The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-06 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE. —Last Evening,

FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 3.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Senor Guil-
lermo Marthin as Consul-General in the United Kiugdorn
for the United States of Columbia.
CROWN-OFFFICE, 0CT.21.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Borough of Brecknock—Rowel Gwyn, of Dyffryn, near
Neath, in the county of Glamorgan, Eq., in the room of
John Charles Pratt (commonly called Earl of Brock-
nock), now Marquis Camden, summoned to the House
of Peers.

ADMIRALTY, Ocr. 2.
Lieutenant Charles John Didhsun to be Retired Corn-
inander, under the provisions of the Orders in Council of
1860, 1864, and 1866.
OCT. 4.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have ap-
pointed Edward Kent Parson, Esq., to be Visiting Sur-
geon at Portsmouth under the Contagious Disease Act
of 1866.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

A.lnsterdam Short. 11 161
Ditto 3 Months. 11 19:4-
RottordaT

11 17f
12 0
12
25 52i
25 521
13 9
25 25
25 45
25 471
120}
13 20
13 20
30f
6 26i
47
47i
27 20
27 20
27 20
27 20

,otter m
Antwerp — 25 47
Brussels
Hamburg — 13 8
Paris Short 25 171
Ditto 3 Months. 25 40
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 119
Vienna — 13 10/
Trieste — 13 10
Petersburgn - 30
Berlin
Madrid — 461
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples — 27 0

At the Bank of England yesterday afternoon
there was an influx of £22,000 in bar gold, and a
withdrawal of £25,000 sovereigns for Alexandria.
The stoppage was announced yesterday afternoon
of the Asiatic Banking Corporation. The failure
of Premchaud Rogchaud, on the 19th, caused an
increase in the panic, and as this firm was one of
the largest shareholders and debtors, it was found
mpossible to avert the suspension. The liabilities
of the establishment at the end of the year
amounted to £6,500,000, but the continued drain
upon them has reduced the amount to less than
£4,000,000. The'bank was not under the Limited Lia-
bility Act, and the shareholdersare liable for twice the
amount of their subscriptions. The assets, it is
stated, will be sufficient to meet all engagements.
The head office was in London, and there were
agencies and branches at Bombay, Calcutta, Ma.
dras, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghae,
and Melbourne. The following circular has been
issued

TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN.

Asiatic Banking Corporation, 4, Lombard-street,
London, Oct. 5,186 G.

Sir,—The directors of the Asiatic Banking Corporation
extremely regret to state that in consequence of a telegram
received this morning front the Bombay agent of this bank►
announcing the suspension of payments of that agency'
they are compelled to close the bank.
A statement of the'affairs of the bank will be prepared,
and a meeting of the creditors will be convened as early as
possible after the arrival of the ensuing mail from Bombay.
—By order of the directori,
F. W. LAWRENCE, Acting General Manager.
Some of the members of the late committee of
investigation and of the new board of direCtors of
the Joint-Stock Discount Conpany have issued a
report to the shareholders, in which they state that
" some securities are altogether unsaleable, and that
the greater part are for the present quite uncon-
vertible." They agree with ➢ir. Harding, the
liquidator, that it is impossible to express any
opinion as to the amount which may_ eventually be
recovered from these securities, and that the peculiar
character of the greater portion of them precludes
the possibility of snaking any reliable estimate. The
committee finally state that they consider it is to
the interests of the shareholders to pay the calls
made by the court, to enable the liquidator to
arrange with the creditors.

Atlantic and Great Western Debentures remain
firm at 64f 65f ; and the Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds at 45i,
The following has been received from the Defence
Fund Association of Overend, Gurney, and Co. re-
specting proceedings taken against the directors :
"In connexion with the affairs of 0 verend, Gurney,
and Co., it is announced that Mr. Dundas, one of
the Committee, and who originated the proceedings
in the Court of Chancery,and which resulted in the
independent investigation, has, owing to the dis-
coveries which have been recenty made by Mr.
Howell (Walker, Reddall, Nix, and Howell), the
accountant, commenced an action against the direc-
tors. The object sought by the present proceeding
is to make the directors
personally liable for the
capital subscribed by the shareholders on the faith
of the accuracy of the prospectus. The action has
been brought in the Court of Common Pleas, and
the Attorney-General,
on behalf of the plaintiff,
lk(Elrq.uiSteyrgßeaarnst, Ba
nadl 1 a ztirn.
F. Lewis have been e, Mr. Clement Swanston
already retained. The directors have already se-
cured the services of the Solicitor-General, Mr.
Karslake, Q.C., and Mr. Coleridge, Q.c.
It is stated that the rumour as to a fresh call OR
the shares--of the London Financial Association i 9
entirely unfounded, and that there is no such in-
tention.

Fountain
-,errt' Scotch lala.°l
EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OF A SEA CAPTAIN'S
-rooms, ia
Was.—An inquiry was held by Mr.Payne:on Wednesdayriade ys:
reevsepneicutgi nagt tthhee dc:aint oi eMe ms,
aged 31 years, who was alleged to have committed suicide,
in consequence of being charged with extravagance
by her husband. Captain John Elliott, commander of the
Rifle, a Chinese trader, said that the deceased was his wife.
About a week ago she left her home, in Scotland, to meet
witness, who had returned from an 18 months' voyage
abroad, and she and her three children took lodgings at 2,
Circus, Minories. When witness met her she complained
of On being ill. Saturday . last witness reproved her for be-
ing o extravagant while he was at sea. Witness said to her,
"Whatso
have you done with the money I left at home ?"
She remained silent and burst out crying. She said that she
had
put some of the money in a Scotch bank, and then she
said that she had put none of it in. Witness was about to
return to Scotland, and she knew that he would find out all
about the money, and that fact preyed upon her mind. She
said to witness afterwards, "You will find out all by-and-
bye." On Monday afternoon witness returned home and
found her dying from the effects of poison. Dr. W. Cook,
Tower-hill, said that he was called in to see the deceased
on Monday. Her face was pale and livid, and she was
suffering from the effects of poison by laudanum. She had
taken three drachms. Witness did not think the chemist
ought to have given so much as throe drachms to deceased's
servant. Mr. H. Medsall, chemist, Minories, said that ho
refused to give the servant six drachms, and that ho would
not have given her three drachms only that he knew her
master kept a large lodging-house, and ho thought that it
was required in case cholera broke out. Tho coroner
having summed up, the jury returned a verdict, That the
deceased destroyed her own life whilst in a state of tem-
poraryof the rebuke she had insanity, in consequence
re-
ceived from her husband, and that she was afraid of the
consequences of her acts when he returned to Scotland
and found uo money in the bank."