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New Zealand Mail, Issue 849, 8 June 1888, Page 1

An extraordinary scene has been witnessed in Constantinople, hundreds of Turkish

women having assembler! outside the residence of the Ministor of Finance to demand the immediate payment of the arrears of pension dne to retired gendarmes. The scene* ivaa one of indescribable tumult, and had the infuriated women succeeded in lading hands upon the Minister, his life would hot have been worth many minutes' purchase. As it waß, an old woman who tried to persuade the crowd to disperse was brutally thrust about and hustled, being finally pushed through oue of the windows of the Ministry into the courtyard, where she died from the treatment she had received. A case of true love which has not run very smoothly has lately.occurred in this city. _ •». young gentleman of fashion has been staying here for some time, and has been paying his addresses to a highly respectable young lady. This youth, who belongs to a very old and well-known family in Britain, is one cf that class known as remittance men. He professed himself deeply enamoured of the vounc lady, to whom he became engaged, and arrangements had been made for the wedding to take place on Monday last, bo late as Saturday night the yoiing man was m a well-known retail establishment in one ol our leading thoroughfares buying articles for the wedding. But when Sunday a bells were ringing for church the young man had evidently altered his mind, for &■ Homeward "bound steamer is now carrying the false and fickle one en route for his Ancestral home, while the cruelly-jilted yotnyg lady is left to mourn the* deceitfulness of men.

The London correspondent of the Boston Herald telle the foliowing: story of Prince George Prince George is; a bif of a sponathrift, and his father hasf twicei- been compelled to pay off avUrgeiaind alt °S° fc “" ohoice assortment of his debts. On the last occasion, about a year ago, he was sent back to his ship, if not iu disgraco, .m a state of humiliation and penniless, bhortly afterward the christeuing of« the Battenberg baby occurred, and presents were sent to the infant in great.quantities and of value commensurate to his exalted rank. rl ? ce George duly and dutifully sent his offering _a pewter mug, with a tag attached, on which was written, “ To my beloved nephew, with the hope that when his nephew is christened he will be able to purchase a more appropriate gift than-this. It is said that the Prince of Wales, on reading the inscription, cried “The boy lain corrigible, “then laughed heartily, and next day sent him a haadsome sum. A submarine torpedo boat -has just been tried at Kiel and Daptzig. ' It « said officially that the boat can safely descend 42ft under water! The immersion apparatus cons.sts'of two vertical screws, actuated by a tWo-cyUnder engine of six horse-power.. A reservoir, containing five tons f of water, regulates the descent. The crew consists^ of three men. Two torpedoes, five metres loDg, are placed forward. The boat is armed for its own defence with two rapid firing guns and three McEvoy torpedoes.. The new tor. pedo boat goes 900 miles without renewing its coal supply, is 35 metres long, and makes 12 knots an hour speed. Mis Charles Rector, of Chicago, owns the pillow on which President Lincoln breathed his last. ‘