton, was originally intended for a private entrance to the New Palace. Within the last few months it has been devoted to a purpose of more general utility, the road from Constitution Hill having been turned so as to allow access through the gate to those carriages which have the privilege of passing through the park, and also to foot-passengers. A new lodge has recently been erected in James Street, opening to the road connecting Pimlico with Great George Street, Westminster; and this road is free to horsemen and private carriages without distinction. --------------------- THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS.