Star.
London, England, 1823-08-27 00:00:00

BY DR. LANGHORNE.

Weird the sweet warbler to the lonely shade ;
Trembled the green leaf to the summer gale ;
Fell the fair stream in murmurs down the dale ;
Its banks, its flow'ry banks, with verdure spread,
Where, by the charm of pensive Fancy led,
All as I frarn'd the love•lamenting tale,
Came the dear object whom I still bewail,
Came from the regions of the cheerless dead;
And why, she cry'd, untimely wilt thou die?
Ah ! why, for pity, shall these mournful tears
Start in wild sorrow from that languid eye?
Cherish no more those visionary fears,
For me who range yon light-invested sky!
For me, who triumph in eternal years !

TITHE COMPOSITION ACT.

The following important Circular has been addres-
sed to the beneficed Clergy of Ireland :

(CIRCULAR).
" Dublin Castle, August,lB23.

de SIR—In transmitting to you the inclosed copy of
an Act which has been passed for the establishment
of a composition for tithes in Ireland, I think it may
be convenient to bring before you, in a more com-
pendious shape, the several provisions which prescribe
the measures to be taken by the incumbent or owner
of tithes,in order to give oi,eration and effect to the law.
" You will observe, from the first 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 incum-
bent, or some five owners or occupiers of land in the
parish tothe annual value of twenty pounkis, 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 wiil, in the first instance,
be to discuss with the incumbent the pr..pi iety of
compounding, for twenty-one•years, for the tithes of
the whole parish.

lithe Lord Lieutenant directs the Vestry to-as-
semble, it will be the duty of the incumbent, or of
the fi'e owners or occupiers of land, as already de-
scribed (according as the application for the Vestry
may have l'een made, by one or by the other), to re-
quite the High Cons:able, or other collector of Grand
.lury rates or county cess within the parish, to de-
liver the lists of Vestrymen'required in the third sec-
tion of the Act.

" If the incumbent and the Vestry do not agree in
the propriety of making a composition, no further
proceeding can then be had upon the subject ; and
it will only remain for the incumbent so certify such
res•dt to the Office of the. Chief Secretary, as directed
in the tenth section.

" But if the vestry and incumbent shall agree that
a compoAtion is de.irable, it wi:l be necessary that a
memorandum of that agreement ....Would be made
at the time, and signed by both patties, as di-
rected in the 12th section, upon which the inctimberit
on his own behalf, and the vestry on behalf -of the
parish, will each proceed to nominate a Commissioner
qualified as requited in the 14th section, to fis the
amount of annual composition.
" It will be requisite for the incumbent, within
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seven days alter the appointment by him of a Commis-
sioner, to give notice to the Bishop of the diocese, to
the Cl.arch wardens of the parish, and to the office of
the Chief Secretary, of the name and place of abode
of the person so appointed by him ; and, in case any
otl.er persons besides himself are entitled to any por-
tion of tithe within the parkb, it will be necessary
- that a similar notice should also be transmitted by
him to each of those persona. The particUlar provi-
sions on this subject are contained in the 13th section
of the Act. _ _

44 The duty of the Commissioners, when appointed,
will ge to ascertain and fix the amount of annual
compensation, in the manner and according to the
rules laid down in the Kith section.
" This may', under particular circumstances, be an
operation of some difficulty and delay; a provision
has therefore been introduced in the 27th section, for
sanctioning a previous agreement between the incum-
bent ani his parishioners; and I am particularly
anxious to call four attention to this chtuse, as afford-
ing the readiest, the least expensive, and the mo
ainkabri mode of substituting a fisedzonspoidtion for
the uncertain payment of tithes.
" That section enacts, that if the incumbent shall
have been able to make an agreement with the vei•
try, for the payment of a specific sum, and such
agreement grail have been sanctioned by the Bishop
otthe diocene, and the patron of the living, the duty
of the Commissioners shall in that case be limited to
an approval of the agreement so made, provided that
they shall be satisfied that the sum agreed on is not
less than the average annual receipt on-account Lithe
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 amicable understanding with his pa-
rishioners, on the subject of an annual composition,
(which understanding. may, and probably wiil, be
preliminary to any proceeding whatever under the
Act,) will be relieved from much subsequent vexa-
tion, from much delay, and from the expense of de-
fraying the salary of a Commissioner, for the long
period which may, under some circumstances,beneces-
sary for otherwise ascertaining the value of the tithes.
4g Should the Commissioners fail in making a new
applotment of the commission on the lands within
the parish, according to the 24th section, the 40th
section has provided a remedy, in such case, for the
incumbent, who will then require from the collector
of the parish cess a copy of the last applotment, accord-
iog to which the composition will.then be to be levied.
I am not aware that it can, in the first instance,
be necessary to enter into more details as to the se-
veral provisions of the Bill ; but I have to add, that
should there be any points on which you art desirous
of information or explanation, I shall at all times be
happy to afford it, and to contribute, astir as lies in
my power, to the due execution of the views and ob-
jects of Parliament, in the enactment of the
have the honour to be, Sir, your most humble servant,
HUNRY GOULBURN."

Previously to Lord BYRON'S departure from Genoa
to Greece, his Lordship ordered three helmets, which
were largely emblazoned with the Noble Lord's arms
upon them.