BIRMINGHAM. W. B. ULLATHORNE. Apostolic of the Western District, Dr Ullathorne was appointed by Gregory XVI to the vacant see, which he reluctantly accepted, owing to the urgency of Cardinal Acton, and the pressure of his own Benedictine Superiors. On the 21st of June, 1846, the day upon which the reigning Pontiff was crowned, he was consecrated in the church at Coventry by Bishop Briggs, assisted by Bishop Griffiths and Walsh. Bishop Wiseman preached. In 1848, at the request of the other English Vicars Apostolic, Bishop Ullathorne went to Rome, to petition in their name for the restoration of the Hierarchy, and to represent the whole English Episcopacy in negotiating the hoped-for restoration. The history of this transaction is minutely detailed by the Bishop in his "History of the restoration of the English Hierarchy," as likewise the cause of his transfer from the Western to the Central Vicariate, and his appointment to the See of Birmingham. The following is a list of some of Dr Ullathorne's works:1, In Australia, in 1833, "A few words to the Revd Henry Fulton with a Glance at the Archdeacon." 2, In 1834, "Observations on the use and abuse of the Sacred Scriptures." 3, In 1834, "A sermon against Drunkenness." (This has often been reprinted in England and Ireland to the number of some 40,000 copies. Father Mathews alone printed 20,000). 4, In 1835, "A Reply to Judge Burton," which contains, amongst other things, a history of the Catholics of N. S. Wales from the foundation of the Colony, and has been the repertory for the early religious history of the Colony. 5, On his return to England, in 1836-7, Dr Ullathorne published "Horrors of Transportation, written at the request of the Secretary for Ireland, and circulated at the expense of the Irish Government. 6, "Evidence before the Transportation Committee, BIRMINGHAM. W. B. ULLATHORNE. 7, "Treatise on the Management of Criminals." In this treatise Dr Ullathorne records how the publication of his "Horrors of Transportation "and" Evidence before the Transportation Committee" brought upon him a tremendous persecution from the employers of convict servants, from the whole population and the press. Eventually however, the colony became disgusted with the whole system, and 100,000 men met in Sydney Park, and swore they would not allow another convict ship to touch their shores. Upon this occasion the Bishop gained applause for what years before he had been so persecuted for maintaining. 8, In 1842, after bishop Ullathorne's final return to England, "Sermons with Prefaces." 9, In 1843, "Sermon at the Blessing of the Calvary on the Grace Dieu Rocks." 10, In 1848, "Funeral oration on the Revd William Richmond." 11, In 1850, "Remarks on the proposed Education Bill." 12, In 1850, "The office of a Bishop, a Discourse at the solemn thanksgiving for the Re-establishment of the Hierarchy." 13, "Remarks on the Proposed Education Bill." 1850. 14, "A Plea for the Rights and Liberties of Religious Women." 1851. 15, "Discourse at the close of the First Diocesan Synod of Birmingham,” 1853. 16, "The Holy Mountain of La Salette, a Pilgrimage of the year 1854," 17, "Letter to Lord Edward Howard on the proposed Committee of Enquiry into Religious Communities." 1854. 18, "A Pilgrimage to the ProtoMonastery of Subiaco and the Holy Grotto of St Benedict," 1856. 19, "The Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God. An Exposition." 1855. 20, "Notes on the Education Question." 1857. 21, "Discourse Delivered at the opening Session of the Second Provincial Synod of Westminster." 1857. 22, "Letters on La Salette." 1858. 23, "Speech at the Town Hall, Birmingham, on the Pontifical States." BIRMINGHAM. W. B ULLATHORNE. 