The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-13 00:00:00

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EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.

On Saturday evening Mr. G. S. Brent held an
' inquest in the Board-room of Chelsea workhouse on
the body of Andre Auguste Zetterman, 32 years of
age, a Swede, by trade a fancy word carver, It
appeared that shortly nine o'clock on Tuesday even-
ing, the 29th ult., the deceased, while smoking a
cigar, fixed himself at the window of a tobacco-
nist's shop, in Sloane-street. There was a woman
sitting in the shop, before whom he grossly misbe-
haved himself. She complained of what had oc-
curred, when he ran away with his clothes in dis-
order. A police constable, 341 B, being on the
spot, chased him, raising a cry of "Stop thief." He
ran into Upper George street, where a young man
named Cullen, seeing him coming along the road,
and hearing the cry of " Stop thief," ran into the
road to catch him. While behind him he said, "If
you run a mile I'll have you." He put his hand on
the deceased's left shoulder. When he did so the
deceased took something out of his trousers pocket,
which seemed to Cullen to be a life-preserver, and
as the deceased raised his left arm, and appeared
about to strike him, the latter bobbed his head.
They were still running. At that instant he so w
a flash and heard a report, and the man dropped
down in the road. It all happened in about two
minutes after he took up the chase. The constable
came up bs the man fell. Mr. Geo. Coates, surgeon,
of Westbourne-place, Eaton-square, was speedily
called, and saw the deceased lying on his face in the
road, in a pool of blood. He was dead. There was
a wound in his chest. His shirt was open, as also
his trousers. A stretcher was sent for, and the
body removed to the police-station, where, upon a
search of the clothing being made, an address was
found, No. 2, Alderman-walk, and bearing the name
as above. The deceased, however, was not known
there. There was a document showing that de-
ceased was a depositor in the Union Bank of Lon-
don to the amount of nearly £l2O, and £l4 10s. in
money, A gold watch and appendages were also
found on him, with two bottles of crude opium. It
was ascertained that the deceased had been formerly
convicted of an offence similar to that which had
led to his death. Elizabeth Zetterman, of Wynd-
ham-street, Marylebone-road, identified the body as
that of her husband. She was married to him in
September last, in Paris. They left London for
three days for that purpose. She had bees in St.
Mary's Hospital for a short time, where he visited
her. The last time was on the Saturday previous
to his death. She used to be afraid of him. He
always carried loaded fire-arms. He was not given
to drink, but smoked opium, and was very nervous
and irritable. Mr. Coates, the surgeon who had
made a post mortem examination, stated that death
had been caused by a rupture of the heart from a
pistol-shot--a rifled bullet. The jury returned a
verdict of "Death from rupture of the heart by
means of a pistol-shot, but whether that shot was
intended for himself or any other person there was
not sufficient evidence before them to show,"

THE BANK OF F.R.I2VCE.

The Opinion Pubhque contains the following
remarks on the last monthly account published by
the Governor of the Bank of France, which at first
sight would appear to show that the directors of
that establishment are more liberal in their advances
to Bourse speculators than to the commercial com-
munity :-
4, The situation of the Bank of France just
published announce two principal facts—the dimi-
nution of the credit given to commerce, and the
increase of credit given to financial transactions. It
is remarked, in fact, that the portfolio is diminished
by 75,000,000 f., and contains at present only
489,000,000 f., while the advances on Government
securities, shares, or bonds have been increased from
214,000,0001. to 241,000,000 f. It is evident, there-
fore, that merchants and manufacturers are limiting
their business. At this period of the year commer-
cial transactions are not in general very considera-
ble. The political crisis in the United States is
paralysing our exports to America, and the dulness
is consequently more apparent than before the in-
terruption of commercial relations between the two
countries. It cannot be said that it is the rate of
discount which prevents merchants from appealing
to the Bank. The present terms for the discount of
commercial bills areextremelyfavourable. It appears
to us certain that if the Bank directors were to
reduce the rate of discount still further the demand
for accommodation would not be greater. There is
no doubt that commercial bills are scarce, and that
the explanation of the diminution of the port-
folio is to be found in that fact. Neither must
it be forgotten that money in the free market is
offered at a rate inferior to the official quotation.
There is so little opportunity for employing capital
that all the discount banks are looking for bills to
discount. The bankers keep the bills to discount.
The bankers keep the bills they discount, for what
service would it be to them to bring them to the
Bank of France to convert them into cash ? These
considerations are not without their influence on
the discount operations of the Bank of France. But
what the Bank cannot do in its commercial rela-
tions it does liberally for the financial market. The
Bank directors know perfectly well how strongly
identified the credit of the Government is with all
the great interests of thecountry. It consequently
assists that credit when circumstances require it.
The voluntary conversion of the Four-and-a-Half
per Cent. Government .Rentes threw a vast
quantity of that stock on the market, and if these
securities had i emained long floating it would have
been difficult for the Rentes to rise. The great
bankers in order to overcome that difficulty deter-
mined to accomplish a temporary classification.
They deposited in the Bank of France the securities
they had purchased, and with the cash advanced
on them they made a further reduction in the
quantity of floating securities. That was a plan
which responded to the true interests of the money-
market, and it was the duty of the Bank directors
to facilitate the conclusion. It was with this object
that the advances on Government securities were in-
creased from 142,000,000 f. to 167,000,000 f,, an d that
the advances on shares and bonds were raised from
59,000,0001. to 64,000,0001. The advances on
ingots and specie are reduced from 11,000,000 f.
to 10,000,000 f. While the cash in hand was in-
creasing the directors of the Bank, faithful to the
principles of political economy which invariably
regulate their conduct, restrained the circulation.
This item has diminished by 20,000,000 f., and at
present does not represent more than 819,000,000 f.
The Treasury account current has decreased from
124,000,0001. to 104,000,000 f. The private accounts
current have diminished by 6,000,000 f. They still
amount to 188,000,000 f. This item gives the mea•
sure of the enormous capital which is lying un-
productive. The profit of the bank since the
beginning of the present half-year has reached
12,200,0001, Last month produced 2,100,000 f.,
being rather less than the profit of the preceding
weeks."

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