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pointed from among defeated aldermen and others whose municilml expectations were dis-- appointed, and in order to leave the choico of the Council as free from all external in-- fluence as possible this change _ is madeo. Members of _ Municipal _ Coun-- cils are to be disqualified from serving cither as High sSchool trustees or as members of the Board of Education. It is proposed also to give the Public School Boards representation on tho High School Bourds under conditions similar to the representation of the Separate Schools. Of course this would not apply where boards of education exist. Authority is to be given trus-- tees of High schools to dispose absolutely of their right to High School property, This will relieove many boards of the cireuitous method employed hsretofore in disposlug of real estate controlled vy the board. Material changes will be made in the mode of paying the High School grant, except in so far as concerns the legisla-- tive grant. County Councils will be required to give an equivalent of the Government grant as at ores. nt, but where the averago attend-- ance irom the county is in excess of the average a'tendance from the High School district, pro-- vision will be made for sach an equitable distri-- buvion of the burdens of maintaining the High Schools as will mnturiall{ relieve the High School -- district. _ Authority will also io given to County Councils to impose loers not exceeding $10 per annum on county pnprls«, 'The intention is to shift the burden of inaintaining the High Schools to a cortain cxtent from the ratepayer to those availiny themselves of the advantages. In the «nse of pupils nttondm.g ithe High School from t e district in which the High Schoo is situat-- ed, no change is to be made in the matter of feos. ho entrance examination will be continued, but instead of a board of examiners for cach liigh school, it is intended to appoint a board of examiners for each county, c'on")owd of in-- spectors and the principals of the High Schools of the county. A greater dofrcc of uniformity in regard to the Migh School entrance exam-- inntl'i\n will be secured in this way without ad-- ditional expense. An :\})pcul will be allowed from the examiners to the Education Depart-- ment, and all complaints with regard to the mode of conducting the examination will be open to adjudication, as heretofore, by the chairmen of the Public, High and Separ-- ate Schools of the district in which the examination is held. The cost of the examination is to be borne b( the County Council and the High School district, but Pow(-,r is to be given to the Count{ Council to mpose a fee not exzeeding $1 for the examina-- tion of each pupil. Trustees of High Schools are to haveasimilar power, A change is made in the High school terms. The first High School term will begin on the last Monday of August instend of at the bcginning of the year; the socond term will boFln with 3rd January, instead of the 7th, and holidays extending over one week will be allowed at Kaster, The schools will close for summer on 30th June. The practical effect of this wil bo to increaso the holidays in llif'h Schools not more than a couple of days, but the long term from 1st January to Ist July is to be relieved by holi-- duays as alroady stated. No doubt teachers and pupils will welcome this as a groat relief. _ reags Loan Companies. | « °> '1 w The bill mwum 'rm ; now be-- . ( fore Ee House, on th"' E4 eral, is a consolidation of the is these institutions, including somg . 1808 | which have been unlform!{mmcdopi.rt the | charters hitherto granted,' but have not = hitherto lncorlpornt.od in the general statute. | Among the--e is the power to receive money on doposit, and to loan muno& not only on real pstate and Provincial and Dominion securities, but upon the debentures of municipal and schoocl corporations. The Educational Bills. The bills relating to education introduced by Hou. Mr. Rosas yesterday muke some changes in the law which are worthy of note. 'The fol-- lowing are understood to be some of the points in which the High School Law will be amend-- d :-- ©It is intended to establish a commercial de-- rtment in all the collegiate institutes of the n.'vin(-c. and a specialist in commercial sub jJects will be required, having equal rank as ipecialists in modern languages, classics and f wiences, It is felt thit many who attend the [ High school do not intend to pursue a univer-- sity course, and a commeorcial department in which provision will be made for instruction in stenography and bookkeeping in ali its modern applications would be a great boon to many young men and women who are now reparing _ for positions _ in counting fiouscs and binks,. 'This change doubt: wess will meet with universal -- approval. Provision is made also for the abolition of the roparatory departments in High Schools. g'hcse departments were established yoars ago when the Public School system was in a very »rude condition, but in view of the progress of Public School work in the last twenty years, and as it has been abolished in every High Schuol in the Rrovince excep! Toronto, its con-- tinuance is deemed unnccessary. It is also fro;mscd to provide for the appointment of {igh Scehool trustees during the month of De-- cember preceding the year in which they enter upon their dutics, lt has boeen found that in many cases MHigh School trusteos were ap-- Thouch several amondments are made in the Public School law, in the greater number of Cases Lho{'morely alfect details of administra-- tion which the experience of the last five years has demonstrated to be necessary. A loaving examination is provided for. The intention is to furnish Public School pupils additioral in-- ducements to continue their