The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-04 00:00:00

The Reliquary. No. I. Edited by Llewellynn
Dewitt, F.S.A.

A welcome is certainly due to this charming
little " Depository for precious relics, historical,
legendary, and biographical." Edited by a learned
and delightful author like Mr. Llewellynn Jewitt,
already favourably known as a poet by his An-
totincc, and as an archaeologist and topographer
through his entertaining Matlock Companton—the
RELIQUARY-a little antiquarian quarterly (price
half-a-crown, published iu London, at 36, Soho-
square, and in Derby, at the Iron gate), augurs well
for itself through the initial number here submitted
by its projectors to our consideration. There are
in this first number upwards of a dozen separate
contributions, several of them embellished with ap-
propriate woodcut illustrations. Mr. Thomas
Bateman leads off with a curious paper on certain
Norman and Anglo-Saxon coins minted at Derby—
the editor of The Reliquary following hard
1113011 his heels with a chapter on " Funeral
Garlands," and later on in the number
with a very singular treatise on Fern
Plant Superstitions. Dr. Spencer Hall had a
brief essay on John Gratton, the Quaker Preacher
of Monyash, while the Rev. J. Deans affords us an
eldritch glimpse of some diabolical wall-paintings,
on the church at Melbourne. Among the
lighter contributions deserve to be particularised
an original ballad by Richard Howitt, recounting
" The Legend of Sir Francis Leke," and a most
touching and melodious lyric by James Orton, au-
thor of " The Enthusiast." As indicative of the enter-
prize with which Mr. L. Jewitt has entered upon
his editorial management of the Reliquary, it may be
mentioned that its second number, announced to

appear on the Ist of September, will contain (says
a fly-leaf note), " besides many highly important
and valuable papers of the highest eminence, the
first of a series of illustrated articles on the mansions
of the country—appropriately commencing with
Hardwick Hall, special access to the treasures of
which, and of Chatsworth, having been kindly
granted for the purpose by the Duke of Devon-
shire." Added to which that forthcoming second
number will be adorned with a record of the " Love-
steps of Dorothy Vernon," by Silverpen ! There is
good promise, then, for this little new-born and
yet old-fashioned adventurer among our quarterly
periodicals.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

WITCH ROBBERIES AT " SCOTT'S, " IN THE HAY-
MARKET.—James Clarke, a young man, was charged with
stealing a gold watch, of the value of £l4, the property of
Mr. Miles, agentleraanly-looking young man, at " Scott's,"
a well-known night house in the Haymarket.
The prosecutor said that at half-past one this morning
he stepped into " Scott's" to have a glass of ale, and had
only been in the house a minute or two when a rush took
place, owing to a drunken man misconducting himself, and
immediately after he missed his gold watch. He turned to
the prisoner, who was close to him at the time, and
said, "You've got my watch," his (prosecutor's) chain at
the time hanging down in front of him, and observed
him put his hand towards his pocket. The landlord, hear-
ing what had happened, came round, and the barman
picked up the watch near the prisoner's feet and handed it
to me.
Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, having
put a few questions to the prosecutor on behalf of the pri-
soner,
Sergeant Cole said he had the prisoner at the court two
years ago, when he was committed for three months.
Inspector Holden said three other watches were stolen at
the same house last night.
Mr. Mansfield remanded the prisoner, expressing his in-
tention to commit him for trial.