Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-01 00:00:00

Flftt BRANCH,

The Rates of Premium are exceeoingly moderate, and
governed in each ease by a careful; consideration of the risk
proposed.
Fire Premiums for 1857, £175,028.

LIFE BRANCH.
Large Bonus declared-2?per,cent pei annum on:the Aura'
assured.
DIVISION OF PROFITS EVERY FIVE YEARS. -
To Policies then in existence two entire years,
RIFLE CORPS.
No Extra, Prmniun; to: Volunteers within the United ,
Kingdom.

ANNUITIES on favourable terms, and unusual faeilities
given. ,
- - - -

The Directors eonsid r a Life Policy to be absolutely in'
force where notice of the death of{ the Lift. Assured during the
thirty days Of grace is given without delay. In such cases
the-premium-can either be-paid within the- atipulatedlinie' or
the amount can be deducted from the sum assurtd when the
claim is paid.
EXTRACT EBAN BOOIC ALM,ANACIC.. .

The Company with liwa4rsrbe prepared fd purchase the
Policies of this Office at their equitable value ; or will grant.a
Yew Policy in lieu thereof, without any further payment or
premium, for a sum to be agreed on.

Fire Policies falling due at MICHAELMAS should be renewed
on or before 15 days thereafter.
tf-se3oocl4x PFACYf M. DOVE, Manager, &c..

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C.A.T•II.O.LIC NEWSPAPER
FOR JANCASJURE.___.

yap DAY:(S:qURDAtT), THE PIRST OF OCTOBER,

Is Published, the First Number of the
" LANcASHTRE FREE PRESS,

AND CATHOLIC Nwsiva.,,

EDITED BY

STEPHEN J

MEANY,

Late of the Liverpool Journal and Daily Post; previously
Assistant Editor and Chief Reporter of the Dublin Freeman's
Journal ; and, in succession, Editor of the Irish Ilibune,.and
Drogheda Argus.

The want of a CatholiC Journal in Liverpool and the great
towns of Lancashire has long been felt and deplored. Whilst
every other interest in the community isadefivately represented
at the press, it is sadly true that the Catholic people have no
special organ—that their public spirit finds no voice—their
principles no exponent—their social and political rights no
defender.

--Lancashire ha.o justly been termed the great centre of Catho-
licity in England ; and yet all attempts at establishing a
Catholic journal in the county have heretofore proved failures.
The cause of these failures it is beside the'. present purpose to
inquire ; they may have resulted from want of capacity, or from
want of capital, or from a non-appreciation of the true mission
of a Catholic Press ; but assuredly, the numerous institutions
around us, devoted to religion and education,; and erected by
the voluntary contributions of the Catholic people, attest that
they cannot be attributed to a want of a Catholic public spirit.

Recognising the want, and feeling convinced that the Catholic
people of Liverpool, and of Lancashire generally, will support
a journal devo,ted to the advocacy of their rights, and the de-
fence of their principles, the Editor of the " LANCASHIRE FRER
PuEss ?' enters the field, resolved to make the proposed journal
a thoroughly independent organ of
_Catholic_ iptereAs=wat to
permit it to be the slave or the sycophant of party or faction,
and to base his hoe of success solely on the condition of de-
serving it. _

"THE LANCASHIRE FREE PREss" will honestly and fearlessly
advocate Catholic interests at home and abroad ; all questions
of local and general importance shall be discussed on the
broadest grounds, and with calmness and forbearance to those
who may dissent from its views. The triumph of its principles
shall-be sought to be obtained only by appealing to the under-
sMnding, the.reaSonf and the Moral feelings of its readers. No
vulgar abuse, no degrading personalities shall ever be permitted
to pollute its columns; in tine, in all that concerns its manage-
ment nothing shall occur unworthy of its mission, viz., to
vindicate Catholic principles, to instruct, unite, and exalt the
people, and. to claim for Catholics perfect equality with all
other sections of her Majeaty's subjects.
To the Irish, people—those of Irish birth and of Irish race
tesident in Lancashire, the new journal must be peculiarly
acceptable. Labouring -to keep alive home loves and home
memories, it will strive at the same time to inculcate the new
duties.that appertain to the land in which they live. Catholic
Education, and Religious Equality for the Irish people, shall
be strenuously advocated. Upon those Irish questions which
are so misunderstood in this country, "THE LANCASHIRE FREE
Passs" will endeairour to create a sound public opinion---and
seeking to remove the prejudices, national and religious, that
unhappily exist, thus hasten the solution of the " Irish diffi-
culty."
Literature, Science, and Art shall form prominent features
-in-the-arrangements-of THE FREE PRESS;"- and while thus
giving the new journal a high tone, rigid care will be taken to
exclude from its columns indecent advertisements and reports,
and everything which could impair its usefuluess as a CATHO-
LIC FAMILY PAPER. . _

The important question of Education in all its bearings, and
its intimate connection with the social and moral elevation of
the working classes, will receive from the " LANCASHIRE FREE
PRESS" the attention which the merits of so grave a subject
eminently entitle it to. - _

The pr.ogress and proceedings of the Catholic Young Men's
Society, will be amply recorded, and the columns of the
journal 'will be ever open for the proper discussion of all
questions. of Catholic interest .in reference to that great
organisation ; thus affording an opportunity of bringing out
the intellect and intelligence of. the Catholic young man of
Liverpool, Manchester, and the other great towns of Lanca-
shire. Our Christian Doctrine Confraternities, our Societies
of St. Vincent de Paul, and other religious associations, shall
receive a due share of attention.

TliW"." LANCASHIRE FREE PRESS" will hare correspondents
in London and Dublin, and in the principal towns of Lanca-
shire and Cheshire, and some of the ablest Catbolic writers of
the darrill be numbered amongst its contributors.
The commercial and manufacturing interests of Lancashire
will be duly attended to ; and market intelligence up to the
latest hour of going to press will be regularly chronicled,

large audience, and representing an influen-
tial community, it must necessarily have a great circulation,
and, will, therefore, be an excellent medium for advertisements:
The "LAscisuntx FREE PRESS" will be a full-sized News-
papei of eight pages and forty-eight columns. It will be pub-
lished every Saturday in Liverpool, Manchester, Preston,
Blackburn, 'Wigah, Warrington, St. Helen's, and other towns
of Lancashire, and, will be delivered at, the residence of sub-
scrilnrs for 13s. per annum; stamped, 17s. fid,; single copies
prqvured from newsvenders, 3d. each.
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