Egyptian Archaeological Discoveries.

" confessed and avoided , " or demurred to . Marriage settlements and the doctrines of uses and trusts prevailed in ancient Egypt , but the wearing of these wigs was not extended to the members of the legal profession , but was reserved exclusively for the princesses of the blood and ladies of very high rank . It is curious to recall the fact that when Belzoniin 1817 , discovered at

Bab-el-, Malook the tomb of Seti I . —a tomb which has since been popularly called "Belzoni's tomb " —a fine sarcophagus in alabaster stood in the furthest chamber . This sarcophagus was subsequently brought to England , and it is now in Sir John Soane ' s Museum . Herr Brugsch has now brought to light the original occupant of this sarcophagus , who may now be seen at the Boulak Museumnear his sonRamses II . Herr Brugsch assures me he believes that

, , there is another secret gallery leading from the pit at Deir-el-Bahari . When M . Maspero returns next October further excavations will doubtless be undertaken , but the Boulak Museum , so suddenly enriched as it has been during the present year , now occupies a position not inferior to any in Europe .

Notes On St Botolph And Little Britain.*

NOTES ON ST BOTOLPH AND LITTLE BRITAIN . *

WE have seldom read a more interesting little sketch , both in its antiquarian facts and bearing , than the one which has been printed for private circulation for Mr . Alderman Staples . It is both full in detail and lucid in arrangement , and seems to us to be exactly what such a local description and " souvenir" should be . As it deals with St . Botolp h ' s Church ancl Little Britainancl the " guilds " in the churchwe propose to take each head

, , " seriatim , " merely premising that we have already called attention to the " Guild of the Holy Trinity , " ancl given a sketch of the Guildhall from Brayley , while we have also reprinted Washington Irving ' s well-known reference to Little Britain in the interesting pages of our " Magazine . " St . Botolph ' s Church is of great antiquity , being mentioned in a writ of Edward I ., in 1279 , as having then Richard cle Medhurst vicar , so that its

foundation must have been much earlier . It was of old , we are told , a rectory , but now a curacy , and having been annexed to the abbot ( Islip ) and convent of Westminster , July 17 th , 1503 , by Henry VII . to support his new chantry and chapel . After several mutations it was confirmed to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster by Queen Elizabeth in 1560 . It is now a vicarage , ancl the Rev . J . Flood Jones is the present incumbent , minor canon of Westminster . The church escaped the great fire in 1666 , but in 1753 , it was

partially ancl practically rebuilt . In 1880 the burial ground , long disused , was very wisely thrown open as a " recreation ground" to the public . Little Britain , in which our publisher ' s great establishment is situated , and which as a Masonic emporium is unequalled in Masonic jurisdiction , is touched upon in this able little sketch ; and though we have previously given its ancient history in the Magazine , we repeat Alderman Staple ' s interesting account .

" We are accustomed to speak of St . Botolph ' s Church as being situated in Aldersgate Street ; but it is properly in Little Britain , ancl all the old writers so describe it . Little Britain is said to derive its name form the Duke of Bretagne , who , according to Stow , lodged there . In the early edition ( 1598 ) the term Britain Street is used ; but in Strype ' s edition , 1754 , it reads Little Britain , previously called Britain Street . Delaune , in his '' Present State of London , " written in 1682 , describes the church as being in Britain Street . Bro . Northoouck , who edited the 1784 edition of the Con-