Weekly News. — 1892-06-16 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

THOUSAND SOLDIERS EILLED. Intelligence which reached New York on &go. day from Matto Grosso states that the rebels these. have won a decisive battle, which commenced ab May 7th, and continued for seven days. Ns, thousand of the Government troops are repots.' to have been killed, and the rebels succeeded la, capturing Cuyaba, which they afterwards seekad murdering the officials.  HONORARY DEGREES AT CAMERIDOL The formal inauguration of the Duke of Devoe. shire as Chancellor of the University at Cambridge in succession to his late father took place on suer. day afternoon, when the principal function in the Senate House attracted a large and brilliant gathering. After, his Grace held a itei, of members of the Senate, in the Wu drawing - room of Trinity College Lodge; ha, cheon was served at the Fitzwilliam Museum, ts which a distinguished party had been invi!ed. The Chancellor afterwaris•entered the Sena'e Houses( the head of • procession, and conferred honorary degrees upon the following : His Royal Ilighneee the Duke cf Edinburgh; Viscount Cranbrook Esti of Northbrook; Sir Henry James, Q.C., M.l'. ; Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P. ; Hen. John Morley, M.P. ; Sir F. J. Bramwell; Major. General Sir F. W. de Winton; Sir It. E. Webster, Q.C., M.P., Attorney-General; Lieutenant-tieueral Strachey; Mr. H. J. Roby, M.P. ; Mr. G. W. Hill, U.S.A., astronomer; Professor R. Y. Tyrrell, et Dublin; Professor J. R. Seele; Mr. Leslie St,pbett, Each rrcil lent was presented to the Chancellor by the Public Orator in a laudatory Latin speech. The proceedings terminated with the recitation of pr:te exercises.  CAVALRY FIELD Dia. On Saturday morning the Cavalry regiments in London and Hounslow were again concentratrd at Wimbledon for a field day, in which the Eiti of Dundonald took command. The detached trove of the 2nd Life Guards from Hampton Court and Keasincton were the first to arrive, having halted and off. caddied by half -past nine, but they were soon followed I y the rest of the scarlet regiment from St. John's Wood, under Colonel Hanning-Lee, and the Royal Hulse Guards from Knightsbridge under the Earl of Erroll. The two regiments halted oil Putney Heath, but a shurt distance from the top of Putre.% Bill, and were there joined just before 10 recfork by the 17th Lancers, from Hounslow, under Colonel Belferd. At this time Lord Methuen, the General of the district, arrived with his staff, and the squadron leaders were called to the front for a pre. litninary explanation of the manceuvres proposed. The place wire the brigade formed is not so larp as that nearer the Windmill, frem which the Roue. hold Cavalry usually begin th, it work, but it giro a tommander a much larger space over whir el, move before reaching the southern edge of do common, a considerable portion of it, too, rough turf, busby and wooded, and therefore,t useful as a training ground for horse soldiers. At 10 o'clock the brigade moved forward as though against an enemy, to the south-west, the scarlet d the Life Guards and the fluttering pennons of tb• Lancers making a very pretty sight as their columns on the right and left wound their way through I the little coppices of the common, which is now at its freshest aad greenest. The Horse Guards had their machine gun with them, as the only artillery av • . able; while the rebuilding of Regent's P Barracks leay. s no room in London for a h battery; and this had an important share in tlip manceuvres, which occupied the troops up ti nearly noon. The morning was dull and cool fee the time of the year, and, therefore, very suitable for military operations.  e