LATER ENGLISH NEWS.
[VIA JAVA CABLE.] Auckland, July 21. Arrived —Phoebe, after a passage of four days eighteen hours. She brings sixteen passengers and a full cargo for all ports. London, July 11. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh has been formally betrothed to the Grand Duchess Marie, daughter of the Czar of Russia. The London wool sales opened yesterday—the 10th. The number of bales submitted is about 7000. There was a large attendance of home and foreign buyers. From the opening the bidding was active, and an advance from one penny to twopence firmly established. Latest quotations in metals show a reduction. Pig iron, 112 s ; copper, £9O. Arrived —Agnes Rose, from Sydney. Bank of England rate of discount has been reduced to 5 per cent. The New Zealand Fibre Company, with a capital of £IO,OOO, are about to start a colonial factory. Spain. The Carlists have been surprised by the Republican troops uifder General Caltrinety. A thousand insurrectionists have been killed and captured.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 119, 26 July 1873, Page 14
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