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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 169, 20 July 1870, Page 4

Dr. Hatchard, Bishop of Mauritius, who had only/presided over (he?see eight month s, di ed o n thr ~sfotli Febr d ary . The Rev. Dr. Ewald lately, presented to the Bishop off, Mauchester, at Whitechapel Church, seven converts, from Judaism for confirmation. A feav years;ago therewas only an occasional newspaper in Turkey, and that was published :by the -Government. Now there » re two French n_d two English published in Co: stantinbpfe, besides about a dozen iv the Turkish aiid.Greek hin<»ua<:es. Recently, by order of the Government, papers for the benefit of the Tuiks are published in the larger cities of the empire. Newsboys offer the dailies for sale in (lie streets. It is related by the Rev ; Dr. Scudder i hat on his return home from a long absence ill India, he was standiug on ihe ii.eck of a steamer wiih his son, a youth, when ho heard a gentleman using loud and profane language. "' See friend," siiid the doctor, accosting ..t.h_e_ swearer, " this boy, my son, was born and brought up in a heathen eouiilry, and a laud of pagan idolatry; hut in all his life he never heard a man blaspheme his M >ker until now." The m;in colored, blurted out an apology, and looked a' little ashamed of himself. "Young Ivy," in- the New Zealand Herald, writes as follows: — New Zealand representatives have, always been a nohle b«>dy of men — patriotic, self denying, virtuous, hard-working. When seeking election, none of them ever stooped to briber}, or even sent a carriage to bring a vote. They are animated by one desire — the country's weal. What to them are private interests, when the good of the oomuiuniiy is at stake ? Whoever heard ol a member being concerned iv a job, or accepting pay as a commissioner, or seeking office for its emoluments, or receiving an honornrium. or »iVir:g a vote for a considers ion ? Has not New - Zealand prospered ? Is it not the. result of their wise deliberations ? What country cau boast of sn cheap a Government, so. small a debf, so light a taxation^ or such united and patriotic statesmeu ? Go on,-ye noble baud of orators, and patriots, your wisdom, prudence, virtue, and- self-abnegation shall earn for you undying laurels, which shall be emblazoned on tbe scroll of fame, and handed down to' future generations ! The Council and the Conference: Old Home and New York.— Scarcely will the Dogma of Dogmas have been procliiimed to the Roman world by the cannon of St. Angelo; scarcely will its friends and foes have been dismissed, to repent at leisure over an act of stupendous guilt aud tolly; when, in a very different place, with most dissimilar objects, and under far other auspices, the orthodox Protestantism of the civilised world will assemble, not to define, as of old, the strict limitations of sectarian divisions, but to declare the essential principles of union ; in which the Protestanjs are agreed. The place of this* great gathering hag been not inappropriately chose ; the most populous and prosperous city in the New World offers a hearty welcome to the delegates of Protestant Christendom convoked to meet as a General Conference ©f the Evangelical Alliance ip the Autumn of 1870. The subjects which the Council proposes to discuss are not merely of theological interest :.. they comprise Christian Union, Christianity and its Antagonists, Protestantism and Romanism, Christian Life, Christianity and Civil "'Government, Christianity and Popular Education, Christianity and Social Evils, and Missionary Enier-pr\se.-^-Londo?i Paper. The Varieties Coucert Hall, Itylelbourne, and several shops adjoining were burned down lately. Twenty-six horses were burnt in Garton's stables. Estimated lose, £25,000. Not long ago we heard the following sp&ech of an Irishman to a justice of the peace :- — " Please your worship, he sent mo to the devil, and. l came straight to your honor." Two brothers-in-law met at Macon, a few evenings ago, and, as one immediately shot the other, it is. surmised they were not on good terms. JoH® M'Gee & Co., of Melbourne, have called a meeting of their creditors ; liabilities, £48,000; assets, estimated, at £45,000.; ■_, _ _ J '■