SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 5592, 9 February 1881, Page 3

SHIPPING.

Higfe Water, To-MORROW.—Takroa Heads: 12.14 a.m., 12.38 p.m. Port Chalmers : 12.54 a.ia, 1.18 p.m. Dunedin : 1.89 am., 28 p.m. Fort tJlwaUaoa-u AllßlVED—PucacAftT a Taiaroa, BA, 228 tons, M'Gfco, from Timnru. Passengers : Mr and Mrs R&yaer, Miss Jardin, Messrs Qranam, Pann, and twu ptcoragc. SAILED-Fr.BItU ART 8. Maori, 5.8., 118 tons, Jonue, for Oatcaru. Kakanul, 8.5., 69 tons, Sundatruin, for Invcrcargill. St. Kilda, S.S., tons, Flower Jay, for Northern P orta - Fsbroart 0. Martha Reid, schooner, 75 tons, Bvopby, for kyltelton. » T , . . . t Rotoniahana, b.b., 893 ton 3, Underwood, for Auckland via interm-diate porta. Pa9*ongerß: For Lytte'ton—Rev. DrCoplaud, Master Giondining, MossrsMtnuh and Loing. For Wellington—Mrs Cowio, Mews Park, A. Mackay. and Miss Nellio lone*. For NapieiMessrs H. M'Lecs, 8 M'Leos, and J. M'Lece. J'or Auckland—Mosara Gleudining and Spcncar. Fur Sydney-Mr a. Murray. The Union Company'a Tararua arrived at Hobart last nlffht, after a geod ruu across. Tho Bsautiful Star was floated into tho Graving Dock this morning for cleaning, scraping, and repainting. , , . Tho Taiaroa left Tlmaru at 11 p.m. yestorday and experienced southerly winds along the co»8t, arriving at nine this morning. Sho brings 400 bales of wool for the Dunedin, eighty-two bales for the Auckland, and six bales and seven casks tallow for the British Wears Cargill, Gibbs, and Co. have received tolelaihic advice of tho arrival at London on tho Cth it ««the Albion Cjmpany's ship Lyttelton, eiglitylcedays out from Port Chalmers. The Te Anau, from Auckland via Intermediate ports, arrived at ten o'clock this morning She left Auckland at 5 p m. on tho 4th inst., and e.illed ?t ill the wayside porta. Wo thank Mr Pursor Birch for report and exchangps. Te Anau, 8.8., 1,033 tons, Carey, from Auckland yla Intermediate \>ottß. Passengers : Mr and Mrs Reid, Mo»damcfl Kldd and two children, Horsey, Hellyer, Eyre, Hack worth, Peterson, Coopor, Misse* Burnside, Gillisple, Horsey, Phareycgn, Hackworth, ftcorge, F. Jones, Rutherford, M. Culvort, Rev. E. Beet, Mesurs M. Cohou. Snider, Kcan and eon, Collins, Wright, Franck, Whlttall, Finlay, Rutherford, Alion, W. Hare, Vitt, Rov. J. Curmiss, uml thirteen Btoeraije. The following wore tho pas?en»erf> by the outward j mall steamer Australia: -Mr and Mvb Llngard and two children, Colonel A. Nugent, Mr C. W. Cr».i(,% Mr O A. Moss, Mr Colenisn and wife, Mr and Mrs Ucor/e Buck, Mr D. R. Stephenson, l>r 11. VV. Watiin:,-, IC. Piotrowaki, Mr and Mrs Self and bov, Mr Charles W. Brvden Mr S. S. Stead, Mr Jurnos M'Kiven, wife, and five children, Mr J. A. B. Hamilton, Mr John Sorcnsc-n and family, Mrs Kardy and family, lliomas Minouuc, Mr Charles Overton, Mr A. F. Porter, Mr L Blumer, wife and child. Mr C. Stanhope, Mr A. W. Burnett, Mr A. May, Mr T. Richards. JB M S Alert, from the South Sea Inlands on a surveying cruise, has arrived at Sydney. Previous to hor present commission sl.o was ungated in the Arctic Expedition, In command of Sir G. Wares 1 or that commission sho was especially strengthened, her rides and bottom receiving a wood padding to the thickness of some Sft. Her registered tonnage is 720 tons, and hor displacement 1,100 tons. She is barque-rigged, and canies four 20-poundora. She left England in August, IS7B, spent two years surveying in the Straits of Magellan, and since then she hag been cruising in the South Seas searching for Vigias reefs • on the 10th December last left Tahiti for the position of the Rhin Shoal, about 200 miles north of Auckland, and after a vigilant search for three weeks found that it had no existence; gave the search up on January 9, and sailed for o>dncy. the Alert expects to remain at Syduoy # till the middle of April, and will probably continuo hor cruise either on the north-west coast of Australia or among the islands. The following are the names of the officers, and their appointments :—Captain. J. P. tfaolear; Ant lieutenant, E, G. DedeflJ eecond li«u<

tenant. G. S.Gunn; third lieutenant, 11. II Itoopor; ; fourth lieutenant, J. 11. C. Eist; navigating: lieu- , tenant, W. 11. Potley: ni'i-licutenaut, C. W. U. ' Ikrosford; jr.vmaater, F. Nath ; staff -surgeon, It. W. : Cjppinger; engineers,!'. Dinwoodic, W. Cook; boat- j ewa ; n, A. Payne. j sntppmg Telegrams KussKLii, February 8.-4 pm, Ringarooma, for Auckland. , AvokIiAND, February S.—Arawata, for Kubecil I' cbruirj' 0, S p.m., Xeilnndia, with the 'Frisco mail. Pjcto'n, February 3.—Evening, Wanaka, for Wellington. —————— "