comic artiste, and we are greatly inclined to believe that it was the lady in question.

This was our first visit to Liverpool, and without designating it as a very handsome town, we were much delighted with many of the buildings, including St. George's Hall, which is superb, and where we attended the courts and heard some interesting trials; the Exchange also, which is a magnificent building, besides many others of which the the town can boast. Liverpool also exhibits many fine statues, while we need not say that its great lion consists in its extensive docks. We spent a week in Liverpool as our old college chum residing near Birkenhead, where he holds a lucrative appointment, was summoned to the bedside of a relative near Lancaster, of which we became informed by seeing him at the Warrington Junction on the day of our journey from Cambridge.

As a residence we should certainly give a preference to Birkenhead, which is well supplied with the necessaries of life-has a remarkably complete and handsome floating landing-stage, steamers constantly crossing the ferry to Liverpool at the charge of a penny; while the station which is extensive, is wholly under cover. Then on delivering up our tickets and leaving the station, we find excellent roomy omnibuses, which can be entered behind or in front, the system adopted being an American one. The omnibuses run upon a tramway, which greatly accelerates the speed, as well as affording an easy transit. The driver, who stands, can at any moment by turning a handle bring the horses and carriage to a dead stop, while we were informed that there has never been an instance of an accident occurring to these vehicles.

There is a fine park at Birkenhead, laid out with great taste, and affording beautifully sequestered walks. It has two lakes, ornamented with swans and ducks, and containing some of the coarser kind of fish.

During our sojourn at Liverpool and Birkenhead the weather was intensely hot, and crossing the ferry was a most refreshing operation, as we always found a good breeze there. Here we had our first view of the Great Eastern, which was lying in the river, and to which steamers plied in order to give their passengers an opportunity of inspecting her interior. During our stay at Birkenhead a beautiful ceremony was celebrated at Liverpool as a thanksgiving for the harvest of which the following is an account :

"Yesterday a harvest festival was held in St. Philip's Church, Hardman-street, services being performed morning and evening. The church was very beautifully and appropriately decorated for the occasion by the ladies and gentlemen of the congregation. At the west end of the church the baptistry is situated, and this was decorated with white liliums, ferns, moss, and ivy, all intermingled in a tasteful manner. The rails in front of the baptistry were traced with fern leaves, and the pillars were wreathed with ivy. Round the church in front of the galleries were hung crimson shields with designs in wheat, oats, barley, and rye, which had a very effective appearance. The capitals of the pillars were wreathed with leaves, and the ledges of the windows were covered with moss, pelargoniums, and various kinds of flowers. The lectern was very prettily dressed up with wreaths of passion

