The Sun. — 1857-08-27 (London, England)

MURDER AND PIRACY IN CONSTANTI  NOP LE.  The Presse d'Orient of the 15th gives the folowing account of a murder, which was recently committed at Constantinople :—" Sahli Effendi' an officer in the Ottoman army, resided at TchatalKhan, and had in his service an Arab of Damascus who had been with him during the campaign in the Crimea, and in whom he placed confidence, although several friends had cautioned him that the man did not bear a good character. A few days ago the Arab called on Hussein Effendi, an intimate friend of Salib, and said that as his master had received orders to leave immedi,tely, he would be glad to have a sum of 5,000 piastres which Hussein owed him. The later was rather astonished at the demand being made through the Arab, and told him that lie would go and pay his master in person. While proceeding to the place where the Arab said his waster would be found, he was surprised to meet the man leading a horse •on which Salih's effects were packed, and on, being interrogated, the servant said that ho was going to convey them to the house of a friend. This information increased the astonishment of Hussein, and he determined to watch the man, who finding that he was suspected unloaded the things before one of the houses he came to, and was about to take to flight, when Hussein laid hold of him, and gaVe him into the hands of the police. At the moment when the police took him the Arab exclaimed, ' I ought to have got rid of Hussein Effendi before I disposed of my master! This remark excited still greater suspicion, and the same day it was discovered that the body of a,murdered person-, out into pieces, had been discovered near the sea shore, and it turned out to be that of Salih Effendi. The Arab then confessed the whole affair. He had, he said, assassina' ed his master with the aid of an Armenian, and after cutting up the body with a razor, placed it in a sack which they confided to another man to throw into the sea, for:which service he demanded and received the sum of 6,000 piastres. On reaching ledi-Koulle, ho took the sack from the cart and carried it to the waters edge and was about to throw it in, when seeing two persons approaching, he left it on the shore and made off. Hussein Effendi recognised the head as being not of his friend. The Armenian had since b3en arrested and the police are on the trace of the other man." The same journal contains the following :—" A daring act of piracy was committed three evenings ago. One of the six-oared caiqs, which ply between Coum-Capou and ledi Koulle left the former place with 14 male and female passengers, among whom was a young Armenian who had with him a sum of 40,000 piastres. When at some distance on her way she was boarded by another boat, a part of the crew of which, jumping on board the caiq, demanded that the Armenian should be given up to them. In the struggle which took place, the caiq was upset, and all the passengers thrown into the water. The pirates, however, seized hold of the Armenian, got him into their own boat, and rowed off, leaving the others to their fate. Only three of them were able to reach the shore, all the rest being drowned. Several of the pirates have been since arrested ; all are Turks, and they had divided the booty equally among them. The police lately captured 23 thieves who are suspected of being connected with the different robberies lately committed in the Turkish capital."