tions, it would baffle their power, if
even assisted by Satanic agency, to render Spain worse than it at present
is.

I beseech you, Sir, to co-operate in a good cause, and not seek to retard
its progress; for be assured that sooner or later it will triumph.

I have the honour to remain,

Sir,

Your Excellence's obedient servant,

GEORGE BORROW.

To the Rev. A. Brandram

(_Endorsed_: recd. Apr. 9th, 1838)
_March_ 30, 1838. MADRID,
16 CALLE SANTIAGO.

REVD. AND DEAR SIR,--Without waiting for an answer to my last, which I
despatched some ten days since, I shall take the liberty of again
troubling you with a short letter. My principal motive for so doing is a
visit which I have just been favoured with from our friend Mr. Rule of
Gibraltar, a gentleman who has much interested me, and of whose zeal,
piety, and discretion I have formed the highest opinion. It seems that
the little congregation at Cadiz has been broken up and dispersed by
order of the Government, and in consequence he has travelled to Madrid to
make intercession in its behalf. I am happy to say that Sir George
Villiers has promised to befriend him to the utmost of his ability.
Since his arrival here he has received intelligence which has filled him
with much uneasiness, and he has entreated me to write home in
conjunction with himself respecting the affair, with which indeed I am in
some degree concerned. I, however, beg leave to state, that it is with
the utmost reluctance I say a word upon the subject, being at all times
unwilling to interfere in the slightest degree in the projects or
movements of another party; but I feel that entire silence in this case
would be wrong and unadvisable.

I come now to the point. A friend of ours, who by your last favour I was
informed was about to leave Spain for the benefit of his health, has, it
appears, changed his mind, and is on his way to visit Andalusia and the
principal towns, namely Cadiz, Malaga, and Seville. Now Mr. Rule is far
better acquainted with him than I can pretend to be, and he has told me
that knowing him perfectly well, he entertains great dread as to the
effect which our friend's visit to those parts will have over the issue
of the affair which has brought him, Mr. R., to Madr