27 AUGUST 1831, Page 15

THE CHURCH.

The Rev. W. L. Nichols, M.A. of Queen's College, Oxford, late Curate of Keyn- sham, near Bristol, has been licensed, by the Lord Bishop of Winchester, to the Curacy of Stockbridge, Hants. Ordained, by private Ordination, by the Bishop of Llandaff, at St. Paul's Cathe- dral, London, on Sunday, August 14th, W. Williams, B.A. of Worcester College, Oxford.

The Rev. N. Dodson, Vicar of Abingdon, has been appointed, by the Archdeacon of Oxford, a Surrogate for granting marriage licenses, probates of wills, &c., within the diocese of Oxford.

The King has been pleased to present the Rev. D. Matheson to the Church at linock, in the district of Eye, in the presbytery and island of Lewis, and shire of Boss, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. R. Fiulayson to the church and parish of Locks, in the said shire of Ross.

PEEFE it3IENTS.-The Rev. M. Coyle, M.A. to the Vicarage of Blockley, Worces- tershire. Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The Rev. R. Burnet, B.A. late Minister of Clontarf, near Dublin, to the Curacy of the Parish Church, Blackburn. The Rev. C. Clarkson, M.A. to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Mary's, Mellor. Patron, the Vicar of Blackburn.

The lion. and Right Rev. R. Ponsonby, D.D. Lord Bishop of Killaloe, to the Bishopric of Derry. The Rev. J. Torrens, D.D. Archdeacon of Dublin, to the Bishopric of Killaloe. The Hon. and Very Rev. R. Maude, M.A. to the Archdeuconry of Dublin.