The National Register.
London, England, 1821-07-09 00:00:00

PILLS OF EXCHANGI.

To our commercial readers we need not point out
the great importance of the following " Act to regu.
late the acceptances of Bills of Exchange' (1 and 2
of Geo. IV. cap. 78)—
Whereas according to law as bath been adjudged, where a
bill is accepted isiyable at a banker's. the acceptance thereof is
not a general, but a qualified acceptance: and whereas a praoice
bath very generally prevatied among meichunis and traders so to
wept hills, and the same have, among such persons. burn very
generally considered as bills generally accepted, and accept"'
without qualification : and whereas many persons have been, and
may be touch prejudicial and urnled by .such practice and under-
stauding, and personsaccepting hills may ref eve themselves loin
all inouhventence, by giving such notice as hereinafter mentinnet
of their intention to make only a qualified acceptance thereto':
he it then fine enacted by the King's moat excellent Nlajiaty, br
and with the advice of the lords spiritual and temporal, and
onimoni, in ibis present Parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the same, that front and after the first day of August
now next en-wing. it to.ti person shall accept a bill of exchange.
payable at the house of a winker or other place, without further
expression in his acciiitante, such acceptance shall be deem"'
and taken to be, to as intuits and purposes. &general acceptance
of such bill; but if the acceptor shall in his nizeptance express
that he accepts the bill, payable at a banker's house or other
place only, and not otherwise or elsewhere, such acceptance shall
he deemed and taken to be, to all intents and purposes,a qualified
acceptance of such hill, and tie acceptor shall nut be liable to pay
the said bill, except in default of payment when such payment
shall have been tirst duly demanded at such banker's house or
other place.
And be it further enacted, that horn and after the first day of
August, no acceptance of any inland bid at exchange shall be
sufficient to charge any petson, unless such acceptance be in
wilting on weft bal. or it dole be more than one part of such
but, on one of the :aid pion."

We learn from undoubted authority, that it is his
Majesty's iutention, in consequence of his Corona-
tion, to take into his serious consideration the pro-
priety of releasing from confinement those unfor-
tunate men who have offended the excise laws of the
country.

H.LVDURGH MAIL.

The following are extracts from the Ilamburgh
papers of June .26:.
CiiNtTANTIISOPLE. MAT 28..—At a council of ministers,
or Divan, held on the sth :11.1y, a mod important resolution was
unanimously agreed to, viz :
That lienceilirivard the corps of the Janissaries shall be re.
bresented in the Divan by three members chosen from their own
ody.
1 his measure, which may, perhaps, decide the preservation of
the Turkish poster, has been recommended by Jut:sail, Aga Of
Janissaries, who is well known for his fidelity and prudence.
This experienced man represented that this was the only means
to attach the Janissaries to the Porte, and to prevent all disgust.
In the first Divan, held in presence of the three repriaientatives
of the Janissaries on the 15th May it was resolved—
To organize the Ottoman empire on the Emopean footing.
The representatives atilt: Junissai s not& only two conditions,
which were acceiltil to ;

tat. That the dress of the troops should not be alterittl.
2d. That the detested name at Nisinn lige(lib, which cost the
excellent Sell:» his lite, should be avoided, and another suitable
one adopted instead.
They are now enip:oyed in drawing up the plan of organisation,
which will make a remarkable era in the Ottoman history.
In the same Divan it was debated what was to be done respect.
ing the insurrection in the Alorea, and with regard to the Greek
nation in general.
'rile new Patriarch was called upon to give his opinion.—
The composure and uiguity with which he spoke produced great
effect.

