LONDON.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 438, 9 March 1875, Page 2

LONDON.

February T> . ; Cirlhb? w~)r3 vttio^el by AVdiso* iJroDpi ne*r Orle-ms (sic). They were repulsed by a bayonet \ charge. s ,' | A prjcVi'Tntioa-hisbad-i isstiel at> S!i^j.gV\ y i that , tli° *^«cce.s.sion to the throne is settled. .*. " , Bismiruk is sufl^eiing'^fioiiiv a nervous a^ttti'dn, ail I is about to retire-- , n j | A banquet was given to Garibaldi, in lioine.. - Awlibiahop Manuing is appointed C^rdiaal.

(E.om the D. S. Cteoss.) - Ohristchurch, Saturday. Mr. J<«m33 Wallace of P.ipatoitoi, realized the hi jfie-sb avoraga pric? for his. rams SDld at the sheep fair hero.

Tauranga, Saturday. , F>r the last few day^ natives have been congueffitinsr hfre, interviewing and koreroing with Sir Donald McLe.in. Ever/thing is progressing satis f ifctoril?. To-ni^ht" the "Ljrna ' leaver with 200 of the -Niif iterangi 'j^euple-f^i* Wha^atane. Sir DonaL 1 Ms Lean will meefc t]ie Ooasfc natives there, and be prysant at the ceremony of opening -^the gi^and car^e.l building: - , T lie ' Luna ' is expected to return, on Monday.

Wellington, Saturday. T'le Cnncil of the New Zealand University has b>en sitting this week. Mr. H. J. Tancred was el°ctel Chancellor of the University for live years; Mr. Hugh Cirleton 'Vice-Chancellor for a. similar period: A series, of resolutions -renting,, to certain endowments of land in. the Wfiikato <and Opotiki j districts ins been dr.iwn np, and, the Vice-Chancellor has been instructed 1 to transmit. a, copy of them to i the C )loural Sseret&ryj with the view of preventing ! the -I'ierution of these lands. .Another resolufajtou. i asked the Senate to urge the Colonial Government to take immediate steps to secure other blocks of lu'id ('20,000 acres) in Taui-artga 1 district for e:luca- ! tional pirp.ises underlie New Zealand University I Act, 15 74. The following resolutions were ordered ! t> i»e embodied' in tne regulations ; — "That 'the ; Hi vl exaniia itioti «s provided for by ths Otag.j Universtty, of certain students who are about to complete their- course ia that University, a«d who i vi itiiculated- previous to the- affiliation of the sai 1 I Univeisitv, be taken as the examination for B. A... j dc^i-es, to bft granted by - the New Zealand Univei- ! sity on the parsing o£. such examination, anything ! in the statutes and regulations of the Sew Zealand to the contrary notwithstanding: and, thit for this purpose, the examiners be appointed by the Ciancellor on the .recommendation of the OtagOj University." . " t

- ' ' OMistcbuveh, Saturday. Tlie " Lvttol ton Ti tries " says that litigation is li (4v to arise out of the- late -raw in the City Ob'incil. It is .uumoured that Councillor Hart has' irntimjsta/L his, legahujviser to, proqeed against Councilior Kspiieat for saying" Ke tvaS'dfurfk^imtf a'soC. ■ j • -I lie 'OifcyjOminoil this morning r decided nof'tci fjrant licences to cabmen without a character, unless their capabilities were satisfactory, atod, thefpabmen intimated that they Ijad withdrawn -their guarantee from their legal advisers. This means a full acceptance of the new bye-laws >tf&dejr the City Council seal. The first prize in the first set district prizes nnd a silver med-il was won by Private Cameron, of the Woorlend Iti^es — an. old representative at the Colonial Prize Firmg — with a score of 58 points. The first priz3 in the second set was won by Gunner Vill, of the CUristchtirch Artillery, with, a score of I'l points.