flowers, hot-house plants, and flowers, geraniums, and ferns. Between the rails of the stairs leading to the pulpit were placed miniature sheaves of cereals, while around the pulpit were wreathed dahlias, corn, wheat, leaves, and floral products. In front of the pulpit on a coloured background were the christos and sacred monogram, I.H.S., designed in wheat. The choir stalls were covered with designs in oats, Siberian crab-apples, &c., and the gas standards were wreathed with green leaves and flowers. There were pendant from these standards massive bunches of grapes. Over the stalls on each side the word 'Alleluia' was designed in wheat. The sacrarium was most elaborately and artistically decorated. On the communion rails was placed a large band composed of flowers and leaves, hanging from which were the leaves of various kinds of ferns. Round the pillars was entwined the fruit of the mountain-ash, and between them were placed designs in wheat. On the reredos on a pure white ground were worked the texts-I am the bread of life,' and 'I am the true vine,' in evergreens and fruit, with floral borders. On the altar were two sheaves of wheat and two large vases full of hot-house flowers, and above it was a beautifully formed cross of scarlet geraniums. Round the base of the gas standards in the sacrarium were placed sheaves of wheat, &c., and encircling them were bunches of grapes, ferns, and flowers. In the morning there was placed on the altar a loaf of new wheaten flour, unleavened, which was used at the celebration of the Holy Communion. For the better celebration of the services yesterday the choir of St. Philip's was assisted by those of St. James the Less and Christ Church, the organist being Mr. J. Thomson. At the service were introduced a new psalter by Redhead, and the Gregorian tones, in place of James's psalter and the Anglican tones, the reason given for this change being that it was found the congregation joined in the unison singing better than in the harmonised. The Te Deum was by Hopkins, the Jubilate by Thomson, and the anthem was Dr. Green's Thou visitest the earth.' In the communion office the following music was performed: Kyrie Eleison, Thomson; Nicene Creed, Goss; Sanctus, Dr. Camidge; Offertory, Anthem, 'Lay not up for yourselves,' Fowler; Gloria in Excelsis, Thomson. The first part of the prayers were chanted by the Rev. A. K. B. Granville, M.A., and the latter part by the Rev. George Feathers, curate; the Rev. C. H. Burton, M.A., vicar of St. Philip's officiated at the communion service; the epistle was read by the Rev. R. J. Livingstone, M.A., vicar of Aigburth; the gospel by the Rev. Mr. Granville. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Livingstone. In the evening Dr. Clarke Whitfield's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis were sung, Dr. William Hayes's anthem Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem,' and Tallis's preces and responses. The processional and other hymns at both services were from Hymns, Ancient and Modern.' The prayers at this service were chanted by the Rev. Mr. Feathers; the lessons were read by the Rev. Mr. Burton, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. T. E. Espin, B.D., rector of Wallasey, and examining chaplain to the Bishop of Chester. At the conclusion of the services, collections were made to aid in carrying on the services of the church. After the evening service, the choristers and the ladies and gentlemen who had decorated the church adjourned to the St. Philip's Institute, Back Canning-street, Hope-street, where supper was

provided. Supper being over, the Rev. C. H. Burton thanked the choirs that had assisted his own in the services; and paid a special compliment to Mr. Charles Sherlock, for the admirable manner in which he had taken the solo in the morning anthem. He also thanked the ladies and gentlemen present for the willing manner in which they had given their services in decorating the church. We understand the decorations of the church will remain as they are until Sunday." We visited this church on the Sunday, and were delighted with the beautiful devices.

(To be continued.)

THE ARABIAN KNIGHTS.

ENGRAVED BY E. HACKER, FROM A PAINTING BY THE LATE ABRAHAM COOPER, r.a.

"It is tolerably clear that these two Chiefs are going to have a bit of a deal over the grey, and thus would they set about the business, with a richness of phrase that we specially recommend to the attention of Mr. Rice and Mr. Quartermaine: "Say not it is my horse; say it is my son. He outstrips the flash in the pan, or a glance of the eye. He is pure as gold. His eyesight is so good that he can distinguish a hair in the night time. In the day of battle he delights in the whistling of the balls. He overtakes the gazelle. He says to the eagle, 'come down, or I will ascend to thee.' When he hears the voices of the 'maidens, he neighs for joy. When he gallops he plucks out the tear from the eye. When he appears before the maidens he begs with his hand. It is a steed for the dark days, when the smoke of powder obscures the sun. It is a thorough-bred, the very head of horses! No one has ever possessed his equal. I depend on him as on my own heart. He has no brother in the world: it is a swallow. He listens to his flanks, and is ever watching the heels of his rider. He understands as well as any son of Adam; speech alone is wanting to him. His pace is so easy, that on his back you might carry a cup of coffee without upsetting it. A nosebag satisfies him, a sack covers him. He is so light that he could dance on the bosom of thy mistress without bruising it."

And when they do deal, this eloquent gentleman goes on to say, "Take thy horse, and Allah grant thou mayst be succesful on his back as many times as he has hairs upon it;" while he adds, in the presence of witnesses, "The separation between us is from this very moment. Thou dost not know me, and I have never seen thee;" which reduced from poetry to prose simply implies that he does'nt mean to give any warranty.

The Emir Abd-el-Kader is here our authority.