... TO THE RO]MAN CATHOLICS OF SO UTH .LANCASHIRE. FELLO.w C1rATST1Aqs,-Your Roman Catholic bre- 00- thren in Ireland are suffering under the most atro- cious persecutions. Two thousand persons, men, ,ke rtomen, and children, have within the last fiew years I ,t been riven out of house and home, because they con ntil are Roman Catholics, and because the men have lod the dared to vote for those who ...

... V Br-t toI t rtuv?r,. SATURDAY, AUcGUST26, iS37. THE Elections are completed, and yet we scarcely know how to estimate correctly the relative strength of parties, ,beyond the simple fact, admitted by all, that the majority is ron the side of the Liberals: this is not such a result as we o were fairly entitled to anticipate from the state of public n opinion. It may be true enough that the ...

... A public dinner was given by the independent electors of this borough, on Friday last, to their two reform members, Lord John Russill and P. Scrope, Esq. The new subscription room was laid out with tables for the occasion, and at 4 o'clock upwards of 400 gentlemen sat down to the good cheer provided. Deputations of the Reformers from Gloucester, Bristol, and the neighbouring towns, were placed ...

... Il rE aI D. I l ?? ?? of Atitecocii aid Iil! 5':'[lue iiifmt illlgi t!lor litie Irfl Pl'.ll i ' itat. fe, tlie ?? if ltt'stliiel'n, roi )ins t C Marqiiis; i~s still itt iicritlcc ['rcml, bitit lip vill aito littie iii a Dentin ipi~it ktiiioi'.-tli ti hlgmol ltiinii leltiel set iilc D Iiec, 11mi ?? tai it asci't tillI', enicC ~ litio,111 % t 11510 it1 fiiOllV lialel't II '111 r ?? fNI ...

... .forlg&_Ite igrttortif. alranlces Th're 1rech Court has left Paris for thle season. The King anld his family have gomin to his fitvoiritO residellnce of Eu, in Normailiy, and will thence proceed to tho camp formed at Comipeigne. A inarritage is talked of in the Roval Family between the Priticees Marie and ote of thne Wurtemberg fallmilv. said to be Prince Alexanlder, cousin to the reigning ...

... Calrbonian trun EDINBURGH. MONDA Y, A UG US T 14. The English elections are now completed, and in the counties it is impossible to deny that the ba- lance is considerably against Ministers. In effect- ing this their opponents do not seek to coneeal the liberal use which has been made of the Carlton stock-purse I but there is another of the means re- sorted to by the Tories, so barefaced, so ...

... Qaleobtian £burrurpi, EDINBURGH. SA TURDA Y, A UGUS T 19. Ireland is continuing nobly to do its duty in the cause of reform. I-Ter elections are now all but completed, and will certainly swell the Ministerial majority idr the House of Commons to FORTY in defiance ofall the predictions of Ultra-Conserva- tives and Conservative-Radicals. The Irish elec- tions are going on as they began, and, ...

... LONGFORD ELECTroy. (Prom our Special Reporter.) ,Mr. Luke White 635 Colonel Henry White ?? 648 Mr. Lefroy ?? . Mrn Fox ?? ?? .I 3520 R.ETuRN OF THE MESSRS. W-IT;E 4 Longford is won-tbe serpent is destroyedfofre eri.aYO more shall Lefroy, or any holy ally of his, presume, after the sound drubbing they have received on this oceas5a5 t disturb the tranquillity of this fine county. Tbe pIpI ...

... . t, HAAEvST.-General. harvestistclose at hind,-and, before . thq lapse of many days, stooks will be ,seen ,dotting many a e field. The heads of all kinds of grain seem large, and, :nursed e as the fields halve Ween by sunshine aeidi bowier,thei pe41e e must be attaining a degree.of plumtpnies ?? teli spleu-; n didly on the batn -fdoor.' Thanks .ao.a'graciuus; Providence, It ev~rytbing betok ...

... THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL. FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. Thd French papers of Sunday's date are very -des- titute of interest as respects domestic news-the pro. gress of our elections, and the question whether a dis- solution of their own representative chamber will take place, being their leading themes. Further do- miciliary visits would appear to have been made in connection with those effected at the ...

... THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL DUBLIN- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1837. O'CONNELL, THE STANDARD, AND THE IRISH| -, : ELECTIONS. : E ?? . I . .. I _ ?? _ _ - ?? as- it I n We are almost tired-we were going to say sioa- of exposing the' xialignaut falsehoods of'the Con'er- vative organs. Evorywell regulated mind muattturn in loathing and disgust from the fbetid 'ofal which the' eaterers-'forathe Tory appetite ...

... . I I - A 1 I 1. A There has been a good deal of bloodshed and bat- tery'kt~the Belfast election. The Hanoverians and the Liberals had.a regular set to in the body of the court, after which the candidates went to fisty cuffs on'the hostings. In the course of Mr. Dunbar's speech, Lord Belfast insinuated that his hon. oppo- nent was deviating slightly from truth, whereupon Mr. Dunbar knocked his ...