The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-09 00:00:00

THE INQUEST.

At the court of the Coroner for the city yesterday
the adjourned inquiry was into the circum-
stances which led to the death of Police-sergeant
Charles Brett during the attack on the police van
on the 18,11 September. The Coroner (Mr. Her-
ford) said that, inasmuch as 23 persons had already
been committed for trial on the charge of murder
arising out of this case, among whom was the man
mentioned to the jury at a former inquiry as the
man who fired the fatal shot, there was no need for
them to pursue the evidence further. It would be
difficult, if desirab:e, to get witnesses to go so fully
into the inquiry as had been done in another court,
and he thought there was sufficient evidence on the
depositions to warrant them in coming to a verdict.
The jury found a verdict of " Wilful Murder"
against William O'Meara Allen and others un-
known.

FRENCH FINANCE.

The Semaine Financiers publishes a long article
on the panic which lately affected the price of secu-
rities at the Bourse. The writer admits that false
rumours may have produced a certain effect on the
market, but only of a temporary character, and he
insists that mere reports could never have influenced
the public mind so seriously had not great uneasi-
ness already set in, and prepared, as it were, the
general sentiment of the money market to listen to
false representations. Two kinds of circumstances
had acted on the public, one of an economic char-
acter, and the other political. Our contemporary
says : —" From the economic point of view there are,
first of all, the facts specially connected with the
financial market. How could a revelation such as
that which occurred last month as to the position of
the Credit Mobilicre and the Immobiliere be made
without affecting numerous interests and exciting
serious distrust ? That incident proved that a con-
siderable capital, represented by scrip in the hands
of shareholders, was menaced in its integrity, and
condemned to remain without revenue for an inde-
finite period. To the securities without produce
which encumber the market, and which represent
enormous sums either entirely lost or compromised,
to shares and bonds of the Spanish and Italian rail-
ways, to the Mexican Bonds left in depreciation, not-
withstanding the governmental patronage which so
ostensibly encouraged their issue, were going to be
added the scrip of two companies which had of late
years taken and exercised the high and active initia-
tive in speculation, both in movable and landed pro-
party. Such an event should inevitably give a
profound shock to public confidence. Besides, this
sad surprise surged up in the midst of economic cir-
cumstances which raised perspective difficulties for
the ensuing winter. We have this year two bad
crops in corn and wine, and we are subject to dear-
ness of provisions ; manufacturers are suffering and
restrict their operations. As to the French funds,
they could not help being affected by the known
amount of the floating debt, and by the extraordi-
nary expenses entailed by the reorganisation of the
army. On the other hand, political circumstances
are not calculated to counterbalance the unfavour-
able elements of the financial situation. We do
not wish here to allude to incidents of the kind of
those which have appeared to affect the Bourse
during the past week, and which have been denied
by the Government. We speak of the political
situation from a general point of view. What cha-
racterises this state;of things is the incertitude and
ignorant perplexity which it inflicts upon public
opinion. Are affairs marching towards war or
peace ? No really decisive answer has yet been
given to settle the dilemma with sufficient evi-
dence and authority for the re-establishment of
public confidence on a solid basis. The ' dark spots'
of which the Emperor spoke a mouth since have
not yet been effaced by a new Governmental decla-
ration. The Illo;ziteur announced a few days
ago that the services of the contingent of the last
reserve would last this year five months, instead of
three.. This precaution of military instruction evi-
dently does not correspond with an ordinary state
of things. General Fleury is going from Vienna to
Berlin. It is not permissible to attribute a political
object to that journey? The principal Ministers are
at Biarritz, and it is allowable to think that they are
going to deliberate with the Emperor on the mea-
sures which will express what the unity of direction
in the governmental views is—what the concerted
action of the different Ministers aims at. How can
the confidence of the public be restored before the
results of the councils at Biarritz are announced ?
The presence at the same place of the Italian Mini-
ster, M. Nigra, is also an indication of important
negotiations prepared in connection with the Italian
crisis ; on that point, also, in order to see clearly,
information is required as to the decisions which will
be taken, and doubt must be submitted to until the
final word is pronounced. Therefore, in no reason.
able manner can the disquietude and the agitation
of the financial market be attributed to the inexact
rumours spread as to the details of daily facts."

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

(By Telegrapb.)
GRAVESEND Wednesday Morning.

Arrived, Oct. B.—Auglo-Sason, and Happy Return, from
Guernsey; Fanny, from Demerara; Waverley, from Cal-
cutta; Bertha, from Guernsey.

Arrived, Oct. 9.—Hero, from Guernsey ; Waterloo,
steamer, and Batavier, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Florence
steamer, from Antwerp; Rhine, steamer, from Boulogne
Velocity, steamer, from Calais; Collings, from Almeria;
Fusileor, steamer, from Dunkirk; Holland, steamer, from
Ostend.

DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Passed, Oct. B—City of Foo-Chow, from Calcutta, for
London.
Anchored—Garibaldi, from London, for Constantinople ;
Lion, from Callao, for Dunkirk