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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1208, 23 November 1882, Page 2

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[reuter’s telegrams]. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—(COPYRIGHT.) LONDON, Nov. 20. The trials of the prisoners charged with the murder of the Joyce family at Madatrasna, on the 18th August last, have been concluded to-day. The jury in each instance found a verdict of guilty, and sentence of death was passed. The prisoners have confessed to the crime, and appealed to the clemency of the Court. Iler Majesty the Queen bestowed medals for distinguished service in Egypt upon the troops who have recently returned from that country at Windsor to-day. Consols are unchanged at 102; New Zealand securities remain at yesterday’s quatation. The market rate of discount has further advanced two per cent.; to the Bank rate, 4.

Markets for Colonial breadstuff's and tallow without quotable change. The November and December series of Colonial wool auctions opened to-day. The catalogue comprised 6000 bales. There was a good attendance of home and foreign buyers, but the biddings were hesitating and the prices generally were rather weaker. The total quantity +o be offered during the series is 103,000 bales. Auctions dose on 13th December. LONDON, Nov. 22. At a meeting of the Colonial Institute last evening, Sir Frauds Dillon Bell read a paper in which he admitted that the growth of the public debts of the Australian Colonies in proportion to the population was abnormal. He maintained, however, that the various loans which had been contracted had been spent in reproductive public works, and that the statistics of the commerce of the various colonies were surprising, and that it was to England’s interest to help them with her surplus capital. Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, said

that it was dear that the Colonies were well able to pay interest on the loans they had contracted. PARIS, Nov, 21. The French Government is causing a stringent investigation to be made into the opera* tions and designs of the Socialists in South France. Thirty more Anarchist® were arrested yesterday at Lyons, where a strong military force was recently stationed in anticipation of the Socialist rising.