The Sun. — 1866-10-06 (London, England)

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 unconvertible." 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. respecting 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 discoveries which have been recenty made by Mr. Howell (Walker, Reddall, Nix, and Howell), the accountant, commenced an action against the directors. 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 secured 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 intention.  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 being 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-andbye." 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 temporaryof the rebuke she had insanity, in consequence received 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."