that, so far from mentioning the _Gefe
Politico_, I merely told the officer that he, the officer, was an
insolent fellow and that I would cause him to be punished. He
subsequently confessed that he was an instrument of the Vicar General and
that he merely came to my apartment in order to obtain a pretence for
making a complaint. He has been dismissed from his situation, and the
Queen has expressed her sorrow at my imprisonment. If there be any doubt
entertained on the matter, pray let Sir George Villiers be written to!

I should be happy to hear what success attends our efforts in China. I
hope a prudent conduct has been adopted; for think not that a strange and
loud language will find favour in the eyes of the Chinese; and above all,
I hope that we have not got into war with the Augustines and their
followers, who, if properly managed, may be of incalculable service in
propagating the Scriptures.

I remain, Revd. and dear Sir, truly yours,

G. BORROW.

_P.S._--The documents, or some of them, shall be sent as soon as
possible.

To the Rev. A. Brandram

(Endorsed: recd. July 5, 1838)
MADRID, _June_ 26, 1838.

REVD. AND DEAR SIR,--I shall not be able to send the documents in
question, as they are lodged in the archives, and are now become
state-papers. Those that relate to the affair at Malaga I have not yet
been able to obtain a perusal of; it will therefore perhaps suffice for
the present to say that in one of them the Government was stigmatized as
being '_voraz de pesetas_' (voracious of pesetas), and the Catholic
religion termed '_un sistema del mas grosero fanatismo_' (a system of the
grossest fanaticism). It was well for the writer of this trash that the
Government were at the time alarmed at the step which they had taken in
imprisoning myself, and did not wish to press the matter home: otherwise
he could not have escaped so easily as he did. Yet what must we think of
an Englishman, who, relying for protection on the fear and respect which
the mighty country to which he belongs everywhere inspires, visits a
Spanish town in a state of revolution--as Malaga was--and, for the
bringing about a particular object, adds to the ferment by appealing to
already excited passions? But I shall not dwell further on this subject.
The Society are already