The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-30 00:00:00

In Crown Linde the variation is unimportant.

Under Miscellaneous there is • decrease of
*early 400,0001., duo to a repayment by the
Spanish Government in the corresponding quarter of
last year whicb dues not occur in tbo quarter
just ending, and diminished receipts from the
ea. a old stores.

The net general decrease on the quarter, owing
to the causes explained, is expected to be from
1a0007.101. to 1,800,0001.
The general decrease en the year will be under
1,000,0001. The customs are deartased by
1,100,0001. to 1,200,0001. This is rather more
than the amount anticipated by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer in his budget, but it arises wholly
from the warehouse and other charges collected
by stamps, and not from the chief articles affected
by the tariff. The excise for the year shows a de-
crease of about 900,0001. instead of the 1,000,0001.
increase which was expected—making a re-
duction of about 2,000,0001. below the esti-
mate. This diminution is attributable to
malt and spirits, the causes being the bad
quality of barley, the anticipation of the increased
duty referral to in the quarterly account, the
diminution of the stock of spirits in the hands of
the dealers, and partly also diminished consump-
tion. The decrease has been lessened by the
transfer to the excise of the game duties, included
under taxes.

In stamps the increase on the year will amount
to about 300,0001., arising pertly from the new
duties, and partly from a general increase in the
stamps revenue.

There is a decrease of rather more than 100,0001.
in land and assessed taxes, but it is only an appa-
rent decrease arising from the transfer of the game
duties to the excise.

In the Property and Income Tax there is an in-
crease on the year of about 1,300,0001., caused by
the increased duty and the altered mode of collec-
tion.

In the Post-office department there is an increase
of about 90,0001. TLere is an unimportant variation
in Crown Lands, and on Miscellaneous a decrease
of about 360,0001., occasioned by a falling off in
the receipts from the gale of old storm

LORD PALM LIMON has just made another
oomaion for one of those extra. parliamentary ap-
pearentell in which he indulges more than any
other public man. Having accepted the Lord
Wardership of the Cinque Ports, an office de-
scribed as of ancient institution and some local
advantages—his lordship was obliged to go through
some well-known formalities at Tivertoe. When-
ever the public hears that Lord PALIMUITON is
about to be re-elected, it knows exactly what will
be in the newspaper report next morning. His
lordship will make a prosperity speech, the inevit-
able Mr. Rowet,rr►s will tell some home truths,
like the " confederate "at an entertainment of
natural magic, and the veteran House of Commons'
debater will condescend to employ his Olympian
banter to cover his harmless questioner with ridicule.
The only novelty in the proceedings last Wednesday
—"the ceremony,' as a Ministerial contemporary
appropriately styles it—was the introduction of •
military force. "The Rifles," we are told, " were
" drawn up in front, and the strictest order was
" maintained." Of Lord PAtiminerox'a speech
all that can be said—and it is the highest praise his
lordship has ever sought for his oratory—is,
that it was admirably fitted foe the time