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Tre New Crark®:--Mr. Richard Clarke, _| the new Liberal member for East Northumber-- land, was introduced to the Speaker by Hon. l A. 8. Hardy and Mr. Awrey, both of whom | gave him . splendid assistance on his way to the Legislature. He was heartily | « cheered by the Government's supporters as he * shook bands with the Speaker and then made his way to his seat. Mr. Clarke is of mediam ; stature, with a shrewd and kindly face. He | was born in the 'F'ownship of Cramahe in 1836, ; and is therefore 52 years of age. He still lives in the township in which he was born. Ts# has been in thoe . Cramahe Council in various : capacities tor twenty years, and in 1886 was Warden of the united Counties of Northum-- _ berland and Durham. He was also for a few | months police magistrate for the the county, | which oflice heresigned before his election to the | . Legislature. He is a jarmer, and the best l evidence otf his popularity in his native county is that he turned Dr. Willoughby's majority ' of 51 into a minority of 94. HMe will make a |-- good legislator, Aud now that Mr. Mowat's ; majority is up to high--water mark . the House | will proceed to work in dead earnest. | Hrcon Sonoot Fers :--Mr. Drury presented ' a petition from the County Council of Simcoe ' asking that all students attending High ; schools and Collegiate Institutes should be ;| compelled to pay a uniforin fee of at least $16 ; a year,. j \ More or tus Sam® :--On Tuesday next | deputations from along the line of the Saugeen ! Valley and of the Kincardiue & Teeswater | railway will wait upon the Government to | petition for aid for these two enterprises. There seems to be a combined effort to induce the Government to return to the policy of subsidising local roads. It will take even more backbone than was required to resist the threatened lumbermen's boycott to enable the | Government to adhere to the no--bonus pro-- | _| gramme of the last few years. | zuse | A New Orricrr® :----Mr. J. G. Mathieson, of | Nimeoe, formerly of Acton, has been appointed ' County Crown Attorney for Halton. i Tuse (Garus Law :--Mr. Phelps does not pro-- || __ pose any very extensive alteration of the Game Law, He simply desires to limit the period for the shooting of deer to one month, from the || _ l1ss of November to the 1st of De-- || ' cember, and to limit to two weeks ] | the -- period within which deer _ may | be hunted by dogs. This is but a simple meas-- . ure. _ You would hardly know Mr. Phelps || : was loaded. --It is declared to be necessary to || | take these restrictive precuautions if the deer || I are not to be exterminated from the northern ' , woods, But Mr. Phelps does not waut to || rouse the gun clubs and have the fight of re-- || cent sessions waged again even to the very || doors of the muskrat houses of Essex. ! Tus Metwonist Cuvron:--Mr. H. F.| Clarke's bill to amend the Methodist Church Act of 1884 asks for the corporation of the Church or any of its committees power to issue debentures and to give in security for payment mortgages on real estate under the control of the Church. Mx. Rosr. Bostox, Reeve of Lobo, was among the visitors to the Chamber. ... ® | Srock ExeEmrrion :--Mr. Wators has intro-- f=| duced another bi!l that is likely to make a dis-- __| turbance. He proposes to exempt horses, ' lesttle. sheep and swine from taxation. The __} bill will be vigorously supported and as vigor-- _1 ously opposed. Mr. Waters begins the fight [ with a strong array of petitions at his back. |