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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1986, 6 July 1880, Page 2

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Feeetee’s telegeams.] LONDON, July 5. Turkey and AlbaniaAuthentic intelligence has been received from Constantinople that tho Turkish Government is inciting the Albanians to resist the Greeks in any attempt they may make to take possession of the district in Epirus, which the recent conference in Berlin decided should be ceded to Greece for an extension of her frontier. LONDON, July 3. The Markets. Consols, 98-f ; New Zealand securities, 5 per cent. 10-40 loan, 104|; 5 per cent. 1879 loan, 104; 4| per cent. 1879-1904 loan, 99|. New Zealand wheat, ex ship, 475; Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 47s Gd; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 365. Australian tallow, best beef, 33s 6d; best mutton, 355. The Australian Eleven. The cricket match Australians v Eighteen of Nowcastle-on-Tyne was resumed and concluded to-day. The home team being 105 behind their opponents, went in for their second innings, and making a good stand were not disposed of until their score had reached 202. The Australians then requiring 96 runs to win the match, went in for their second innings, but want of time prevented its completion, and when the stumps were drawn they had scored 58 runs for the loss of four wickets. The match was therefore drawn, the Australians requiring 38 runs to win and having six wickets to fall. Mr Bradlaugh. An action has been brought in the Queen’s Bench division of the High Court of Justice against Mr. Bradlaugh to test the legality of the permission granted him by the House of Commons to make an affirmation instead of the customary oath. July 5. The Tay Bridge Disaster. A report has been made by the President of the Board of Trade respecting the Tay bridge disaster, in which he severely blames the engineer who de signed the structure. BERLIN, July 5. The Falk Laws. The Upper House has passed a Bill for the mitigation of tho Falk laws, in the direction of granting concessions to Roman Catholics. PARIS, July 3. Amnesty t> CommunistsTho Bill introduced by the French Government for granting a plenary amnesty to Communists, founded on a resolution recently passed in tho Chamber of Deputies, came under discussion in the Senate to-day. Tho measure, as it stood, was rejected by a small majority, but an amended Bill was subsequently passed, granting amnesty to all Communists except those guilty of assassination or incendiarism.