Telegraphic Despatches.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 391, 16 September 1874, Page 2

Telegraphic Despatches.

(From our own Correspondent.) Dtjnedix, September 15th. Sydney George Alexander the " Military Captain" was fully committed for trial to-day. At the Harbour Board to-day J. L. Gillies was elected secretary. An offer from George Proudfoot to construct a deep water channel from Port Chalmers to Dunedin 23 feet deep, receiving payment by the Boards debentures, was referred to the Works Committee. The Macgregor with the Frisco mails arrived at Auckland to-day. The mail dispute is still unsettled. Negotiations proceeding, but the post office authorities had not received the mails for several hours after arrival. The Customs authorities ordered that no coals should be put aboard the Macgregor pending settlement. The inquiry into the assassination of Marshal Prim resulted in the indictment of fifty more persons. Immense Home Rule demonstration at Glasgow ! 20,000 persons attended a mass meeting. The accounts of the famine in Asia Minor state that in one district 5,000 persons perished. In America extensive fires are reported in various parts of the States. The Beecher scandal fills many columns of the papers. Beecher has published a statement denying adultery with Mrs. Tilton. September 16, 9 20 a.m. The Premier addressed his constituents at Auckland last night. The Choral Hall was crammed, there being scarcely standing room. About • 2000 persons were packed in the building. The speech. wa3 delivered amidst frequent demonstrations of disapprobation, and sometimes applause. At conclusion Mr. Rees, barrister, attempted to speak but a great tumult arose and ultimately Mr. Yogel obtained a hearing when ho said he had called the meeting to explain his views, not to hear Mr. Ree3 speak. He then wished them good night. The Chairman vacated the chair, and with Mr. Yogel and others retired from the platform amid prolonged howling. Mr. Rees then commenced to speak, and asked what would the people of Sydney and England think when they heard how Mr. Yogel had left a public meeting in the Colony. The meeting after expressing disapproval of Mr. Vogel's action cheered' Mr. liees, and gradually dispersed.