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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 223, 20 September 1880, Page 2

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! - London, September 17**. i Consols 97|. Bank rate of discpunt 2J, Market rate 2J. Five per cent New Zealand loan 103£. Five per cent. 1889 loan 102. Five-and-a-half per cent 1879-1904 975. The wheat market is firm. Adelaide wheat ear warehouse 545. New Zealand wheat ex ships. 425. Adelaide flour ex warehouse 335. Tallow is quiet j best Australian beef 33s 6d ; best mutton 35s 6d. The total • quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,340,000 quarters. Number 1 Scotch pig iron, iree on board in the Clyde, 52. 6d. At tbe wool sales to-day 7500 bales were offered, an. a firm and active demand continued. ■ ; , The cricket match at Edinburgh! Australians v. eleven gentlemen of Scotland, was resumed to-day. The Australians went in for •their first innings and were all disposed'of for 142 runs. The home team then went to the wickets for their second inuings and when the stumps were drawn for tbe day had scored 106- with the loss of five wickets the Australians play a match against the Nottingham County Eleven on the 23rd inst. and two following days. They leave.England for Australia by the mail steamer ot the Sth October. September 18. At the wool sales to-day 9700 bales were offered, making a total of 238,500 catalogued sinca the opening. Tho tone of the sales continues firm. It is announced that Turkey has sent a note to tho Powers protesting against their proposed combined .naval . demonstration because it is feared the same will cause anarchy in the Turkish Empire. The Porte however agrees to guarantee t^carry out the demands of the Powers in regard to the v cession jof Dulcigno, if the naval display is abando_e_. The death is announced of the Right Hon. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, aged 84 years. ? The cricket inatcb, Australians vs.. us eleven gentlemen pf Scotland was resumed and' concluded to-day at Edinburgh. The Home team continued their second inuings, which closed for 130 runs. Boyle,, for the Australians, bowled splendidly, and did a " hot trick" in taking three wickets in three successive balls. Tbe Australians, requiring. 132 [runs ;to win, went in for their second inuings, and obtained the required number with the loss of only four wickets, and thus won the match by Bix wickets. Jarvis and Alexander batted well, scoring respectively 41 and 47. Both were caught put Arrived — William Davie from Port Chalmers, sailed June 23 ; Earl Granville from Lyttelton, sailed May 20. Paris, September 18. The crisis which has continued in the French Chambers for some days past in regard to the expulsion of the Jesuits bas now terminated, (Ministers having agreed to fatly execute the March decrees against the Order. • Constantinople, September 19: Intelligence has been rectived here that the Albanians have reoccupied Dulcigi o ahd expelled the Turkish garrison which was stationed there.