The Sun.
London, England, 1801-06-26 00:00:00

NORWICH, JUNE 25.

TN It West end of our Cathedral is now on fire,
owing to the carelessness of the workmen who, were
new leading it. They have got plenty of ettgioes
and water, and we hope it will soon be sxtinguished.

On Monday morning, the following dreadful sui.
cidc took place at the Lock-up-House, of Mr.
Swete, in Pigmatket, Plymouth. 'A respeetable
Tradesman of that Town, was taken into custody
on Saturday last, on a charge of having King's
Naval Stores in his possession, knowing them to
be stolen) and put in the Lock-up-House ; from
which he was to have been sent on Monday to Ex.
cter Gaol, to take his trial at the ensuing Larmas
Assizes. He was called at six o'clock; and said,
he would be down directly ; but he had no sooner
uttered the words, than he tell back on the bed,
and expired with a groan. His fellow-prisoners got
up and alarmed the House, when, on examining the
. body, it was found, that he had cut his throat
with a razor found near the bed, to the very Ver.
tebrx of, the neek, Several Surgeons were called,
but it was too late to render him any assistance.—
I-k has left a wife with a large family to lament
his untimely fate. On Monday evening, Mr.
Eastlake, the Coroner, and a resyee.table Jury, held'
an Inquest, on ,the body, and btoght in a Verdi&
uf—Lsourg.

On Monday there was found 'neat the Rock un-
der Stonehouse-hill, Plymouth, the body of-it young
woman, decently dressed, who appears to have been
most cruelly murdered. She, had a black mark,
round her neck, asifstrangled with violence. Her
tar-rings had been torn from the tip of, her ears, and
a ring forced from one of her fingers. 'two Sol-
diers are in custody on suspicion of the murder.
The unfortunate men who were executed on
Wednesday, made an attempt to escape from the
condemned cell on Monday morning; through the
common sewer.• They had explored as fir as Milk
street, Cheapside, when the intolerable stench -and
filth overpowered their senses ; with great difficulty
they found their way to the iron grating, and en-
treated by their cries to be liberated. Asistance
wac immediately procured, when they were released
without much' difficulty.

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. Mr: El6lti i ',V t said, he Was to shew cattse against
this Rule obtained by Mr. GIB US) wiliCh. was, to
shew cause Why a 1144ridam4 should not issue; dit ea-
Ing the Msyor and JustiCes to proceed in a Manner
specified in the Ride, to take the Average price of
Corn prepateitory to the
.fixing the Assize and prke
of .Bread in- the City Of Bath, &e, Which Motion,
Mr. Easairee said, was' in other Words, a Motion
for a Mandamus to keel up, if' not to eahance, the
price of 'Bread •
Lord KENYON said, that on the first view of this
case, it should seem that the Rule could never be
made absolute, because it appeared that those Ma-
gistrates were not obliged, to set this ocany other
Assize on bread at this City. That thnmatter was
optional in the Magistrates. i
Mr. Gx aus•said, it was very true .that it was
optional in the Magistrates, .whether they fixed the
Assiie and price of. Breed,or not, 'Ralf Alley did
so, he contended they mug _ aft according to the
provisitins of the Aet of parliament, which was
made for reguleting this matter, and which he con-
toldede they did not, in this case, as he had stated
when he made the Motion on which this. Rule
was obtained: He complained that .they did not
take the ..Retorn . of_ the price, of Corn froth War-
minatee, or the Pevieese ea used. to be the ease, and
they excluded the City of Bath; although there was
there a pitched stand. alai , Peblic Market for the
Sale of Corn, and they resorted to• the pride of
Corn,as it took place at Bristol, where there was
no fixed Market or pitched stand, for the Sale of
corn. . That the Magistrates had.also discontinued
the praaice of entering in a book the Returns of the
price of Corn and Flour, and the Assize and price
of Bread, end. of keeping, that ,book open .to , the
inspeCtion of the Bakers, svho had been alwa,..s, un.
til lately, permitted lo state reasons why- the 'As-
sizewas not such as-should be affix-de allowing to
them a liaing—prefit, Ste,. , Be added, that he had
no imputation to offer on the integrity of the Magi-
strates, he only submitted on behalf of the Bakers,
that tittles, some of the Regulations which hadbeen
discontinued, apd which the Act of Parliament pro-
vided, were restored, the Bakers could not live.
As a proof, that he had no hostile intention against
these Magistrates, he said, he had only moved for a
Mandamus direaing them to perform that which the
Ad requieed them to perform, if they. acted at all
in ta4 business : wheteas they had been served with
notice of Motion for a Criminal. Information.---
He admitted, that the lower classes of the comm.
nity had, for some time, been unable, by their la-
bout', to, support themselves, owing to the high
price of the Articles. of Life, and particularly that
of; .Bread. ' That therefore ,Magistrates were wor-
thily employed, in watching over the price and As.
size of Bread ; hut he submitted that the 13akeri
were not a class of persoes who had it in their power
to
,oppress the poor. That a person ..who was a
Baker, enlesa lie was also a Mcalrnan, was one who
seldom got very rich ; it was certainly a Trade in
which the profits were, yery tnoderate, ~ He said this
'merely to do away the impression, if arty such had
been made, that the Bakers were the persons 'aVho
Caused the high price of Bread ; they certainly were
not so. His ,objea wasrnot to compel these Magi-
strates to take the Returns of the City of Bath, as
to the price of Corn and 'Fitior, nor of any one
place, but that they might not exclude it, and take
the Return as they pleased from one place alone, es
they had done, by taking the Return from Bristol
only. He knew the Magistrates were not bound to
take this Assize at all, but If they did, they should
do' it according, to the provisions of the Aft of Par