The Sun.
London, England, 1819-08-12 00:00:00

WEST 'END FAIR.

13ow-STREET.---Yesterday the cs(Rtninations of
the persons in custody on suspicion of robberies
awl outrages, were at leng,fi filially concluded,
,chen.Brookes, Burke, and Broome were discharg-
ed, no posiive charge being e,lablislieti against
them. Previous to their being liberated, they re-
cived a suitable admonition from 'Mr. ilicxs, the
presidiog Magistrate, for the impropriety of their
conduct under the circumstances they had been
found in at West-End Fair.—A printed copy of
the Resolutions agreed upon at a meeting of the
District Magist,'at+s, for abolition and sup-
pression of the Fai,r in future, was handed to the
agkt rate.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET —John Cooper, driver
of one of the Paddington stage coaches, belong-
ug to Messrs. Mortis, was sinnmooed to appear
before the Magistrates, G. M. DYER, EST and G.
FAREANT, to answer to an tOtorM3lloll laid by
Mace, an Officer, for having, on the 29thOf July
last, driven his coach at so furious a rate as to
endanger the li,es of his passengers and passers-
by. Mr. Humphries, Solicitor for the prose-
cution, said rite information was founded on
a. clause un.ier the 52d of George M. which
rendered the defendant liable to a penalty
of ten pounds. He pressed for the highest
penalty,' as a preVentive to so public an incon-
venience,. and as- a caution to drivers in general.
—The Rev. F. Burgess, orGloncester-place,
played that the coaches wete racing each
other in P. furious manner. The wheeli of the
defendant's coach came in contact with a dray,
which overturned the coach, upset the passengers,
and killed one of the horses. Several other per-
sons identified the Defendant as the driver, and
he-was convicted in. the full penalty of 101. find
20s. costs.

OuTE;Aor.—Yesterday, at Marlborough-street
Police OGice, two young men were ehatged with
a vio!eut asolult on a Mr. Dacre and Lady Hun-
ter. On Tuesday night, Mr. D. was returning
home with Lily [hunter under his protection,
near Poittnau-square, when one of the young
men called Mr. 1). a " Dandy," in consequence
of his dress. They followed them, and without
the least prhvocation offered insult upon insult to
them, on which Mr. 1). interfered, and one of
them stunted him to box. -Lady Hunter came
up to beg of Mr. D. to proceed on, when one of
them, with infamous inhumanity, gave her a
blow, and we are'sorry Co say, she is now under
the care of a surgeon. The two [Arsons were
taken to the watch-house, where their conduct
was most outrageous. Mr. D appented against,
them, and they were ordered to find good bad:—
Moriang Paper.)

During the fair of Glasgow, about a fortnight
ago, a girl about six years old, was taken to the
Green, tot• the purpose of seeing the curiosities
exhibiting tittle at the time. The child was so
touch terrified at the sight of one of the wretches
who was leapiog in front or the booths that she
screamed, immediately became convulsive, and
suffering the greatest agony, lived only till next
forenoon,

First, then, let me obierve, that of all possible
modes of collecting, for such a purpose, this is
the most proper and unexceptionable. It is to-
tally unlii.e a 'tax, being purely and completely
voluntary ; every creature is free to give or not
to give, and to Proportion his gift to his conveni-
ence,
and to his own notion of its expedience :
and, yet, if it were even Moderately faVoured by
public opinion, it would be. productive beyond
many taxes. The number of Briefs printed for a
Church or Chapel is 10,800; from which we may
conclude, that such is the number of Churches
and Chapelries to which they are sent. Put then
the collections in these, at the smallest average
that cats be thought probable, and the result will
he a very large amount. SUppose it only a shill-
ing front each, the produce would be 5101. But
how few must be the parishes in which ehere are
not three or tour individuals capable of giving,
and likely to give, if they thought it would be
well applied, so small a donation as 'that ?
The propriety of it is singularly striking. For
congregations are 'called upon at the time when
they are themselves enjoying the benefit of Public:
Worship. How natural ,it is for them, at such
monient, to feel for the Case of Christian brethren,
whom Misfortune of any kind bas deprived of that
general advantage ! And how cart a pious work be
performed more easily ? Even the peace of those
who can give no higher sum Will quickly mount
into an aggregate ; and the sixpences and shillings
of those more opulent will provef'teient weights
in the scale. To subscribe a lalge sum may be
out of,the sower of many, who would be inclined
to do it if they could ; but 'if a shilling dropped
into the plate, a very few tinges in a year, can be
of essential service, whoa
that is not actually in-
digent, would deny himself the pleasure and the
merit of contributing ?

This,, Sir, is my prologue. Of how Many acts
the piece may consist 1 cannot now tell but if
you give admittance to this, 'it shall speedily be
followed by another, from
Aug. 10, 18'9. PHILADELPHUS.