Another measure, which may he extremely important in its
consequences, but may likewise tend to inspire the Porte and
lead to unpicasant differences with the maritime powers. is the
summons sent to all the piratical states of Barbary, to join the
Sultan's fleet with all the ships they can eqMp. In the summons
addressed to these states every thin is said that can infLinie
and tempt cupidity.
The English Ambassador has already &elated that his Court
cannot permit the ships of the Carbary States to come into the
lunitia tea, and that the ports of the lonian Islands would be
shut against them.
The admission of the Representiarie of the Janissaries into
the Divan, a circumstance unparalleled in the Turkish history,
has produced an extraordinary sensation here. The eonsequencts
of it are incalculable. _ _

Energetic measures have been adopted for the safety of the
foreign Ambassadors. All Turks are in. bidden to speak of pub.
he events; two of pretty high rank have expiated their disobe.
(Hence with their lives. A plot concerted by Itltiots to burn the
marine arsenal has been discovered ; twenty of the persons im-
plicated have been executed.
The English Ambassador, Lord Strangford, who had his first
authence of the Sultan on the 18th of May, was received with
extraordinary honours, and some degrading parts of the etre-
monit.l forms wereomitted. Generally, when the Ambassadors
conic to the middle gate of the setagrio(Orta Capussi) they era
desired tn di,.mount, and invited to sit down on a bench, which
is tite usual seat of the Impenal executioners and hangmen;
here they are generally made to wait an hour betive they are
admitted into the second court. Lord Strangiortl did not stop
at all, but passed the bench. The Sultan himself answered his
speech. which is usually done by the Grand Vizier. Among the
cerentonies on this occasion, it must be added, that betiwe the
repast at which the Grand Valor and the Ambassador cat sitting,
and the two first interpreters standing, the Janissaries received
their pay—a tedious ceremony, which lasted five hours—the
arrears being paid tOr six months. The money was brought in
13,m0 leather bags of UM piastres ;arch (six millions and u halt
of piasters.) The Ambassador received as a present tire horses,
which are worth 3,000 piasters, and their trappings 13,000.

LISBON, Jura 12.—" On Sunday, the 10th, at
five in the afternoon, a fire broke out in a part of
the square where the palace of the Junta of com-
merce is situated. No public misfortune since the
earthquake. of 1155 has equalled this; all attempts
to stop the flames were useless, and it destroyed
almost the whole of the palace in a short time.—
There is no doubt that the fire was by design, as
pitch and oilizr inflammable matter were found in
the neighburhood. The damage is incalculable.
The five depots of acts, the most important to the
nation, have been destroyed. Mr. Sepulveda took'
though uselessly, the wisest measures to stop the
flames ; and the commander of an English frigate
in the port sent his engines and the greatest part of
the crew. A great number of military have suffered
from their courage ; an officer of the English navy
and two sailors have been dangerously wounded."
Lette:s from Odessa of the Gth ult. were re-
ceived on Tuesday, which state that an action had
taken place near Jassy, between the Turks under
the Paella of Ibrail, and a detachment of the troops
of Ypsilanti, headed by Prince Cantacuzene, in
which the flamer were defeated, with the loss of
500 men in killed and wounded.
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Dutch papers to the 4th instant arrived. The
important law introducing a new system of indirect
taxes has passed the Second Chamber of the States
General. It was carried only by a majority of 4
the numbers being, ayes 5.5, noes 51.—Only four
members were absent. It was a contest between
the advocates of a free trade and those of the pro-
hibited system. The former prevailed.
Letters from Paris mention, that the people of
France prefer purchasing land which affords them
only two per cent. to buying into the stocks, thought
the latter produce three finks the amount.
Wednesday morniug, soon after day-break, twenty
of his Majesty's coach horses left the royal stables
on their way to Liverpool, whither they are to pro-
ceed by easy stages, travelling morning and evening,
and whence they are to be embarked for Dublin.—
So carefully are they to proceed, that 15 days will
be allowed for the pet-fin-mance of the route. They
were accompanied by two of his Majesty's best car-
riages. Fourteen saddle horses will proceed to Li-
verpool also fin. Dublin.
It is quite certain that his Majesty will not close
the Session in person. The prorogation, which
will be by commission, takes place un Wednesday
':xt.

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