will not accept their resignations, and the army is on their side. The
Cortes have been dissolved. The whole Cabinet are of opinion that my
petition is just and reasonable and ought to be granted. I have been
requested to appear next Thursday at the Office, when I expect to receive
the permission, or to hear that steps have been taken towards making it
out.

The reason of Mr. Mendizabal's resignation was his inability to
accomplish the removal of General Cordova from the head of the army. It
is not for me to offer an opinion on the General's military talents, but
he is much beloved by the soldiers, whose comforts and interests he has
much attended to; to deprive him of command would therefore be attended
with danger. I have no complaint to make against Mr. M.; he is a kind,
well-meaning man, and had he remained in office I have no doubt that he
would have acceded to my petition.

I hope you will pray that God will grant me wisdom, humbleness of spirit,
and success in all that is right.

G. BORROW.

To the Rev. A. Brandram

(_Endorsed_: recd. July 11, 1836)
CALLE SANTIAGO, No. 16 PISO 3RO, MADRID,
_June_ 30, 1836.

REVD. AND DEAR SIR,--As I have little doubt that you are anxiously
awaiting the arrival of some intelligence from me, I write a few lines
which I have no doubt will prove satisfactory to you, and in the course
of a few days I hope to write again, when I shall probably be able to
announce the happy termination of the affair which brought me to Spain.

The difficulties which I have had to encounter since I last wrote to you
have been so many and formidable that I have been frequently on the verge
of despairing ever to obtain permission to print the Gospel in Spain,
which has become the most ardent wish of my heart. Only those who have
been in the habit of dealing with Spaniards, by whom the most solemn
promises are habitually broken, can form a correct idea of my reiterated
disappointments and of the toil of body and agony of spirit which I have
been subjected to. One day I have been told, at the Ministry, that I had
only to wait a few moments and all I wished would be acceded to; and then
my hopes have been blasted with the information that various
difficulties, which seemed insurmountable, had