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the city was tranquil (excepting somt single acts
of murder); that the police, in consequence of
.the
urgent representations of the European ■gents, we.
more strictly administered, and the Turkish uu.
tharities did their utmost to protect the Prlmks enyd
•void all cease of complaint.,. Letters from &arms
also state, that orders have been giver' in the dip.
trictswf Natoli' for the levy of considerable num.
tiers of men, who are marched to Syria, where the
Porte intends to assemble a large army, in the
spring..-(Nuremberg Correspondent, Marrh lo.)

THE 'MITI S H

LONDON,
TUESDAY. MAacii 19. 1922.

I.ll* probable results of the repeal of the annual
malt tax were made the subject of some very in-
teresting diocusetee last night in the House of
Commons. Our readers will remember that on
Friday night, Just Mr. CALTZIer, in answer to
qeestion put night,
Sir J. Yonie, informed the House
that the reduction of the tee would hue no effect
upon the price of malt liquor. He said that of
the rive-pence at which porter is now sold by the
quart, something more than three-halfpence gis to
the Goveronseni, something less than three-half-
puke go to the retail dealer, and that from the
inge:penetemisaining to the brewer it was impossi-
hle to make any reduction. This statement was
noticed yesterday evening by Mr, Holltitioll, who
very properly observed that the repeal of the duty
contemplated 4 the Ministers was meant to belie.
fit the public by a diminution of price, and a pro-
portionate increase of conemption, god that the
Ministers would never cormext4o repeal the tog if
it could be supposed that ths.,tvAele; amount were
to 'find its way to the pocketeol grent brewers'.
Mr. illusietssoe, therefore, neggessed the espe-
diency of adopting some memoirs which might in-
' sure to the public the advantage proposed by the
Ministers—such as the imposition of a tax epee till
beer brewed by public brewers, to au inment malt
to the reduction of the duty upen malt, Oohs*
they will consent to redone ibe priepet their beer
to the consumers. It is dilfieultAst colltesivelay
thing mere fair than such a 'proposition, sat
deed it can be contended that a m4806084* the
price of malt causes no diminution.o4B
pens,. of brewing. Unless this be ts,Stepo.ift is
quite cheer that every shilling o( ppietion .egessiv.
ad must, if the price of beer reamie oneiminged.
pet a shilling into the pockets of the brews% to-
gether with the additional profit orients. /NW the
canister& employment of the money:41500110d
from the Treasury. Mr. BUIToN fed i edositted
the propriety of Mr. Husitssoe's obiservatione.and
evened his intentiou of supporting such a condi.
eipmal munure as he had suggested, providedomeh
effects were found to arise from the repeeidilitil
tax as seemed to bare been apprelisesdpid...
The navy estimates were disesessid
goineteoess last night in the Committee of Sup.,
ply. The whole of them not having been gone
through at twelve o'clock, the Chairman reported
progress, and asked leave to sit again.
In the Committee of Supply. sum of 2,000,7084
was. voted for the purpose of paying off the P'eo.
pristine of the Navy Five per Cents. who had alias
seated from the new arrangement. In @num to a
question from Mr. Hunts, Mr. VAWIITTART stated
that•the funds from which this sum would be sup-
plied would be stated in the Committee of Ways
and Means.
• The Paris Papers of Friday last repeat diem?
nuance of the death of the celebrated Ate Peale
of Joining, upon the authority, of letters from
Corfu, Durazzo, Prevent. and other places. He M
said to lave fallen by the hands of his immediate
relatives god adherents. The treasures found in
the castle of Janina amounted to 218 tnilliotis-
some say of francs, and some of piastres, and with
this there also fell into the hands of the conqueror
a large quantity of important diplomatic papers,
which are said to commit several foreign.diploma-
fists. Among the individuals most affected is
M•lloliirr Act. Pasha of Egypt, against whom
the Ottoman Porte means to direct its power as
soon as Greece shall be restored to tranquillity.
The accounts from Madrid contain the report of
the Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. MA RVIN CZ DE
its Rose, which give a favourable repreisratatiou of
the foreign relations of the Spanish Government.
la Russia the Spanish Andmagailor has been offs.
cielly, recognised. and. the mot perfect harmony
soignee between the two nations. The 'Options
with Portugal are amicable, and also with Femme.
The continuance of the cordon of herlihmirther
French' frontiers long after the malady hadAviig:'
excited the jealousy of the Spanish Govesiment,
and the Kill• caused his Ambassador io Peels ,to
demand e positive explanitiuu upset this subject.
A similar. explanation was required with regard:
to the assistance afforded to the insurgents in No.
varre, and the French Mitlistere have, io
queues., given coders that no atom ,re ittagto-
aition should be sent to thew. Soon diffire.•
vices had arisen between this two Goteroaalts re.
spewing the rights of postumge in certain parts of
the Pyrene:s. and engineers have been employed
to ascertain the limits of the two saiinns.
The activi'y of the police and of the troops in Paris