The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-26 00:00:00

AtT.

The following important Circular has been nd4
dressed to the beneficed Clergy. of Ireland, and
k certainly the best commentary for explanation
that can be offered on the recent Act, fur did
composition of Tithes : •

• (CI RULA R.)
Dublin Castle.— August, 1823.
" Stn.—ln transmitting to you the enclosed copy of an Act,
which has been passed for the establishment of a composition
for Tithes in Ireland, I think, that it may be convenient to
bring before you, in a more compendious shape, the several
provisions which prescribe the measures to 'be taken by the in-
cumbent or owner of Tithes, in order to give operation and
effect to the law.

" You will observe, from the Ist section, that, in order to
bring the Act into operation in any parish, it will be necessary
that an application should be made to the Lord Lieutenant,
either by the Incumbent, or some five owners or occupiers of
land in the parish to the annual value of .201., and, upon that
application, the Lord Lieutenant will have it in his power to,
direct the assembly of a special Vestry, the business of which
Vestry will, in the first instance be, to discuss with the Incum-
bent, the propiiety ofeompounding, for 21 years, for the Tithes
of the whole parish.
"If the Lord-Lieutenant directs the Vestry to assemble, it
will be the duty of die incumbent, or of the five owners of,
occupiers of land, as already described, (according as the ap-
plication for the Vestry may have been made by one or by the
other), to require the High Constable, or other Collector of
Grand Jury,rates or county cess within' the parish, to deliver
the lists of vestrymen required in the 3d section of the Act.
'tlf the Incumbent rind the Vestry do not agree in the pro.;
prtety of making a composition, no furtherproceeding can then
be had upon the subject; and it will only remain for the In-
ctimbent to certify such result to the office of the Chief Secre-
tary, as directed in the 10th section. _

" 'But, if the Vestry and Incumbent shall agree that a com-
position is deniable It *ill be necessary that a memorandum
of that agreement should be made, at the time, and signed by
both parties, as directed in the nth section, upon which the In•
cumbent on his own behalf, and the Vestry, on behalf of the
parish, %fill each p:tocced to zioininate a Commissioner, quali.
tied as required in the 14th section, to fix the amount of annual
composition:
" It will be requisite for the Incumbent, within seven days
after the appointment by him of a Commissioner, to give notice
to the Bishop of the, diocese, to the Churchwardens of the
pirish, and to the office of the Chief Secretary, of the name
and place of abode of the person so appointed by him t and,'
in case any other persona, besides himself, are entitled to any
portion of tithe within the parish, it will be necessary that a
sim filar notice should also be transmitted by him to each of
those persons. The particular trovisions on this subject are
contained in the 13th section of the Act.'

" The duty of the Commissioners, when appointed, will be,
t 6 ateettliin and file the atriotiift of annAld toitipensatlon, in
the manner, and according to the rules laid down in the ltitit
section.

" This they, under particular tircinStanees, be an opera-
tion of some difficulty and delay; a provision has therefore
been introduced in the 27th section, for sanctioning a previous.
agreement between the Incumbent and his.parishioners ;. and I
am particularly anxious to call your attention to this clause, as
affording the readiest, the least expensive, and the most ami-
cable mode ofsubstituting a fixed composition for the uncertain
payment of Tithes.
" That section enacts that, if the Incumbent shall have been
able to make an agreement with the Vestry, for the payment of
a specific sum, and such agreement shall have been sanctioned
by the Bishop of the diocese, and the patron of the living, the
duty of the Commissioner; shall in that case be limited to an
aaptpi3roti ve
thatd of'theh ae hsrrteueinuaengtte
es 3 torinadisei, provided
lotlessthan thatt they
the
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nual receipt on account of Tithes during seven years preceding
1821. •
" It will, I am confident, be obvious to you, that, under this
section, an Incumbent, who shall be able to come to an amic:a.'
b'e understanding with his parishioners, 'on the subject of an
annual composition, (which understanding may, and, probably
will, be preliminary to any proceeding whatever under the Act )
will be relieved from much subsequent vexation, from much
delay, and from the expellee of defraying the salary of a Com.
missioner, for the long period which may, under some circum•
stances, be necessary, for otherwise ascertaining the value of the.
Tithes.
" Should the Commissioners fail in making a new applot.-
meat of the Commission on the lands within the parish, tic.'
cording to the 34th section. the 40th section has provided s'
remedy, in such case, for the Incumbent, who will then require
from the Collector of the Parish Cess a copy of the last ap-
plotment, according to which the composition will then be to
be levied.
" I sin not aware that it can, in the first instance, be neces."
sary to enter-into more details as to the several provisions of
the Bill; but I have to add that, should there be any points'
on which you 14. e desirous of infotmation or explanation, I shall
at all timers be happy to afford it, and to contribute, as far as
lies in my power, to the due execution of the views and objects
of Parliament, in the enactment of the law.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your most humble servant,
" HENRY GOULBURN."

Drt EA L VOLCANIC MILIPTION.—Batariai
March 22.—The Government has received a de-
tailed account of the eruption of the volcano Ga-
loengoeng, in October last. In this terriLle
visitation (one of the greatest that has befallen
Java within the memory of man) 4,011 p.rsons
perished,- and 114 campongs were destroyed ;
2,983 lice plantations were totally destroyed,
and 5,361 injured. The number of coffee trees
destroyed amounts to- 775;793 ;. that of those
which have suffered more or less, to 3,871,74 e.—
Accoiints froth 'Canton in
,Ohina, via Ea'avia, of
January 12, received this morning, state that
they have begmeto re-huild most of the factories
destroyed by the fire in November last.; and
that this work goes on rapidly, notwithstanding
the high price of materiels and of wages. The
number of houses of all kinds destroyed, includ•
ing magazines and factories, is 13,480. The loss
of English Company, is a million and a half
Spanish, therefoto Much less than was at first
supposed. The loss caused by the fire has had
no influence on trade ; all imported goods were
low, especially cotton.—(Dutch Paper). .

Leiters from Copenlmgen of the 12th instant,
state that according to authentic account% runt
Stockholm,. Mi. Lorichs, the Swedish Charge
d'Affaires in Spain, had received strict orders to
fol row the course adopted by the English Ambas.'
sector, with respect to. any change of residence
which might become necessary in consequence of
the situation of the country.
ft is mentioned in a letter, dated Stockholm,
the Ist instant, that it is the intention of his MA%,..
TESTY to cerebrate, with becoming splendour, the
hymeneal jubilee, so well known upon the Con.
fluent, called the " Silver Marriage," e. the
9.514 anniversary of the wedding-day. The,
" Golden Marriage" is the 50th Anniversary cf
the same.

CommercW letters from St. Petersburg report
the continued rising of the Foreign Exchanges,
partidulrtrly that of Loudon. This is a state of
things that augurs well.
At Paris ampere building what may be'termed
quite a new qu'arter of the tom', between the
.Allee d'Antin and the .1111. e des Veutes. It is
to compriie.B6o houses, which are to be elegant
II:101v ma to be designated, by WILY of cornOlid
meat, the Chateau de Londres. It is reported
that nil the rich 'English will take up their
domicile in that quarter..