... ; FLEMISH PAINTINGS AlT GQa FITHS'S GAEsy I-- 7 X ~ y (From a Cora'eaondcnt.) AhNot more than one or two of these pa~nirl cm r- vey any idea of the antique or medieval 1,c t it Flemish schools: they are all original studie of th n most eminent modern masters, and treatdit,~ in o. modem manner. The malnnersriss of Osd vNa. a- derveldo, Vauderneer (ethocge sove)aie escxse id to be xecognised ttt ...

... 1 LOCAL INTELLI rE::- ! 4 ?? : - I ,3 ,-2 oe ade, of 40 Ck0 xhs~etde n h~v~1or~ Is I Tln ~ ~ ~ sutaind a ?? ~da~y employ of -the Lontnad ot.westepRi~yh& 0omipany at EdgV- il. An Inquest will behed edi ~EAtI,1? :dimnels' TdoLs,-'-On 0~Ay at Edward and Margaret Rberts werebogtbor A, Major Bocrne andI Colonel Ohamles, 11t01co 1t an1 magistrates'office,'olharged With staligaquni of t of tools ...

... TO cOrnsDpONDETS. -~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ht t pke to retosr ceomnmr,tectieir ot which ee;itt een, andl o>a one idec of the vw'er oezy * Ieatb he ditiilty of finding epace tor them. Whath I¢=tended for Insertion mint bo authenticated by the DS '1I=da~dadgZ of tthbe wtr ?? n tcealy bor puibitr- OUtfind room for the long letter of J. Rown- LtreE1L -Tle line3 &re not at all equal to the OCCCISibnI Iuch ...

... L -: _ ?? The adjourned monthly meeting of the Town Council was held on Thursday last. The following members were present: - The Mayor; Aldermen Boyle, Turnbull, Thwaites, Baron, Wilding, Railton, Baynes, and Hoole; Councillors Edmondson, Harrison, Lewis, Dugdale, Hirst, Murray, Pemberton, Stones, Hutchinson, Duckworth, Walimsley, Stott, Railton, Ashburn, Crankshaw, Shackle- ton, Smith, D. W. ...

... I I_ TRIrNIT CHURCH NATIONAL SUNROOL.-On Monday, a meeting was held at this school. About 600 scholars and friends were present. A meeting was afterwards held in the school, presided over by the Rev. E. C. Montriou. The proceedings, which were of an interesting character, terminated about ten o'clock. BAPTIsT SCHOOL.--A tea party and meeting was held at the Baptist School, William-street, ...

... ^IuSLy DOCKS BOARD. I ks ?? .y ,0eeting of the now37 Monrey Docks I i3r was eIdyesterday, inathe board-I ?? ?? $;ieci, CanUning-place, the follow- I fit CA th ?? prsn-.ebt :--lessrs. C. Turner, t , ?? ! ?? l ?? 3'ans, Jounthwaite, James u 1r ?? L. 1- ?? Im una, Mondel, Af--i r bel b ,1t3R: i~b-yh_,iro, Forwood, SegIar. e Pt 53'&:ri3. yangowrbh, Arnold, and Smaith. I an £ ?? ' NOF CHAIRMAN. d ...

... OPENING OF THE VICTORIA BRIDGE FWR TRAFFIC. A_ - l I ._ _- -- _ .. On Saturday, Dec. 17, the Victoria Bridge, the ,t grseate in the world, the crowning aehievement of obert Stephenson, the greatest engineer's greatest invention in bridge buildinsg, was finally opened for traffic. At the hour agp pinted on Saturday-one O'clock pam.-nearly a' tousand Montrealerg, niei- b hers of the Government ...

... Latest htelligence. THE COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH FRANCE. Paris, Thursday.-The Constitetionnel publishes several articles of the Commercial treaty between France and England, which are as follows:- On and after the first of July, 1860, the import duties on cotton and wool will be supressed. English pas coal and coke will be subjected to the same duty as in the Eelwgia tariff. After October, 1860, ...

... I THE CHRONICLE| PRISMTON, SATUIRDA K, JANUARY 21, 1860. - THE FRENCHw EMPEROR A FREE TRADER. Louis Napoleon has surprised the world'with an announcement which has taken away tlie public breath quite as much in his own dominions as his pecious, dutiful letter to the Pope had utonished the outer world. He bas; in fact, in 'so imnaywords, declared himself a Free Trader, and proclaimed'imn portwt ...

... CLEVER CAPTURE OF TIEVES. : One of the cleverest and most prompt captures which we have had to record has been effected by Inspector Fearn and Sergeant Davis, of the Derby borough p6olice force. On Monday evening Inspeotor Fearn -received information of P robbery that had been effected *at Mrs. Leeds', George Hotel, Statlon.street, from A cup.- board in that house, and that £20 or £27 ,had ...

... VERDICT OF MANSL&UGHTER On Saturday last an inquest was opened at Mliddlewioh before Mr. W. Latham, coroner, on view -of the body oi Henry Heath, who was killed by a boiler explosion in an iron foundry In Newton, Middlewlch, on the previous Wed. needay. The first witness examined was William Heath who had suffered some severe injuries by the accident, but Is likely to recover. He deposed he ...

... THE BISHOP OF RIPeN ON 5' THE GREAT I -SOCIAL EVILT The thirty-elghth annual meeting of the Leeds Guardian Asylum and General Penitentiary was hold'on Thursday, at noon, in the Philosophical Hall, Leeds, under the presi- dency of the Lord B shop of Ripon. The report gave con. ysziog proofs of the satisfactory working of the scheme. Alter some resolatlbns were passed, the Mayor took the chair, ...