The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-31 00:00:00

MELBOURNE.

Owing to the quick paseage--80 days—made by
the Roxburgh Cantle, the papers from Melbourne
extend to the 3th of March.

As regards commercial matter., the Herald
'observes :

The basks having advanced the rate of a:change on Lon-
don to 2 per cent. premion, the gold market has risen about
6d. per ounce. Tbe absence sf en active demand his pre-
vented this advance face beingfirmly established, and pur-
chases have been mode to-day at 31. 16s 9.1. The entries
for shipment at the custom-house have consisted of 8 766

ounces.-fir London, 381 winces for Liverponl, 396 ounces
for Hong-Kong, 28 0116C111 for Ade Mids, and 9 ounces for
Sydney. The lt 'burgh Ca tle c:esred out to-day with
nearly 40.000 mama and 80,000 sovereigns ; and the Meet
way with 38,686 ounces and 600 rove reigns. Bear's Weekly
C.milar of toil moming contains no later intelligence
reaps. tMg the money market, landed proierty, dc.. than
their issue of last week. We learn horn a retiable sonic*
that the holders of *agars in this market will not sell under
an advance on current ma. The tales I fleeted lot week
were of a very partial character, most of the las having
beenbosghtin Front 81 dney wr 1. arn that a further a tear. ce
is anticipated ; while at present prices range higher than at
Melbourne. We ham teethed pelvis adobes horn Syd-
ney, which mention great speculation to essiMs Delmont
sperms readily °Dom laded 2a. 2d., and Neva etc
were quoted at 2a. 44., with a decided tendency tc &demo*.
Comspondenie here bad bees advised to re-ship to Sydney
the supplies lately drawn m Chit imerter.
Cleared ma—March 4: Medway, ship, 653 tons, Jamie
B. Kennedy, for London; paseengers, Oak op, Mr. and Mrs.
0. T. Lange and servant, Mr. and Mrs. Co-rtes M'Carthy,
Wslstab, Mfr. R. R. Rail, Messrs. R. Daintier, A.
Lasg, R.N. Brown, 0. Lawn., 8. Renjsmiu, W. linear, J.
Johanna., Dr. R. I'. W. bber ; and 110 in the second cud
third cabins. W. P. White and Co., agents. March 4:
Ida, ship, 364 toes, W. Reimer, for flong•Kong, in ballast.
Griffiths, Irwin, sad Co., spits.

General Koiniteki lately made an attack, in the
columns of the Invalid/ Ruste, upon the polity of Prints

Gortehakoff which led to the battle of the Alms. The let-
ter bu Just replied through the lame chancel. This 'peeks
of ertroveray is new to the Russian press.
We read in the Hamburg correspondence of the
Brers-ls independence—. Th., Norwegian people profits
the Protestant et IMion ; Catholicism is altogether unknows
in the country. For three centuries no church or chops'
bas been haft kr the ezetese of the Romish worship, and
the country peep's are letterset of even the existence of a
Pops. This state t f things his attracted the actions atten-
tion of the Sacred Cotltge. Some Catholic missionarin,
familiar with the 'assuage and its dialects have been li-
berties in the country since winter, especially in
the district of Finsarker, at the extremity of
the north of Norway, upon the White Sea. A
Polish Priest, Dulakowski, is at the head of this =info°. is
which there is so lack a money. A romiderable credit has
been opened in its favour by a forego personage, at one of
the 'Methinks of Notway."

M. De Metz, the eminent founder of Mettray, has
been oa a brief visit to Mr. Commisiioaer Rill. at Reath.
boost, Stapleton. 0a flendsy moraine. after Weeding
divine mercies at the Roman ostb.'lic eb•pel, in Meridian.
plate, at which the bishop officiated, M. De Mete inspected
the Female Reformatory School ►t Red-lodge, accompanied
by Miss Carpenter. Oe Monday, before deputmg for
London, be visited the Ringswiod Reformatory. M. De
Mein (isys the Bristol Marton) is still suffering from the
rims of a runt fall, cad is obliged 10 au a maids.