DUNEDIN. April 4.

North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3027, 5 April 1882, Page 2

DUNEDIN. April 4.

Bishop Moran, on arrival hero, was mot by tho clergy and a largo nuinbor of the lnity of tho diocese at St. Joseph's Church. After a roliuious sorvice, the clergy presented an address of welcome. At the Supreme Court to-day, Frank Oliver, the pedestrian, was found guilty of the larceny of a ohvn and lockot from a farmer, whose house he stayed at while training for a match. William Walker and John Adams, charged with assault and robbery at Dunedin, having left a man senseless and taking his watch and money. Walker was found guilty and sentenced to twelve months, Adams wat acquitted. Philip M'Binon wa« found not guilty of horse stealing at Shag Valley, tho defence bßing a o ise of disputed ownership. Gilbert M'Ooll, an old offender, for larceny at Hillond, got seven yean. At the official enquiry to-.lay, before tho Resident Magistrate and assessors, into the collision between the it earner « Waitaki and ICoputai, the evidence so far as taken was mainly the same as given previously. Important evidence was, however, given by Arthur Birch, purser on the Waitaki. Ho stated ho was sitting in tho engino room as tho Waitaki wai going to the jotty. He heard the telegraph ring round to full speed astern, but could not Bay how tho second onginoor put the engines, but after the steamer ran into the Koputai Afoffat, the second engineer, s.iid to him, " My God, I have been going ahoad." He admitted he had told the captain of the Waitaki a lie previously in Baying he was not in the engine room, as ho wished not to bo mixed up in the matter. The inquiry was adjourned till Thursday. A warder named Binney and a prisoner named Paget had a narrow escape from drowning in the harbor last night. They ware taking stores to the prison hulk when they wore met by a squall, and the boat aank. The warder could swim, and the prisoner seized a box, and they drifted down tho harb->r, and after being in the water an hour and a half they landed on Goat Island, greatly distressed. A smart shock of earthquake wai felt at Queenstown this morning. Iti addition to the ceremonies in wolcome of Bishop Moran during the day, a a very largo number of the congregation attended to-night to present an address, which was accompanied with a prosentaMon of a purse of one thousand sovereigns. Tho Bishop made a lengthy reply, stating that he would use the money to advance tho welfare of the church ; and making reference to his observation of the state of Ireland and of religion in Italy, he said the details of outrages in Ireland were greatly exaggerated, and tho people were in a deplorably depressed condition ; whilst he had found religion flourishing extremely in Italy, all churches being f nil of worshippers, thus giving a contradiction to the statements of the decline of the church in that country.