~ •.:. w'7 §EPT. 24. . trik sew , . t. 'mole for hem, and, if apprehended that they, and those . in cu it their barb:it...us crime can be brought home to them, may ram- a •.11111 totient suit,ble to their merciless conduct. We understand that two engines; which were dispatched from this city with great promptitude, mie from the Ordnance wharf, the other from the C.turt•liouse, were tri great' service ; several other enttitei were forwarded to the where% -wharf, but 'rota the want of boats to — con , ty them, could not be sent off. • We rej kr to observe that measures are in progress fir affording goint• relief to the unfortunate sufferers. A me eting of the inhabitants of city, milled by hii'Hunotir the Mayor, took place at the Cowl house of ten o'clock this forenoon, when a subscription list waif opened, an d we ',Agri. 41.. flouts!, that the amount of it, when closed, will be ht that I.betality ..filch so distressing an appeal to cur feelings requiies.. The Harasonv, Independant, and Uoion Iklasonic Lodges buys advertised tor lull meetings of their members, the first for to= morrow evening. and the two latter on Monday, for the smite purpose ; and an mopesl to the people of colour, noticing that 'subscription list is ope cif at Mr. Join Lodge's warehouse, in Harbour -street, is also wade public. We are likewise iiituroued that an attracting perfor. mince, fOr the sole benefit of the unfortunate people who have suffered, i: to be got up at the Theatre i n rhi, city. Jut Y 12. A very excellent and affee:ing discourse was delivered by the Rev Mr Maim in 0 e Church of this city tin Sunday forenoon, from the Id chapter J o b, an d 10'Ii y t •r-t. ;•• ? shall we receive good at the Gini, and shall we not receiv- evil ?" in which he , trentriihdy estate teil the u fortunate sufferers by the late dreadful conflagration to be.tr tneir c ditty with resignation, and drew a touching picsure of their siiihitio s hich excited strong sympathy, whilst he culled on the humanist of his congregation to alb viate their distress, by contributing eac h fio, 111111 e ii) s charity' so bt't 011/111g 4 dandier'. A fire tsrukc Out at Port Royal 011 Monday night, occasioned by tile -tirelessness u a negro with a lighted candle, in the ant offices of one ,tt the 'lunges %side') fortunately escaped the late conflagration, but being early discovered, it was soon 'sappily extinguished by the exer tions of the neighb Ors 0. Tuesday, George Brown, a free black man, was brought up and under,yent a lung ex iiiiination before the Sitting agistrates, on a charge of being concerned in plundering at Port Royal, during the fire in that town, on Tilursday se'nnight. Sereral witnesses were exantined, whose deposirions were taken, and. alter an investigation„ which lasted till about two o'clock, he was remanded to the guard house. There are sever.il where; in custody, charged with the same offence; who are to undergo examination, In c•in•equence of a number of improper characters appearing in Pert Wiyal mince the late conflagration, for the purpose, it is suppoed, of plunderilig, application •sac made on Tuesday, by the Magistrates, to the Commanding Officer of the R yal Artillery, for assistance in apprehending them, when Capt. Petley, in the absence of Col. Smith, im mediately ordered out a body of th , it corps tur the purpose. A 'range of sniall buildnigs,near the Artillery Hospital, were afterwards searched, when several articles were hound, and carriod to the guard-house, to remain until the', can be identified by the owners. Notice was also given that .ill .lave•, ithold iii time town without tickets, would be appre hended and sent to Kingston for confinement. Patroles paraded The street during Vie greater part of the day to preserve order, and, we are hal►ps rii say in consequence of the above measures, a horde of •agab n• ► • • v." tied that ill-fated town, who had gone thither. no d • t, to rob the tnitortiiiiitte initutillants of what little they had aavrd OM the flames. We bre happy to observe that the subscription for the sufferers by the fire at I' u di promises to be of such an amount as to afford them considersble relief ON GROWN BUILDING LEASES. TO VI lUS. SlR,—Your address to the Right Iron. Wm. Huskisson, in last w 'ek's National Register, caused me to deliberate en th ,, subject, and I am in•consequence free to say, that &Mono you may be a good constructor of buildings, as implied by the name you have taken, I very widely differ with yoo upon the principle you recommend the Commis- Sinners of the Land Revenue to act upon. Many men become builder‘, even upon cheap Ground Rents, but they forget the means, in tho first instance, requisite for the progress of the works ; on the other hand l the financier_ ing arrangement of every branch of Government does no . 4. Y 'AL RFCTfTER. 611 appear to . be Clearly comprehended . by Ton; the primary object being Revenue, 611 stitch a Principal may always be borrowed from the people at huge ; :tliel•efdre. I should advise' instead of reducing the first rent,' te mainta:n the , same, upoirti :fair value, discouraging thereby, in part, a Bankruptcy, by unnecessary buildings, while the trade of the country is at so low an ebb ; and to offer a bonus to builders (as is about to he exercised in some way by Government at the Regent Circus, under Trustees, upon the present failure) towards the completion of the build ings. Now, Sir, with a view to embrace all the points enumerated by you, I should propose, with the concur rence of Mr. \ash, and subject to Mr. Burton's appro bation for one (who • would no doubt be glad to meet add adopt the measure, as a fondling child) for the COmmis sioners under the " New-street Act" to make their usual terms for Ground Rent subject to a Loan of ten times the Annual Rent, being advanced when the building becomes an adequate security, at and under a moderate and !fiat interest, to be sunk. as additional or improved (round Rent (i. e. upon every 101. original Ground Rent, to ad vance 1001. bearing 51. per cent. per annum is such im proved rent). This mode would stir up speculators, if the scheme was properly arranged for their progressive supply, which I venture to say I could manage and effect in all ways, abiding the event for my own remuneration : and was this plan now set on foot, the Builders would have increased employ, and tenants would `soon be found to occupy as readily upon adequate terms, as well as where you seem to intimate on the Duke of Portland's property; inasmuch as Goiernment have so many more different sites to offer for .the various trades or occupa tions, as well as for people of fashion ; whereas the few shops you argue upon, in Piccadilly, are more applicable for toys and other light articles of manufacture, but not for general purposes.—Perhaps you and I, if known to each other, might improve ideas on this subject ; or, while this channel is open to us, your further obser% a tions will be occasionally attended to by ARCHITECTUS. , London, Sept. 18, 1315. DUELPIEVENTED. • A stop has been pnt to the projected duel between Mr. Peel and Sir Charles Saxton, on the one hand, and Coun sellor O'Connell and Mr. Lidwell on the other. The two latter gentlemen had arrived in town from Ireland on their way to the Continent, when on Monday morning Mr. Lidwell was taken into custody by two peace officers, under the authority-of, Sir N. Conant, and conveyed to Lord Ellenborough's Chambers, - where, he was boud►d over to keep the peace, here and elsewhere, with his Ma jcsty's subjects. Mr. Ponsonby and Mr. Butler appeared as Mr. Lidwell's bail. Mr. Lidwell was bound in 1()01. • and the other two gentlemen in 5001. each. The next day Counsellor O'Connell was secured, and on Wednesday conducted to Mr. Justice Le liianc's chambers, where he entered into recognizances to keep the peat:P., himself in 10001. and hie two surities, Messrs. Paterson and O'Neill, in 5001. each. It is said that the parties, whose progress to the Continent has been intercepted, have sent forward to th Gentlemen expecting their arrival at Calais, a state ment of what has occurred. The Gentlemen who bear this communication are understood to be furnished with a carte blanche for the definitive arangement of this pro tracted affair. ~r