The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-21 00:00:00

Amsterdam .

Short. 11 16} 11 17

Ditto 3 Months. 11 191 11 19
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 50 25 5W
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris Short 25 20 25 27
Ditto 3 Months. 25 45 25 50
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine —120 k
Vienna — 11 45 11 521
TrieSte — 11 45 11 521 .
Petersburgh
Berlin
Madrid — 474 471
Cadiz
... •
_47l_ 47-3-

Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples — • 25 57f 25 623
Pakrill()
Messina
- 2
Lisboa
Oporto
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standar) per oz. ... £3 17 9

MURDER IN A HAREM AT CONSTANTINOPLE.—
We read in the. Levant Herald of the Bth :
" The house of Ahmet Effendi, an employe at the Porte,
residing at Scutari, has, during the recent Ramazan, been
the scene of a sad tragedy. It appears that an Arab slave,
purchased 12 years ago, and now 17 years of age, formed
part of the Effendi's household, and for some time past
has been earnestly entreating the family to grant him his
freedom. He so far succeeded as to obtain a promise that
he should be set free during the Bairam. Tho Effendi's
wife, while agreeing to this arrangement, proposed to de-
lay the event till summer, when they could fete his entry
into freedom with the same festivities that were intended
to celebrate her son's marriage, which was then to take
place. Sullen and incensed at this delay, the slave took
advantage of the absence of his master and the whole' of
the household—except the hanuin and himself—at mosque,
to enter the harem, and deliberately strangle his mistress.
Tho cunning savage then hastened to meet his master,
whom he encountered at the mosque door, and told out
loudly that ho had done his bidding in murdering his mis-
tress. Accompanied by the police and many other persons
the Effendi hurried home, and on entering the harem,
truly enough found the corpse of his murdered wife. The
slave then asked his master's thanks for having so well
executed his bidding. Under this charge the bereaved
Effendi was taken prisoner by the police, and remained in
the common prison till the authorities had fully investigated
the tragic affair. The charge of the slave was made with
much ingenuity and persistence, and it was only by a chain
of fortuitous circumstances that the Effendi was able to
establish his innocence beyond doubt, when of course he
was set at liberty, and sentence of death by hanging was
passed against the murderer. The latter, as is the custom,
was on throe days of last week marched between two police
officers through the streets of Scutari, bearing before him a
placard stating the crime of which he had been found guilty,
and the judgment passed upom him; and the authorities
only await the necessary firman for carrying it into execu-
tion. This dreadful crime has cast a sad gloom over Scu-
tari, extending far beyond the roof under which it was per-
petrated. The murdered lady exercised an unusual amount
of charity towards her poorer neighbours, 25 families of
whom were in a great measure dependent on her bounty
during the inclement season ; in the month of Ramazan
her benevolence took a still wider range, and many are the
destitute hearts to which the Bairam just closed, in conse-
quence of her death, brought none of its wonted enjoy-
ments."

ANCIENT POMPEIAN BRONZES. SO/Ile very
remarkable antique works have recently been dis-
covered amid the buried city of Pompeii, and the Italian
Government, under whose direction the excavations have
been made, have, in the most liberal manner, permitted
copies of the works to be made. Two copies of these
works are now onview at Mr. Philips's, of Cockspur-street,
and they are calculated to give a very favourable idea of
the state of art during the Last Days of Pompeii. An
examination of these works will go far to show that art at
that time was not in that state of decadence which some
writers have supposed. The figures now accurately re-
produced in bronze, and stained to imitate the antique, are
a Narcissus and a Silenus. The former is a most graceful
figure, having all the charms of a youthful Apollino, and
he is represented as listening to the nymph Echo. The
figure is undraped, the limbs are beautifully modelled, and
the head and features aro of pure classic type. The
Silenus is a most masterly work. The broad, stout, mus-
cular frame, contrasts in a striking manner with the more
graceful outline of the Narcissus. The left arm is held
aloft, and the hand firmly grasps the neck of a serpent,
the body of which coils round in a circle, and the tail rests
upon the left shoulder of the supporting figure. The ring
formed by the reptile's body has three acanthus leaves at
tached to the outer edge, and with the ring serves to sup-
port a rare basket of fruit, a lamp, or any other suitable
article. There is a wonderful expression about the fea-
tures of the bacchanalian-looking figure ; and his broad
face, which is somewhat of the negro type, has a self-
satisfied grin of content, as though the Silenus were
chuckling over the feat which he has accomplished, and
which has required 811 his strength to perform, and all his
skill to preserve his steadiness. The legs are spread
wide apart to give additional firmness to his position, and
the right hand is doubled, having originally, no doubt,
held a flagon, or wine cup. The head is encircled with a
wreath of grapes and vine leaves, the delicacy of the mo-
delling of every part of which deserves the highest praise.
The figure is partially draped, and the limbs display great
muscular power. The discovery of such works as these
will not fail to encourage the Italian Government to con-
tinue the excavations, which, under the able direction of
M. Fiorelli, have already been attended with such valuable
results.

The Memorial de Lille relates a case of wife-sell-
ing which occurred last week at Maretz, near that
town. The wife of a weaver named Lasselin left her hus-
band some time since to cohabit with another weaver named
Dron, and as she refused to return, Lasselin offered to sell
her to her paramour for 200 f. Dron thought the price too
high, and offered 120 f., but the sale was ultimately effected
at 126 f. 25c. As neither of the men could write, they ap-
plied to a third person to make out a deed of sale, and to
draw a bill of exchange for the purchase money, to which
Dron affixed his mark. It is remarkable that neither buyer
nor seller seemed to have auy doubt as to the legality of
this shameful bargain, and were much surprised when in-
formed that they would have to answer for the same before
the Correctional Tribunal.

The Tribunal of Correctional Police on Friday
tried a man and a woman, both English, and un-
able to speak a word of French, who were arrested a f,,,w
days since while a funeral ceremony was being performed
at the Church of St. Roch in the act of picking pockets.
The woman gave the name of Kepfs, and the man that of
Robinet, and they pretended to have arrived from England
on the previous day only. They were both dressed in black,
and had mixed with the mourners as if the deceasat had
been a relative of theirs. A witness deposed that when the
procession was leaving the church the female prisoner
pushed against his wife and stole her portmonnaie. He im-
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izeshdehheardanpdasfsoeudnadthtiwrd to the male prisoner, ino portmonnaies lying at
-whose pocket it was found and afterwards recognised by the
owner. The evidence being conclusive against both pri-
soners, the tribunal sentenced each of them to three years'
imprisonment and five years' surveillance of the police.
CARDIFF, March 20.—Wind E.—Sailed—Agamemnon,
for Jamaica.