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London, England, 1822-07-10 00:00:00

THE LONDON- JOURNALS.

1/7L'PRACTS FROM THE DAILY IttORNING PAPERS,
July It), 1822.

[MORNING POST.]
In the House of Commons last night Mr. W.
Courtenay called the attention of the House to
letters written by Mr; Hope and Mr. Menzies to
341 r. Abercromby, on the subject of a speech
-Which he lately delivered en the case of William
Murray Borthwick., The fetters were voted to
amount to a breach of the privileges of the
Houser and the writers of them are ordered to
appear at the.bar. An order was made for Mr.
Abercromby to attend in his place forthwith.—
The officer who was dispatched to serve the
order soon returned, and reported that Mr.
Abercromby had left his home, and was not ex-
pected to return for eight or ten days. It was
supposed that he had set off for Scotland, and in
the apprehension of a breach of the peace being
contemplated, a messenger was dispatched in
pursuit.of him on the North road, with the Order.
of.the House, while-a second messenger set out
for Scotland to command the attendance of
Messrs. Ilope and Menzies. Here the matter
rests for the present; and upon so deli Cate a sub-
ject we shall wait the result before we offer any,
observations respecting it.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
Our readers will see from some proceedings iii
the House last night, the lengths to which the
baffled and exposed party in Scotland are dis-
posed in their desperation to go. Mr. William
Courtenay called the attention of the House to
a Letter to the HonOurable James Abercromby,
M.P. by Jobe Hope, Esq.," and a correspon-
dence between Mr. Menzies and Mr. A bercromby,
' 'with dome accompanying observations, published
in The Courier of Mouday;as containing passages
calculated- to.. bring the parties into personal
and hostile contact, and forming part of a
system which if allowed to proceed would,
:be Subversive of the first privileges of the
• House. From what fell from Mr. Tierney,
there is but too much reason to apprehend that
..s-erious consequences may ensue. The Messenger
. dispatched with an Order of the House to Mr.
Abercro►nby, which had for object the adoption
of measures calculated to obviate these conse-

quences, returned, after an interval, with a report
that .I‘lr. Abereromby had gone out yesterday
betweeti twelve and two o'clock, and had taken

his butler with• him; that he was not expected to

return for ten days, and that it was believed he
had taken the Barnet road. The Messenger was
afterward,. dispatched with a chaise and four, in
pursuit of My. AbercrOmby.

• • [MORNING HERALD.]
The letters that have been addressed to Mr.
Abercromby by Mr. Hope and Mr. Menzies,
Deputies of the Lord Advocate. of Scotland, in
consequence of Mr. A.'s speech relative to the
Scotch Government prosecutions of Mr. Stuart
and Borthwick, were last night brought before
the House of Commons. They severely reflect
on Mr. Abercromby's speech, attributing, as will
be seen- by .the Parliamentary Report, wilful
misrepresentation to the Iron. Member. As was
stated, the language of the letters was calculated
to occasion personal hostilities ; and besides
voting them to be breaches of privilege, the House
adopted prompt measures to gain possession of
the parties, and to prevent, if possible, fatal con-
sequences.. Mr. Abercromby was ordered to at-
tend-in his place "forthwith.". Mr. Spiller," a
Messenger .of the House of Commons, irmne-
diately proceeded to the Honourable Member's
residence in ,Spring-gardens. He was there in-
formed that Mr. Abercrombie had left townshortly
before two o'clock yesterday afternoon; that
,some individual accorlipanied Mr. A.; and that
the chaise had taken the Barnet road. It 'was
ascrtained that Mr. A. was on his road to Edin-
burgh, whence the letters of Mr. Hope and Mr.
Menzies are dated. The absence of Mr. A. -was
made known to • the House ; but in the, mean
time Mr. •Peel had retired to the Speaker's
Chamber, and there , prepared the requisite
powers for the taking of the Lord Advocate's
two Deputies into custody wherever they might
be found, to secure their observance of the
peace. With such warrants a King's Messenger
was sent to Scotland, and he was accompanied by
Mr. Stein, a Messenger of the CODIETIOIIS,4O serve
the Order of the. House on the two Advocates.—
Soon after the Messengers had left in a post-
Chaise and four, they were followed by Mr.
Spiller, another Commons' Messenger, with the
,Order of the House to be served on -Mr. Aber-
cromby, to attend 'in his seat -in .Parliament
"'forthwith." This Messenger also left London
in a post-chaise and four; so that if the several
Messengers are tolerably active they may arrive
in Edinburgh time enough to prevent any hostile
meeting between the parties.