The Alabm. — The cutter Alarm, Seymour, master, arrived yesterday from Mangawai rift Kohi marama, haying left on the previous evening, and called at Kohimarama to discharge seven head of cattle before coming up harbour. She alio brought a quantity of kauri gum and settlers' produce, and four passengers. The Sovxrbiok or the Seah< — The cutter Sovereign of the Seas, Moller, master, arrived yesterday from Tauranga, via Matakana and Wanga parapara, iv ballast. She report* {having left Tau ranga on Tuesday last, and called at Matakana on Wednesday, with the intention of loading posts and rails, but failed to procure a cargo. Passengers: Mr. Hunter, jun., and two others. The s.s. Midge may be expected to return from Wangarei this evening. The paddle-steamer Enterprise No. 2, Captain Scon, left the wharf at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon for Kauaeranga, Thames, with stores, general merchandise, and 25 passengers, and returns this evening. Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co., the well* known shipbuilders of Glasgow, have offered to build a vessel capable of making the passage from Plymouth to Melbourne in 46 days, carrying sufficient coals, 400 passengers, and 1,000 tons of measurement goods. The vessel \ would cost about £95,000, and her builders would take one -fifth of her cost iv shares. There seems to be no difficulty in obtaining the necessary capital, if a fixed subsidy per voyage is guaranteed by the Government. The cutters Alacrity for the Wade, and Rapid for the Wairoa, Thames, sailed yesterday afternoon, with passengers and stores. The sohooner Julia, Coupland, master, arrived last evening from Waiheki, with a cargo of firewood. The cutter Willie Winkie, Owen, master, sailed last night for Kauaeranga and Opotiki, with 10 tons of potatoes. The putter Catherine, Kane, master, arrived early yesterday morning from Kawakawa, Thames, with a cargo of lime, dtc. The cutter Four Sisters, Hatfield, master, arrived last evening from the Wade, with a cargo of settlers' produce, kauri gum, and two pasiengers. Ihe cutter Bessy, Edwards, master, sailed yester day rooming for the Thames, with sundry mer* chandise and passengers. The schooner Lily arrived eaily yesterday morn* ing from Waiheki, with a cargo of firewood. The cutter Rangatira, Green, master, sailed yes terday for Kauawranga, Thames, with stores and ten passengers. The cutter Rose, Phillpott, master, sailed yester day for Wangarei, in ballast, to load coals at Mr, Walton's mine*.
