The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-09 00:00:00

SPAIN.

(From the Morning Herald Private Correspondence.)
Mariana, AUG. 29.—M. Zea Bermudez's situation since
the publication of the conduct of Cordova, our Plenipoten-
tiary Minister at the Court of Don Miguel, and the
triumph of Donna Alaria's arms, is exceedingly critical,
and his dismissal appears certain, for the Queen insists
more strongly than ever on the necessity of forming an
alliance with'France and England ; the more so as she is
aware of Russia and Austria favouring the pretensions of
Charles V., and that M. Severino Gomez, agent of Dan
Miguel, and the writer of the intercepted letters, is the
private secretary of the Princess of Negra, and the chief of
the Carlist faction at Madrid. M. Severino Gomez being
in constant communication with M. Zea and the Ambas-
sadors of the Absolute Powers, there remains little doubt
that they are in connivance to proclaim Charles V. at the
death of Ferdinand. M. Zea is assembling the Cortes for
the insignificant ceremony of the Jura, merely copying
AI. de Calomarde, who, the better to concert his projects,
promulgated the anti-salique law.
The cholera has broken out at Huelvas, a small sea-
port of Andalusia, near Ayamonta, on the frontier of
Portugal. The place was, it is said, instantly surrounded
by a cordo❑ of troops, and all intercourse cut off with the
neighbouring country,
Two couriers have just arrived in Madrid, the one
from Andalusia, stating, as is reported, that the cholera
had manifested itself in Seville ; and the other from Por-
tugal, announcing the complete defeat of Don Miguel's
forces. This intelligence has circulated during the whole
of this day, and appears to be generally credited. It has
spread considerable eloom at the Palace, but the account
from Seville created a sort of panic in the Court, and a
council was immediately held, to decide whether it were
not advisable for the King to remove to Barcelona or
Saragoza. Another courier arrived yesterday from Bada-
joz, but nothing had transpired respecting his despatches.
It was near Buitrago that the courier of the British
embassy was stopped and robbed of his money, and of
one of his three despatches. We are informed that on
the return of his secretary, who had repaired to the place,
the Charge d'Affaires wrote a very spirited letter to M.
Zea on the subject, remarking to him that such an occur-
rence could only take place among the savages of Africa,
and that the like never happened even in Turkey, where
the rights of nations were held sacred. The result of this
application was, that M. Zea delivered a message to the
Minister of the Interior, who, on his part, advised the
Superintendent-General of the Police to investigate the
matter.

To day a sergeant of the Royal Guard, who lately rota-
dered a lady and her seivant, was executed. It is sfid that
the unfortunate wretch, previous to his executieli, revealed
the existence of a conspiracy, which no one believes, but
which, nevertheless, led to the arrest of several persons.
To day two other culprits were put into the chapel to
prepare for execution, which is to take place after to
morrow. They have been imprisoned for the last ten
years, and were at last capitally convicted.
The roads in Andalusia are no longer safe for travellers.
Armed bands rc,b all those they meet, and at their head
are men who have already obtained the King's pardon.

It is reported that the garrison of Oporto lately made a
sc.-,tie, and, after a vigorous attack, carried the intrench-
tnents of the besieging army, and destroyed all their works.
It is added that General Clouet. having attempted to re-
sume his lost position, and not being seconded by a
Colonel, who withdrew from the field of action with his
regiment, his failure was followed by a considerable re-
laxation of the rules of discipline, attended by numerous
desertions.

The following is an extract from the Madrid Gazette
of the 29th :—...

The King has issued a Royal Decree, ordering sani-
tary measures to be instantly taken, in order to prevent the
cholera extending beyond Huelvas."
MADRID, AUG. 29.—1 n regard to the King's health,
we are informed to-day that his Majesty is better, and not
only able to stand up, but even to walk a little. The
Queen, whose constant attendance on him had confined
her a long time to the Palace, has been advised by the phy-
sicians to take some active exercise for the preservation of
her health, and to check her increasing tendency to embon-
point. She accordingly makes short excursions almost daily
to the Casa de Campo, which is about a mile from town,
where, with a few attendants, she amuses herself by shoot-
ing, and has already killed with her own hands a quantity
of small game.

It is also said that, from an apprehension of being seized
by the cholera in Portugal, the Infant Don Carlos has ap-
plied for admission into Spain.
The accounts here from Portugal reach to the 23d
inst. By a letter from Almeida of the 21st, we are in-
formed of the attack made by the garrison of Oporto on
the posts of the north and south of the Douro, the result
of which appears to have been (for the facts are very
vaguely stated), that Don Miguel's troops abandoned the
posts after suffering a considerable loss. Gen. Bantaleon,
one of the Miguelite officers, who commanded on the
occasion, was dismissed from the service for some miscon-
duct. The Correo do Porto, published in Coimbra,
says, under date of the 16th, that Don Miguel had left
that place for Leira, where he would arrive on that day ;
and that after being joined by some reinforcements that
He had appointed Gen. Bourmont Minister of War, and
, he would continue his march upon Lisbon.
were expected
bad made several promotions in the army.