MELBOURNE. January 20.

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MELBOURNE. January 20.

Messrs. Golsborough and Co. sold by auction to-day ],000 bales wool. Greasy brought 5£d. ; scoured, 9Jd. ; scoured 9d to 16d ; inferior to average fleeces lid to lojf. Mr. Aspinall has been sworn in as Minister of Justice, and Mr. McLellan as PostmasteiGeneral. Mr. Graham Berry will most probably be appointed Postmaster-General. Tlie l T. F. Buck ' has arrived from Esconman o. with a cargo of timber. Messrs. Fraser and Co. sold by auetiou today 2,500 bags China sugar, with all faults, net cash, at very full prices. They also sold 960 bags Java sugars at extreme rates, considering it? condition. A small parcel of Hennesby's bulk biandy sold at 7^. Gd. Bnycid at 7s. 3d. Holders fiim. The mail steamer 'Avoca' was oft' Cope Otway at 2 p.m., and is expected to arrive in the Liy at midnight, BiUuiomtel, for oi iminal assault, lun been uiadui^ed January 21. A London detective has arrived by the mail, with a « an ant for the auest of Davb, who ai lived by the 'Yorkshhe.' He is charged with forgeiy. The working bakers held a picnic at "Brighton Beach. Theie were five hundred persons present News of Captain Norman's death has been received by his family. Mr. and Mra. Charles Matkews have accepted an Australian engagement. They will appear fast at the Theatre Royal. January 23. Herr Bandmann is a passenger by the f You Yan g3 ' for Sydney The Piiyy Council ha\-c given the Assembly leave to appeal in "Hugh Ciais\ case. The wairant foi the arrest of lXwu ehaiges him with fraudulent; insolvency and forgery. His London liabilities amount to £1.500 Januai y 21 Waldock's Canary jumped five feet ten m Kirk's Bazaar to-day. Offers have baon made to lay 5 to 1 that Canary jumps six feet, and are not taken. Mr. Wkiteman, M.L A , was slightly huifc to-day, by being thrown out of his buggy, on the Yarra Falls bridge. Maize is dull at 3s. 9d. per bushel. The 'City of Adelaide' is to sad for .Sydney to-day ; the ' VYonga Wonga ' on Wednesday, and • Rangalira ' on Friday. The thermometer was 150 in the sun yesterday. The weather is close and sultry to-day. There was a great fire in C'arlton-sireot, St. Kilda, yesterday. Three houses were burnt. The Rev. Mr. Dixon, of Bertram street, St. Kilda, has unaccountably disappeared from his home since Friday. Maize is being offered at 3s. 9d. per bushel. Buyers unwilling to purchase heavily. The opera season is to be opened by Lyster's Company on the 5th February. Charles Davis, the forger, has been remanded to London, and is to be sent by the 'Anglesea.' The ' Ararat ' election writ was issued today, and that for West Geelong will be issued to-morrow. The pitiable condition of the Chinese lepers at Ballarat is arousing much practical sympathy. A house building in Lygon-street, Carlton, was burned yesterday. The owner's name is Fe water. It was insured for £750 in Yictoria office. Maize, nothing doing j quotations, 3s 9d. Messrs. Fraser and Co. sold by auction 660 packages teas, ex 'Constance,' at middling prices; and also 1,570 bags China sugars at £30 to £30 10s. for middling to good counters. Wheat has been sold at 5s. Gd. ; flour at £11 10s. to il2. The Privy Council haa granted the appeal ia the case of Hugh Levinger. Mullagh is ill, and unable to play in the intercolonial cricket match. It is possible that Gordon also will be unable to play. Ex-Governor Himpton, of Western Australia, died on the 1st December, Messrs. Vale and Lacey have written in the Argus, contradicting the report that the Government engines are not being built rapidly. Samples of Tahitian sugar were shown today, equal to Mauritius. January 25. The Australian Diamond Company have received a telegram to the effect that ninety-nine diamonds were washed out last week. The Board of Trade has reversed the decision come to in Melbourne in regard to Captain Trumble, of the 'Explorer' aud returned his certificate. January 26. Parliament has been further prorogued by proclamation to the 15th February. A woman, whose name ia at present unknown, jumped over the Yarra Yarra bridge near the Falls, yesterday, evidently bent upon drowning herself. She was rescued by a boatman, who picked her up in an insensible •tate, with one of her arms broken, and her body otherwise injured, but she is now recoTering. The weather is fine and cool. The ' Wonga Wonga,' steamer, sailed for Sydney this afternoon. A Ministerial banquet takes place at Cambrook Jo-night. Mr. Poole, the manager of the Evening Herald, opposes the re election of Mr. Graham' Berry. Heavy tains took place last night. The weather had been agreeably cool to»d»y. v . . - /-J .i.'.. ./ • .;- . -

William Mitchell, a commission agent, has : been committed for trial, ona charge of obtaining a gold watch under a fraudulent pretence. Mr. Holmes, clerk- to a solicitor died suddenly to-day, in the Bull and Mouth Hotel. Miohael Hastings charged with participating in a criminal outrage on an elderly female, at East Collingwood, has been committed for trial. The deaths have been numerous during the last few hot days. Messrs. G-oldsborough and Oo. sold by auction to-day 800 bales wool. Greasy brought 5d to 9d4. ; scoured, 9\d, to Is. 3id. : fleece, I lid. to Is. 3d. i +a -^ . January 27. , I E. Denison, Esq., M.P., passenger from England by the Yorkshire, died yesterday, at the Melbourne Club, of consumption. The investigation into the Trentham murder case has been concluded, and resulted in the committal of William Davis on the charge of ' wilfu ly murdering Eliza Casspllg. Mr. Poole addressed the electors of Gteelong last night, and was very favourab'y received. John Brougham, of St. Kilda insolvent. His liabilities amount to £24,000, and the assets are set ilown at £27,000. The Ministerial banquet at Carisbrook was highly successful. The Commissioner of Customs, in replying to a deputation on the subject, stated that the Government intended to remodel the pilot service. It is probable that three boats will be permanently retained, two to be stationed outside and one inside the heads. Arrangements are in progress to amalgamate both Hebrew congregations, and to build a magnificent Synagogue on the side of the Princess Theatre. Maise is dull. Mr. Andrew Rutherford, formerly member for the distric of Colac also opposes the reelection of Mr. Graham Berrv Devoe's l>ero-ine has been sold at 2s. 3d. per gallon : Photolite's at 2s. 2d . Candles are in demand. Sugars are firm. The ' Launcestou' has sailed from Tien Tsin for Sydney. The ' Lincolnshire ' has cleared out at Melbourne for London, and is to take the troops that arrived by the • Claud Hamilton,' from New Zealand. Mr. Mitchell has sold a large quantity of case brandy at a pi ice withheld. The '.Neptune ' has arrived from Batavia. January 28. The 'New England,' steamer, arrived under canvas from Glasgow, intended tor Sydney local trade. Two miners, McDonnell and McLellan, were capsized returning homp, but not seriously hurt. Another buggy bolted with the Chief Secretary and Minister for Mines, but was pulled up. The Customs authorities seized a shipment of clocks invoiced at la. 6d. each, but worth 10s. Tenders have been called foi the conveyance of the 14th Kegnnent to England. Mr. King, the Argus manager, died whilst coming from Tasmania in the ' Southern Cross.'