The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-01 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

PLYMOUTH, MONDAY.
The ship Monarch, 1,282 tone register, Captain
J. W. Gill, belonging to Mr. Richard Green, of
London, was off this port yesterday, 96 days from
Melbourne, having sailed therefrom December 25,
1860.

She has 22,000 ounces of gold, valuedat 80,000/.,
20 cabin and 86 steerage passengers, and a cargo of
wool, copper ore, and black sand.
The Monarch has experienced generally unfavour-
able winds; much ice was met to the westward of
Cape Horn, which was rounded January 29.
On the 13th of February, in lat. 29.32 S., long.
28.30 W., she spoke her Majesty's paddle-wheel
steam sloop Gorgon, 6, Commander Bedford C. T.
Pim, with the Swift in company, seven days out
from Rio Janeiro, for the Cape of Good Hope.
The Monarch crossed the line on the 2nd March.

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.
SOUTHAMPrON, Ann 1.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ceylon, Captain Evans, has arrived here with the
heavy portion of the Calcutta and China mails.
The Ceylon left Alexandria on the 19th, Malta
on the 22nd, and Gibraltar on the 26th March.
She brings 126 passengers ; her cargo includes
2,009 bales of silk, value 200,000/ sterling,
jewellery to the value of 301., and 284 packa4es
of sundries.

At Alexandria were her Majesty's ship Terrible,
and the French transperta Eldorado and Mayonne.
At Malta were her Majesty's ships Neptune,
Hannibal, Cressy, James Watt, Liffey, Medina,
and Foxhound. The Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Nav4ation Company's steamer Valetta left
Malta for Alexandria on the 22nd of March. On
the 19th ult. the Ceylon observed the Peninsular
and Oriental Company's steamer Euxine, steering
for Alexandria, and on the 30th ult., the Tagus,
steering &W.
At Gibraltar were her Majesty's ships Ariadne,
Immo. tality, and Argus.
The Kamilla reached Gibraltar on the 25th, and
sailed for the east on the 26th ult.

The schooner Excel, 26 day, from Liverpool, had
arrived at Gibraltar.

On 26th ult., Gibraltar exchange on London,
90 days, was quoted 501 ;on Paris, 51r. 30c. Mar-
seilles and Genoa, Mr. 31c. ; on Madrid, 8 days'
sight, par ; Cadiz, par to 1 dia. ; Malaga, Seville,
and Valencia, par ; Alicante, i discount ; Barce-
lona, i premium. Freights to London and ont-
porta in the United Kingdom, 23a to 30s. per
steamer, and 10 per cont. Brazil and River
Plate, 12 dole. per ton, and 10 per cent. Gulf of
Mexico and Havana, 12 dots. per ton, and 10 per
oent. Spanish pillared dole., Ferdinand, 3 per
cent. premium, no demand. Ditto, Carolus, 22
per cent., in demand.

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN. fiIINDAT Eviwnia.

The Royal Mail steam ship Persia arrived here
at 10 a.m., embarked mails, passengers, and tele-
grams, and proceeded at 4 p.m. for New York.
All well.

POLAND.

A despatch from Warsaw of the 27th furnishes
the following :
For some days past • grand manifestation had been talked
of for Holy Thursday. sad as • means of guarding against
the consequences of such an evemt, and of any other demon.
stations which might afterwards take place, General Gort-
abakoff sent for the colonels of all the regiments of the
garrison, and interrogated them on their dispositions. These
officers are said to Lave replied, that if the Poles took up
arms u in mio, they would do their duty and repel force
by force, but that if only a pacific manifesto ion
was made, inch as • procession in commemoration of
some event in their national history, they would not
fire on them, not wishing to iujure unarmed men,
however significant the manifestation might be. Among
those officers was a Frenchman who biui been in the Russian
service since 11410, and who was the first to speak in that
liberal sense. General Gortehakoff replied, that the Em-
peror, whose character for humanity was well known, took
a similar view of the matter. Information bad jest reached
Warsaw, which had caused a very deep impression in that
city—the performance of • solemn service at St. Peters-
burg, for the repose of the souls of the Poles who fell in the
affair of the 27th February. That ceremony was attended
by a large number of persons, among whom were not only
Poles and French, hut Russians belonging to the most dis-
tinguished society of the capital. The solemnity bad been
authorised by the Emperor.