TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

Western Star, Issue 161, 7 October 1876, Page 5

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

(from our own correspondent.) Dunedin, Friday evening. Sir Julius Yogel is to receive a public demonstration before leaving Wellington. It is also proposed to present him with a testimonial. All classes are invited to join in the movement. Arrived —Anazi, barque, frdm London. Mr Gr. E. Barton, solicitor, of Wellington, late of Dunedin, has got himself into hot water. The Chief Justice said a letter had been received by him complaining of the Judge’s treatment, and the Registrar's affidavit to the Court proved Barton to be the author. He therefore ordered Gr. E. Barton, barrister, and the writer of the letter, to attend at ten o’clock on Monday, to answer for contempt of Count, and so that the Court might pass such judgment upon him as may seem fit. The steamer Matau, which stranded at the West Coast, broke her back during the heavy gale last night. All hands on board had barely time to scramble ashore before she filled. The Treasurer’s Statement shows a gain of £IB,OOO to Otago by abolition. Grain Market.—Wheat very firm, and scarce at 5s 6d to 6s. Oats have come

forward more freely, but readily picked up at 2s 2d to 2s 3d for good to heavy feed. Barley, prime malting, sells at 4s 6d, whilst ordinary descriptions which were selling at 4s, are quite neglected. Good milling is saleable at 2s 9d. * LATEST CABLEGEAMS. London, September 19. A meeting was held at Guildhall yesterday to protest against the alleged atrocities by the Turkish forces in Bulgaria. The Lord Mayor presided. - A large number of Eussian volunteers, chiefly soldiers, are j. ining the Servian army. General Tchersyeff has proclaimed Prince Milan King of Servia. The Sultan, on receiving the Austrian Ambassador, Count Frechy, expressed a desire to close the war so as to bring reforms. Sydney, October 3. The Bowen arrived at Cooktown yesterday with 330 Chinese and other passengers. On the voyage between Penang and Malacca the passengers and officers of the ship saw a sea serpent, about 250 feet long, 50 feet broad, with a square head, and yellow stripes. The Bowen brings London dates to August 18. Sir Charles Dilke, in addressing his constituents at Netting Hill, read an important letter from an official, which stated that the accounts of the Bulgarian outrages were not exaggerated.