The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-22 00:00:00

CO3IPULSOItY TITRE (COMMUTA--
tiON.

PO THE EDITA OS' tirlk SUN.
Sta,—lt is not, I generally known that any improve-
ment in the valkle or cultivation of land, subsequent to Christ,
mas, 1835, cannot be taken into the caknlatina tzrott
rent-charpv
,founded > tm it to?ttprifsofy eofitiitufation bf
prestni eaiut pei'mitnW Value will be both
etthided troth aurh tal'cll6it!oni as the Act limits the Vllhit
upon whith the ..c`at-charge it to be based to the elettr average
alue of the seven years between e--'hittinas 1828 and Christ-
mas 1 835, and has fied the value of all tithes compounded for
at the amonnt of the composition. Su that where an average
shell he taken in a parish where the tithes have been com-
pounded for, and a claim shall be made. under the 38th Sec-
tion for an advance on the average ascertained, it will be ne-
cessary that a right be shown to tithes which had not been com-
pounded fht, before such claim can be entertained. A plea
that the composition was made at less than the value will not
avail, as in such case the Commissioners will not possess power-
or authority to increase the average ; as the average of the
compositions will " fairly represent the sum for calculating a
commutation of tithes" under the 37th Section.
I should say that there will be very few cases where the
Commissioners will have power to exert the privileges given
them in the 38th Section. One, for instance, will be where
parties, being entitled to tithes, have neither compounded for
them nor taken them in kind—say cottagers' gardens. Now
that the payment will fall on the landlord instead of the
poor parishioner, the clergyman will have a reasonable claim
to the average being increased, so that it be not increased more
than one-fifth ; and thousands of instances will be found where
the landlord's rent- charge will find its way to the cottager's
pocket, from the liberality of the clergyman.
Those tithe-owners who have given notice to take their
tithes in kind, and others who increased their former composi-
tionl, under the persuaion that the rent-charge will be founded
on an average value of the seven years next preceding the Como
pulsory commutation, may detect their error by reference to
the 37th Section of the Tithe Commutation Act.

I am,
.yours, &c.
ROBERT WILLIAM DICKENSON,
Ilfracombe, Feb. 19, 1837.

BRIGHTON.-TUESDAY.

The King took a carriage airing yesterday morning with
the Duchess of Gloucester, and again in the afternoon, accom-
panied by the Countess of Mayo.
The Queen rode out on horseback yesterday occompanied
by the Lion. Miss Boyle, Viscount Falkland, Major-General
Sir C. Thornton, Dr. Davis, the Rev. J. R. Wood, and the
Hon. Colonel Cavendish.

Neither the Kong nor the Queen went out this morning,
but their Majesties took a carriage airing this afternoon in
company.

The -Princess Augusta took. her usual drive, accompanied
by Miss Wynyard.
We understand her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glo-
cester will leave the Pavilion for Glocester-house on Friday.
Lord and Lady de Lisle and Dudley left yesterday for Ken-
sington-palace.
The invitations to dinner on Sunday were Lord and Lady
Wharneliffe, the Marquis of Bristol, the Hon. W. Ashley,
the Hon. Captain Campbell, Major-General Sir Henry Bay-
ley, and Captain Sir Francis Collier. The invitations last
night were the Marchioness and Ladies Cornwallis, Lord and
Lady Maryborough, Lord and Lady G. Seymour, Sir F.
Collier, Sir Henry Bayley, Sir James Reynett, Captain Camp-
bell, Captain Mayne, and Captain Poulett.
The calls have included the Countess of Newburgh and
Lady B. Eyre, the Countess Dowager of Galloway, Lady
Caroline Stewart, Lord Templemore, &c.