or a moment be supposed
that religious instruction and the knowledge of genuine Christianity can
be introduced into Spain by scurrilous handbills and the low arts of the
mountebank.

A split with Rome will very shortly ensue, by which I mean that no
attention will be paid to Bulls, against which several of the principal
ecclesiastics have spoken; with these puissant auxiliaries we must act in
concert.

Allow me in conclusion to state a beautiful piece of conduct of Sir
George Villiers. I have commissioned one of the Bishops to request for
me an interview with the Archbishop of Toledo. Sir George on hearing
this said:--'Tell the Archbishop that I also am anxious for the favour of
an interview, in order that I may assist in clearing up any doubt, which
he may still entertain, respecting the intentions of the Bible Society;
he has only to state the day, and I will wait upon him.'

G. BORROW.

_P.S._--I yesterday transmitted you a Spanish newspaper in which I have
published an advertisement, disclaiming in the name of the Bible Society
any writings which may have been circulated tending to lower the
authorities, civil and ecclesiastic, in the eyes of the people, and
denying that it is its intention or wish to make proselytes from the
Catholic form of worship. I took this step by advice, I had likewise a
particular reason of _my own_.

Marin is still here looking out for some secular employ, but he is
continually haunting me. He tells me that he is preparing an accounts of
all his dealings with G [Graydon] and R [Rule], in which he details the
promises made him to induce him to sign a document purporting to be a
separation from the Roman Church. He says that he was abandoned because
he refused to preach publicly against the Chapter of Valencia, which step
would have insured him a dungeon. This may be true or false, but I have
taken my precautions.

Translation of the Advertisement
(_Endorsed_: recd. May 28, 1838)

A rumour having been spread that some individuals, calling themselves
agents of the British and Foreign Bible Society, under the pretext of
circulating copies of the Holy Scriptures, have traversed several towns
on the eastern and western coasts of Spain, and have published writings
in which the respect due to the ecclesiastical and civil authorities of
Spain has not been observed, but on the contrary an intention has
evidently