Glasgow Courier. — 1847-08-21 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21. ,  It is stated in the communications from Madrid that there is some chance of a reconciliation between the King and Queen, but we cannot make out on what this expectation rests.  It is now confidently reported that Lord Palmerston has signified to the President of the Cantons his approbation of the Svriss movement—an event which will, as a matter of course, help to involve him still deeper with Austria and France.  Lieutenant Monro, of the Horse Guards (Blue), was convicted, on Wednesday last, of the murder, in a duel in 1843, or his brother-in-law, Colonel Fawcett. The sentence is merely nominal, and will not be carried into effect; but we shall address ourselves to the subject on some future occasion.  The rumour of the assassination of Louis Philippe, which we noticed in our last, turns out to be false. On its origin we find the following short notice in the Daily News of Thursday:—  On Tuesday, a report prevailed in various parts of London, that the "charmed" life of the French King had been again attempted. We traced the rumour to the South Western Railway, where the trail was lost in a manner which so completely divested the report of probability, that we took no notice of it. The rumour, however, found its way northwards, and had a transient effect on the Manchester and Liverpoo/ share markets, as will he seen in our railway reports. The Frbnch papers of Tuesday night represent the citizen King as enjoying himself quietly at Eu.  There would seem to have been no political nor stockjobbing reason for the promulgation of this report, which we must attribute, we presume, to that vicious and idle curiosity which seeks its gratification even in fictitious intelligence; but had it, unfortunately, turned out to be true, we should have had to deplore an event of the deepest importance to Europe at large. At present the sagacious King of the French is in disgrace with that class of our own countrymen and of foreigners who would deny to him the ordinary privilege of personal independence; but whatever annoyance his conduct towards Spain have caused ie the quarters Ao which we refes. can be no doubt that his death, let it happen when it may, will be an incident of European magnitude. Tlie' charge Against him is, that he has ceased to be "national," and has become "dynastic;" but this is mere slang. If the preservation of the French monarchy be deemed essential to the integrity of the European system, and to the well-being of the world, it is quite obvious that it can be preserved only through the person or family of the reigning sovereign; and when he turns his attention to the consolidation of his dynasty, he does not only what he should do, but what the public interests imperatively demand. There is no visible interval between the Orleans family and a ferocious and military republic; and the class of writers who would degrade Louis Philippe in the estimation of mankind, or who would undervalue the magnitude of his services in the common cause of humanity are, ipso facto, disqualified for their office. To enable him to carry out his mission of peace we must enable him to strengthen his position as a king; and as we know not how this can be better done than by his cultivating the goodwill of the other great powers, we cannot but deprecate that silly jealousy of his growing influence by certain portions of our own press. The rage with which he is at present persecuted is humbling to us as a people, and as it has its foundation in a slavish deference to the prejudices of a few individuals of exalted rank, including the British Secretary for Foreign Affairs, it is degrading as well as mischievous.  raw,- tbere 4 it