Glasgow Courier. — 1850-10-01 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

REPORT ON SAVINGS BANKS.  The report of the select committee on savings banks just printed, merely confirms the conclusions to which the public had already arrived regarding the moral liability of the Government in connexion with the losses which have lately been sustained. It is shown that while the Government, by assuming with these institutions a connexion so direct as to deceive even the best informed people into the fullest conviction of its responsibility, prevented the poor and ignorant from exercising such discretion as might be natural to them, it absolutely also, in the exet clue of its own discretion, withheld from their knowledge facts which had come within its own cognisance, and which, if made public, would at once have put all persons Oil their guard. In the case of the Coffee Street, Dublin, Bank, depositors who have now lost all, would, but for this neglect of duty, have received 16s. Bd. in the pound ; but the committee "cannot admit the existence of any legal liability on the part of her Majesty's Government," and consequently the case of the powerless sufferers is spoken of simply as one that should be taken into "favourable consideration. The public will be aware that in the spirit of this report the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the Id of August last, procured a vote from Parliament to make up. in the shape of a boon' sonic portion of the amount (less than Ihs. is the pound) of which the depositors have been deprived. It will also have been noticed that an appeal having been made to the more wealthy inhabitants of Dublin to raise a subscription for tile balance, they have very naturally refused thus to take voluntardy upon themselves to repair part of a wrong the whole of which, as it appears to them, lies plainly at other doors.—Times.  Illness of the Duke of Netscastle.—We regret to learn that his Grace the Duke of Newcastle is in such a precarious state of health as to leave but little hope of his recovery. The knowledge of this circumstance has caused a general feeling of regret throughout the district and among parties entertaining different political opinions. The demise of his son, Lord William Clinton, •augmented the grief of his Grace's numerous relatives and tenantry. Lord Lincoln, with Lords Charles and Robert and the Ladies re in attendance on their noble parect.—Globe.—[His Clinton,drace was decidedly worse on Friday, and his physicians and relatives are now without a hope of the noble patient's recovery. —Weekly Chronicle.]  Suicide by an Aped Lady.—On Thursday evening an inquest was held at Hammersmith, on Mrs. Elizabeth Broocher, an unmarried lady, aged 71, late of 3, Latymore Road. Deceased had latterly sustained severe pecuniary losses, which greatly affected her mind, lest they would reduce her to poverty. On Sunday night she went to bed very dejected, and when her sister brought her breakfast the following morning, she was horrified at findimg her relative suspended behind the door by a handkerchief from a large nail which deceased herself had driven into the door. She was instantly cut down, but life was extinct. Reality of a Dream.—A wonderful circumstance, which a dream has been the means of bringing to light, happened lately in this town. Mr. Deruze, who died suddenly on Monday last, was supposed to have been s wealthy man, and that his ready money would have amounted to a considerable sum. His effects were taken possession of by a gentleman of this town and a strict and rigorous search instituted for his will, and Of course money was expected to have been met with in his trunks, drawers, desks, &c. The amount found was a mere trifle, we believe not amounting in all to £l6. Astonishment was at its height, and it appeared incredible that no more came to light. On Wednesday night, however, a young woman named Annie Waite, of this town, "dreamed a dream" to the following effect, viz., "that if a certain escrutoire was searched at twelve o'clock a large quantity of money would be found." This dream was laughed at by some, but it was at last carried to the ears of a gentleman who had the effects of the deceased under his charge, and proceeding to the place indicated, a search was made, and rewarded by the finding of 40 doubloons, and about thirty or upwards of gold two dollar pieces. What makes it more singular is, that the desk had been searched the day previous, but the money was concealed in a back part, and probably would have remained there for years had it not been for Annie Waite's golden dream.—Montego Bay Union (Jamaica paper).