Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-20 00:00:00

THE RE-REF ORD JOURNAL
is the OLDEST NEWSPAPER in the County, ;and
one of the oldest in the Kingdom... It circulates principally
in the Counties of Hereford, Radnor, Monmouth Worcester,
Gloucester, Brecon, and Salop ; and- generally throughout: the
Principality. A continuous effort is being made to rend Pr it
worthy, both as an organ of Local Intelligence and as a dom-
pendium of GeneraLliews, of the county and district it cliims
to "represent. The Editorial, Reporting, Commercial, land
Corresponding departments •have recently been thorouthly
revised, and comprehensive arrangements made for enhan
its general efficiency, both as a medium of local and mercantile
inter-communication. • • •
The HEREFORD JOURNAL is printed on a DOU LE
SHEET, and has a good bone fide circulation amo gst
the mercantile and monied classes of the wide dis rict
through which it is known. It is, therefore, an exce ent
'medium forADVERTISLNG ; and, with the view of keeping
pace with the requirements of the times,, advertisements' are
inserted at moderate charges. To persons seeking situations,
and gentlemen requiring servants, it offers considerableiad-
vantages,- this-class of advertisements being charged lower
than by any other newspaper 'in , the district. Price frid
stamped, 5d.---Published by WILLIAM PROSSER, Broad-sOret,
Hereford.

FrHE SOUTHER /N. TIMES, Dorsetshire
Weymouth and Portland Gazette, and General Advertiser
for Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Wilts, and Hants. Published at
the " Southern Times" Office, Weymouth, every Saturday
morning.. Circulation extending over five COunties, thelste of
Wight, and the Channel Islands, under one general manage-
ment with the " Dorset County Chronicle." (Dorchester,
Thursday.) _
The intimate connection maintained withthe principal places
in the counties -referred to is, manifested by the amount of
local intelligence which flows in weekly:.
Considerable interest has; been, and will be, created by the
appearance in its columns of articles by the Editor, (Mr. W.
W. Fyfe,) affording development to the Channel Islands traffic,
to the Railway Communications and Connections of the South-
west, the general principles and the peculiar advantages of Fire
and Life Insurance, with reference to the position and pros-
pects of the various leading offices_ throughout the United
Kingdom ; and also by the Educational and Agricultural Series
and ample Literary Critiques upon almost every publication of
:tote emanating from the Tress. The Insurance, Railway,
Educational, Agricultval, and literary Series are now com-
menced; and as -priority of attention will necessarily 'be given
to the claims of supporters of the papers, whether as:Sabacri-
bers or Advertisers, the -present is a very fitting opportunity
for securing an early notice., and also for commencing Sub-
scriptions with the new volume, "which has in progress a
superb gratis reprint of Hitchin's scarce " County History
of. Dorset, a work worth 70 guineas! ,

CA T O'LIC••N.EWSPAPER
FOR LANCASHIRE.

ON SATURDAY THE FIRST OF OCTOBER,

was Published, the First Number of the
"LANCASIITRE'PREE PRESS,
AND CATHOLIC NEWS."
miner, 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 snccession, Editor of the Irish Tribune, 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 is adequately repesented
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 righti no
defender. - -
Lancashire has 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 restlted 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
the voluntary centributions of the Catholic people, attest that
they cannot be attributed to a want of a Catholic public spirit.
Recognising the want, and feeling c mviaced that the Catholic
people of Liverpool, and of Lancashire generally, will support
,ia journal devoted to the adVocacy of their rights, and the, de-
fence of their principles, the Editorof the " LANCASHIRE FREE
PRESS"' enters the field; resolved to make tho proposed journal
a thoioughly independent organ of Catholic interests—not to
permit it to be the slave' or the sycophant of party or faction,
and to base his hope of success solely mi the condition of de-
serving it.
'6 TIME LA liCASIIIILE 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-
str.nding, the reason, and the moral feelings of its readers. I No
vulgar abuse, no degrading personalities shall ever be permitted
to pollute its columns; in fine, 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 subjeets.
To the Irish people—those of -Irish birth and, of Irish race
resident 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 Religions Equality for the. Irish people, shall
-be strenuously advocated. Upon those Irish questions which
are so misunderstood in this country, "Tin LANCASHIRE FREE
Pnrss" Will endeavour to create a sound publiC opinion---and
seekixg.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 "TILE Fuer: PRESS;" and while thus
giving the new journal a high tone, rigid care will be taken to
exclude from its columns indeccatadvertisements and reports,
and everything which could impair its usefulness 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
The progress and
r . " the attention which the merits of so grave a subject
Society will be a
eminently entitle it to.prlyocereedetnrgdsedo! thead CathteholeiochiYmonusngolgetnh'es
journal will be :jell
questions of Catholic interest
for the proper diScussion of all
organisation ; thus affording
in reference to that great
the intellect and intelligence ant' opportunity Of bringing out
Liverpool, Manchester, and the°the Catholic young men of
Lanca-
shire. Our Christian Doctrine other great towns of
of St. Vincent de Paul, and oth • Confraternities; our Societies
other religious
receive a due share of attention. associations, shall
The "LANCASHIRE FREE PRESS" will have correspondents
in London and Dublin, and in the principal towns of
Lanca-
shire and Cheshire, and some of the ablest Catholic writers
day will be numbered amongst its contributors. ers of
The commercial and manufacturing interests of Lancashire
will be duly attended to; and market intelligence up to the
1 latest hour of going to press will be regularly chronicled.
Appealing to a.large awhence, and representing an influen-
tial comrauraty 1,,
. t must necessarily have a great circulation,
and will, therefore, be an excellent medium for advertisements.
The "LANCASHIRE FREE PRESS" will be a full-sized News-
paper• ',.t pages and forty-eight columns. It will be pub-
lished of mg,.
Saturday in Liverpool, Manchester, Preston,
every
..
Blackburn, Wigan, Warrington, , St.
Helen's, and other towns
and will 'be delivered at the residence of sub-
scribersof Lancashire,
17s. 6(1 • single copies
for 13s. per annum, stamped, . ,
procured from newsvenders, 3d. each.
OF WA, 12, OLD POST-OFFICE-PLACE, LIVERPOOL.