The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-15 00:00:00

SOUTH -SEA FISHERY.

Brothers, of London, June 11, 1843, out 23 months,
with 1,200 barrels ; Matilda, Bless, 17th, out 36 months,
with 650 barrels ; Henrietta, Henderson, Aug. 15, out
24 months, with 210 barrels ; Eliza Frances, Miner,
Sept. 7, out 111 months, with 230 barrels ; Kitty, Ben-
son, Dec. 4, out 18 months, with 500 barrels ; Pilot,
Blake, 9th, out 23 months, with 500 barrels ; Eclipse,
Hay, Jan. 22, 1844, out 27 months, with 1,200 barrels ;
Aladdin, Boon, out 20 months, with 1,900 barrels ; Alert,
Martinson, 16th, out 28 months,
,with 1,000 barrels ;
Jerman, 18th, out 281 months, with 1,850 barrels;
Mary Anna, Shey, April 8, out 8 months, with 200
barrels ; Bermondsey, Stokes, at Aguam in March,
8 months from Sydney, with 450 barrels, by the Surprise
arrived at Sydney, from the South Seas.

WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The utmost alarm and excitement has prevailed
since Sunday last among the surviving relatives of
the deceased individuals whose remains lie interred in
the burial-ground of Christ Church, Westminster, in
consequence of notices having been placed at the
church-doors announcing that a proportion of the
proposed new line of road from the Abbey to the
Vauxhall-bridge-road would pass through the burial-
ground of the above churchyard, which, if carried
into effect, will be the means of disturbing the re-
mains of hundreds far advanced in a state of decom-
position. In consequence of this, together with the
fact that the proposed line will not be a direct but a
circuitous one, a powerful opposition has sprung up,
and preliminary meetings, supported by some of the
most influential individuals in Westminster, have been
held fur the purpoSe of proposing another line of
street, which will not only be a short and direct com-
munication between the Palace and Pimlico and the
Houses of Parliament, and open the west front of the
Abbey, too long obscured and disfigured by buildings
which really are a disgrace to that splendid and vene-
rable edifice, but avoid outraging the feelings of the
surviving relatives of those who have, many of them,
long since been consigned to their last resting-place.
The originally proposed line, known as " Rigby
M'ason's," according to the plan, will have its termi-
nation in the Vauxhall-bridge-road, whilst the re-
cently proposed line runs through Tothill-street,
York-street, to Arabella-row, Pimlico, thus forming
a straight and direct communication between Pimlico
and the Broad Sanctuary.
Notices for both lines were posted on the church
doors of all the parishes on Sunday last, as also in the
London Gazette.

IMPROVEMENTS hi the QUEEN'S

PARK.

-We are glad to notice that the cutting of the great
drain through the bog under Salisbury Crags is
making rapid progress. For some time past the work
has been attended with serious difficulties, from the
constant falling in of the sides and the continued pour-
ing in of water from the surrounding springs. The
drain has now crossed the road in front of the spot
formerly known as " Maggy's Hole," and has
entered the meadow, so long and justly complained
of as one of the most offensive nuisances in the
neighbourhood of Edinburgh—a nuisance which
in a very short period will happily no longer exist.
Probably none of the numerous improvements un-
dertaken in the vicinity of Edinburgh for a number
of years back, have excited the same degree of in-
terest with those now going forward in the Queen's
Park. Every fine day multitudes of well-dressed
persons may be seen promenading the footpath at
the finished part of the road to the south part of the
bog—all anxiously looking forward to its junction
with the portion already formed to the east of the
Palace, leading towards Jock's Lodge. This junction
will probably be effected in the course of the ensuing
spring, and will open up a part of what, when finished,
will be one of the most magnificent carriage drives
in Europe.—Edinburgh Paper.