1860. This was reprinted at Rome, with an Italian translation and curious preface, in "L' Orbe Cattolico a Pio IX." 24, "A Letter on the Rambler, and the Home and Foreign Review." 1863. 25, "On certain Methods of the Rambler and Home and Foreign Review, a second Letter to the Clergy of the Diocese of Birmingham," 1863. 26, "A Letter to the Clergy of the Diocese of Birmingham on the Association for the Promotion of the Unity of Christendom." 1864. 27, "The Anglican Theory of Unity as maintained in the Appeal to Rome and in Dr Pusey's Eirenicon." 1864. 28, "Sermon at the obsequies of Very Rer. Canon Flanagan." 1865. 29, "On the Management of Criminals," a paper read before the Academia of the Catholic Religion. 1866. 30, "The Rock of the Church, a Discourse delivered at the opening of St Peter's Church, Belfast," 1866. 31, "Catholic Education, an Address delivered in the Town Hall of Birmingham," 1869. 32, "The History of the Restoration of the Catholic Hierarchy in England." 1869. 33, "The Council and Papal Infallibility." 1870. 34, "The Discourse delivered at the consecration of the bishops of Salford and Amycla." 1872. 35. "The Discourse delivered at the opening Session of the Fourth Provincial Synod of Westminster." 1873. 36. "The Döllingerites, Mr Gladstone, and Apostates from the Catholic Faith, a Letter to the Catholics of the Diocese." 1875. 37, "Mr Gladstone's Expostulation unravelled" 1875. (Three Editions.) 38, "The Discourse delivered at the Fifth Diocesan Synod of Birmingham." 1875. 39, "Ecclesiastical Discourses on Special Occasions." 1876. Dr Ullathorne published also the Discourse delivered at the Opening Session of the Second Provincial Synod of Oscott, besides an interesting account of his visit to the Monastery of Subiaco, which appeared in the Rambler. DIOCESE OF CLIFTON. (Comprising Gloucestershire, Somersetshire, and Wilts.) PATRONS OF THE DIOCESE. I. Our Blessed Lady, conceived without sin, Dec. 8. II. SS. Peter and Paul, Apostles, June 29. JOSEPH WILLIAM HENDREN. 1850. Joseph William Hendren, O.S.F., Vicar Apostolic of the Western District and bishop of Uranopolis in partibus, was translated from Uranopolis to the newly created see of Clifton by Propaganda decree, Sept. 21; approved by the Pope, Sept. 22; expedited, Sept. 28; and with Brief, dated Sept. 29, 1850. Dr Hendren was translated from Clifton to Nottingham, by Brief, dated June 27, 1851. CLIFTON. THOMAS BURGESS. 1851-1854. THOMAS BURGESS. 1851. Thomas Burgess, D.D., Vicar General of Newport, was appointed bishop of Clifton, by Propaganda decree, June 16; approved by the Pope, June 29; expedited, June 23; and by Brief dated June 27, 1851. Propaganda. He was consecrated, July 27, 1851, in St George's Cathedral, Southwark, by Cardinal Wiseman, assisted by bishops Wareing and Ullathorne. Thomas Burgess was born Oct. 1, 1791, in Lancashire, and was educated at Ampleforth, where he took the profession as a Benedictine, October 13, 1807. He was elected Prior of Ampleforth, in July, 1818. He left Ampleforth, and the Benedictine Order, in 1830, and became secularized, in order to raise up a new Collegiate establishment at Prior Park, Bath. He was afterwards transferred by Bishop Baines, firstly to Cannington; then to Portland Chapel, dedicated to St Augustine, near Queen Street, Bath; and finally to Monmouth. Dr Burgess died at Westbury-on-Trym, November 27, 1854. On the death of Dr Burgess, Clifton was given in administration, provisionally, and until the appointment of a bishop, to archbishop Errington, the coadjutor to Cardinal Wiseman. This arrangement was approved by the Pope, Sept. 16, and expedited by Propaganda, Sept. 22, 1855. THE HONBLE WILLIAM JOSEPH HUGH CLIFFORD. 1857. The Honble William Joseph Hugh Clifford, Canon of Plymouth, succeeded, per obitum Thomæ Burgess. His election by Propaganda, January 25, was approved by the |