The Glasgow Chronicle. — 1847-12-29 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29.  By arrivals from the United States our advices from that country are brought down seven days later than the dates of the Acadia. There had been some farther skirmishing in Mexico, but no movemait of very great moment. In the States public interest was chiefly excited by the approaching meeting of Congress. The deprecators of the continuance of the Mexican war were getting louder in their tone.  The continental news presents no item of very conspicuous importance. The death of the Archduchess of Parma widow of Napoleon, is not likely to be attended by any political consequences, and the occurrence chiefly interests the people of Europe as recalling the memory of individuals of events and of systems that are passed away. There was a rumour in Paris in the middle of last week, of the King of the French being in a dangerous state of health. The accounts of Friday and Saturday, however, do not induce a belief that the rumour had been well-founded. His Majesty's receptions had been discontinued on two evenings in consequence of his having a cold, but he transacted business on Saturday and on that evening was to receive as usual. Judging from what appears in some of the German journals we should be led to fear that danger to the peace of Europe in connexion with the Swiss question was not yet over. The court organ at Vienna, the Austrian Observer, has a very menacing article which would be well fitted to excite apprehension if it were responded to in the same spirit by the organs of Louis Philippe, but these journals have become shy on the Swiss question. The Paris correspondents of the London morning papers also inform us that the paragraph relating to that question in the forthcoming King's speech had been shown to the Plenipotentiaries of Austria and Prussia., and that it was far from being satisfactory to them. The paragraph is to the following effect "The tranquility of Switzerland has been troubled. The mediation proposed by the Powers has become unnecessary by the conclusion of the struggle. The King is in hopes that by the maintenance of the equitable basis of the confederation, Switzerland will preserve that state of peace which constitutes her security." It is reported that Queen Christina is not giving perfect satisfaction to her friends in Paris by the course she is followingliqn Madrid. Her financial policy appears to them to be too eagerly directed by a regard to her personal interests. We suspect, however, there is no hope of their quarrelling outright.  The Bank of England returns of Friday last present a still more favourable aspect than any that have been made since the occurrence of our commercial and monetary disasters. The Bank, feeling itself in a strong position, has made a further reduction in its minimum rate of interest to 5 per cent. By some it is apprehended that, in this step, it is going too fast and too far; the prevalent feeling, however, appears to be one of satisfaction and approval. Though local circums ances still cause much depression and distrust in Glasgow, yet this increased ease in the money market, and the lowered price Of cotton, induce a hope that we shall witness in a short time something like activity in our manufacturing establishments.  If the act for the suppression of Crime and Outrage in Ireland was swift in it passage through the legislature, Lord Clarendon has been no less swift in acting on its provisions: It received the royal assent on Monday the 20th, and on Thursday the 23d proclamations were issued from Dublin Castle against carrying arms in the several disturbed counties and districts. It remains to be seen whether there will be a necessity for the second proclamation authorized by the act, whieh forbids the possession of unlicensed arms in dwelling-houses. We regret to fink that murders and agrarian outrages are still fretdent.