Sales of twist tobacco are improving. Arrived.-St Kilda, from Dunedur At Newcastle : The Queensland and Woodbine, from Lyttelton. Melboukne, October 31. The Assembly passed the Police Bill yes- A large number of extra prizes are ofiered by the Hifle Association The Assembly lias passed the Land Bui and the Supreme Court Bill. Supplementary Estimates have been laid on tbo table. The Government will endeavour to bring the ses sion to a close next week. A Bill has been introdKced into the As sembly to appropriate the sum of LIO.oOO for railway surveys. The Permissive Liquor Bill has passed the second reading by a majority of four. No progress has been made with it in Committee. At a fire at Sandridge several email tene ments were destroyed. All insured. At Geelong two shops were consumed by fi re> Mrs Steadman committed suicide at Sand hurst, by taking sulphuric acid. His Excellency Sir Hercules Kobinson landed to-day from Sydney. The Polynesia Company have appointed a committee to inquire into the Company's condition. The wool growers, after a lengthy discus sion, have resolved to adhere to the arrange ments made late year with the brokers, that no draft will be allowed to buyers. Henry Morgan Murphy, a member of the Legislative Council, is insolvent, and has vacated his seat. ... n Horatio and Dagworth did their ga'loo this morning, the former beating his stable companion. The betting is now 100 ta 30 against him for the Cup. The Geelong race meeting is fixed for the sth and 6tb of February. A splendid pro gramme has been issued. v The chief harbor-master reports favor ably of Johnson's rockets and distress sig nals made at a distance of three miles out at sea. The R.M.S.S. Bangalore left Galle, for Australia, on the 26th inst. t Wheat, 6s 3d. Flour heavy. Hennessy s case brandy, LI 10s. Telegrams from Eng land state that plate glass has advanced 30 per cent., and quicksilver 20 per cent. Telegrams from Mauritius, via Aden, Oc tober 16, give the following quotations "Fine to finest white, 7dols. 20c. to 7dels. 50c. ; fine to finest yellows, 6dols. 75c. to 7d015." There is a moderate demand for groceries, and well supplied freight LI ss. A shipment of salmon sold at 15s 9d. 9,600 packages tea sold at good prices. Arrived. —Circe, from Hokitika. Adelaide, October 31. Wheat unchanged. 