Glasgow Courier. — 1847-11-25 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, THE FUNDS, &C. London, Monday vening, Nov. 22. On Saturday her Majesty's packet Swift, Lieut. Lory, reached Falmouth from Rio de Janeiro in 45 days, having sailed on Oct. 5, and followed her Majesty's ship Racer, by as many days as the latter arrived before her. No intelligence of interest is furnished by this packet. The Rio papers state that adf ices from Pernambuco of Sept. 25 announce a triumph for the country party in the elections, but the province was quiet. There is a great deal of clashing and contradictory statement in the Paris journals of Sunday relative to Switzerland, both as regards the departure of the French Ambassador, and as to the news from the seat of war. According to rumours noticed, with a strong inclination to belief by both Constitutionne/ and National, Zug has already surrendered, the Lucernese had been driven from their positions with a loss of 1500 prisoners, and little remained to be done towards the complete subjugation of the refractory cantons. The Debate, on the other hand, mentions a rumour to the effect that Colonel Maillardoz, in violation of the stipulation attending the surrender of Friburg, had succeeded in escaping with six thousand nice, whom he had conducted to Lucerne. It is certain that something has occurred at Friburg calculated to incense the Federalist troops, but the statements are so diversified, each party endeavouring to throw odium upon the other, that it is difficult to arrive at the truth. It is said that the Friburgians were detected in a plot to murder the troops left in occupation of the town; that assassinations had taken place, and that the .soldiers became so incensed that they sacked the houses and destroyed the property of the inhabitants. One of the Jesuit accounts throws all the blame on the Bernese, acknouledging that the Vaudois behaved with perfect discipline and moderation. The troops under General Dufour, destined for the subjugation of Lucerne, amounts to 60,000 men, with great superiority of cannon, the general hoping, by the display of irresistible force, to repeat the bloodless success of Friburg. The 20th had been fixed for a  General movement. The Augsburg Gazette contains a letter from Florence of the 11th, describing the excitement throughout Tuscany, on account of the seizure of Fivizzano by the Modenese, to be excessive. The Austrians were close to Modena. The Leghorn Courier pretends that they were expecting to see the English fleet at Porto Ferrago. The reduction of the rate of interest to 7 per cent, by the Bank of England is a movement in the right direction, and it is highly probable that it will be followed in due time by the other banks, both in town and country. It was not forthwith, however, adopted this afternoon by some of the leailin„o, banks in town, until they ascertained whether the Bank of England will let out money freely at that rate, which they have certainly not been doing, even at the higher rate of interest, for the last three weeks. The banks assume that unless this course is adopted, a mere paper announcement that the minimum rate is reduced to 7 per cent. m ill be prac-1 tically of no utility, and they will therefore be guided by circumstances as to whether they shall or shall not reduce their terms of accommodation.