Star.
London, England, 1823-08-22 00:00:00

DESPERATE OUTR.4GE AT KINGSTON.

Two men, well known at all the metropolitan Po-
lice Offices, named Ckaaes Hutchins and noted
Smart, as common informers, lately paid a visit to
Kingston and the towns adjacent, where they have
been following their profession nu secret, amongst the
coach-proprietors and coal-merchants, against whom
they filed informations—the former fraternity for u.
fences under the Coo& Act, and the latter for those
under the Coal Laws. These worthies, fearful, should
their occupation be discovered, that they •would be
roughly treated by the town\ peovle, took care tfll
keep themselves out of company, an'! took a lodging
at an inn in the town, where they were treated as
Gentlemen. At length all the coachmen and coal-
merchants were served with summonses, to answer
the information before a Bench of Magistrates at the
Sessions House; and accordingly, on Saturday last
they attended the Court, when to their astonislunent
they found the two supposed Gentletup( present in tha
characters of an informer and witness. The cases
were gone into, and what with informalities and want
of evidence, most of them were quashed. The result
soon spread in the town, and almost immediately after
the Court broke up, upwards of 2,000 people had
collected round the Sessions-House, and were pro-
vided with filth, rotten eggs, stones, and other mis-
siles, for the purpose of attacking the informers when
they came out.
In a few minutes Hutchins made his appearance
under the protection of a constable, nom whom the
mob soon rescued him, and pelted him with the am-
munition provided, till none of his features were dis-
tinguishable: in fact, he resembled a pillar of mud.
On getting to Clutton-bridge, he, to escape his assail-
ants, jumped into the Thames, and concealed him-
self under one of the arches. Some of the mob fol-
lowed him, tore his clothes from his back, and dragge3
hip. two or three times through the river, till he was
almost lifeless. They then dragged him ashore, com-
pletely naked, and deprived him of his whiskers. ctr
this juncture, the Magistrates, headed by a posse of
conitables, arrived on the spot, and succeeded in res-
cuing the fellow from the further vengeance of the
infuriated mob, and conveyed him in a state of in-
sensibility to a surgeon's, where his wounds were
dressed and properly attended to. He was then car-
ried to the house of Mr. Palmer, the Magistrate, in
the fOwal, who 'humanely gave him some clothes to
cover him, and permitted bias to remain tall the
evening, when he was placed in a pon•chaise, and
carried home to his residence in the New Dover-road,
where he now lies in a very precocious state. His
companion. Smart, saw the storm coming on, strut
succeeded in retreating unnoticed by the mob, with.
Out any injury. We understand one or two of tiro
ringleaders. are in custody.

J: Allen, who was confined in the Borough Compter,
for debt, at the time that Mason, who was to have been
tried for robbing the Ctanbrook waggon of 15001. in
country notes, made his escape, and who performed a
similar feat in the space of one minute, before a Com-
mittee of Inspection, to shew by what me:ins Mason
effected his purpose; having been released under the
Insolvent Act, and resumed his occupation as a ship-
wright, yesterday. returned home to his wife, and cor. -
plaining of illness, desired her to, go for his tools, as
he was unable to work longer. She did so, and on
bur return, found him a corpse.

A fast eater will consume a fourth mote at a
meal than a slow eater, and the German shews the
good sense of his nation by keeping to the maxim
that " the first digestion is Made by.the teeth." All
genuine gourmands eat slowly, from the experience
that fast eating soon destroys the stomach and brings
on a premature old agc.