course of study after having passed the entrance examination. The Ioa\'lmf examination is intended to deal mainly with a wider course in English litera-- ture, penmanship, cominercial tr nsactions and commercial arithmetic, with the dosign of SGlrhe, 74 amr3 l"' Schools. -- No chunfio i9 made | in the holidays in rural schools. «Provision is also madeo for contribuum' to the cost of the inspection of Public Schools in citibs and towns | se;mrated from the county. Under the act of 1871, by which the (Prcszont, method of inspoc-- | tion was introduced, the Government recog-- nised its liability only for the inspection of rural sch ols. The correction of this anomal-- ous condition of things has been frequently | urged upon the Government. In the case of | cities with over 300 teachers, it is intended to provideadditional inspection,and city inspectors are placed under the same obligations regard-- ing the di.-«-hur;i:u of their dutics as county in-- spectors. Provision is also made torogaylng County Councils for investignations forced upon them by the orainary diftficulties of administer-- ing the School Act in their respective districts, --and a'so for attending meetings of the ' Board _ of _ Examiners. 'The most_ diffi-- cualt -- question with which the Depart-- ment of Education has to deal is the inequ&!"'ty of the school sections in rural dis-- tricts. Had the country been prepared to ac-- copt township boards of trustees this inequali-- z( would not be felt. But tue dissolution of the only township boards in the organised dis-- tricts (Enniskillen and Tuckersmith) ind:cates Eluinl_\' that a solution of the difiiculty cannot q. found in that way. It is now proposed to make the option that was allowed Municipal Councils by the act of 1835 of giving $100 to each school section within the township obligatory. In the same cennection it is also proposed to relieve County Councils from giving for the maintenance of rurat schools an equivalent of the Government grant. 'This provision was in-- tended to equalise the disproportion existing between the various school sections, but as the township grant was leviod upon the township itself and not upon the whole county, as a remedy it was almost useless, By mvlnf cach school a sum certain of $100 a fin-- ancial basis is provided for the ordinary ex-- penses. Any sum required in addition to this and the Government grant will bo levied as at present on the school section. Some minor changes are made in the mode of jssuing school debentures. Other amendments made by this bill will be referred to as the measure pro-- gresses in the House. Imprisonment For Bribery. Mr. Whitney intends to reintroduce his bill of last session increa--ing the penalties for bribery at elections. In addition to the panish-- mont of a $200 tine he proposes to add a penality of not more than three months in goal, at the discrotion of the judge. -- HMe also wants tomake it obli;;mm'{ on the county Crown attorney to attend all clection trials for the purpose of in-- stituting proceedings for bribery, s A Second Junior Judge For York. The Attorney--General introduced a bill yes-- torday to provide for the appointment of a second junior judge for the County of York, and it was read a first time. The bfil provides that the second junior judgo shall have the same qualifications as other judges of County Courts and the same jurisdiction and powers, dutics and obligations as are conferred and im-- posed upon A{unwr County judges. It is pro-- vided that the local courts in York may sit simultancously, and that there shall be held in each of the courts of the two divisions of To-- ronto at least weeklysittings, except during the month of August, for the trial of causes, and at least evory two months for the trial of casos where juries have been demanded. Committees. The standing committees have clected their chairmen as fo)lows:----lmilwus'fl. Hon. C. E. Fraser; Private Bills, Hon. J. M. Gibson ; wrivileges and Elections, Hon. Richard Har-- court ; Standing Orders, Mr. O'Connor ; Pub-- lic Accounts, Hon, Chas. Clarke (Wellington) ; l'lrimiug. Mr. Baifour ; Municipal, Hon. A. 8. Hardy. Notices of Motion. Mr. Whitney--Monday next--Bill to amend the Ditches and Watercourses Act. Bill to amend the klection Act. Attorney--Gencral--Bill respecting the duties and liability of trustees. Mr. 'Tait--Monday--Bill respecting under-- taking, embalming and organic chemistry, -- Bill respecting the examination of engineers and the inspection of stationary boilers. Notes. Mr. Charlton received a tclegram this after-- noon from Lynedoch, calling him home on ac-- count of the serious illiness of his father, Adam Charlton, whose 85 years make his recovery doubtful. The press flu.llcry was organised this after-- noon. Mr. Horace Wallis of The Mail was elected president and Mr. A. C. Campbell see-- retary. The care of the j;allery is this year again in the charge of Mr. James Welch. Mr. Tait has given notice of a bill which ho will introduce to provide for the teaching of embaiming and organic chemistry, 'The obficct is to provide that no oneghall practise embalm-- ing without first nu:aslugfzm examination, and the result will probably be to establish a school of embalming. 'The movement has the en:-- dorsation of the Undertakers' Association, and is in accord with a recommendation of the Provin ial Board of Health to prevent the spread of contagious diseases. The funcral of the late Edward Dowling, father of Dr. Dowling, the popular r?reseuuv tive of South Renfrew, took place to--day at his residence in Ramsay Township._ Mis death oc-- curred on Tuesday, He was 87 years of n.ie and one of the staunchest Liberals in Lanark. Dr. Dowling has not,been in the House this weoek, but is expected to be in his place on Mon-- day. 1 /3