ible Society,

Calle del Principe.

(Signed) GEORGE BORROW,
Sole authorised Agent of the British
and Foreign Bible Society in Spain.

To the Rev. A. Brandram

(_Endorsed_: recd. June 2, 1838)
MADRID, [_May_ 23rd, 1838].

REVD. AND DEAR SIR,--I have just had an interview with the Archbishop [of
Toledo]. It was satisfactory to a degree I had not dared to hope for.

In the name of the _Most Highest_ take steps for preventing that
miserable creature Graydon from ruining us all.

GEORGE BORROW.

To the Rev. A. Brandram

(_Endorsed_: recd. June 4, 1838)
MADRID, _May_ 25, 1838,
CALLE SANTIAGO.

REVD. AND DEAR SIR,--Events follow each other so quickly in this singular
country, and my situation is so peculiar, and I am afraid so little
understood at home, that I am obliged to take up the pen more frequently
than I am inclined. Do not think me intrusive in again troubling you. I
do it in the hope of preventing any alarm which an incorrect report of
the following circumstance might cause you.

Immediately on receiving intelligence of the scenes which had taken place
at Malaga, the Spanish Government resolved to put an end to all Bible
transactions in Spain, and forthwith gave orders for the seizure of all
the Bibles and Testaments in the country wherever they might be deposited
or exposed for sale. They notified the same to Sir George Villiers,
expressly stating that the resolution was taken in consequence of the,
'_Ocurrido en Malaga_.' I have now learnt that several of my depots have
been seized in various parts of Spain, for example, at Salamanca,
Seville, and of course at Malaga. This, however, gives me little
uneasiness, for, with the blessing of God, I shall be able to repair all,
always provided I am allowed to follow my own plans, and to avail myself
of the advantages which have lately been opened especially to cultivate
the kind feeling lately manifested towards me by the principal Spanish
clergy.

But now prompt measures must be taken on the part of the Bible Society