"We remain,
"Very Reverend and Dear Sir,
"Your very faithful Servants,
"JAMES LAIRD PATTERSON,
"EDW. LUCAS, Secretaries.
"To the Very Rev. John Henry Newman, D.D.,
"Provost of the Birmingham Oratory."
The above was moved at the meeting by Lord Petre, and seconded by the Hon. Charles Langdale.
III.—THE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM.
In this Diocese there were in 1864, according to the Directory of the year, 136 Priests.