The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-10 00:00:00

Lord Chief Justice MANI TIVLD sat for about
an hour, when some uninteresting Petty Jury
maw were disposed of. The n•maining Petty
Jury causes were postponed mutt' the Sittings pre-
vious to next term; and his Lordship appointed
the Special Jury causes to come on for trial on
Monday.

The inhabitants of Worcester are just relieved
from the burthensome toll of their new bridge, for
which great public rejoicings hale taken place in
that city.
• Saturday evening, as one of the men belonging
to Messrs. Calvert was driving his, dray in Upper
Thames-street, he slipped down, and a waggon
passing at the time, the wheels %cut over him, by
which big thigh was broken. He was immediately
taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Ten men and four boys, colliers, were on Fri.
day se'nnight drowned in two pits, belongiug to
Messrs. Lee and Co. situate at East A Miry, near
WAkefield, by the bursting, it is supposed, of the
tunnel of some old pits lying near, and not now
in use. Three lads who were at the mouth of the
pib, on hearing the rushing of the water, climbed
up the rope, ai alarming by their cries the men
at the top, *ere fortunately extricated from their
wiles& situation.
The appearance thruoghout Ireland in general
has been improved in a remarkable degree by the
late rains ; it wears a general aspect of promise, in
a luxuriant and abundant harvest ; the fruit has,
however, been considerably blighted by the seve-
rity of the tempest which ushered in last month.
Whoever has been in the habit of frequently
passing along the Surrey side of the Metropolis,
utast perceive that the stagnant and putrid ditches
with which it abounds, are enough to breed a pes-
tilence; end that all the efforts hitherto made to
cleanse them are unavailing, in consequence of the
inhabitants choaking them up with every kind of
rubbish and filth. This monstrous nuisance has
been increasing every day with the increased num-
ber of houses, and at last it became necessary to
obtain the sanction of the Legislature to a plan
fur abating it. Au Act chlleti " The Surrey
Drainage Bill" was passed before the close of
the late Session, and will be speedily carried into
effect. The object is to run a large barrel
drain through part of Lambeth, St. George's-
fields,_ and the Borough, through which a part of
the Thames will pass without obstruction, and in-
to which all the smaller drains and ditches shall
be emptied. It will begin and communicate with
the River a little below Westminster-bridge, cross
Pedlar's.acre, come into the New Cut, pass
through Charlotte-street, cross Blackfriar's-road,
near Mr. Hill's Chapel, and proceed along Queen.
street and Union-street into the Borough. It
will then be carried forward through King-street,
turn on the left by Guy's Hospital, and cross
Tooley-street into Bridge-yard, where it will
again communicate with the River. The whole
extent of this drain will be one mile and three
quarters; and it will have a gradual fall from
beginning to end, of near 15 feet.—lt is for the
purpose of increasing this fall that it will be
carried below London Bridge. The expence is
to be borne by a rate on all the parishes
through
which the sewer passe-