SCOTLAND.
The turn-out, regarded as the project for a general movement, has been a failure in Scotland. An attempt was made to extend it to the East. On Monday, colliers from the pits in East and Mid Lothian met at Dalkeith to receive a deputation from the West.
"Wilson, one of the deputation, addressed the meeting, and urged them to cease working till they obtained the People's Charter. On this the Chairman interfered, and stated they had not met to discuss politics, and he would there- fore vacate the chair. This gave rise to some confusion ; which was at last ter- minated by a collier named Hunter, from Stobhill, being called to preside ; who declared that . every man should be heard till amen.' Wilson was again heard, and again urged the meeting to agitate for the People's Charter; on which a collier, named Higgins, asked how their families were to be supported while they were engaged in the work of agitation? To this no answer was re- turned. Another speaker, adverting to their own grievances, insisted that they ought to have 4s. for every eight hours' work ; but another person from the Marquis of Lothian's collieries, declared that he would not join in such a movement, as he was well content with his present wages. A resolution, pledging the meeting to agitate for the People's Charter, was proposed, but never fairly put to the meeting; and the whole affair terminated by a Committee being ap- pointed, one from each colliery, to consider the question further. It was the general impression, that this attempt to induce the Lothian colliers to strike was a total failure, most of them resolving to return to their work."—Edin- burgh Observer.
The Committee subsequently declared that there should be a strike.
The turn-put near Glasgow continues. There was some little dis- turbance among the manufacturiug population of Calton, but that WRS quashed at once; and potato-stealing remains the worst feature of the strike among the colliers.
The Edinburgh Town-Council met on Tuesday, to consider the pre- parations to be made for the reception of the Queen on her intended visit to Scotland and its capital. After some conversation, in which the Treasurer, Sir William Drysdale, evinced a predetermination to give up all restriction on the Corporation purse-strings, it was agreed that the
Lord Provost's Committee should have full powers to make all neces- sary arrangements, and to consider whether the Councillors should ap- pear in court-dresses on the occasion of presenting the keys of the city.
Father Mathew arrived at Greenock, on Saturday, on a visit to Scot- land. On landing he was escorted by several hundreds of people to the residence of Bishop Scott, where a number of Catholic clergymen were waiting to receive him. On Monday, he administered the pledge to about a thousand people, in the Glasgow Cattle Market.
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