The Mid-Lothian collieries continue in an uneasy state. On Friday
; a body of colliers, three hundred in number, assembled in Freemason'sHall, at Dalkeith, and held a meeting with locked doors. The Duke of Buccleach, Sir John Hope, Mr. Scott Moncrieff, and other County Magistrates' with a party of police and soldiers, drew up in front of the Hall. Mr. Moncrieff obtained admittance ; but retired when the colliers represented that they had hired the Hall, and were engaged on " private " business. They were watched out, and five persons were unresistingly arrested on charges connected with riots on previous occasions. It was observed that a number of men who were not colliers left the meeting and proceeded by railway to Edinburgh.
Some of the coal-proprietors have commenced actions of ejectment against colliers who have struck work, but continue to live in cottages, the occupancy of which constitutes a part of their wages. The actions are defended, and the regular law process will probably occupy some weeks.
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