The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-12 00:00:00

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

ARTHUR TILNLV, C 1171;;;/, ;7.a 11;j1;l181.11,.AMglIAt 19. at the
Faculty-hall, Glaagow.
WILLIAM ALLAN, Newton-Stewart, non merchant, Augus-t la, It
the Faculty-hall, Glamitw.
Arce's7 I, Gaza. ka, Greenock, clothier, .lugubt 18, at the White
Hart lintel, Greene. k.
Wirt' AM CnwAs, Ulaeguw, accountant, .lugust 17, at the Faculty-
hall, tiliegow.
LEW IA MACBEAN. Inverness, merchant, August 19, at the Pee.
curator's Rooms, Inverne.a.
WII.I.IAM STEWART, Uteenock, coal merchant, August 19, at the
White Hart Hotel, Greenock.
DI.N.'AM STEWART and Joni FLEMING, Dundee, ironmongers,
August 18, at the Royal Hotel, Dundee.
Ea La CAMERON, Aberdeen, hooka...ller, August 19, at the Lemon
1 etc Hotel, Aberdeen.

THE PMITON COAL PIT ExPLOSIO:e.—Of the
four men injured by the explosion of gas in the Oldfield
coal pit, Fenton, on the 7th of July, two have died and
a third is still in a dangerous state. The inquest on the
two deceased, adjourned for the attendance of one of the
injured survivors, was concluded on Monday afternoon.
The coroner m summing up said the evidence showed •
reckless working of the pit. The jury found a verdict
of accidental death, adding an on of opinion that
blame attached to the d butty and the ground
bailiff, but the evidence did not warrant them in going so
far as to say that any one should be made criminally re-
sponsible for the accident.
A Co-OPELaTIArIt COAL COMPANY.—The annual
general meeting of Messrs. Henry Briggs, Son, and Com-
pany (Limited), proprietors of the Wlntwood and Methley
Collieries, was held on Monday. It is the first, if not the
only, concern managed under a system of co-operation
between masters and men. At the pits over 1,200 hands
are employed, and all who qualify themselves by.keeping
a book in which their wages are entered, and tag it to
be verified before a certain day in July, are entitled to •
certain proportion of half the per-oentage over ten per
cent. of the divisible profits, the portion varyng according
to the nature of the work done. This year the sum of
3,160/. has been thus set apart, the company, after making
ample allowance for all contingencies and capitalising 10s.
every 101. share, being able to pay • dividend of 10 per
cent. and 11 per oent. hones to the shareholders, in addi-
tion to 3t per oent. bonus to the men.
NORTH-EASTERN BRANCH LINES.—The proposal
of the North-Eastern directors to abandon the Chlluog and
Pickering railway has aroused strong opposition in-Bye-
dale. A meeting has been held at lie , ',led over
by Earl Faversham, at which the North-Eastern
was described aa a gross breach of faith, and it was Wresdi
that the line ought to be made, and that its abandonment
should be opposed in parliament. On the other hand, the
North-Eastern is strenuously advocated at Melton,
Scarhio, Draft d, and other towns, which are petitioning
the directors to substitute a cheap line over the flat coun-
try from Melton, which would be shorter than the Gating
and Pickering, would better serve the district, and would
cost only one-third the amount per mile capital outlay.
Anti-abandonment meetings are to be held at Kirby and
Pickering. Quite • rail:7...war may be anticipated in
parliament during next .
DuuvriLue and Co., Belfast, are the largest
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mend, d bythe medical profewdon.hi preference to French 8r0n0.7.
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