London, Aug. 20.
The first case of passive resistance under the National Insurance Act has occurred in Walworth, where " well-known Liberal named Hurlock has been fined £5 on each of three summonses. The magistrate ordered the contributions to the value of $6,000. The Europeam police sergeant was attacked but he escaped.
The" Hongkong Telegraph" of the Sth instant states.—We are informed that Jotteriay morning Colowan Island near Mecao, was attacked body of Chinese piration, bat that the raflany were scattered by the Portuguese troops there. 'The inland' has, since the troubles some two years ago, been occupied by about 150 additional forty men hare been posted to soldiers, and we now learn that the inland to strengthen the garrison. It will be recalled that about two years ago it Colowan Island x their base, and that the wrt dlcovered that the pirates were sing Portuguese authorities were compelled to carry out quite s little expedition with naval and military forces to rout them out of their strongbold.—Ep. be paid, but expressed his readiness to consider an application to state a case for the purposes of appeal.
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