The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-04 00:00:00

IMPORTANT NEWS FROM SPAIN

(From the Morning Herald.)
We have received by Extraordinary Expresses from
Bayonne and Perpignan, the following important in •
telligence from Madrid and Barcelona :
" MADRID, OCT. 27.
_ _

" A fresh conspiracy has been discovered. General
Narvaez was to have been assassinated at the entrance
of the French embassy, where he dined.
"General Prim was arrested this morning. Other
arrests were made last night and this morning.

" BARCELONA, OCT. 27.

" Four hundred or five hundred persons, with the
bonnet-rouge, assembled on the Rambla, and sur-
rounded the Alcalde and his deputy, who were soon
rescued by the Mosos of the Foreign Legion.
" Other troops arrived, and the rioters were
dispersed. The Baron de Meer, on leaving the
theatre, proceeded on foot along the Rambla, and a
number of persons were arrested, after two officers of
the police being stabbed."

ANOTIIER LEITER.

"BARCELONA, OCT. 27.

"At eight o'clock two assassins were arrested,
at the moment of their making an attempt
on the life of Baron de Meer; but these men were
rescued from the guard who were conducting them
to the Ataranzanus, by a mob consisting of at least five
hundred men.

PARIS, FRIDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK.
Holiday here to-day. No Bourse; at the passage
Rent dull at 81 80. No news whatsoever.

(From the Times.)
" MADRID, OCT. 27.

" A fresh conspiracy has just been discovered,
General Narvaez was to have been assassinated al
the gate of the French Embassy, where he dined,
General Prim was arrested this morning. Other ar-
rests were made last night and this morning."
" BARCELONA, OCT. 27.

" At eight o'clock this afternoon two assassins
were arrested at the moment they were about to at-
tack the Baron de Meer, who was alighting from his
carriage at the theatre. They were rescued from the
guard which was escorting them to the Atarazanas
by a mob, consisting of at least 500 armed men."
"BARCELONA, OCT. 28.

" Four or five hundred persons, wearing red caps
on their heads, proceeded to the Rambla, and seized
upon the Alcalde and his deputy, who were rescued
by the Mosos of the Foreign Legion. Other
troops arrived and the rioters were dispersed. The
Baron de Meer, on leaving the theatre, proceeded
along the Rambla. Forty persons were arrested
Two officers and a gendarme were stabbed with
knives.

" The result of this attempt is not calculated to
encourage the disaffected."

ORLEANS, TOURS, and BORDEAUX

RAILWAY.
(From the Railway Record of Saturday.)
The royal ordonnance ratifying the lease of the
railway to the successful competitors, the Mackenzie
Company, was signed by the King on Thursday, the
24th ult., and officially promulgated in the Moniteur
of Sunday last, the 27th.
Thus vanish all the doubts, fears, and apprehensions
of ultimate success entertained by the shareholders
and friends of this Company.
The Directors have already commenced their
" winter campaign" with the intelligence and activity
that have characterised all their previous proceedings.
We understand that measures are in progress for ob-
taining immediate possession of the greater portion of
the 72 miles between Orleans and Tours, in order to
proceed with the ballasting. Whole forests are pur-
chased to furnish sleepers of the best oak timber,
which will be prepared upon the best principle
hitherto known for preventing decomposition ; and the
necessary preparations are making for getting the
carrying stock together so as to insure the open-
ing of this sectiOn_ of the line in the autumn of next
year. The serv'Res.of an English engineer-in-chief,
of high character and practical railway experience,
will be secured, having for his assistants some of the
ablest of the corps of French engineers. And, finally,
we have reason to believe that a contract will be made
with a well-known firm of first class contractors, for
the completion of the works and the stocking and
furnishing of the whole line to Bordeaux, and at a
figure which will be still considerably under
65,000,000 f., the capital of the Company.
This would be a splendid finale to the excellent
management of this Company throughout, in the face
of 70,000,000 f. of capital, estimated by the Govern-
ment engineers in the report of the commission on the
Bill, and of no less than 75,000,000 f. of capital
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whiah & Directors will give arif account of their
stewardship;- and -such details.,as to the state and
prospects of the Company, as cannot fail to be satis-
factory to the shareholders. Hitherto, all the
statistics of traffic of this line have been witheld for
obvious reasons.