ce I received it, the
Ministers have met and discussed the petition, and the result was, as I
have been informed, though not officially, in its favour.

You would oblige me by mentioning to his Lordship the President of the
Bible Society the manner in which Mr. Villiers has befriended me, and to
beg that he would express by letter an acknowledgment of the favour which
I have received; and at the same time, I think that a vote of thanks from
the Committee would not be amiss, as I may be again in need of Mr. V.'s
assistance before I leave Spain. The interest which he has taken in this
affair is the more surprising, as Mr. Graydon informed me that upon his
applying to him he declined to interfere.

I saw Mr. Graydon twice or thrice. He left Madrid for Barcelona about a
month since, because the heat of the former place in the summer months is
more than he can bear, and as he found I was so far advanced, he thought
he might be of more utility in Catalonia.

I have at present nothing more to say, and am so weak from heat and
fatigue that I can hardly hold the pen. I have removed from my old
lodgings to those which Mr. Graydon occupied; therefore when you write,
direct as above. With my best remembrances to Mr. Jowett, I remain, my
dear Sir, very truly yours,

G. B.

To the Rev. A. Brandram

(_Endorsed_: recd. July 18, 1836)
7 _July_, 1836, MADRID,
CALLE SANTIAGO, No. 16 PISO 3RO.

REVD. AND DEAR SIR,--The affair is settled--thank God!!! and we may begin
to print whenever we think proper.

Perhaps you have thought I have been tardy in accomplishing the business
which brought me to Spain; but to be able to form a correct judgment you
ought to be aware of all the difficulties which I have had to encounter,
and which I shall not enumerate; I shall content myself with observing
that for a thousand pounds I would not undergo again all the
mortifications and disappointments of the last two months.

The present Ministry have been afraid to offend the clergy, and with
great reason, as they are not of the movement or radical party, and many
of their friends are bigoted papists; nevertheless, influenced by the
pressing applications of the British Ambassador and being moreover
well-disposed to myself, they have consen